David Archuleta is Kissless

David Archuleta recently gave an interview to Seventeen. We’ve excerpted parts of it below, but one response stands out the most: the 17-year old American Idol finalist says he’s never kissed a girl. We can think of a few million females that would like to change that… When was your first kiss? I haven’t had a first kiss. What’s the girly movie you secretly love? I only know of one, and it was good: A Walk to Remember. I hear so much about The Notebook, but I’ve never seen it. That’s the

Identify the tunes in your head with Midomi

By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] I’m sure you’ve all been in this particular nightmarish situation.   You get up in the morning, and as soon as your brain wakes up, a tune begins in your head.   What is the name of that tune?  Where does it come from?   Why the HELL does it not go away and leave you alone? The not knowing the name of the song is the worst part of it.   I’ve had a tune in my head for several weeks going round and round in my brain in an endless loop driving me total

Miranda Cosgrove - Headphones On Full

Miranda Cosgrove - Headphones On Full

Unwrapping HTC's Touch Diamond (PC World via Yahoo! News)

HTC's Touch Diamond unwrapped and opened up.

DRM-free threats bounce off iTunes' chest (CNET via Yahoo! News)

To unseat iTunes as lord of digital music, challengers are falling over themselves to strip copy protections off music.

Sensex, music and headphones (rediff.com)

Investors need not worry about short-term volatility. Over the long term, equities offer the best returns. as per a study

DRM-free threats bounce off iTunes' chest (CNET)

With all the alleged hatred of DRM, how come more people aren't rejecting iTunes' DRM-laden music? Probably cause there's nothing better available.

Now hear this: Headphones that block out noise (Toronto Star)

We live in cacophony. From honking cabs to rumbling subways to traffic clamour and elevator muzak, noise pollutants fill every square inch of urban air.

Ham radio operators have a Field Day (The Union)

As the dits and dahs came over the receiver amid a light crackle, Jerry Bliss sat back in his Grass Valley home with his headphones on, listening to the Morse Code just like any other language.

MR. GIZMO (New York Post)

SO, it's late at night, you're home watching Jon Stewart, and you notice that your dog, who's getting on in years, can't jump up and join you on the couch as easily as she used to. In fact, she can barely get her gnarled little paws off the ground...

Button ATH-FW3: New Ladies Headphones from Audio-Technica

Until recent times, we didn’t have to choose new MP3 players or DAPs, now we don't know what to buy as new earphones and headphones come out every week. This time, it's Audio-Technica who will release new headphones At the end of the month. Our ATH-FW3 will provide a frequency response of 15Hz-22,000Hz, a sound pressure sensitivity of 100dB/mW, an impedance of 32Ω, and 30mm drivers.... Reader Comments

100 Things I Love

May I just write music, movies and massages and leave it at that? Probably not. From Jaquandor. Again. In no particular order. Took longer to compile than 100 things that bug me. What does THAT say about me? 1. Government and association websites/databases with a lot of good, free stuff. 2. Blogging. It practically saved my life, created connections I would not have otherwise; among others, it's how I reestablished with Fred and Deborah. 3. Cranberry juice. Often mixed with orange juice, so

ZEN X-Fi: more details with a touch of meh

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video In case you missed it over the weekend, that's Creative's new ZEN X-Fi player with WiFi, instant messaging client, and built-in media streaming. Or so says EpiZENter. Why limit the device to just these capabilities? We're not sure, though we don't have all the details yet. Besides the built-in speaker, SD slot, FM tuner and voice recorder features we're now hearing that the player pictured will include "premium quality headphones" in the box and a ba

America's Shrinking Food Wraps (Time Magazine)

Faced with soaring production costs, food companies are resorting to the age-old practice of earning more by selling us less

Taking his shot at gold (Sun-Sentinel)

His neck was snapped in '05, but now he heads to Paralympics. He decided to join the Marines at 16. An accident left him paralyzed from the neck down at 20.

Co-driver for two minutes and 55 seconds (The New Zealand Herald)

You know you're in for a very different kind of motoring experience the instant the accelerator is pressed flat to the floor and the black Mitsubishi hunkers down, knobbly tyres biting into loose gravel.

