I’ll be on the road the near future so things may seem pretty quiet around here for a while…

Classy.

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When Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln re-opened at Disneyland in 2001 it did so with a new addition – wireless headphones.

The show’s soundtrack was created as a binaural recording and streamed to an audience full of headphone-wearing guests.

The binaural recording technique is really neat stuff and brings a new kind of realism to the listening experience! However you really do need to be wearing a pair of headphones to hear the effect. Speakers just won’t cut it.

Check out this virtual barbershop binaural demo – and make sure you’re wearing headphones when you do. It’s insane, man. Insane! Close your eyes and listen as they put a bag on your head, clip at your hair, and whisper in your ear!

My wife does amazing work.

She’s the trade show and events manager for North America at the number one dental implant company in the world.

Over the past few months she’s been helping put together Nobel Biocare’s 2007 World Conference, a weeklong event in Las Vegas that only happens once every two years.

Check out the size of the CEO’s keynote-

That’s the arena at the MGM Grand. HBO boxing matches take place on that stage. It’s huge. There’s satellite uplinks, all-day training sessions and surgeries, plus staff and customers flying in from around the world.

You can check out some photo and video highlights of the now-in-progress event. (You should probably avoid the videos if you have a weak stomach for facial surgery and blood in general though…)

Over the past few months Tammy’s been yelled at in more languages than I knew existed and yet somehow she managed to pull through and put this together like a champ. She’s a true professional. I’m so proud of her!

The last two weeks she’s been in Vegas but I finally get her back tomorrow. Whew!

It only took them two years to figure out how, but as of yesterday Microsoft has started banning all modified 360 consoles from Xbox Live. Live user accounts are unaffected and can be moved to new consoles (hard drives too), but if your 360 is showing the following message, it will never be allowed online again!

It’s pretty funny how they timed this to match up with the launch of the Halo 3 beta!

I never got up the courage to mod my 360 so I’m a-okay! But boy oh boy there’s a lot of upset people out there today.

I wonder if Core systems will see a sales spike anytime soon…

“Kirkland Signature” is Costco’s own in-house brand name. You’ll find it used to sell mattresses, vitamins, tool sets, and even BBQ grills.

I was at Costco last night buying Kirkland Signature 2% milk when I came across this little item-

Crazy!

Do a Google Image search for “Gin and Juice“.

Go ahead! I’ll wait.

The first result? This image:

If you’ve been here for a while you may recognize that as a picture I took with my cameraphone as part of my three part series, “Drinking Gin Like a Civilized Human Being”.

In fact I posted that blog entry exactly one year ago today! I just realized that. Neat.

Anyway. This means I can claim I’m #1 on Google for something!

Being at the top of the charts is not as neat as you’d think! That image gets hotlinked all the time – more than any other single file hosted here.

It gets embedded in MySpace profiles, posted on R&B message boards, and even included in other people’s blog posts!

Now, I don’t mind people using the image. That’s fine – just host it locally.

Using my bandwidth to tell your pre-teen Facebook pals how hardcore you are is not okay!

A little while ago I started fighting back! Having an .htaccess file is a wonderful thing. It lets me swap out that image with another image – automatically – if the referrer isn’t in my whitelist.

I replace any hotlinked images with Goatse and a big “I STEAL BANDWIDTH” orbiting the equator. If you don’t know what Goatse is, consider yourself lucky. (It’s among a trio of infamous ‘Internet grossout pics’.)

One girl posted a MySpace comment that said “Hey girl, I found this and it reminded me of you!” and of course Goatse appeared.

Priceless.