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Sonntag, 29. Juni 2008

Nothing from nothing

Creative's ZEN X-Fi player with WiFi gets a lot more real

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video, Wireless

the resourceful kids upward of at epizenter have what looks to be a genuine latest of an unannounced zen x-fi. not only did they pull down this supposedly leaked photo, they also managed to dig out a "zen x-fi starter pack" document from the bowels of creative's own position. justify, we're looking at dap with sd expansion and built-in wifi, speaker, fm tuner, voice recorder, and the ability to stream media from creative's "public media server." additionally, users can converse with yahoo! messenger and microsoft live! users thanks to the 9-button, cellphone-like keypad. more details and genuflecting lie just beyond the be familiar with link.[thanks tony and everyone who sent this in] read permalink email this comments

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Montag, 23. Juni 2008

Hindu goddess

Get serious this summer

Packing for vacation, dedicated readers often tuck the summer's must-read "beach books" into their suitcases along with the Coppertone and mosquito repellent.

But why does relaxing with a best seller mean snoozing through the afternoon, barely digesting a fluffy romance about a sensitive stockbroker who empowers his secretary or a lurid thriller about the hottie detective who catches the salivating serial killer stalking her to a Caribbean hideaway?

Instead of nodding off in a hammock with an author as predictable as Aunt Dot's casserole, why not take a chance with a new writer who'll lead you into bracing waters.

Not to be snobby but toss anything advertised as "unapologetically romantic," "swift-paced and readable" or "just perfect for a quiet afternoon" out with the fish guts and Danielle Steele.

As summer approaches, several notable authors and a few newcomers have published novels and memoirs that address issues that touch the marrow of our lives with fresh language that stimulates readers' imaginations just like the best vacations.

Here are some eclectic suggestions about new books that'll make memorable summer reading.

American jihad

"The Garden of Last Days"

By Andre Dubus III

Norton

537 pages, $$24.95

Like the 9/11 hijacker propelling this searing novel, Andre Dubus III has scored a direct strike into the psyche of a bewildered nation unable to protect itself from its hungers and self-delusions. His audacious third novel, "The Garden of Last Days" gathers together four lost souls in a seedy Florida strip club where they'll enact a morality tale as current as tomorrow's car bombing.

Punt

April is a stripper who can't leave her sick 3-year-old daughter home alone so she brings her to the Puma Club on a slow September evening in 2001. She dances for an arrogant Saudi named Bassam who needs to stroke his own toxic carnality before taking off on a suicidal jihad that promises pleasures he can't achieve in a world corrupted by Infidels. Along comes embittered, not very good ol' boy A.J. who contends for April's attentions with unexpected consequences.

As in "The House of Sand and Fog," Dubus sets his characters on inexorable collision course fed by resentment, zealotry and plumb bad luck. Like a car wreck, you can't look away. Like the Twin Towers crumbling, you can't forget what you saw.

Dubus has accepted the post-9/11 artistic challenge that's bedeviled the world's finest English-language writers from Don DeLillo in "Falling Man," to John Updike in "Terrorist," from Brit Ian McEwan's "Saturday" to Jonathan Safran Foer's disorienting "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close."

Dubus may not be the polished stylist but he writes from his guts about people we pass in the street caring for a sick child, lusting after a stranger or seeking martyrdom. His "Garden of Last Days" is a masterpiece that captures the flavor of these troubled times with unflinching honesty.

Saving Lt. Flint

"Panther Soup"

By John Gimlette

Knopf

400 pages, $26

With U.S. servicemen and women fighting overseas, John Gimlette's fine "Panther Soup" observes war's carnage, tedium and absurdity through the sometimes bemused eyes and clear memory of 89-year-old Weston resident Putnam Flint. Subtitled "Travels through Europe in War and Peace," this Everyman's tale wrenches World War II from the History Channel to make it something personal that happened to a quiet uncle who still won't talk about it. A London attorney and travel writer, Gimlette accompanied Flint across Europe in 2004 following the route he took in 1944 serving with US Seventh Army in a tank destroyer unit called the Panthers.

On his first visit to Europe in 60 years, Flint recalls his adventures utterly without illusion. He killed when he had to. He visited the brothels of Pig Alley in Paris when he could. Like some buddies of German ancestry, he regarded their German enemies as "people like us" and "more sensible" than their French allies.

