If you've heard a lot about podcasts but don't know how to go about enjoying them, the process isn't as difficult as you might have feared. iPodder is a free, cross-platform podcast receiver which seems to work well (at least on my Mac). Creating your own podcasts is, however, a bit trickier. Look here for some helpful info. And you don't even have to own an iPod to partake in all of this stuff. It's sort of like making a "xerox" with a machine manufactured by Canon or wiping your nose with a "kleenex" that you pulled from a box of Puffs ... but I digress.
2005 May 31 by Brian
Screenshots of the Mac OS version 1.1.
2005 May 31 by Brian
Who knew?: Partridge Family 2200 A.D.
2005 May 31 by Brian
For the die-hardest of fans: Star Wars Origami.
2005 May 27 by Brian
Are you old enough to remember the glory days of K-Tel? Dig those groovy TV commercials!
2005 May 27 by Brian
Looking for a photographer with skills? We have your man. Hat tip: Jonathan Carroll, who is contemplating opening a franchise of Glamour Shots by Deb.
2005 May 26 by Josh
Looks like somebody tripped over a router cable this morning... The site has been down for a while. Now beginning regular transmissions.
2005 May 26 by Josh
... is just one clever thingie designed by Luka.
2005 May 25 by Brian
When I watch a b&w flick from the forties (which is often) I long for a hat revival.
2005 May 25 by Brian
First person to purchase our Manhattan stock icon collection today, then email us with the subject "IconBuffet Deal of the Day" will receive a free Manhattan UM add-on collection for content management systems. Can't beat that now, can you? Sponsored by the letters Q, L, and the number 13.
2005 May 24 by Josh
By decree of the governor of the state of Alabama, today is Bo Bice Day. So celebrate, people. (This entry was added at the risk of frightening visitors into thinking that Sparkplug has sunk to the depths of pop pablum. It won't happen again. Bo's alright.)
2005 May 24 by Brian
ISOCITY is a nifty, architecturally pixellative isometric invitational. It's a concept similar to Icon Town - the original, more miniature version, which has been around for ages.
2005 May 24 by Brian
The true story of Audion contains
three of my favorite subjects: the Macintosh computer, digital audio, and what might have been. A long but fascinating read.
2005 May 23 by Brian
Every week it's a new - actually, old - downloadable selection from the "golden age of children's records". Brought to you by the delightful, delicious, delovely Basic Hip Digital Oddio.
2005 May 23 by Brian
Long before MTV there was the Scopitone.
2005 May 20 by Brian
Hmmmmm. I think I wouldn't mind owning a Stella! For the moment, however, I'll just enjoy a few spiffy adverts.
2005 May 20 by Brian
You may or may not be persuaded by its message that engineered foods represent the Dark Side of the Farm, but there's no denying that the Muppet-ified cucumbers, potatoes and other assorted eats in this video demonstrate some "most impressive" production values. Delightful! And now I'm hungry...
2005 May 18 by John
"A new twist on an old myth by Nina Paley": Sita Sings The Blues.
2005 May 18 by Brian
There's lots of lovely future-that-never-was at Transportation Futuristics : A Presentation of the Harmer E. Davis Transportation Library, but it's the Oddities Gallery that fascinates most.
2005 May 18 by Brian
Is it just me, or did Sony houc the new PS3 logotype (scroll down) off of the Spiderman films? Definitely stole that controller from Batman's utility belt.
2005 May 17 by Josh
Never heard of him? Neither had I. Not only is he the star of several TV commercials (some of which are hilarious), but he's also the subject of a video game and he has his own action figure.
2005 May 17 by Brian
When it comes to video gaming, Atari was my first love. So when I found this image on this page I was left wringing my hands because I can't read Japanese.
2005 May 17 by Brian
Our friends over at The Big Noob have a bug stuck under the glass of an Apple Cinema Display. The video footage is great.
2005 May 16 by Josh
Piet Mondrian's modernist painting "Broadway Boogie" + Toru Iwatani's yellow, minimalist, pellet-munching video game character = Pac-Mondrian. Jazzy!
2005 May 16 by Brian
French radio from the 50s, 60s, and 70s? Try it. You'll like it!
2005 May 16 by Brian
A solution to one of business’ biggest headaches is coming soon. Sign up for our mailing list, and be the first to find out when it arrives. If you freelance, contract, or manage a business of any size, you won't want to miss this.
2005 May 12 by Josh
Self-replicating robots (of a sort) are upon us, thanks to the achievements of a research team at Cornell University. While the researchers hope to contribute to a future of self-repairing, space-exploring automatons, the real revolution here is that these caterpillar-like creatures seem to have already learned a number of popular dance steps — just take a look at the supplied video. Now there's a routine that even breakdancing Soundwave might look upon with a twinge of envy. Go go gadget molecubes!
2005 May 12 by John
For those of you who really, really love your Macs: Old Ads from Apple. I really dig this, though here's also a little something for all you hipper kids.
2005 May 12 by Brian
Just Letters allows users to drag around colorful magnetic kiddie letters ... lots of users ... all at once.
2005 May 12 by Brian
The manic fascination with the iPod has at last gone absolutely batty ... or perhaps I should say birdie.
2005 May 11 by Brian
Yes, Virginia, you can actually purchase one of these lovely retro boob tubes!
2005 May 11 by Brian
Enter the URL of your favorite (or least favorite) web locale and let Netdisater.com destroy it. There was something strangely satisfying about seeing my own site being decimated by Martians.
2005 May 10 by Brian
CONELRAD is a heavy-duty cold war info site, which also happens to be quite aesthetically pleasing (if you dig red, black, and yellow).
2005 May 10 by Brian
Slightly surreal, minimalist puppetry. If you don't speak Dutch, click the GB circle for English. Then go directly to the video featuring a gramophone!
2005 May 9 by Brian
Andre Le Marquand's Spaceman Audacieuse. Scroll down. Gorgoeous!
2005 May 9 by Brian
Kick up your retro heels and take a retro load off at the Retrolounge.
2005 May 6 by Brian
Kids both young and old will enjoy Singing Science Records, forty-year-old LPs that are educational and entertaining and kindly encoded into MP3.
2005 May 5 by Brian
The Bruce Lee Remixer has been around for quite awhile and has been linked from other places, but I'd hate to think that somehow you've missed it. Pow!
2005 May 5 by Brian
It's unfortunately true that one of the surest ways to persuade an individual to do something is to try to prohibit her from doing it. And while it probably won't result in consequences anywhere near as dire as those brought about by Eve going off her diet, designer (and ersatz serpent) Mike Davidson has lured a few fellow Apple aficionados into trespassing all over that company's injunction against ingesting its latest iPod invention.
What, the logo on the back of the device—with its catastrophic bite plainly in view—wasn't a sufficient reminder of where this kind of unchecked bravado can lead?
2005 May 4 by John
Hmmmmm.
2005 May 3 by Brian
317X features a gargantuan gallery of gorgeous LP cover art. This, this, and this are a few of my faves.
2005 May 3 by Brian
