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December 08, 2005

links for 2005-12-08

• Consumating: Hot nerdy girls and indie rock boys! With glasses!
  cnet buys the tag-based dating site consumating!
  (tags: bubble2.0 web2.0 benbrown consumating dating)
• Nelson's Weblog: tech / bad / notYourComputer
  You'd think the box sitting in your house that you paid money for would be yours to do with what you please. Apparently not, thanks to "trusted computing"
  (tags: drm badcode microsoft intel xbox)
• NPR : Bluster and Satire: Stephen Colbert's 'Report'
  Colbert again on Fresh Air, getting all meta about the Colbert Report. Amusing.
  (tags: npr radio dailyshow freshair comedy)
• On Christmas trees | By Umbra Fisk | Grist Magazine | Ask Umbra | 08 Dec 2004
  Which is environmentally friendlier for xmas? Killing a real pine tree or buying a fake one?
  (tags: environment shopping xmas)
• 7.5 Foot Noble Fir Full Tree from Christmas Tree for Me
  A non-PVC fake xmas tree
  (tags: xmas shopping environment)
• The City Gardener : Shows : Home & Garden Television
  My current favorite DIY show on TV.
  (tags: gardening tvworthwatching tvshows)
• Seven Questions with Michael Cronan, designer and creator of the name "TiVo" and the mascot | PVRblog
  TiVo started as a smart home concept! And they whittled down 1600 names to arrive at "TiVo"
  (tags: tivo pvrblog interviews)

Posted at December 8, 2005 12:05 AM