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Do you have a couple of hours to kill? No? Then do not click this link: LINE RIDER. Remember when you first saw Tetris and thought “yeah this is neat but I don’t see the big deal, it’s just some... OH MY GOD I have been playing for 2 hours!” Creator of Line Rider art student “fsk” says “Its not a game, its a toy. What i mean is there is no goals to achieve and there is no score.” Well, it is as addictive as all get along and I really hope he expands on it. UPDATE: There has been a major update to Line Rider. Straight lines, acceleration, ERASING! and more check it out here... Line Rider

As far as I can tell Apple has been leading the race to car integration . In fact I have seen little to no sign of any other computers or music players being integrated into autos. Now, from the looks of Nissan's latest TV commercial (pics above, click to enlarge) Apple has made the first move into Auto ad integration as well. Damn the market share! Full speed ahead!

CLICK HERE! To watch the actual commercial. Is this how CoverGirl sells make-up to women? Using the same elements that drive nerds wild on the internet? I am not sure what their thinking is, but it is certainly an interesting approach. Comments anyone?

Sorry News Radio fans, not that Jimmy James. I am talking about the first track on the Beastie Boys' record Check Your Head. Is this news worthy? No. Interesting? Maybe a little. Does it give me a chance to use key iPod and Nano type words in a post just one day after an Apple announcement that will have the whole world searching these terms? You're damn Skippy! So here is the new iPod Nano (from Apple) ad: Nano And here is the song : Jimmy James ( Go to Disk 1, Track 20) Ok so its just the baseline. Am I saying Apple stole it from The Boys? Hell no. I am sure it was handed to The Beasties by The Dust Brothers and I am sure The Dust Brothers can tell you where they vicked it from. Or maybe one of my readers can... (I'm looking at you WalkingSpanish.)

GNF tells TV advertisers how to beat Tivo and one year later they take my advice. Feels good to help. It's... Rewarding. My Advice Their Move UPDATE: GNF reader RichRoc has done a little research and discovered the patent was applied for over a year before I made my original post. So as it turns out I am not on the cutting edge, but rather viewing said edge through binoculars from the base of the blade.

The SciFi Channel is whetting the appetites of sci-fi TV fans with ten “webisodes” of Battlestar Galactica that will become available on Tuesdays and Thursdays at midnight (eastern.) The first of which is available now. These ten 3 to 4 minute episodes will lead right into the October 6th season premier. It’s smart and its free. I will watch nearly any science fiction you throw at me, but admittedly Battlestar Galactica is a love it or hate it kind of show. The most common complaint I hear from folks is that it is way too soap opera-like. To those folks I say “Do Not Watch These Webisodes.” The following quote from a New York Times article (you’ll need a user & pass) leads me to believe these shorts will be more soap opera like than ever. To keep the Web segments viewable on tiny screens, “Battlestar” has used lots of close-ups of actors’ faces — plenty of emotion — and few sweeping vistas, Mr. Storey said. “They’re very emotional, relatable conflicts that these guys are...

Here is something to do. Decode this. I was checking out some cryprographic challenges (a search originally spurred by this post on Digg.com) and decided to take a whack at it. Good luck and enjoy. UPDATE: I have changed the code to make it easier to decipher. Need a Hint? Click here.

In what will hopefully be my last in a rash of Master Shake stories. (Ignore that last sentence.) I recently stumbled upon my Shakes On A Plane poster featured on some guys blog. I have to say I was very excited see my efforts had not been wasted and at least one other guy out there thought my poster was funny. I was totally satisfied with that when I decided to see what else his site had to offer. Well, among other things it offered this very important sentence: “Did you know I’m not just the voice of Master Shake...” The site belonged to none other than Dana Snyder the voice of Master Shake himself. I am honored. Truly. Dana’s home page. My Poster on his site. scroll down

Just a friendly reminder that you should be using Firefox. If you are not, stop what you are doing and go to GetFirefox.com. Oh and for more little guys that make you go awwww go to thingsthatmakeyougoaahh.com.

Many of you are familiar with the word ”Truthiness.” It is a word created by Steven Colbert that actually made it into Miriam Webster’s dictionary. Less are likely familiar with Colbert’s self-descriptive Licolnish which appears in the opening of his show. Upon seeing Snickers ads a while back that used such words as SUBSTANTIALICIOUS, SATISFECTELLENT and HUNGERECTOMY I thought Colbert might have started a trend, but I usually don’t believe a trend is a trend until occurrences reach the magic number. Well, Sam Adams comes in at number 3 with sam•light•en•ment. (pictured above in their latest television campaign.) Ya know, Certain small minded TV personalities go on and on about how ineffective Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are and yet the duo continues to bend and create public opinion repeatedly via one hour of jokes on a cable station. I used to wonder why there was an entire section on political cartoons in my American History book... Now I know. LINK: Gimmyabreakopolo...

What's worse than having your cellphone run over by a snowmobile?... Having to re-enter hundreds of contacts into your new phone. Agree? Check out ZYB.COM . Thanx to Gizmodo for the tip.

Hey, does anyone remember SRAs? I found this one at the intersection of Stanton and Allen. I have to admit my friends and I always cheated on these things. Don't cheat kids! UPDATE: Welcome Wikipedia users! It appears someone found this post hilarious. Hilarious? OK, why not. (GNF's first link on Wikipedia.)