Posted by on under boing boing, obama barack, richard metzger, barack obama, work ethic, freedom and independence, palin, n word, attendee, virtues, rally, productivity, audience | 
Transcript snip: Palin: Obama...Barack Obama has an ideological commitment to higher taxes. The lessons I believe we have taught our kids would start to erode. Those lessons about work ethic, hard work being rewarded and productivity being rewarded... Female yelling off-camera, in audience: And he's a ni***r! Palin: And...and......lessons about, um, the virtues of freedom and independence while being generous and compassionate with others. From Wonkette, via Daily Kos. (Thanks, Richard Metzger)....
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Posted by on under flat panel tv stands, flat panel lcd, cattelan italia, dolce vita, asymmetric design, glass shelving, optis, cd storage, storage unit, flat panel tv, televi, mdash, mey, tv stand, home entertainment, stainless steel, mate, hollywood, furniture |
If you are looking for an alternative to wall mounting your flat panel TV, the asymmetric design of the Hollywood and Dolce Vita stands from Cattelan Italia are one stylish (but expensive) option.
The Hollywood unit can accommodate flat-panel LCD or Plasma televisions up to 42" wide while the Dolce Vita handles smaller sets up to 32". Both are vertically adjustable, so you can achieve the height that is most suitable for viewing. In addition to the glass shelving, the Hollywood also features a stainless steel CD storage unit mounted behind the television.
I'll admit that I like the clean contemporary look, but spending $1468 and $1573 respectively for the Dolce Vita and Hollywood is a lot of money to drop on a TV stand. There are, of course, cheaper options for achieving a clean look without wall mounting—like the Synchro Furniture Mate for $599. [Cattelan Italia via Trendir]
Tagi: flat panel tv stands, flat panel lcd, cattelan italia, dolce vita, asymmetric design, glass shelving, optis, cd storage, storage unit, flat panel tv, televi, mdash, mey, tv stand, home entertainment, stainless steel, mate, hollywood, furniture
Posted by on under pedal music, guitar hero, ebay, astic, drum set, music games, rock band, rae, satan, peripherals, nyko, audience |
Someone give somebody at Nyko a raise, because they finally remembered the most important component of any pretend rock setup: Skeletons!
The Nyko Metal Pedal is a durable replacement for your Rock Band or Guitar Hero drum set pedal. Whereas Rock Band 2 upgraded their pedal from plastic to metal, many have cracked their old pedals with the force of their mighty rock. (I don't know if the GHIV set uses a plastic or metal pedal—anyone in the audience have a kit?)
Regardless, at $20, the Metal Pedal beats searching eBay for a replacement should your pedal break. It will be available this January.
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Posted by on under newport beach california, derek powazek, google base, straw men, wrg, page titles, google, danny sullivan, evildoers, local office, search engines, original article, web developer, spammers, homes for sale, audience, search engine, selling real estate, bl |
Search Engine Land's Danny Sullivan has published an open response to Derek Powazek's Spammers, Evildoers, and Opportunists defending the practice of search engine optimization, arguing that there's plenty of esoteric, useful, non-sleazy information that web-site-owners need to know to get their stuff recognized correctly by Google. I think there's something to this, but I don't find most of Danny's examples very compelling. In Derek's original article, he mentions most of the sort of thing Danny cites here (distinctive page titles, for example). The Google Base bit is indeed esoteric and the kind of thing a pro can help you with, but I'd be more convinced if his article had more of this sort of thing and fewer straw-men. But to really be real, let's remember that she's selling real estate in one of the most competitive areas of the country, Newport Beach, California. Her friends aren't all going to buy homes she's listing. Her "community" congregates on Google and does things like type in "newport beach homes for sale." To succeed in attracting that audience, she should have a great site and great content -- agreed. But does she have individual listings? Then she probably needs to kick them out into Google Base, in order to fully be listed in Google. Does your mythical web developer deal with Google Base much? And where's her web site now? Is she running it off Blogger? Using her own domain? These have impacts on how both the search engines may see her as well as how she's perceived. Does she have a blog in addition to a main site? That has an impact. Has she considered some unusual, creative ways to create content around real estate in her area, perhaps some catchy link bait, which may pull in the links she needs to rank better (which, by the way, is a recommended Google practice). Does she have a local office? If so, has she claimed her listing in Google Local? If so, has she updated her title to reflect that perhaps she has "newport beach homes for sale?" An Open Letter To Derek Powazek On The Value Of SEO (Thanks, Danny!) Previously:What's wrong with Search Engine Optimization - Boing Boing...
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Posted by on under social networking site, japanese department, e store, medical purposes, sun damage, skin type, smoothness, beaten path, mica, dilemma, department stores, skin care, starters, philips, gadgets, audience, cameras |
We've already seen a few Japanese department stores employing
virtual makeover machines, and it looks like Philips is now hoping to bring a similar service to an even wider audience. Dubbed "Crystalize," the company's latest
off the beaten path device makes use of some cameras normally used for medical purposes to take extreme close-up shots of various parts of your face, which are then analyzed for four different conditions (skin type, redness, sun damage, and smoothness). That will apparently cost you $90, which will also get you recommendations for various products to improve your skin (for which Philips apparently doesn't receive any remuneration), and access to a social networking site for continuing service. For starters, however, the service will only be available at one store in Santa Monica, but Philips says it plans to make it available "across the world" in 2010. Video after the break.
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Tagi: social networking site, japanese department, e store, medical purposes, sun damage, skin type, smoothness, beaten path, mica, dilemma, department stores, skin care, starters, philips, gadgets, audience, cameras
