Holiday Drink-Of-The-Week: Lambrusco Mimosa

Makes 1 drink

* 2/3 cup chilled Lambrusco
* 1/3 cup chilled orange juice
* -- Splash of chilled tonic water (optional)

Instructions: Pour Lambrusco into a Champagne flute, add orange juice and splash of tonic and stir.

Orb 2.0 streams live TV to your iPhone

It looks like Orb 2.0 just stealthily went live in the App Store. The $10 app lets TV junkies watch live TV from a tuner connected to a Windows PC, as well as stream music, videos, and photos from their libraries.

Even cooler, Orb allows you to monitor a webcam, you dirty bird.

Sadly there's no date for the Mac and Linux versions, but Orb says they're on the way.

iPhone 2.2 Launches, Adds Podcast Downloader and Street View

It's here. Google Street View and over the air Podcast downloads from iTunes. Yup, public transit and walking directions too and the ability to share your location via email. Bug fixes, Safari enhancements, the ability to toggle auto-text correction, and plenty more.

For poking lovers everywhere!

Just wondering who those people are exactly.

Tuttuki Bako device, or "poking box," which actually lets you stick your finger right into the device to control the on-screen finger.

That's apparently done with the aid of some motion sensors which, as you can see in the video after the break, seem to work at least reasonably well.

In addition to boasting various "games" like poking a panda, poking a face, or poking a stick figure, the device also doubles a desk clock, and it's available your choice of red, black or lime green.

The perfect stocking stuffer for everyone!

Dodge EV on display at LA Auto Show

But will the Dodge EV see the production light of day? It looks likely, perhaps as early as 2010. Ah yeah.

Biofuel-Powered Flying Car Cleared for Takeoff

Parajet is getting ready for the inaugural flight of its SkyCar, a biofuel-powered land/air hybrid vehicle that it says will deliver rally-car performance on the ground and light-aircraft performance in the sky.

Because it burns biofuel and will be built with an aluminum frame, ParaJet says it is just a matter of time before the clean, light, efficient SkyCar becomes the Toyota Corolla of the skies.

Yeah. Right.

Customize Your Search Results Using Google’s New ‘SearchWiki’

If you’ve been wanting a way to tweak Google’s search results to suit your whims, the company is hearing your call — you can now edit and rank Google search results.

SearchWiki, as the new feature is known, appears to be Google’s answer to Wikia Search and Microsoft’s URank, both of which give you ways to interact with search results, ranking them, leaving notes and viewing comments and notes from other users.

The changes you make using Google SearchWiki are stored and will be reflected in repeat searches. So far, however, unlike Wikia Search, SearchWiki does not incorporate your feedback into Google’s ranking system.

$1 billion electric vehicle grid headed to Bay Area

Palo Alto's Better Place is finally bringing its ambitious, city-wide electrical grid and battery exchange service home with a $1 billion electric vehicle re-charging infrastructure in the Bay Area, after staking plans to do the same in Israel, Denmark, and Australia.

The plan just endorsed by the San Jose, Oakland, and San Francisco Mayors (without coughing up any money), is expected to result in 250,000 charging ports (for topping off charges), 200 battery-swap stations (for trips over 100 miles), and a driver service center by 2012 -- network planing and permitting will begin in 2009 with infrastructure deployment set to kickoff in 2010.

Here's how it works, customers will receive a discounted price on electric vehicles when they subscribe to drive a certain number of miles -- Better Place will own the batteries. Besides clearing the way of government bureaucracy, the mayors have agreed to offer incentives for companies that install the plug-in stations.

Now get this, Better Place expects to lure electric vehicles from the usual suspects like Toyota, Renault-Nissan, and GM in addition to, get this, Tesla Motors.

Coincidentally, Tesla is considering a small, swappable battery for its Model S sport sedan that, according to Elon Musk, could be changed "faster than you can fill a car with gasoline."

Guns N' Roses' 'Chinese Democracy' breaks MySpace record

Guns N Roses' new album 'Chinese Democracy' has broken all records after being streamed on MySpace.

