Missing Missy: The Lost Cat with a Photoshop Battle
Missing Missy: Shannon Walkley lost her cat, Missy. So she turned to Photoshop expert David Thorne to help her design a missing cat poster. A decision she most likely regrets.
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A Healthy Serving of Tunerfish
A new website keeps you hip to what TV your friends can't live without.
Donovan’s World Cup Goal Sends Online Hits Flying
With one dramatic kick, soccer fans shoot toward Internet traffic record.
Tutorial: Making Celebrity Miis for the Nintendo Wii
Have you tried making a celebrity Mii on your Nintendo Wii yet? Instead of being some generic character in a game, you can be a celebrity like Oprah, Borat (pictured above), Charlie Brown or even Dwight Schrute from the American TV show The Office. This tutorial will give you plenty of celebrity Mii ideas and …
The Things You Can’t Know About ‘Galactica’
When you begin a series by killing off most of the human race, it sets a tone. For three and a half seasons now, no other show on television, not even the ticking-clock thriller “24,” has possessed the grim urgency of “Battlestar Galactica” on the Sci Fi Channel. And no show — not even its …
The iTunes App store is thriving
Charles Teague over at DragonStyle has done some interesting research on the iTunes app store which highlights the tremendous growh the iTunes app store is experiencing. The following charts are reproduced with permission, and encapsulate all applications currently available in the iTunes app store. There are currently over 9000 apps available for sale in the …
German Researchers Search For a Mood-Weather Link
Researchers in Germany are trying to understand the connection between weather conditions and human emotion. Stress is part of day-to-day life and we can attribute it to lots of things, including the weather. If you feel irritable or stressed for missing your daily walk on a rainy afternoon when it’s just supposed to be cool, …
Weather Interactive, Nielsen to Launch Segmentation Targeting
The new offering combines Claritas’ PRIZM segment data with Weather.com’s ability to target individual zip codes The Weather Channel Interactive has partnered with Nielsen’s Claritas to launch Segmentation Targeting, a new product which enables brands to target specific psychographic, demographic and socioeconomic clusters in various regions of the U.S. The new offering combines Claritas’ PRIZM …
Five Best Media Converters
We’ve all been there: you’ve downloaded an episode of your favorite TV show to watch on your commute or stream to your living room, but the file you downloaded isn’t supported on the device you want to use it with. Once a significant obstacle to enjoying your media anywhere, this problem is easily solved by …
Walmart’s 2 For $5 Hot Dog Deal Is A Trap!
Cosumerist.com’s reader Albert says he took this photo at his local Walmart in Olathe, Kansas. As you can see, Walmart has set a trap for people who love hot dogs and hate math. Don’t fall in! [Via: consumerist]
Media outlets unite on Arts+Labs
Viacom, NBC Universal and the Songwriters Guild of America have teamed with Cisco, AT&T and Microsoft to form a new tech-meets-showbiz advocacy group called Arts+Labs. The group has a multifaceted mission: pushing for enhanced Web content on safe, reliable networks, seeking fair compensation and protection for content creators, and steering consumers toward good content and …
NBC joins forces with Google for TV ad deal
Two media powerhouses have joined forces. Google signed a deal with NBC Universal to begin brokering some spot TV ads on a selection of the group's cable networks including Sci Fi, Oxygen, MSNBC, CNBC, Sleuth, and Chiller. The partnership will represent the first time Google has acted as an ad middleman for a TV network, …
