The really scary part is the budget required to build this white elephant: $900k for construction with an additional $50k a month in maintenance and utilities.

[Via Gizmodo]

What happens when a fetish becomes obsession, then turns into a life consuming preoccupation that drives friends and family away, compelling you to alter your physical environment, modeled after your Apple addiction? You turn your dwelling into an Apple store, of course!

I applaud this fellow’s creativity, it really is brilliant. But, still. Jesus!

Brightcove is a fantastic video content site which enables users to roll their own channels, as it were. In effect you become your own director, producer, and publisher, reaching the eyeballs of millions of online viewers.

Sound familiar? YouTube anyone?

The name Hamad Darwish may not be a household name, but if you are using Windows Vista chances are you're already familiar with his work. Microsoft commissioned this well known Flickr photographer to shoot high resolution imagery for inclusion in Vista as desktop wallpapers. So the background you're probably using now as your desktop is the work of Hamad.

Surprisingly a number of spectacular images he produced for Vista didn't make the cut, and were not included in the final release. Hamad is now making these previously unreleased images available for download on his personal website, which I encourage everyone to visit.

These desktops are stunning, especially the first selection below which is my personal favorite.

Download the entire wallpaper pack
It's like crack, for your computer screen. Enjoy!

Source: Windows Vista Blog

Next month is my birthday, so what better way to celebrate than by sticking it to the man. The "man" in this case being the overlords of the colluded music industry that rape consumers with every CD purchase. This March, send these greedy bastards a message by boycotting all legal music consumption, or better yet select only independent artists for your listening experience. Screw the big labels.

Source: Mike Cane

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