The album received around 25 listens a second up until today after being streamed in full on the site yesterday.

Up until 4pm (GMT) today the title track had been played over 826,000 times, with the total amount of plays all the album tracks have received adding up to over 3 million.

The figures mean an average of 25 people per second were listening to one of the songs on the album at MySpace.com/gunsnroses.

The data means that the streaming of the album, dubbed a "listening party", has attracted the largest amount of listeners for an artist album stream launch on the site to date.

Dr. Pepper confirms free soda for 'Chinese Democracy' release

Drinks company Dr. Pepper has confirmed that everyone in America will get a free soda, after the much-anticipated release of ‘Chinese Democracy’ was announced.

A voucher for the free drink will be made available on drpepper.com for 24 hours this Sunday at 12.01am. Those who print the coupon will have until February 28, 2009 to redeem it.

Three Radiohead videos to premiere on Myspace

Three Radiohead videos will premiere on Myspace Music in the coming weeks, with the clip for ‘Weird Fishes’ appearing online today.

The videos are winners of the Aniboom animated video competition and were made to accompany three ‘In Rainbows’ tracks including ‘15 Step’ and ‘Videotape’ which are to be premiered on November 25 and November 28 respectively.

The competition winners are Tobias Stretch from the US for ‘Weird Fishes’, the German team of Wolfgang Jaiser and Claus Winter for ‘Videotape’, and Kota Totori from Japan for ‘15 Step’.

The band themselves chose each winner, and even selected a fourth video for ‘Reckoner’ as the official video for the song. The clip was created by Clement Picon of France.

Singer Thom Yorke says he was “totally blown away” by the standard of the submissions.

A grand prize of $10,000 was on offer for the winner, but the quality was such that the band decided to choose four winners, giving each one the prize money, which was used to create the videos.

Atmosphere's Second Album Reissued With Bonus DVD

The sophomore long-player from slightly troubled Twin City twosome Atmosphere, 2002's God Loves Ugly, has languished in out-of-print purgatory for a good year now. All that changes January 20, when Rhymesayers issues a remastered, repackaged version of the set on CD and LP, coupled with a copy of what was originally the limited edition Sad Clown Bad Dub 4 (The GodLovesUgly Release Parties) DVD.

The visual portion of the proceedings features more than two hours of performances, backstage footage, the videos for "GodLovesUgly", "Summersong", and "Say Shh", plus some memorable guest appearances. The audio portion packs the same 18 tracks as the original issue, but the aforementioned remaster certainly can't hurt in turning up the anguish.

Before things get Ugly yet again, Atmosphere have a smattering of live dates to attend to, every one in a location far balmier than their upper Midwestern home. They're in the process of plotting a big North American tour in the spring too, but those dates have yet to emerge.

God Loves Ugly:

01 Onemosphere
02 The Bass and the Movement
03 Give Me
04 F*@ck You Lucy
05 Hair
06 GodLovesUgly
07 A Song About a Friend
08 Flesh
09 Saves the Day
10 Lovelife
11 Breathing
12 Vampires
13 A Girl Named Hope
14 GodLovesUgly Reprise
15 Modern Man's Hustle
16 One of a King
17 Blamegame
18 Shrapnel

Atmosphere:

11-22 Honolulu, HI - Pipeline Café
12-30 Lorne, Australia - Falls Festival
12-31 Marion Bay, Australia - Falls Festival
01-01 Adelaide, Australia - Rymill Park *
01-03 Busselton, Australia - Southbound Festival
01-04 Sydney, Australia - Moore Park *
01-08 Richmond, Australia - Corner Hotel *
01-09 Auckland, New Zealand - Zen

* with Brother Ali

'Lost' Beatles' George Harrison interview tape discovered

A previously-unheard interview with The Beatles' late guitarist George Harrison has been discovered.

The interview, which took place in 1967, was conducted by Miranda Ward, who worked as a journalist in the '60s and '70s, reports BBC 6music.

The tapes, which the station claims "could now be worth over $400,000", were hidden in Ward's house.

Film producer/director David Lambert told the station he unearthed the recordings while doing research.

"George, being known as the quiet Beatle, was interviewed about his part in the famous film by The Beatles called 'Magical Mystery Tour'," he said. "It was only a brief chat about that, but during the interview he went on and discussed all aspects of life and the way he viewed it at the time.

"It was really the meaning of life according to George Harrison in 1967. He covers all aspects of things, the Eastern mysticism, he was very involved at the time with the Maharishi," he added.

'Arrested Development' film takes another step towards production

The "Arrested Development" feature has moved closer to reality, with Mitch Hurwitz and Ron Howard reportedly closing deals for the long-gestating project from Imagine and Fox Searchlight.

The possible migration of the critically acclaimed but short-lived Fox series to the big screen has been a hot topic among fans for the past year. Speculation has been fueled by cast members of the show, including Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Jeffrey Tambor, who have been frequently quoted in interviews that a feature adaptation is in the works.

Hurwitz, who created and exec produced the Emmy-winning series, is on board to write the film as well as direct with help from Howard. The series, from Imagine TV and 20th TV, was a pet project of Howard, who had a lot to do with its distinct visual style. In the final episode, Howard, playing himself, heard the Bluth TV family's pitch of their story and liked it for a movie.

Vice Squad

This looks like that Greek Myth where what’s-her-name eats a pomegranate in Hades and then Satan gets to own her after that—only this looks about 8,000 times more scary.

Stuff White People Like - #91 San Francisco

San Francisco is one of the top U.S. destinations for white people in terms of both travel and living. It is universally agreeable and is a safe discussion topic for any situation.

The city is considered one of the world’s premiere locations for white person research.

White people like to vacation in San Francisco because it has beautiful architecture, fantastic food, and it is near the water. They like to live in San Francisco because of its abundance of Non Profit Organizations, Expensive Sandwiches, Wine, political outlook, and most importantly its diversity.

Since many white people either live in, plan to move to, or closely identify with San Francisco it is imperative that you know how best to deal with them.

The City of San Francisco has a very multicultural population that ranges from white to gay to Asian. Within white culture this known as “ideal diversity” for its provision of exotic restaurants while simultaneously preserving property values. The presence of gays and Asians is imperative as it two provides two of the key resources most necessary for white success and happiness.

However, it is important to be aware of the fact that regions outside of San Francisco feature many people who are not white, gay or Asian. They are greatly appreciated during the census, but white people are generally very happy that they stay in places like Oakland and Richmond. This enables white people to feel good about living near people of diverse backgrounds without having to directly deal with troublesome issues like income gaps or schooling.

Still, the presence of other minorities are welcomed by white people for so many more reasons than just statistics! Much in the way that white people in Brooklyn feel a strong and unfounded connection with The Notorious BIG, white people in San Francisco feel the need to identify with rappers from the East Bay. Interestingly enough, the further they venture from San Francisco, the stronger their need to represent their region.

“Oh man, I went to the Too Short show last night. So hyphy man, so hyphy. You should come by some time and we’ll ghost ride the Prius.”

When you are presented with statements like this, the best response is to say “Berkeley is close to Oakland,” and the white person will likely nod and throw up some sort of west side hand sign.

Though it is exceptionally easy to put someone from San Francisco in a good mood, there are some caveats. When talking to a white person who lives in San Francisco, it is best not to bring up New York City. Though they live in a world class city, San Franciscans have a crippling inferiority complex about New York and even hinting at that will make them very sad or very defensive.

Fortunately, there is a fool-proof method for quickly returning the conversation to a positive, trust-building tone. No matter how much you have offended someone from San Francisco, you can always make them feel better by asking them how they feel about Southern California. They will instantly talk of how it is filled with crime, pollution, hegemonic culture, and the wrong kind of white people: “I swear California is like two separate countries, and I am so thankful that I live in the cultural center of the West Coast.” This will allow them to reassert their superiority and leave the conversation with a positive feeling about themselves and about you.

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Physicists Find Dark Matter, or Something Even More Strange

A new experiment may have found the first direct evidence of dark matter particles, a discovery that could begin to unravel one of the biggest mysteries in physics.

Theorists believe that dark matter, made up of of weakly-interacting massive particles, composes 23 percent of the universe, but no one has ever directly detected one of these WIMPs.

Now, physicists have announced they've spotted electrons with just about the amount of energy they would have expected to be made by a particular kind of WIMP entering the visible world.

John Wefel of Louisiana State University and colleagues report in Nature Wednesday that they could have detected "Kaluza-Klein" electron-positron pairs resulting from the annihilation of these WIMPS.

The KK particles are predicted by multiple-dimension theories of the universe and have long-been a leading candidate as the substance of dark matter. The new discovery then, if confirmed, would provide evidence that the fabric of space-time has many "compact" dimensions beyond the four that humans perceive.

"If the Kaluza–Klein annihilation explanation proves to be correct, this will necessitate a fuller investigation of such multidimensional spaces, with potentially important implications for our understanding of the Universe," the authors conclude.

Dozens of teams are working to understand the invisible dark matter and dark energy that when combined astrophysicists believe make up 95 percent of the universe. Most of the evidence for the dark stuff's existence comes through indirect observations: as physicist Myungkook James Jee put it last year, "We can't see a wind, but we can see it blow." So, the first direct detection of dark matter would be a landmark discovery.

Photo Text Messaging App Coming to iPhone?

Mobispine is likely the developer of said application, and they may have plans to offer it to carriers everywhere.

Mobispine says that the app will be branded to each particular operator, and distributed via Apple's App Store, but no word on a release date.

Looking for an iPhone Killer? Better Keep Looking

The BlackBerry Storm is a lot of things: It's the first touchscreen device ever made by RIM, it has a 3.2-MP camera and it features cut-and-paste tech.

But then there's an even longer list of what the Storm is not: The software isn't fully realized, the handset is no lightweight, the battery life is poor.

Most of all, this isn't the iPhone killer RIM was hoping it would be.

Al Qaeda Coldly Acknowledges Obama Victory

In a propaganda salvo by Al Qaeda aimed at undercutting the enthusiasm of Muslims worldwide about the American election, Osama bin Laden’s top deputy condemned President-elect Barack Obama as a “house Negro” who would continue a campaign against Islam that Al Qaeda’s leaders said was begun by President Bush.

Awww. That's nice!

News Keeps Getting Worse for Vitamins

The best efforts of the scientific community to prove the health benefits of vitamins keep falling short.

Many people gobble down megadoses of vitamins believing that they boost the body’s ability to mop up damaging free radicals that lead to cancer and heart disease.

In addition to the more recent research, several reports in recent years have challenged the notion that vitamins are good for you.

Honda's FC Sport fuel-cell hybrid debuts, is fucking rad

Debuting at the LA Auto Show, the FC Sport was created to show off the packaging flexibility that is possible with hydrogen fuel cells.

Using the V-Flow fuel cell stack and electric drivetrain from the FCX Clarity, the FC Sport is a three-seat sports car. The stack and drive system are moved to the back of the car for a mid-ship arrangement.

The seating arrangement is similar to that of the McLaren F1 supercar of the '90s with the driver front and center and the two passengers set back on either side.

For now the car is strictly a non-functional styling concept but such concepts from Honda don't usually stay that way for long.

Searaser floating pump will use the ocean's waves to generate power

A twist on the idea of the underwater turbine, the Searaser also uses the motion of the ocean to generate power.

The device consists of two independent floats that move with the waves, pumping out seawater as they do. The water can then be pumped inland for hydroelectric power, irrigation, or to hilltop reservoirs for later use.

One unit should be able to power 470 homes, and a six-month preproduction trial is currently being planned.

Genome Hacking Could Reverse-Engineer Extinct Woolly Mammoth

Scientists are talking for the first time about the old idea of resurrecting extinct species as if this staple of science fiction is a realistic possibility, saying that a living mammoth could perhaps be regenerated for as little as $10 million.

