Hmm quickies #25 |

- Create your own newspaper headlines with the newspaper snippet generator (pictured above). Slot this one with church sign generator and tombstone generator.
- HD-DVD will connect via USB to the Xbox 360 and be available before November 17, 2006 when the PS3 launches, but I still haven’t found any word on pricing announced, anybody else?
- Ouch, the bike frame literally comes apart while a man rides it down a hill at an extremely fast speed. Painful to watch (video), you’ve been warned.
- Gabe finally changed the name tech.memeorandum which invited misspellings to techmeme.com
- Microsoft to compete against Yahoo! Answers and others in the Q&A business, see the official QnA blog
- Raw Spore game footage from the creator of The Sims:
- Speaking of games, there is a Halo 3 demo that was shown at E3 2006 earlier today for free download in Xbox Live. My son, the Halo gamer, was all over it. I’m going to check it out shortly.
- Another Accidense-like sighting at Google, this time by seroundtable




There was a post that had nothing really backing it up (and I can’t find it now), but it said it was going to be $100 for the HD-DVD drive for the XBox 360.
Take that with a big, big grain of salt.
Comment by Joel Ross — May 9, 2006 @ 9:49 pm PST
Create Your Own Newspaper Snippet
Here’s a clever little oddity. In a time where newspapers are bemoaning their decline you can create your own. Well, almost. Find out how and create your own newspaper here. Via TDavid.
Trackback by Life On the Wicked Stage: Act 2 — May 10, 2006 @ 8:03 am PST
More fun image generators on CustomSignGenerator.com (don’t be content with just a news paper clipping).
Comment by WHAK'd — May 11, 2006 @ 9:40 am PST
[…] While they might have the NFL license wrapped up, EA shouldn’t be banking too much on Madden. Madden 07 didn’t have significant improvements over prior years, hopefully Madden 2008 due out this August does. One of the most anticipated EA games Spore [see Spore raw video footage in this past post] by the Sims creator Will Wright might not be released until fiscal year 2009, which sent negative energy toward EA stock. […]
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