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Shackleton's Antarctic whisky found

Whyte & Mackay, the drinks group that now owns McKinlay and Co., has asked for a sample of the 100-year-old scotch for a series of tests that could decide whether to relaunch the now-defunct Scotch. Workers from New Zealand's Antarctic Heritage Trust ...

From ROB BESCHIZZA, Boing Boing,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ernest Shackleton,  eBay Inc.,  New York University,  Norah Jones,  Brian Lam

Murdoch-Microsoft deal in the works

...and nothing of value was lost. It won't work. There will always be a free alternative. If anything, this will only make newsblogs like HuffPo more popular than ever. Oddly enough somehow I am not surprised. They deserve one another. Now when it ...

From ROB BESCHIZZA, Boing Boing,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Wikipedia,  Google Inc.,  FOX Broadcasting Company,  Wall Street Journal

Age of sharper swords dawns, according to shieldmakers' report

Click here for higher-rez image. Anthony Citrano says, Being an observer (and occasional shooter) of all things fashion, I was just was looking at December's "W" cover [above and left] with Demi Moore. In the interview she says she'd rather be a "puma" ...

From ROB BESCHIZZA, Boing Boing,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Viacom, Inc.,  Bertrand Russell

How to destroy the market for used gadgets

The prize is a $700 HP MediaSmart EX495 PC, set up as a Windows home server, with 1.5TB of storage and Mac/Time Machine support. The winner shall be chosen at arbitrary whim. Runners-up get something random from the gadget dungeon. The theme is "Found ...

From ROB BESCHIZZA, Boing Boing,  17 Nov 2009

Pirate Bay logo trademarked

The prize is a $700 HP MediaSmart EX495 PC, set up as a Windows home server, with 1.5TB of storage and Mac/Time Machine support. The winner shall be chosen at arbitrary whim. Runners-up get something random from the gadget dungeon. The theme is "Found ...

From ROB BESCHIZZA, Boing Boing,  17 Nov 2009

Arrr, This be pleasin' to me uterus

The prize is a $700 HP MediaSmart EX495 PC, set up as a Windows home server, with 1.5TB of storage and Mac/Time Machine support. The winner shall be chosen at arbitrary whim. Runners-up get something random from the gadget dungeon. The theme is "Found ...

From ROB BESCHIZZA, Boing Boing,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.

100-word fiction competition — win an HP MediaSmart EX495

We moved to Idaho Falls fourteen years ago; it still wasn't far enough. We played pioneer, we walked up and down the ugly intersecting avenues that crossed at odd angles roughly containing the plateaus of the Snake. We still felt the thin sky above us ...

From ROB BESCHIZZA, Boing Boing,  16 Nov 2009

Cellphone contracts getting even better!

In pursuit of this we learn of the psychological "nuances" of pricing and the "supersized logic" of using fat overage fees to upsell customers to expensive all-you-can-eat plans. "This year," he writes, "the deals are becoming even better." Now all ...

From ROB BESCHIZZA, Boing Boing,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: AT&T Inc.,  Mark Todd,  Saul Hansell

Hurting Google

My daughter earned this spinning top for selling wrapping paper in a school fundraiser. It plays the theme from Beverly Hills Cop and draws a laser circle on the floor. Thirty years ago the technology in this toy would have cost $100,000.... ...

From ROB BESCHIZZA, Boing Boing,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.

Sony, B&N promise to rekindle rights for book owners

I recently talked to Sony's Steve Haber, President of Digital Reading, about its flagship ebook reader. Named the "Daily Edition," it hits stores next month. Notwithstanding differences between each manufacturer's respective libraries, it offers all ...

From ROB BESCHIZZA, Boing Boing,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sony,  Antony Gormley,  Ayn Rand,  John Ritter

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