The same technology could be applied to any other extinct species from which one can obtain hair, horn, hooves, fur or feathers, and which went extinct within the last 60,000 years, the effective age limit for DNA.

Apple Bends To Studios, Adds Copyright Protection To MacBooks

Appearing to cave to Hollywood demands, Apple has quietly added a restrictive copyright protection mechanism to its new MacBooks that is preventing customers from watching movies on external displays.

New wind turbines 50% more efficient

A startup called ExRo has developed turbines that it says are consistently 30% -- and in some situations as much as 100% -- more efficient than the standard kind.

The traditionally-used mechanical transmissions have been replaced with an inexpensive electric alternative that can adapt to changes in wind speed more efficiently.

Also, many small generators are used instead of a large one, so the turbines can be customized in production to suit the intended installation site.

Rogan to Do Second Target Line

Rogan is doing a second Target line based on their ecofriendly Loomstate line.

The main Loomstate collection, including organic-cotton blouses for $192 and organic sweaters for $161, is sold at Saks and Barneys Co-Op.

The Target diffusion line will go for $14.99 to $44.99. It will launch on April 19 — in time for Earth Day on April 22 — and be available through May 16.

How Axl Rose Spent All That Time

The reviews for Chinese Democracy are pouring in, and they ain't lookin' good.

Vice Squad

When you see girls all flighty and delicate like Tinkerbell you just want to split them in half with your cock. Sounds harsh but it’s been working pretty well for both sides since the year -47,994.

Stuff White People Like - #94 Free Healthcare

In spite of having access to the best health insurance and fanciest hospitals, white people are passionate about the idea of socialized medicine. So much so that they have memorized statistics and examples of how for-profit medicine has destroyed the United States.

But before you can exploit this information for personal gain, it’s important that you understand why white people are so in love with free health care.

The first and most obvious reason is “they have it Europe.” White people love all things European, this especially true of things that are unavailable in the United States (Rare Beers, Absinthe, legal marijuana, prostitution, soccer). The fact that it’s available in Canada isn’t really that impressive, but it does contribute to their willingness to threaten to move there.

These desires were only heightened in 2007 when Michael Moore released “Sicko,” a documentary that contrasts the health care industry in the United States with that of Canada, France and Cuba. As a general rule of thumb, white people are always extra passionate about issues that have been the subject of a Moore documentary. As a test, ask them about 9/11, Gun Control, or Health Care and then say “where did you get that information?” You will not be surprised at the results.

But the secret reason why all white people love socialized medicine is that they all love the idea of receiving health care without having a full-time job. This would allow them to work as a freelance designer/consultant/copywriter/photographer/blogger, open their own bookstore, stay at home with their kids, or be a part of an Internet start-up without having to worry about a benefits package. Though many of them would never follow this path, they appreciate having the option.

If you need to impress a white person, merely mention how you got hurt on a recent trip Canada/England/Sweden and though you were a foreigner you received excellent and free health care. They will be very impressed and likely tell you about how powerful drug and health care lobbies are destroying everything.

Though their passion for national health care runs deep, it is important to remember that white people are most in favor of it when they are healthy. They love the idea of everyone have equal access to the resources that will keep them alive, that is until they have to wait in line for an MRI.

This is very similar to the way that white people express their support for public schools when they don’t have children.

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The indifferent 'meh' gains place in English dictionary

The expression of indifference or boredom has gained a place in the Collins English Dictionary after generating a surprising amount of enthusiasm among lexicographers.

Publisher HarperCollins announced Monday the word had been chosen from terms suggested by the public for inclusion in the dictionary's 30th anniversary edition, to be published next year.

The dictionary defines "meh" as an expression of indifference or boredom, or an adjective meaning mediocre or boring.

Salami. So hot right now. Salami.

Manhattan loves itself a trendy food item to go upscale with, so now joining the ranks of Donuts and Cupcakes is the very deserving Salami.

