This flowchart makes decision-making for meals a breeze!

(From Joey deVilla)

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I’m planning on starting a Blogadilla pack… who’s in?

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It’s no doubt that Web 2.0 can often be categorized by sites with pastel colors and rounded edges, but there’s a ton of cool technology that has developed amongst all the pretty designs. Some of the coolest new stuff profiles you as a user and compares it to all sorts of data (including your friends and random strangers) to come up with a breakdown of stuff you know you like, as well as stuff you didn’t know you’d like (or at least, that’s the point). Here’s a few of my favorite music-oriented sites I’ve discovered:

- This site used to be known as “AudioScrobbler”, but changed it’s name and then was sold to CBS. You run a small program (for all OS’s) on your computer, and it watches the music you listen to. It compares your music listening habits to those of all the other users on the site, then provides internet radio (free!) of not only your music, but other artists that you’ll probably like. Here’s my profile (for a sample of what it looks like).

- This site pools together all the mp3’s posted on various music blogs across the web. Do a search for one of your favorite artists and you’re bound to find some new tracks - covers and live versions in particular. You can also snag the RSS feed for an artist, import it into iTunes, and voila - instant free downloads of those tracks.

LivePlasma - Utilizes the Amazon database of “User’s who bought this, also bought…” to give you a map of artists related to your entered artist. This one works for movies as well - be warned that it’s not very forgiving of misspellings, and a lot of the more obscure artists don’t show up at all. Definitely fun to play with, though.

- This is for the lucky iPhone owners out there, although it works on a normal browser as well. Similar to HypeMachine, this pools together all the mp3’s it can find on the web and offers full listens through the interface. The iPhone version looks amazing on the phones with an interface emulating the iPhone iTunes almost exactly.

Please feel free to share your favorite Web 2.0 music sites in the comments section!

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Microsoft released “Surface” on May 30th at D7: All Things Digital conference (previously posted on Blogadilla here). It’s been just over a month, and already people have managed to homebrew up their own version. While not using the exact same technology, the results are equally impressive and materials cost approximately $60 (not counting the projector).

All of this, of course, is nothing in comparison to the stuff Jeff Han (the man who started it all) is working on.

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The newest form of terrorism comes to us from the farmlands of America. Forget bridges and planes… I think we need to redirect all anti-terrorism funding to protect our nation’s cows.

Check out the site yourself.

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Vecna Technologies has developed a robot teddy bear to rescue troops from the front lines. Okay, I added the “teddy” part - they call it a BEAR (Battlefield Extraction Assist Robot). Beyond walking, it can kneel down and roll using the tread running from its knees, similar to a tank. I’m not sure why they don’t just strap some guns on it and make it fight instead…

(via BBC)

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A 45 year old Danish municipal worked was killed by a robotic lawnmower after it tumbled down a hill and landed on him. This is the first reported incident by the RC-controlled Dvorak Spider 01… hopefully this isn’t the start of a robotic invasion.

(via Engadget)

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Not really, but Hersheys is suing the California maker of these spoof cannabis candies, 40 year old Kenneth Affolter from Lafayette. That’s right, they’re suing for TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT. Professor Feldman of UCSF law school has this to say: “Does the customer really believe Hershey is making marijuana-laced candy? I don’t think so. But now you’re associating illegal drugs with the Hershey mark. You’re thinking about bad things, illegal things, things that will harm your body when you think of the Hershey mark, and that is terribly damaging to the company and its mark.”

(Via ABC News)

Click the read more link to see more images of the “infringing” products…

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This device is called the “Slurpr”, and comes from Dutch hacker, Mark Hoekstra and his friend Boris. Yes, no last name, just Boris.

You might be asking yourself what the hell it does… It automatically connects to up to six “available” (read: unsecure) wireless connections near you and combines them to give you a SUPER fast connection. Of course, it also breaks laws in almost every country (connecting to open wireless points without explicit permission, also know as Piggybacking). If that isn’t illegal in your country, their next version is sure to be: they’re planning on adding the ability to break into secured networks automatically.

The price tag for this sucker comes in at 999 euros, or about $1400.

(Via Engadget)

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If that video didn’t convince you, then maybe this article will.

(via Digg)

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Becoming a pirate has always been a personal aspiration for me… while it seems unlikely I’ll be able to actually accomplish that goal, at least I now know where to go to find some good grog and peglegs! Justin over at Galing.com has put together a list of the top 5 pirate hangouts - here they are in no particular order:

Somalia:	Strait of Malacca:
Bangladesh:	Nigeria:
Indonesia:

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An art professor at Rutger’s, Hasan Elahi was stopped after arriving back in the US on a flight from the Netherlands. The FBI told him he was a suspected terrorist - his response? Prove them wrong by tracking his every movement via pictures and GPS on his website, trackingtransience.net. “I’ve discovered that the best way to protect your privacy is to give it away,” he says. “It’s economics, I flood the market.”

(via Wired & Slashdot)

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Copyright and fair use on the internet are subjects of much debate and confusion for alot of people… thankfully this cleverly made video clears everything up…

(via slashdot.org)

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Have a product/service you’re not entirely sure how to market? Maybe you need a good tagline for a personal ad in the paper? Sloganizer.net has the solution for you. Why stick with one slogan when you can have consitantly changing ones (refreshes every 30 seconds):

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