links for 2008-10-02

Thursday, October 2, 2008 NBEHTM

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    The 'thinking cap' that could unlock your inner genius and boost creativity

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    Now scientists are developing a 'thinking cap' that could turn that theory into practice and unlock the amazing potential of the human brain.

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    Toyota develops rear-collision airbag

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    We've got airbags in the front, airbags to the side, even airbags on the hip — and now Toyota's installing the first rear-collision airbags into its Japan-only iQ minicar. The bags are designed to protect rear seat passengers, and inflate from above the rear window to blanket your noggin and reduce impact force to the head by half.

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    Watermill pulls drinking water from thin air

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    but we're a sucker for any aquatic wonder which claims to solve the world's drinking water shortage. The wall-mounted Watermill from Element Four is the latest "water from thin air" contraption and produces up to 3.2 gallons of water a day

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    EU force to fight Somali pirates

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    The European Union has agreed to establish an anti-piracy security operation off the coast of Somalia.

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    Q&A: US $700bn bail-out plan

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    A $700bn (£380bn) bail-out plan aimed at preventing US banks from running out of cash has been approved by the Senate.

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    US shares fall in opening trading

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    US shares have fallen in early trading with investors cautious over whether the House of Representatives will back the revised bank rescue plan.

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    The QUANTUM OF SOLACE Theme Song Has A Music Video Now…

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    Yahoo Music has posted the video for "Another Way To Die", the QUANTUM OF SOLACE theme song from Alicia Keys and Jack White.

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links for 2008-10-01

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 NBEHTM

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links for 2008-09-30

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 NBEHTM

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    12 Greek Words You Should Know

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    Along with Latin, Greek is probably the language that most influenced other languages around the world. Many English words derive directly from Greek ones, and knowing their origin and meaning is important.

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    Los Angeles - State Considers Advertising on Amber Alerts

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    The Schwarzenegger administration is considering advertisements on freeway signs used for Amber Alerts and other emergencies.

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    Sony's 0.3mm OLED gets all bent at CEATEC

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    The last time we saw Sony's 0.3mm OLED prototype, it was encased in lasers and protected by deathbots in an underground prison of doom. This time around, Sony is showing off the razor-thin display for all at CEATEC to see, and they went all bendy on us.

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    Candidates, Bush urge reviving financial bailout

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    John McCain and Barack Obama urged Congress Tuesday to redouble efforts to save a financial system bailout and proposed increasing federal deposit insurance to $250,000 as part of it. President Bush warned that failure to move now would inflict "painful and lasting damage" to the economy.

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    Stocks stage partial rebound after steep sell-off

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    Stocks staged a partial rebound early Tuesday after their biggest sell-off in years, though financial markets remained troubled a day after lawmakers rejected a $700 billion rescue plan for the financial sector. A key rate that banks charge to lend to one another shot higher, a tightening of the availability of credit that could spill through the economy.

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    Consumer confidence unexpectedly improves in Sept.

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    A private research group says Americans' confidence in the economy unexpectedly improved in September.

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    Mars dust resembles seawater, NASA extends mission

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    NASA extended the mission of the busy Phoenix lander on Monday, saying it will operate until it dies in the cold, dark Martian winter.

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    Bankruptcy, not bailout, is the right answer - CNN.com

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    This bailout was a terrible idea. Here's why.

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    Wolverine Collection

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    I've made a selection of cool Wolverine images and at the end of the post there is a sweet trailer from the movie. It totally rocks. I hope you all enjoy this! Cheers! ;)

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    Artists head for MySpace 'exodus'

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    There will be an "exodus" of music artists from MySpace in a row over the website's new music download service, a record label boss has warned.

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Interesting Interestings, 2008-09-26

Friday, September 26, 2008 NBEHTM

  • iYo Yoyo
    To celebrate my new Iphone and the fact that darkness is looming over me. I´ve done this: An induction powered yoyocharger for Apple.
  • German police detain terror suspects on plane
    German police arrested two terrorist suspects on board a Dutch airliner Friday, minutes before it was due to take off from Cologne-Bonn airport for Amsterdam. A police spokesman said a Somali man aged 23 and a 24-year-old German born in Mogadishu were escorted off the KLM Flight 1804 at 6:55 am (0455 GMT).
  • China astronauts braced for walk
    China’s three astronauts have spent their first day in orbit preparing for the mission’s spacewalk.
  • Iran students unveil book mocking Holocaust
    Iranians chanted "Death to Israel" as a group of Islamist students unveiled a book mocking the Holocaust in an annual parade on Friday to show solidarity with the Palestinians.
  • Dems seek a further $56 billion
    Senate Democratic leaders unveiled their $56 billion economic stimulus package on Thursday, less than an hour before leaving to meet President Bush at the White House to continue the fragile negotiations on the financial rescue bill.
  • US 'rejected' Israeli Iran strike
    US President George W Bush told Israel's prime minister in May that the US would not back an attack on Iran, a UK newspaper has reported.
  • Bush says bail-out will be passed
    President George W Bush has said that legislators will "rise to the occasion" and pass the Wall Street rescue plan.
  • VALKYRIE Trailer Sells Hitler-Killin' Real Good!
    Beaks here… "Any problem on Earth can be solved with the careful application of explosives." And any problem movie in Hollywood can be rescued with one confidently cut trailer. Though I’ve had my doubts about Bryan Singer’s VALKYRIE, they have completely vanished for the time being.
  • Bill Murray commented on GHOSTBUSTERS 3 tonight at Fantastic Fest!
    Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Tonight is closing night film at Fantastic Fest was CITY OF EMBER with director Gil Kenan in attendance and a surprise appearance by Bill Murray

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Interesting Interestings, 2008-07-28

Monday, July 28, 2008 NBEHTM

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Interesting Interestings, 2008-07-24

Thursday, July 24, 2008 NBEHTM

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Interesting Interestings, 2008-07-23

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 NBEHTM

  • Obama trounces McCain … in sales of T-shirts, badges, caps

    Barack Obama is trouncing John McCain in the race for the White House — at least in sales of T-shirts, badges, baseball caps and other campaign merchandise.