Two new salami stores opened this month, Murray’s Real Salami and Salumeria Rosi Parmacotto.

The salami universe includes whole cooked meats, encased cooked meats, whole cured meats, encased cured meats, and even pâté.

Click here for a slideshow sure to make you drool.

Electric 'MINI E' revealed in LA

BMW representatives took the wraps off the first "production" MINI E, #1 of a run of 500 that will be leased to customers in the southern California and metro New York areas starting in January.

Dr. Friederich Eichiner presented the electric car to the press on the roof top terrace at the Beverly Wilshire hotel explaining the purpose of the program. BMW has built these cars as the first stage of "Project I" where I stands for either ideas or innovation.

Eichiner told the media that "individual mobility will still play a key role" going forward and with increased urbanization electrically driven vehicles like this one will be increasingly important. BMW and other manufacturers have to learn how to reconcile that need for mobility with environmental concerns and plug-in vehicles are just one element of that.

BMW is using the MINI E as a means to learn how these vehicles are used and how they work in the real world.

Facebook’s New App Verification Program Offers Protection — for a Price

Facebook has rolled out a new application vetting program designed to help you navigate through the sea of available apps to find trustworthy options.

In theory the new verification program will help you decide which Facebook apps to trust — a new “verified app” badge will appear next to any applications that pass muster.

Facebook apparently lacks a gatekeeper, and the new program is designed to fill that gap and perhaps make a bit of money in the process. A developer fee of $375 will be assessed to get the badge.

LG Prada II KF900 arrives in Europe with a Bluetooth watch and a microsite

LG has just launched a standalone microsite for the altogether sexy Prada II, which features HSDPA, WiFi, 5-megapixel camera, 3-inch 400 x 240 pixel capacitive touchscreen display and quad-band GSM connectivity, and to top it off a matching Prada Link Bluetooth watch.

The timepiece syncs with your Prada II and shows your incoming calls / texts, and presumably tells time, too.

A release date and pricing have yet to be announced.

Inside the New Eighties-Themed Reebok NYC Pop-Up Store

Reebok launched its first-ever pop-up shop on Saturday, in a two-story, 3,000-square-foot art gallery on Bowery.

In honor of next year's 20th anniversary of the Reebok Pump, the neon-splashed space is inspired by eighties New York style and stocked with vintage sneaker styles. The limited-edition designs were inspired by the men's Pump and women's Freestyle shoes, which a Reebok spokesperson called "eighties staples."

Stocked with T-shirts printed with "169 Bowery," hoodies by Reebok and Rolland Berry, and waves of candy-colored footwear, the pop-up will introduce a different New York–themed item each week, from a "Bodega NYC" shoe printed with the image of an ATM machine to Coney Island–inspired men's Ventilator sneakers.

Reebok also enlisted guest designers to collaborate on sneakers, like graphic artist John Maeda, Dean of the Rhode Island School of Design.

Click here to see images of the store.

The Reebok Flash pop-up, 169 Bowery, nr. Kenmare St.; Tue.–Wed. (11–7), Thu.–Sat. (10–7), Sun. (11–6). Through December 14.

Vampire Weekend back on tour

Vampire Weekend will appear on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" this Friday (November 21) and hit the road again next month for a brief tour.

Vampire Weekend:

12-01 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
12-02 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
12-03 New York, NY - Terminal 5 *
12-04 New York, NY - Terminal 5 !
12-06 New York, NY - Treminal 5 $
12-07 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theater %
12-08 Montclair, NJ - Wellmont Theater #
12-10 San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine
12-12 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom

* with the Teenagers
! with Telepathe
$ with Air Bombay, Fiasco
% with Black Kids
# with Ra Ra Riot

Spike Jonze Promises That ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Won’t Be the New ‘Chinese Democracy’

Presumably compelled by this morning's leak of Chinese Democracy, Spike Jonze has granted a gargantuan interview to Ain't It Cool News in which he assures us that his oft-delayed opus, Where the Wild Things Are, is also still on track to actually come out someday.