Cool Pillowcase Promos

Here's a cool promo used by a Brazilian radio station at a conference. It's a customized pillow case that makes it look like you're wearing headphones. Which is cool, and not as gross as other conference promo pillowcases we've seen. It's also cool because it reminds me of the pillow case Eric makes for Lizzy in Undeclared:

[$9.99] NEW SLICK SILENCER NOISE CANCELLING EARBUD HEADPHONES by Shnoop

Enjoy superior sound wherever the day takes you with the Slick Silencer Noise Cancelling Earbud Headphones. Active noise cancellation reduces ambient noise through a special phase canceling process. Slide the Slick Silencer Noise Cancelling Earbud Headphones earbuds into your ears and enjoy phenomenal sound without distraction from the rest of the world. Once they are in youamp;amp;rsquo;ll be treated to deep lows and shimmering highs made available through the Active Noise Cancelling Technolog

Philips SHE9850 noise isolating earphones

Philips SHE9850 noise isolating earphones Filed under: Loudspeakers | by: Rien | Hits: 95 Trusted Reviews: For close to a year Shure has pretty much dominated the market when it comes to in-ear headphones. From the low-priced SE110’s and SE210’s, through the SE310’s and brilliant dual driver SE420’s, to the top-of-the-range triple driver E500PTH’s (now available as the SE530s) whatever your budget, Shure has an earphone to suit it. However, recently, the Shure party gate has been crashed by

Train severs limbs of teens sunbathing on railroad trestle

One of the victims was loaded yesterday on a LifeFlight of Maine helicopter. (MIKE ROSS/AP PHOTO) Quote: LEBANON, Maine - Two teenage girls sunbathing on a railroad trestle lost limbs when a train came upon them unexpectedly in this New Hampshire border town, police said yesterday. The girls were lying on beach towels on the trestle over Three Mill Pond when the train rounded a corner and began braking and blasting its horn shortly before 11 a.m., said Lieutenant Gary Fecteau of the Yo

Proof of LSC Prizes

I just wanted to show actual proof that I’ve gotten my prizes from Live Search Club. It’s always helpful to find reviews before you buy something or before you spend time accruing points on a free game site. I would definitely look at a Fenphedra review before I tried the product. Anyways, I really love the Live Search Club site because you don’t need any referrals, you don’t have to sign up for offers. You just play games & hopefully they will send you your prizes. I got a roomba from t

Euro 2008 final as it happened (BBC News)

Spain win Euro 2008 to claim their first title in 44 years after a 1-0 win over Germany in Vienna thanks to a Fernando Torres goal.

[$92.04] GPX? 8.0 INCH PORTABLE DVD PLAYER by Choxster

The GPX? 808B DVD player is truly an amazing portable entertainment system that goes where you go It features a sharp 8.0amp;quot; widescreen TFT LCD display that is 45 larger than 7amp;quot; players. You can enjoy sound through the powerful builtin stereo speakers or with the included headphones. Play your DVD`s, CD`s, JPEG`s, MP3`s Audio amp;amp; MP4`s DivX, Xvid There is even a second headphone jack so you can share the entertainment with a friend. In addition to the DVD/CD drive there is a

Muxtape No. 11: You Better Memorize This Face

[ART: C. Jones] And here we are up to Muxtape No. 11, which -- if we say so ourselves -- benefits greatly from a recent spree of ripping CDs to the new laptop. It's been far too long since we had listened to the entirety of the Owls and American Football records, both just exemplary from end to end. You can sit back and listen to the Muxtape at this link, and our musings regarding same are below.1. Superchunk -- "Seed Toss" -- Tossing Seeds: Singles 89-91 (This is arguably the best Superchunk s

Weekly Round-up - New Music Edition

I am a big music fan and I have a fairly large music collection (around 500 CDs). I don’t follow new music as closely as I used to and I don’t often buy music anymore. However, a couple months ago I received a Best Buy gift card for my birthday, and I just recently went out and bought a couple CDs. I bought the new albums by REM (Accelerate), Counting Crows (Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings), and Gavin Rossdale (Wanderlust). My wife and I call Gavin Rossdale “Mr. Stefani.” If you aren’t fa