  • China warns media about “vulgar” ads

    China warned its already tightly controlled media on Wednesday that the government would not tolerate “obscene, sexual, superstitious or base” advertisements over the Olympic period which may embarrass the country. “Advertising companies have…

  • California foreclosures up 261% from ‘07 levels

    DataQuick reports today that foreclosures in California soared 33% from the first quarter to the second quarter of 2008, and are running 261% ahead of year-ago levels.

  • Bush on Economy: ‘Wall Street Got Drunk’

    Explaining the current economic downturn to a closed-door fundraiser last week, President Bush said, “Wall Street got drunk.”"There’s no question about it,” Bush said. “Wall Street got drunk, that’s one of the reasons I asked you to turn off…

  • Police arrest man accused of taking 42 cents from mall fountain

    With sky-high gas prices, 42 cents won’t get you very far nowadays.However, it will get you a trip to jail.

    A 43-year-old Bonita Springs man was arrested Monday morning after Naples police say he stole 42 cents from a mall fountain.

  • Peter Berg Directing HERCULES As Well As DUNE??

    “Hancock” director Peter Berg, who created “Friday Night Lights” (which features an obnoxious Texas guy in a wheelchair named “Herc”), now plans to direct Universal’s “Hercules: The Thracian Wars” from a screenplay by somebody named Ryan C

  • AICN Anime-Hollywood Cowboy Bebop In Development

    Anime News Network points out that IF Magazine has learned that producer Erwin Stoff is developing an adaptation of one of America’s favorite anime series…. Cowboy Bebop.“I’m developing COWBOY BEBOP for Fox, but doing it as a live-action film,…

  • Birth weight ’sets future health’

    Blood vessel changes linked to poor health later in life can be spotted within a few years in boys born small, say scientists.

  • EU suspends funding for Bulgaria

    The European Commission has suspended EU aid to Bulgaria worth hundreds of millions of euros because of concerns about corruption and organised crime.

  • Manned spaceship design unveiled

    The first official image of a Russian-European manned spacecraft has been unveiled.

  • China ‘to allow Olympic protests’

    China says it will allow demonstrations in three designated city parks during the Olympic Games in Beijing.

  • Belkin BreakFree Protects Your Amps

    Belkin International, Inc., announces new BreakFree Connectors, which detach under extreme tension, protecting your amplifier or guitar from unexpected damage. BreakFree will provide noise-free dynamic sound without any degradation in audio quality.

  • Robot recruited in war on illegal immigrants

    Fitted with powerful searchlights and high-resolution video cameras, the robot - codenamed Hero - carries out detailed searches of the undersides of lorries and coaches.

  • Pre-Order Ultimate WALL•E Remote-Control Robot

    It’s WALL•E! See the robot star of the hit Disney/Pixar film ”WALL•E” come to life with our Ultimate WALL•E remote control toy. WALL•E’s charming personality shines through with this interactive toy robot. Imported.

  • Number port stats suggest curious trends in iPhone 3G launch

    Sure, Apple alleges to have flipped over a million iPhone 3Gs at this point, but what does that mean? The devil’s in the details, as always; yes, true, the first one took 74 days to reach that same milestone, but it was available in less than…

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Interesting Interestings, 2008-07-22

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 NBEHTM

  • On a Scale of One to Ten, Does THE ROCKER Rate an Eleven?

    If you have to see a movie with music in it this year,
    I’d suggest choosing this over “Mama Mia!” but if you have to see only
    one comedy, I’d go with “Tropic Thunder”.

  • Moriarty’s Seen STEP BROTHERS!

    STEP BROTHERS is the work of diseased minds.
    Really. Dale and Brennan are sociopaths. They are as shit-your-pants crazy as Heath Ledger’s The Joker. And STEP BROTHERS seems to be celebrating this particular brand of manchild retardation as not only a…

  • McCain returns to NH with visit to Rochester

    Sen. John McCain returned to New Hampshire last night, flashing an “OK” sign at an aide as he stepped out onto an airport tarmac in Manchester.

  • McCain raises money off Obama’s trip

    Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), resigned to what an adviser memorably called “table scraps” of news coverage this week, has blasted a fundraising e-mail to supporters arguing that the press has “a bizarre fascination with Barack Obama.”

  • Barack Obama faces tough task to please Arabs & Jews on Mideast

    Barack Obama sets out Tuesday on the most politically perilous part of his foreign trip - to Jordan, Israel and the West Bank, where his every word will be scrutinized by Jewish and Arab voters back home.

  • In reversal, Ford veers from SUV’s

    Ford Motor, which devoted itself for nearly 20 years to putting millions of Americans into big pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles, is about to drastically alter its focus to building more small cars.

  • Al-Qaeda leader in TV interview

    The man believed to be al-Qaeda’s commander of operations in Afghanistan, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, has given a rare television interview.

  • Electric MINI will be in US customer hands in summer 2009!

    At a breakfast meeting with MINI USA VP Jim McDowell this morning he was asked to elaborate on recently announced plans for a battery powered MINI. McDowell acknowledged that the US branch was caught somewhat by surprise with the announcement.

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