* cababarant *

Thursday, September 29, 2005

More scratches than Grandmaster Flash

Yikes, just when I was actually thinking about getting a sweet iPod Nano, I start reading about how the thing's LCD screen scratches like there's no tomorrow. Ugh. Why would Apple release a product that is meant to be stored in your pocket, when it scratches against fabric? Crazy. Guess I'd better wait until this problem gets fixed (or until Coach comes out with a sweet, sweet Nano case!)

Gizmodo: iPod Nano’s LCD Scratches More Than a DJ
iLounge: iPod nano screen complaints abound
Apple.com discussions: Topic: Apple is going to have to do something about the scratching
The Register: iPod Nano owners in screen scratch trauma

posted by sheryl | 5:17 PM | comments (0)

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Kickin it old school

Any techno geek like me, who has spent countless hours as a kid playing classic NES will appreciate this. Oh, if only they had this 15 years ago (yikes, am I that old?!) I would have been able to play Legend of Zelda from way back on the couch...

How you like me now, Super Mario?!

Engadget: NES Bluetooth Handset with working buttons
Engadget: Topic: Modded NES game controllers

posted by sheryl | 5:31 PM | comments (0)

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

I've now seen it all

Okay, I can officially say there is a niche audience for everything on the internet.

http://beedogs.com/index.htm

posted by sheryl | 5:01 PM | comments (0)

Thursday, September 15, 2005

Punish people until they donate

Hmmm, interesting strategy to get people to donate money to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts: play an earworm until people throw money at you to make it STOP. If it were up to me, the next song: Who Let the Dogs Out! (yeah, there it is-- now this song is going to be stuck in your head all day. Sorry!)

CBS News: 'Stop The Bop' To Raise Katrina $$
Web MD: Top 10 Songs Stuck in Your Head

posted by sheryl | 6:35 PM | comments (1)

Monday, September 12, 2005

I love donuts

Now why can't Top Pot Donuts (in Seattle) have these?

Crispywaffle (my food blog): Wasabi donuts

posted by sheryl | 5:51 PM | comments (0)

Thursday, September 08, 2005

I heart live television some more

Another great example of live TV gone bananas!

posted by sheryl | 9:37 PM | comments (2)

More on Kanye's tirade

Here's a transcript-- I love live television!

Oh, and I was wondering about Kanye's claim about "looting" vs. "finding" on photo captions... I guess he was right!

Washington Post: Kanye West's Torrent of Criticism, Live on NBC

Wonkette: "Finding" versus "Looting"

posted by sheryl | 8:53 PM | comments (0)

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Kanye: "Hell to the no!" to teleprompters

This is where, during the relief concert on NBC last Friday, Kanye totally goes off and ignores the teleprompter. I actually saw this on TV and was like, "Is he really... no he didn't! Keep talking!!" And on the west coast, we didn't even hear him say "George Bush doesn't care about black people," because they edited it out. But it was still good. I love live television!! (Don't forget to look at Mike Myers, who has this look like "oh crap...." then cuts to Chris Tucker who is like, "ummmm, okay uh..."

Kanye is FED UP (Windows Media)

(a different link in case that one doesn't work)

Kanye: hey Mike Myers, shut yer trap and let me finish!

posted by sheryl | 5:54 PM | comments (0)

Saturday, September 03, 2005

So little, so late

Wow, seen CNN lately? Now you know a natural disaster is truly devastating when Dr. Sanjay shows up at the scene. The last place he had popped up was tsunami Sri Lanka-- that should tell us something about the scale of this hurricane. I know I'm not the only one who can't believe the lack of humanitarian aid is actually happening right here in America, not somewhere in the Third World.

Here's the donation link that seems, for whatever reason, to be super-buried in the various newsites (beneath news of benefit concerts, etc. which apparently, are more newsworthy than the disaster itself. Hello?!)

Or to make things even easier, (I'm lazy like that) go up to Amazon to donate-- there you don't even have to do contact info, etc. Excelente!

posted by sheryl | 5:01 AM | comments (0)

Thursday, September 01, 2005

Trap yourself in a closet, R. Kelly, for the love of GOD

If you missed the terrible terrible TERRIBLE R. Kelly performance at the MTV awards, here's your chance to watch it, if you dare. Be prepared to say:

- "What THE...?",
- "Oh no he DIDN'T",
- ".... tha HELL?",
- and maybe even throw in a "I'm not doing this with him TODAAAAAY".

R. Kelly done lost his mind. Now someone put him in jail for something. PLEASE.

Best Week Ever: Someone trap R. Kelly in the closet forever. Please.

posted by sheryl | 5:16 PM | comments (0)

What the...?

I gotta start looking at the Weekly World News:

http://dudemanphat.blogspot.com/2005/08/thank-you-for-ruining-my-entire.html

posted by sheryl | 5:04 PM | comments (0)