Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Nine Inch Nails Gear up for auction on ebay.com


Nine Inch Nails Gear up for auction on ebay.com

Looks like Nine Inch Nails is selling some of their not so gently used tour gear.

see here:
www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/nin-1201/
Nine Inch Nails fans now have an opportunity to own their very own piece of the band – so to speak. Having confirmed that its touring days are over, the industrial-metal pioneers are auctioning off the bulk of its gear on eBay.

"We've been going through the NIN touring and studio rigs and getting rid of a large selection of gear and equipment the band is no longer in need of," reads a statement on the band’s website (http://www.nin.com/). "We do not know which (if any) tour these items are from unless specified, nor can we get any items autographed, so please do not ask."

As of this writing, 20 items have been listed thus far, among them a 1960 Gibson Les Paul, a 1980 Gibson E-2 Explorer, and a Gibson Banjitar. Bids are arriving fast and furious, with “view counters” approaching 10,000 for most of the items. The band promises that “hundreds of items” will ultimately be listed.

Earlier this year, NIN leader Trent Reznor announced that the group would henceforth forego live performance in order to focus on studio work. The band then proceeded to stage its “last ever” world tour. In the wake of its “retirement,” however, Nine Inch Nails has maintained an extensive interactive relationship with its fans.

Uploaded by shannonpatrick17 on 1 Dec 09, 12.33PM PST.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Christmas Screensaver on the TeeVee

mosaica screensaver blog.consta.de/mosaica/ with tags like "christmas "red" and "green" makes for a festive treat!
This is not a screengrab but an actual photo of the tv.

Thursday, November 26, 2009

How to Try the New Google Search

How to Try the New Google Search

This is pretty awesome. I use Groowe search tool bar and Search preview 4.0 add-on for firefox. I like that google is now adding these kinds of helpful search features. I would like to see the "page images" and "page preview" kind of functionality integrated like the "search settings" on google so you do not have to click on it for every search.
Would anyone like to share a thought about this?

via gizmodo.com:
gizmodo.com/5412801/how-to-try-the-new-google-search

Confirmed. The rumors about Google's redesign are true, and you can try it for yourself with a very simple method.

1. Go to Google.com.
2. Once it loads, enter this code into your web browser's URL address field:

javascript:void(document.cookie="PREF=ID=20b6e4c2f44943bb:U=4bf292d46faad806:TM=1249677602:LM=1257919388:S=odm0Ys-53ZueXfZG;path=/; domain=.google.com");

There shouldn't be any google.com in front of that. Just that code.

3. Hit enter.
4. Reload or open a new Google.com page and you will have access to the new user interface.

It's fast and sweet, although the changes don't affect all the available sections. [Thanks Matt Karolian]


Send an email to Jesus Diaz, the author of this post, at jesus@gizmodo.com.

Uploaded by shannonpatrick17 on 26 Nov 09, 8.04AM PST.

Monday, November 9, 2009

Video: Bruce Sterling's Keynote - At the Dawn of the Augmented Reality Industry on Vimeo

Video: Bruce Sterling's Keynote - At the Dawn of the Augmented Reality Industry on Vimeo

Video: Bruce Sterling's Keynote - At the Dawn of the Augmented Reality Industry from Maarten Lens-FitzGerald on Vimeo.


Registration of the amazing keynote by sf author and design critic Bruce Sterling, "At the Dawn of the Augmented Reality Industry". He talks about its history, the cool side, the dark side and gives the industry some pointers to be successful.

Recorded at the Layar Launch Event on August 17th in Amsterdam where the Layar Reality Browser was launched for the world. See layar.com

more videos:
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/09/sticky-light/
and: