Led Zeppelin coming to online retailers

One of the most popular rock bands of all time will soon have its music for sale at online music retailers. Led Zeppelin’s entire music catalog will be available starting on November 13.

Panasonic intros 5.1-channel RP-WF5500 wireless headphones

Filed under: Portable Audio For those out there who still believe that 5.1-channels of audio can be wrapped around your two ears in a single set of cans, say hello to Panasonic's RP-WF5500. These 'phones feature 40-millimeter drivers, around six hours of playback on a full charge, a range of about 30-meters ...

Still Feels Good

I'm supposed to hate Rascal Flatts. I'm not exactly sure why. Are they too pretty? Do they not write their own material? Are they just not country enough?Back when we lived in one homogenous society, it was important to be hip. When you knew every record on the hit parade, even if you didn't like [...]

Stiffelman Responds

I was pleased to see that my note provoked so much interest, as well _as some well thought-out counter arguments. Taking a few of these comments, I have the following words in response:First, however, I want to make sure we are talking about the same thing. A subscription service works as follows: a ...

Re: Re-Subscription/Stiffelman

Jim Griffin:I was shocked to read Gary Stiffelman's comments because a professional like Gary should know better than to sling the falsehoods he so casually tossed in his comments. Let's clear up these mistakes lest they spread:1. No one proposes network licensing without sampling the network to help ...

Email of the Day

Gary Stiffelman:Sometimes it seems like you are on Apple's payroll. Every idea other than iPod is regularly condemned by you, whether its a company deciding to reject Apple's monopolistic pricing and rigid distribution model, or efforts to explore new models that in any way differ from the iTunes model. ...

More Rick Rubin

In retrospect, hiring Rick Rubin to run Big Red was a massive mistake.Yup, Rick's running it. From a distance. He doesn't go to the office, he doesn't communicate, he dropped a ton of acts, there's a wild cabal running the label and the worker bees have no clue what's going on.How did this happen?A fuck-up ...

Hair Straightening Vending Machines

It's Saturday night, the music is pumping and you are on a hot date . Everything is going down fine until the humidity in the club suddenly turns your hair from Cher to Macy Gray in about 7 seconds.Fear not, entrepreneurs, Richard Starrett and Neil Macka, have come to the rescue with their Hot Iron vending ...

Ron Mueck installation

This is a great Flickr gallery of artist Ron Mueck installing his new exhibition at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. His work will be on display there through October 21. And if you can't tell from the picture above, this guy's stuff is amazing. It's the sort of art that makes you actually want ...

Mr. Tengu

Mr. Tengu is a little USB gadget that changes faces based on the sounds in the room. The little guy responds to sounds, music, and other stimuli with a range of facial expressions, and even sleeps when he gets tired. So basically he does absolutely nothing except stand there and look cute. Just like ...

Lamb born with seven legs

A seven-legged lamb was born in New Zealand six days ago. The animal has three hind legs and two extra legs that hang useless behind the forelegs. Which reminds me, I need to take my daily bath in radioactive waste. Those superpowers aren't going to develop on their own. News Story [Telegraph UK]

SAT (DJ): Cut presents Put Your Hands Up 4 NY: Old School vs New School feat. Green Velvet and Junior Sanchez

DJ - Sat 7.28 (10pm)

Aluminum sea-urchin espresso maker

Cory Doctorow: The Etienne Louis espresso machine is a giant polished aluminium sea urchin whose top half swings away to reveal its removable water reservoir and other vital organs. Designed by Switzerland's Carlo Borer and makes two cups -- no price given on the site. Link (via Gizmodo)

Netflix's Stock, Web Site Both Go Down

Netflix Inc.'s stock price plunged to its lowest point in more than two years Tuesday after the online DVD rental leader reported the first quarterly customer losses in its history and dimmed its earnings outlook for the rest of the year.

Fitness Plan: Rest to Burn More Fat

Title: Fitness Plan: Rest to Burn More FatCategory: Health NewsCreated: 7/23/2007Last Editorial Review: 7/23/2007

Nude blonde, gold stilettos and a Ferrari.. (Reuters)

Reuters - A mysterious blonde paid a visit to a petrol station shop in the small eastern German town of Doemitz on Sunday -- wearing nothing but a pair of golden stilettos and a thin gold bracelet.

Levitating Desktop Globes

Who knew there was such a big market for levitating globes? This one isn't nearly as cool though since it needs a top and bottom magnet. A magnetic field sensor continually measures the height at which the globes are suspended. This sensor feeds that data into a micro computer in the base of the unit. ...

Hello Kitty in Swarovski crystals

Contrary to popular belief, a Hello Kitty doll made from 62,000 Swarovski crystals is 100% absolutely necessary. This monstrosity was displayed at the opening of a “Hello Kitty Selection” event at Mitsukoshi Department Store in Tokyo and costs 8 million yen ($66,115). And just look at how it delights ...

Crowd Farm turns walking into electricity

Two graduate students at MIT's School of Architecture and Planning are developing what they call the "Crowd Farm", which is a smart floor that would harness the energy of people walking over it and turn it into electricity. A responsive sub-flooring system made up of blocks that depress slightly ...

The Strangest Sights in Google Earth

PC World has compiled their list of the strangest sights in Google Earth. With its detailed satellite photos, Google's interactive map lets everyone be a virtual globetrotter. And some of the things we've found in our travels are downright bizarre. Oddly left off the list were my giant biceps. Oh ...