Apparently editing on the movie was completed three weeks ago, and all special effects should be finished by May, probably just in time for lots more problems to pop up before the movie's planned October 16 release.

Karen O (puke) is still writing the film's score, and Billy Bob Thornton, Jonze says, will provide the voice for one of the Wild Things.

Also, on the rumored pants-crappings at test screenings: "From the beginning, I told the studio, 'I don't think this is gonna be a movie for four-year-olds,'" says Spike. "And I think they said 'Oh, okay,' but I think that when they saw it, that's another … you know, that's something else … It's sort of like they were expecting a boy and I gave birth to a girl. So they just needed their time to sort that out and figure out how they were going to learn to love their new daughter."

This movie will never be released.

Rashida Jones joins Poehler comedy

"The Office" alum Rashida Jones has joined the cast of NBC's "don't-call-it-an-'Office'-spinoff" comedy starring Amy Poehler.

NBC and producers continue to keep a tight lid on the Poehler sitcom, but some details are starting to emerge.

Jones is set to play Ann Logan, a nurse whose boyfriend has a strange injury.

It's that injury that leads Jones' character into the world populated by Poehler and Aziz Ansari (who was the first thesp attached to the project, back when it was still, indeed, an "Office" spinoff).

In the meantime, Jones is expected to appear on at least one episode of "The Office" this season.

Pioneering Stem Cell Surgery Announced

Physicians at four European universities have completed what they say is the first successful transplant of a human windpipe using a patient’s own stem cells to fashion an organ and prevent its rejection by her immune system, according to an article in the British medical journal The Lancet. One of the physicians said the surgery could herald a “new age in surgical care.”

Chris Martin: 'Coldplay will split up next year'

Coldplay's Chris Martin has suggested that he plans to split up the band at the end of 2009.

The frontman told the Daily Express that his decision was based on his view that bands should call it a day before they get too old – saying he wanted to go out with a blast by keeping as busy as possible until 2009 ends.

"I'm 31 now and I don't think that bands should keep going past 33," he said. "So, we're trying to pack in as much as possible. Up until the end of next year, we'll just go for it in every sense.

"I don't believe in time off. We've still got most of our hair, we can still fit into our musical trousers and we've got to make the most of that."

Vaccine for skin cancer 'available in five years'

The scientist who developed a vaccine for cervical cancer is working on another inoculation against certain types of skin cancer that could be available in five years time.

Professor Ian Frazer, of the University of Queensland, said tests of the vaccine had proven successful on animals and that human trials could begin next year.

Mr Frazer, who delivered his findings to the Australian Health and Medical Research Congress, said a vaccine for children aged 10 to 12 could be available in five to 10 years.

The jab would protect against squamous cell carcinoma, the second most common skin cancer, but not the more deadly melanomas.

It works by targeting papillomavirus, a common infection which can turn abnormal cells into cancerous cells and is believed to cause at least five percent of all cancers.

Mr Frazer helped develop the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil, which is now used to inoculate millions worldwide. He hopes the skin cancer vaccine would work in a similar way.

Professor Ian Olver of the Australian Cancer Council said that even if the vaccine was proved to work in humans, the normal rules of sun exposure would not change.

"The traditional prevention messages of staying out of the sun during the hottest part of the day, covering up and using sun screen still apply.

"This would be an extra layer of protection."

Despite it limitations, Mr Olver said the discovery of the vaccine was "a good sign for the future".

"It is possible other vaccines could flow from this," he said.

Vice Squad

You know you're whipped when you let her pick out your mental illness.

Stuff White People Like - #116 Black Music that Black People Don’t Listen to Anymore

All music genres go through a very similar life cycle: birth, growth, mainstream acceptance, decline, and finally obscurity. With black music, however, the final stage is never reached because white people work tirelessly to keep it alive. Apparently, once a music has lost its relevance with its intended audience, it becomes MORE relevant to white people.

