13.10.05

Downloadable tv-episodes and music videos!

Apple released new iPod with video support, and at the same time added over 2000 music videos to iTunes store for 1.99$ a piece. They also added tv-series "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives" to be bought episode by episode! Bundle of the first season of Desperate Housewives costs 34.99$ (23 episodes), that's 1.52$ per episode. Nice.

Check out the new tv ad for the new iPod, featuring U2:

http://www.apple.com/ipod/ads/

12.10.05

Preview new Carlos Santana songs!

Carlos Santana has made a new album, which yet to be released until 31st of October, but some of the new songs can be previewed at The Sun's site:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2004580002-2005470298,00.html

Songs in question are:
Just Feel Better featuring Steven Tyler
My Man featuring Big Boi and Mary J Blige
I Am Somebody featuring Will I Am
Cry Baby Cry featuring Joss Stone and Sean Paul
Twisted featuring Anthony Hamilton

On an interesting side note, Metallica's guitarist Kirk Hammet will also be featured on the album. If you want to check out few pics of Metallica, check my concert photos: http://iki.fi/rz/metallica/oulunkyla/

29.9.05

First photographs of a live giant squid

Tsunemi Kubodera's team has captured first ever photographs of a rare giant squid (Architeuthis) in Japan. Check out Google News or MSN article that has video of the still images http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9503272/

28.9.05

Finland has the world's most competitive economy

Finland remains the most competitive economy in the world and tops the rankings for the third consecutive year in The Global Competitiveness Report 2005-2006, released today by the World Economic Forum. The United States is in second position, followed by Sweden, Denmark, Taiwan and Singapore, respectively.

Check out the site
www.weforum.org and their press release about it.

21.9.05

HIM's new album, Dark Light

You can listen to the BRAND NEW ALBUM from HIM's own flash site http://www.heartagram.com/, sound quality is better then the MTV Italy site!

Edit: player used to be on different page (http://www.heartagram.com/htplayer/), now it's on the mainpage.

Listen to new HIM album, Dark Light!

MTV Italy has the new album up for listening, just CLICK HERE!

Sun Microsystems' rejected ads

Check out these bold ads by Sun Microsystems:

http://www.sun.com/emrkt/rejected/

Copy texts:

In independent lab tests versus Dell, engineers concluded it saves 56% in energy costs." They also concluded,
NOW THAT'S WHAT WE CALL AN ASS-WHOOPIN'.



50% faster than Dell.
66% more energy efficient than Dell.

100% MORE BITCHIN' THAN DELL.



Given how hot and slow our competitor's servers are, it's no surprise their name
RHYMES WITH HELL.



BENCHMARK STUDIES
PROVE THAT DELL SUCKS

About 63% more energy than the new industry standard Sun x64 Server.

Night Watch - Nochnoi Dozor

Great Russian movie, Nochnoi Dozor, aka Night Watch, check out the english site:

http://www2.foxsearchlight.com/nwnd/

Throw George!

You might have seen the original flash site, man falling and bouncing from balls, now it's time to throw George around!

http://www.planetdan.net/pics/misc/georgie.htm

8.9.05

Finnish parlament votes for new copyright law this friday

If it passes the vote and becomes a law, it will become illegal to transfer copy protected music from CD's to iPod and other mp3-players. WTF?!

Read more in finnish: http://www.tietokone.fi/uutta/uutinen.asp?news_id=24647
http://fin.afterdawn.com/uutiset/arkisto/6813.cfm

Act now!
Send emails to your representative in the Parliament, check out emails here http://www.eduskunta.fi/thwfakta/hetekau/hetekafakta.htm

13.4.05

Garbage rules

garbage.com, the band's new site is up and running. Check out also the new musicvideo, Why Do You Love Me. Here are direct links to High speed Windows, and High speed Real Player versions! Excelent.