The Pacemaker gets updated and how to get it working with wine

So Finally in firmware update #8793 you can now record/save a mix on the device while on the go. In the past, I was recording using my laptop to record the main line-out using Audacity. But now its all working as advertised. Some of you might like to know my 2nd recorded mix using just the pacemaker and headphones is now officially up at my Pacemaker DJ site. The mix is called Manchester to London a short mix and used the method described here to put up the mix via the editing software, so th

X-Files At The LA Film Festival

First, for TONS of videos, photos, conversation on the X-Files, join Big Light. It’s for fans, old and new of the X-Files. Now, this video gives an idea of what kind of fun was had by all at the X-Files Sneak Peak at the LAFF. It was made by the lovely Mya. Music: Walking in Memphis by Cher. (More below the fold) Find more videos like this on Big Light The sound is a bit low on this, but put some headphones on to hear… David Duchovny… talking to me from stage… *sigh* Video by Kate. Fin

Warblers to woo TV audiences (Vietnam Net)

VietNamNet Bridge - The premiere of TV music show Sao Mai Diem Hen (Morning Star Rendezvous) will be broadcast this Sunday night on Viet Nam Television.

Renegage Justice: An Interview With Former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias

The topic below was originally posted on my blog, the Intrepid Liberal Journal on Wednesday, June 25th when this interview took place. David Iglesias is the prototype twenty first century Republican: charismatic, Hispanic, an evangelical Christian and a captain in the Navy Reserve who served for many years in the Navy’s Judge Advocate General Corps (“JAG”). In 1998, Iglesias campaigned to become Attorney General of New Mexico against the heavily favored Patricia Madrid. He nearly pulled off a

Episode #67 KAMEHAMEHA!

KAMEHAMEHA!  Hello boys and girls.  I will be your pilot today on this audiotastic journey.  Please take hold of your headphones and speakers.  If we lose oxygen while listening in, another pair of headsets will dispense from the air so you may continue to enjoy the show. Format: 28mins 27secs, 13.0 MB, mp3 Show files: mp3 - Download the mp3 of the show Subscribe: Zune - Subscribe in Zune Marketplace iTunes - Subscribe in iTunes Podcast Only Feed - Subscribe to Podcasts Only here U36

Director keeps on the 'wack' side of life (International Herald Tribune)

Jonathan Levine's "The Wackness," which stars Josh Peck, Ben Kingsley and Mary-Kate Olsen, is a portrait of the artist as a young stoner who can see only the dismal, side of things.

Three iPod alternatives in Canada

Three iPod alternatives in Canada June 29th, 2008 by admin Here is a well done review by a Canadian of three iPod alternatives available to their market. he chose three devices with wireless fucntionality and some form of online stores. He was not impressed with the fact Microsoft released zune in Canada but the Zune MarketPlace is still not available. It does seem odd that they hav enot had time to prepare the online store for release at the same time. Another misstep on their part because

Creative's 1st Wi-Fi player, iTunes rival leaked (MacNN)

Creative's ZEN X-Fi player is still in progress and is being more directly targeted at Apple on both the hardware and software sides, says a slew of leaked information obtained by epiZENter. Spotted in an official product shot, the X-Fi changes the look of the original ZEN to an aluminum-and-chrome look believed to be drawing heavily on the visual...

Barack Obama and Rwanda's General Kalimanzira - Arusha, Tanzania

Jump to the full entry & travel map Arusha, Tanzania I think for many people when they picture Africa, the images may be close to what I have described in my previous blogs.  However, there is a lot of modernization and much more variety on the landscape.  For example, my first morning in Tanzania, I awoke to find the movie "Benchwarmers" on TV and the hotel restaurant's TV displayed MTV while I ate my breakfast. Although some people may still live in mud houses  (not the m

Goucher good to go for Beijing in 10,000 (Denver Post)

When Kara Goucher won a bronze medal in the 10,000 meters at the world championships last summer, it marked a major breakthrough for her and American distance running.

ESA - Enthusiast System Architecture (New Mobile Computing)

"Today, with the coming introduction of the NVIDIA 780i chipset, NVIDIA is looking to make serious changes to what is possible with enthusiast systems by launching a new technology platform.

