The LEGO brick turns 50 at exactly 1:58pm today. This timeline shows fifty years of building frenzy by happy kids and kids-at-heart, all the milestones from the LEGOLAND themed sets to TECHNIC and MINDSTORMS NXT, as well as all kind of weird curiosities about the most famous stud-and-tube couple system in the world.
posted by Bill Quackenbush @ 7:29 AM
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As of today, you can play full-length tracks and entire albums for free on the Last.fm website. Additionally, Last.fm will start paying artists directly for the music they stream!
posted by Bill Quackenbush @ 7:28 PM
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"Just wanted to give everyone some insight into some of the changes we’ve been making this week. As we’ve talked about in the past, Digg’s promotional algorithm ensures that the most popular content dugg by a diverse, unique group of diggers reaches the home page..."
posted by Bill Quackenbush @ 4:16 PM
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You'll notice that the RIAA really is all of those things most people believe they are. Of course, don't necessarily tell them that because they won't believe it.
posted by Bill Quackenbush @ 10:10 PM
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Sick of Facebook application overload? Feeling like you're on Myspace all over again? The Facebook team has heard your cries and announced tonight that they will soon release a new service that allows users to move all but their favorite apps to an "extended profile" section.
posted by Bill Quackenbush @ 9:43 PM
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It's over. The last major label to hold out on selling DRM-free MP3s, Sony BMG, is "finalizing plans" to sell music not locked down with DRM. It'll be available sometime in the first quarter, apparently in time to get in on Amazon and Pepsi's 1 billion song giveaway.
posted by Bill Quackenbush @ 7:48 AM
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According to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, a group of consumer advocates and legal scholars have asked the commission to look into Comcast discriminating against specific types of data (read: Bit Torrent). The groups have also requested the FCC to fine Comcast $195,000 per affected subscribers.
posted by Bill Quackenbush @ 1:04 PM
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When it comes to the Google search box, you already know the tricks: like searching for exact phrases in quotes like "so say we all" or searching a single site using site:lifehacker.com gmail. But there are many more oblique, clever, and lesser-known search recipes and operators that work from that unassuming little text box.
posted by Bill Quackenbush @ 9:55 PM
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Elephantware. That is what we are talking about. Bloated programs that make brand new PCs boot like Pentium 2s with 64 MBs of RAM.This is software that causes your screen to freeze while it works, consumes enough system resources to display a reminder box letting you know there is a new, even bigger, version available for download. Software ...
posted by Bill Quackenbush @ 9:41 PM
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