So this evening, I spent some time on YouTube. roaring_mouse introduced me to 300, which I missed when it hit the theaters ( Read more... )

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Opera legend Luciano Pavoratti has died. (See him performing Nessun Dorma.) Couldn't CNN find a better picture of the man?

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Apple just dropped the price of their brand new iPhone by $200. Best Week Ever explains. More here on the new iPod models ( Read more... )

This is a quote from a West Wing episode. Links are mine.

Josh: "Voyager, in case it's ever encountered by extraterrestrials, is carrying photos of life on earth, greetings in fifty-five languages, and a collection of music from Gregorian chant to Chuck Berry, including "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" by 1920s bluesman Blind Willie ( Read more... )

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Free Classic 80's arcade gamesHow do you sell cars to young women in Japan? Kawaii. Nissan is marketing an 11-foot long toylike minicar they're calling the "Pino" ( Read more... )

Improvements to Livejournal:

The limit for the number of friends a journal can have has been raised: Starting immediately, the friend limit for Basic, Plus, and Early Adopter accounts has been raised from 750 to 1000 friends. It's been raised to 2000 for Paid and Permanent accounts.

For paid users, a new Edit Journal Privacy option, which will ( Read more... )

One of my favorite pieces of classical music is Pachelbel's Canon in D. I've collected quite a few versions over the years, including instrumentals, new age, acapella and choir versions. But nothing I have in my collection holds a candle to the pure beauty of the voices in this mp3 of the UK boys choir, Libera linked to by roninjedi. (thank you, juliarandolph for ( Read more... )

Music Lyrics Trivia to kick off the weekend.

See the lyric, comment with the name of the song and its band or artist, all under the cut. Get it right first and I'll give you credit in the post.

Yes, I tried (and probably failed,) to make it difficult. No cheating through Google. :)

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