Historically speaking, the music that white people have kept on life support for the longest period of time is Jazz. Thanks largely to public radio, bookstores, and coffee shops, Jazz has carved out a niche in white culture that is not yet ready to be replaced by Indie Rock. But the biggest role that Jazz plays in white culture is in the white fantasy of leisure. All white people believe that they prefer listening to jazz over watching television. This is not true.

Every few a months, a white person will put on some Jazz and pour themselves a glass of wine or scotch and tell themselves how nice it is. Then they will get bored and watch television or write emails to other white people about how nice it was to listen to Jazz at home. “Last night, I poured myself a glass of Shiraz and put Charlie Parker on the Bose. It was so relaxing, I wish I had a fireplace.” Listing this activity as one of your favorites is a sure fire way to make progress towards a romantic relationship with a white person.

Along with Jazz, white people have also taken quite a shine to The Blues, an art form that captured the pain of the black experience in America. Then, in the 1960s, a bunch of British bands started to play their own version of the music and white people have been loving it ever since. It makes sense considering that the British were the ones who created The Blues in the 17th Century.

Today, white people keep The Blues going strong by taking vacations to Memphis, forming awkward bands, making documentaries, and organizing folk festivals. Blues and Jazz music appeal mostly to older white people and select few young ones who probably wear fedoras. But that doesn’t mean that young white people aren’t working hard to preserve music that has lost relevance. No, there are literally thousands of white people who are giving their all to keep old school Hip Hop alive.

Even as you read this, white people are telling other white people about the golden age of Hip Hop that they experienced in a suburban high school or through a viewing of The Wackness.

If you are good at concealing laughter and contempt, you should ask a white person about “Real Hip Hop.” They will quickly tell you about how they don’t listen to “Commercial Hip Hop” (aka music that black people actually enjoy), and that they much prefer “Classic Hip Hop.”

“I don’t listen to that commercial stuff. I’m more into the Real Hip Hop, you know? KRS One, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, De La Soul, Wu Tang, you know, The Old School.”

Calling this style of music ‘old school’ is considered an especially apt name since the majority of people who listen to it did so while attending old schools such as Dartmouth, Bard, and Williams College.

What it all comes down to is that white people are convinced that if they were alive when this music was relevant that they would have been into it. They would have been Alan Lomax or Rick Rubin. Now the best they can hope for is to impress an older black person with their knowledge.

Fail of the Day

Disappearing Act

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiUzEr29bWY

An Octopus with an amazing ability to camouflage itself.

Incase Power Slider for iPhone 3G doubles the juice and lets you sync

The Power Slider by Incase promises to double your phone's power for up to 5 hours talk time on the 3G network (10 hours on 2G), increase your audio playback time to 26 hours, and increase your video playback time to 7 hours.

If that wasn't enough, the iPhone can be left in the case while you sync it -- saving wear and tear on the case and on your phone. While the Slider isn't as svelte as your raw, naked iPhone, at the very least it manages to keep roughly the same shape (even if it does fatten it up quite a bit).

No pricing yet, should be available starting November 28.

TiVo users can now order and track pizza delivery from Dominos on their TV

Finally, the headaches of calling to order a pizza to be delivered to you are over.

TiVi and Dominos have joined forces to help you spend as much time as possible on your couch, consuming anything and everything you can.

Simply click “Order Your Dominos Pizza Now.”, then sit back await its delivery. You can even track the delivery timing right from your TV.

Ah, technology. So many important advancements.

Space Station Gets Pee-Recycling System

Astronauts on the International Space Station will soon be able to drink their own recycled urine using a new system delivered by NASA's space shuttle Endeavour which launched Friday.

Astronauts plan to install the system after Endeavour docks at the orbiting laboratory on Monday.

The machine will use a distillation process that compensates for the absence of gravity to remove impurities from urine. Then the water will be combined with fluid from showers, shaving, tooth brushing and hand washing, as well as perspiration and water vapor that collects inside the astronauts' space suits.

All this reclaimed water will go through a processing system to extract free gas and solid materials such as hair and lint. Afterward, the system will remove any remaining contaminants through a high-temperature chemical reaction.

Now if I can just get one of these for my car.