Wish you could have attended the Emmys? Paul Davidson went, survived, and today gives the lowdown, from pre-parties to the main event and Governor’s Ball at the Shrine. Conclusion: It almost sounds worth it, if they gave you the gift bag’s value in cold hard cash.
{via Defamer}
APIs from Audioscrobbler and Last.fm. Now go forth and make cool music-related Web 2.0 apps.
Didn’t make it out to the Inland Empire this weekend for KROQ’s Inland Invasion? Tony Pierce’s recap is the next best thing to being there.
Sounds like Inland Invasion will settle in just below Arcade Fire and David Bowie at Summerstage 2005 in NYC on my "2005 Shows I Wish I Could Have Made It To" [...]
Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush writes a note to Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice during a Security Council meeting at the 2005 World
Summit and 60th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York
September 14, 2005.
{via Yahoo! News}
You knew it was coming….because 4 blades just aren’t enough:
NEW YORK - Gillette Co. Wednesday unveiled its newest shaving system, a five-bladed razor called Fusion with a trimmer on the back of the cartridge aimed at the 50 percent of men who have mustaches and beards.
Shaving with only 4 blades? What are we, bloody savages? [...]
So bummed my birthday was just last week, and I didn’t know I could get a Magnum Cake.
Magnum Cake Force {Gridskipper}
I waited and waited all offseason…I picked my fantasy teams, put my money down on the preseason Super Bowl pick, painted my face and body, etc….and then finally, like those great Christmas mornings of my childhood, I ran downstairs and it was here. It was finally here.
(Side note–I actually lived in a one-story house throughout [...]
I know I’ve bashed Shaq once or twice…probably even here on this blog somewhere. But make no mistake–he may be lazy as an athlete, but he’s never slouched on being a model citizen. His aid to Katrina victims is setting a good example for athletes and celebrities everywhere…not to mention our government.
{via Tony Pierce}
By far, my favorites are:
Men are obsessed with sex but will forego sex in order to watch football or drink beer.
Scandinavians are, without exception, blonde and beautiful.
Women have jobs they never do in real life, e.g. dockworker (who looks like a model).
Tortilla chips are the most exciting experience any group of young people can experience.
The [...]
Google provides a detailed view of the devastation in New Orleans. The before/after comparison is pretty telling…I didn’t fully understand how big the area affected was.