Saturday, October 10, 2009
Weekend Update: 10.10.09–The Textplosion Edition
Sometimes life’s irony smacks you in the face. Sometimes BoomTown smacks you with it instead.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Live from Apple’s “Let’s Rock” Event: iPod Updates, Games, Nano Video Cameras
Apple has sold some 225 million iPods to date, making it one of the most popular electronic devices ever. And it’s sure to sell even more after the updates the company announced at this morning’s event in San Francisco. Among them: Larger, cheaper iPod touches and nanos with cameras and FM radios.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
And Lo, Jobs Appeared and Said “No, This Is the Best iPod Ever,” and It Was, and There Was Much Rejoicing
When Steve Jobs described the iPhone at D5 as “the best iPod we’ve ever made,” he set the bar high for future iterations of the iconic device. Now, in the run-up to tomorrow’s invitation-only Apple event, the question is: Will Apple reach the bar? And with what? The answer, if the latest rumors prove true, depends on your feelings about iPods with cameras.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Apple Confirms Sept. 9 iPod Event
Apple is indeed hosting a music-related event next Wednesday, Sept. 9, as first reported by Digital Daily. This morning, the company broadcast invitations to a product launch gathering to be held on that day at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
Beatles-Rock Band Deal Announced With Unprecedented Number of Beatles Puns
So those reports that the Beatles’ Apple Corps was in talks with Rock Band developers MTV Networks and Harmonix over the creation of a Beatles-themed videogame? True.
According to a Beatles pun-riddled joint press release from Apple Corps Ltd., MTV and Harmonix this morning (what, no “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey”?), the companies have inked an exclusive agreement to develop what they exuberantly describe as “an unprecedented, experiential progression through and celebration of the music and artistry of The Beatles.”
Blue Meanies to Welcome Apple CEO to Pepperland?
Looks like the long and winding road that leads to the iTunes Store may disappear after all.
With their trademark dispute over the “Apple” brand finally settled and the solo work of Beatles John Lennon and Paul McCartney already for sale on iTunes, Apple (AAPL) and the Beatles’ Apple Corps. are rumored to be negotiating a [...]
Friday, February 1, 2008
The RIAA Royalties on This Will Be Astronomical …
NASA plans to beam the Beatles song “Across the Universe,” well, across the universe. In commemoration of its 50th anniversary and the 40th anniversary of the song, the agency on Monday will beam the track into the heavens from its giant antenna in Madrid.
“Send my love to the aliens,” Beatle Paul McCartney said in [...]
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Mac Faithful Stricken With Apple Rumor Seasonal Affective Disorder
Awakened from its iPhone reverie by news of a special Sept. 5 Apple event called “The Beat Goes On,” the Apple rumor mill has regrouped and is now churning out visions of new OS X-based, touchscreen iPods and video Nanos.
“We expect Apple will enable video features on the Nano line for the first time, and [...]
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- Godzilla’s Food, Exercise, and Dream Diary
12:58 AM: Breakfast: Two schools of fish from Tokyo Bay. Calories: 782,000. How I was feeling when I ate this: confused, irradiated, hating my size.
11:37 AM: Exercise: “Taxi Stomp” (alternating legs, for 30 blocks). Calories burned: 148,900,183. - Scenes From An Alternate Universe Where The Beatles Accepted Lorne Michaels’ Generous Offer
1983. The Beatles announce their first tour in thirteen years, but likewise announce that Michael Jackson will be going on tour with them as a one gigantic mega-concert event.
- The Golden Age of Video
Best video mashup ever.
- I’m not dead yet
A Facebook Memorial
- Pulp Fiction Audio Mix
Wow.
- A world without the Internet
Worth it for the Rickrolling photo alone.
- Google Wave Cinema: Pulp Fiction
Excellent.
- Dead Fly Art
Flughumor!
- Happy Birthday Monty Python …
… you vacuous, toffee-nosed, malodorous perverts
- ‘You are being shagged by a rare parrot’
Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine meet the kakapo — a fat, flightless and very randy rare parrot.