Wearable controls allow you to twitch your nose to adjust the bass (Everett Herald)

Rolling your eyes to turn up the volume of a portable music player and tapping your fingers to turn on a DVD player are among technologies Japan's top mobile carrier is testing for "wearable" gadgets.

A good summer for jazz lovers (San Jose Mercury News)

Summer arrives, and everyone goes searching for those books they've been meaning to read. Great idea, but here's another: How about curling up in the hammock, putting on the headphones and catching up with some music? Here are some of the best jazz releases of the first half of 2008, a

Radio operators have a field day (The Lewiston Sun Journal)

AUBURN - Under a big tent in the Park Avenue School parking lot, John Donahue (call sign N1JD) of Lisbon, sits almost stock-still at a table. Blips and bleeps, some loud fuzz and the dit-dah-dit pattern of Morse Code are audible all around. Donahue, wearing headphones, doesn't seem to hear.

Extra fees charged by airlines starting to push the edge (Anchorage Daily News)

It's tough to keep a good attitude about airlines these days. Hardly a day goes by without the worst airlines hiking fares and adding on more frivolous fees, at the same time reducing services. Everyone knows that fuel prices are up, up, up. But it appears that many carriers are using the gas prices as a "get out of jail free" card to annoy passengers with an array of add-ons and extra charges. ...

07-19-2008 - Soundwave>Series ((3)): AudioBus—Goh Nakamura

http://projectsoundwave.meâ€"diâ€"ate.net/series/ Songs About Parking Tickets, Impossible Crushes and Faraway Dreamlands on a Double Decker Bus Bay Area troubador, Goh Nakamura is famous for singing about parking tickets, impossible crushes, and faraway dreamlands. He will develop his tour route that will score to his heartfelt songs for an audiences equipped with headphones atop a CitySightseeing openâ€"top doubleâ€"decker bus. Gohs music has scored a few Hollywood movies. Now audienc

Dell Launches Customizable ‘Studio’ Notebooks

  Dell has launched it Studio range of laptops, a series of personalized notebook PCs that are available in a variety of color. It has got a sleek design and lot of personalization options and some features such as standard built-in webcam, capacitive touch media control buttons, slot load drives and optional mercury free LED displays. The pricing of these starts at $799 and these Intel Core 2 Duo based, Windows Vista equipped PCs include Blu-ray drives, HDMI ports for sharing Blu-ray content

Stephen Ducat: Understanding Obama's Recent Right Turn

OK, we all knew, deep down, that our wondrous golden boy of change would one day reveal his feet of clay. What most of us did not anticipate was just how easily they would fit into jackboots. There has emerged a conventional wisdom among progressives that is not entirely wrong about why Obama has so readily embraced police state surveillance, and why he felt compelled to express his solidarity with Scalia, et al, on the death penalty. As the thinking goes, these moves are simply the expectabl

Atomic Golf Ball (Mar, 1951)

Atomic Golf Ball IT may not be world-shattering news, but golfers will welcome one of the newest atomic developments once it emerges from the experimental stage. It’s a golf ball that can’t get lost. Minute quantities of radioactive materials are embedded under the cover of the ball so that if you carry a portable Geiger counter, you can locate it even in dense woods. When you’re getting close to the correct location, you’ll know by the signals on your headphones. Below, Dr. William L. David

NTT Docomo’s future cellphones and accessories, controllable by movements of human body parts

Japan’s NTT Docomo has always been daring enough to try on new things on cellphones. The latest idea of NTT Docomo is to produce a cellphone that can be controlled by the movements of different parts of human body. One idea is a pair of headphones that is controllable by the use of some eye movements. The headphones are capable of detecting electrical signals, such as rolling your eyes up and down, will turn up and down the volume respectively, and rolling the eye twice to the right will fast

Guitar Hero: On Tour

Guitar Hero: On Tour Posted by: Tipa in Other Games, tags: guitar hero, guitar hero on tour, nintendo ds I took my own picture of the Guitar Hero: On Tour controller for the DS, but let me assure you â€" it sucked. I went to Gamestop hoping to get their free, not-available-elsewhere Pokemon, but they require that you have the National Pokedex â€" and I haven’t yet finished the game or beaten the Elite Four… so no go for me. I saw that they had the Guitar Hero: On Tour for the DS with its funk