Part memoir, part quirky travelogue, Gimlette's "Panther" achieves what great war literature always has from "The Iliad" to "'The Red Badge of Courage." It personalizes hell through Flint's no nonsense recollections. Returning to the scene of the Battle of the Bulge, Flint discovers 60 years later his unit had flattened a church when they were trying to rout Nazi snipers. Readers will feel the young lieutenant's blisters, fatigue and growing disgust. Recalling his part in a war that left millions dead, Flint emerges as an honest chronicler who deserves to be truste ...

Mittwoch, 28. Mai 2008

Hollywood comedian babe

Tori Spelling's Character On The New 90210

thanks daddy! kelly taylor and donna martin b.f.f. here we come! tori spelling's return on the fresh cw 90210 has been levitra kaufen revealed! donna martin is coming forsake as the owner of a boutique in beverly hills. she won't be a series regular, but she will have a reoccurring role. fastidious work tori, make daddy proud! too bad you don't maintain all of daddy's money to go and celebrate your new r?le with.
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Mittwoch, 21. Mai 2008

Backstreet boys lyrics

Shuffle Tag

i was bored.and i needed something to take my obliterate off something else. so yea.i did a tag. =)

5 Easy Steps:

i added some of the lyrics i remember most up the songs after the comments. =)1) how am i feeling today?miley cyrus g.n.o. (girls' night out)mood all that girl power i guess. don't need no guy. =)" 'cuz it's a girls' night, it's alright without you, i'm gonna stay out, and play out without you."2) pleasure i get to this point in time b to a certain extent in person?greenday american idiotokaaaaaayy.. and what is that reputed to mean?"now everybody do the hype and sing along in the age of paranoia" 3) how do my friends see me?taylor swift tied together with a smiledealing with a couple of insecurity issues here but i didn't be informed my friends knew."that you cry but you don't tell anyone. that you might not be the golden one. and you're tied together with a smile. and you're coming undone."4) will i get married?backstreet boys inconsolablethis is my trendy ringtone. and i'll take it as a yes. =)"i desire that i could find the words to say. baby, i would leak you everytime you leave. i'm inconsolable.."

5) What is my best friend's theme song?Smash Mouth I'm a BelieverWahahaha. =)"And I saw her face. Now I'm a believer. And not a trace of doubt in my mind."

Homemade ethanol

6) What is the story of my life?Leona Lewis Bleeding LoveOh wow. I do hope this is a metaphor."But I don't care what they say, I'm in love with you.. You cut me open and I..."

7) What was high school like?High School Musical 2 cast All For OneHow apt. Awesome. Fits perfectly. No explanation needed."Everybody. One for all. All for one."

8) What's in store for this weekend?Chris Daughtry It's Not OverMy grandparents' 50th Wedding anniversary is this weekend. So they're gonna have a 60th? Or does it mean the stud

Air india express

Precise Preventive medicine

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Clint Eastwood feels 'sorry' for Clinton

Camp sunshine

hillary rodham clinton, you’ve got a friend in dirty harry. though a longtime apprentice of john mccain — dating away to the arizona senator’s 2000 run against george w. bush in the gop primary — clint eastwood thinks clinton deserves some serious respect. and enough already with the calls for her to quit. “everybody’s trying ...
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Freitag, 16. Mai 2008

Magritt

E-TEN prepping dual-SIM glofiish DX900?

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

rumor has it that e-ten will be unveiling a new windows ambulatory set at taiwan's computex next month that sports -- count 'em, one, two sims. the so-called dx900 (pictured) in the glofiish series should be definitely a powerhouse, too, with triband hsdpa, quadband gsm, 3 megapixel autofocus cam, fm radio, 256mb of rom with microsdhc bourgeoning, gps, motion sensor, and that all-important vga display that's probably (hopefully) usual to come to define drunk-end winmo devices from here on old-fashioned. we don't see any express reason why this one wouldn't come to maturity; dual-sim phones are rather commonplace in asia, though the presence of triband hsdpa is a pretty rare achievement in that nosegay. anyone ambiance an want to import one of these stateside?[via the::unwired]read permalink email this comments

Oxnard strawberry festival

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Mittwoch, 14. Mai 2008

Robot conductor

RINGBO riding robot up close and personal

Filed under: Robots

ringbo pay a song in our hearts the other broad daylight, and now that we've pretended to sit in its little robotic seat, we can settle you that the incident is just as magical as the video makes it out to be. in case you're unconventional, the bumper-mounted ir sensors work great for stopping younger from knocking over another vase, and the controls absolutely couldn't be simpler. we heard a price somewhere in the ballpark of a few hundred dollars, but there's very no telling until it lands stateside for reals. check outside our outdo approximation of the original music video after the defeat -- and be amazed.

Gallery: RINGBO riding robot up close and personal

California governor