Human-to-human TiVo/PVR suggestions via RSS
I first glanced at this proposed PVR RSS code earlier today, but didn't really have time to fully absorb it. Now there's a more detailed description, and it's a really cool idea.
My TiVo manages to suggest something I might watch perhaps once a week at the most*. I'm probably being generous with that estimate. I'd much rather have people I know send me shows I may want to watch but may not be aware of because I'm TiVo'ing through all the commercials. (All hail the 30 second skip.)
Besides, this also opens the door for all sorts of potential friendly TiVo hacking via RSS suggestions. What? You mean you didn't want to watch that Punky Brewster marathon?
* I admit I probably don't use the Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down as much as I should to get desired results.
Too many elk shirts from loved ones at the holidays? (Let's not go there, okay?) Well, this site can help you avoid more crap you don't need and help those you like to help. Everyone wins, and you don't have to stand in line to return that acrylic sweater.
I first read about this in Anna Quindlen's latest article in Newsweek.
You can find my givelist here.
(They could use a little help with those URLs.)
Technological savvy could turn 600 million tons of turkey guts and other waste into 4 billion barrels of light Texas crude each year
The process is designed to handle almost any waste product imaginable, including turkey offal, tires, plastic bottles, harbor-dredged muck, old computers, municipal garbage, cornstalks, paper-pulp effluent, infectious medical waste, oil-refinery residues, even biological weapons such as anthrax spores. According to Appel, waste goes in one end and comes out the other as three products, all valuable and environmentally benign: high-quality oil, clean-burning gas, and purified minerals that can be used as fuels, fertilizers, or specialty chemicals for manufacturing.
So simple. So smart. So tiny.
Also gives rise to typing in short random number/letter combos behind tinyurl.com just to see what shows up... Or maybe I'm just bored.
This is really, really cool. Go from the depths of outer space to subatomic study quickly without leaving your chair.
Find the cheapest fares by searching 30 travel sites in one go.
via Seth
Through the Internet, replica driver's licenses are available from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and territories such as Guam and American Samoa.
"Dude, what state are you from (wink wink)?"
"Screw the states, dude...I'm from Guam!"
via Hari
