Hack Attack: Burn almost any video file to a playable DVD - Lifehacker
Yay! Finally, no more hunting for converters for: xvid - dvd; divx - dvd; mp3 - dvd; ac3 - dvd; mov - dvd; avi - dvd; wmv - dvd; mpeg - dvd; vog - dvd; and so on. This tutorial on how to use the open source program DVD Flick will make it all happy.
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Boxhead: The Rooms
I've been playing this zombie shooter for the past 3 hours and I'm seriously cracked out on it. I found it to be pretty formulaic after a point but, well, see the "3 hours" above. Lots of fun!
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Nudist Beginnings: Do nudists have a word for people who wear clothes?
From the "You learn something new every day" department:

Yes, anyone who is not a nudist is called a "textile". The word textile refers to the non-nude person being clothed with textile materials (i.e., cloth is a textile).

I wonder if latex-wearers are known as synthies?
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Tiger 1 Radio Controlled Model Tanks
"1/4th Scale Tiger 1 !!
The only commercially available 1/4 RC Tank in the world! Massive size, 63' long in body, 36' wide, 28' tall, and 7' long with gun! Full option weight 200kgs! Will run on either 12v or 24v, all options available similar to the 1/6th tanks, but bigger and louder! Also, 1/4th T34/85 currently under test."

(Thanks, deedlebomb!)
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Even vodka freezes in Siberia
Some guys (uncredited) made a photo montage of their Jan 2006 trip through Siberia. See: beautiful and desolate landscapes, native Siberian fauna, bizarre Soviet Union relics, and crazy (shirtless!) Siberians.
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Mum: You are wrong because...
A list of argumentative fallacies for the next time you're at a family gathering and your uncle makes a statement about the world only being 6000 years old because the bible doesn't mention dinosaurs.
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The Axe Murderer
Video funness by a bunch of guys who answer the ancient philosophical question: what would you do if an axe-wielding maniac was beating on your door and your voice-dialing cell phone keeps connecting you to the wrong number? Fun!
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You missed Muhammad Ali's birthday
Gah! Yesterday was the 65th birthday of the butterfly-floating, bee-stinging idol of America and the world! And you missed it. You may officially suck now. Give yourself a haymaker to the face for penance!
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I'm reading on Jan 20th
I'm doing a performance reading this saturday, Jan 20th, at Kate the Great's bookstore, at 5550 N. Broadway St, Chicago. Come out and watch me astound audiences with funny googly-eyes and well-pronounced words. (I have no idea what I'm going to read yet.) Show starts at 6:30 in the PM.
- posted by frank crist @ 3:15 PM 0 comments

 
All's well..
Some images and other file-ish content was fubar on DT for a week or so due to a snafu on the server on which they're hosted. Seems that the web server suddenly got stuck on an internal 172 network, thus boofing the pooch. Gnarly. Anyhoo, everything should be back online now. Aren't you thrilled?
- posted by frank crist @ 1:59 PM 2 comments

 
Caloric Values of Alcoholic Beverages, Alcohol calories
JFC. Drinking booze will, indeed, make you fat. This excellent article, produced for the University of Rchester Health Promotion Office, not only discusses the metabolic reasoning behind the reviled "beer belly", but also has a comprehensive list of caloric values of alcoholic beverages.

I had always known that an average beer was about 150 calories per bottle, but what I hadn't known was how calorie-laden liquor was. For instance, a 1.5 oz shot of vodka can have as many as 125 calories, and a 12 oz Long Island Iced Tea has almost 800 calories! Compare that to the average daily caloric intake of the average American--2000 calories--and now you know why you felt like bloated crap the morning after drinking a half-dozen Long Islands.
- posted by frank crist @ 4:55 PM 1 comments

 
Robert Anton Wilson is dead
One of the greatest thinkers that I ever had the privilege to read, meet, and discuss, Robert Anton Wilson, has left his physical shell to join the cacophony of Eris in the halls of Chaos. RAW was a shill, a lunatic, a skeptic, and a great man of many profound words. He was a visionary blessed to be at the side of Timothy Leary's death bed, as well as the noted co-author of the "Illuminatus!" triology. The world is a sadder place with his loss, and, whoever you are, should smoke a joint in his honor this very moment. Fnord.

Eulogy for Robert Anton Wilson (1.4mb mp3)
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Net Business Blog » Blog Archive » Building a Niche Minisite (Part 1)
One of the easiest ways to make money online today is by creating “niche minisites.” The internet is huge, and it’s growing bigger everyday. You can always make a site that attempts to compete in large content areas, and you can succeed if you put enough time, effort, and money into it. What if you don’t have a lot of time? What if you don’t have much startup money? What if you’re lazy (even too lazy to start a Myspace turnkey)? Well then maybe you should give niche minisites a shot.
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How to Draw Storyboards
Any one story, if filmed in real time would be tedious and time-consuming. To condense this and inject interest, the plot is broken down further into important events or situations. These are called Moments and the rule which surround this idea is called the PRINCIPLE OF MOMENTS. This is a very important storyboarding tool. Now, every event is not as important as each other. Some are critcally important whilst others are simply required for the narrative or as atmosphere to t a more important event. For this reason Moments are generally categorised as Atmospheric, Narrative and Critical
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Fiji coup leader to grant himself immunity - World - theage.com.au
Fiji's new interim prime minister says he will grant immunity from prosecution for himself and fellow officers who overthrew the elected government a month ago.

Commodore Frank Bainimarama, who was sworn in as prime minister yesterday - exactly four weeks after staging a bloodless coup - said ratifying his actions would be among his first duties.
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SanDisk introduces 32GB SSD for notebooks
Invest in this. This is a technological turning point worthy of your attention.
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Classes: Chicago Metro Area
It's a bunch of people in Chicago who stab each other with rapiers. Freakin' awesome.
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