The decision of Walgreens to setup kiosks that will allow consumers to make legitimate copies of DVDs through a system that is also designed to discourage piracy is a welcome one, in my opinion.

Changes in how copy protection laws impact on DVDs have made this “experiment” viable and is encouraging not only Walgreens but also other retailers as well to allow consumers to make copies of DVDs in their stores.

This is a win-win situation for both consumers and for movie studios. Burning copies means cheaper costs, while studios also get a cut of the revenues generated for the services — and they don’t even have to spend on manufacturing and shipping costs.

The idea is already generating a lot of buzz and many people are hoping that this is going to become a success. I hope that this is going to become an important step towards the right direction.

Or just one more disappointment. The movie scares me. I grew up with the Transformers!
Hopefully the memories won’t be ruined by the movie.

But the footage still is very impressive.

The amount of the lawsuit: $1 billion in damages. Yikes!!

The lawsuit accuses Google and YouTube of “massive intentional copyright infringement” of Viacom’s entertainment assets and seeks an injunction against further violations.

According to the complaint filed by Viacom, almost 160,000 unauthorized clips of Viacom’s programming have been available on YouTube and that these clips had been viewed more than 1.5 billion times.

Check out the Viacom press release for more details.

Soon you may be able to witness the final send off without traveling any farther than your computer.

An undertaker in County Down, Northern Ireland is offering mourners the ability to stream live feeds of funerals online.

The S. Clarke and Sons funeral home offers a new option to the bereaved: live video of the departed’s final journey.

Friends and family who cannot attend the ceremony personally are given access to the feed through a private website, ID and password.

Yes, that’s right, they’re offering streaming death 2.0 web services.

Cameras and microphones are installed throughout the church, giving the viewer as complete an experience as if they were there in person.

The ceremony can also be recorded to the viewer’s PC and saved for later viewing.

What’s next? Deathcasts?

Congress needs to hear from you today or they will hand over control of what you do online to companies like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast.

Together we won the first round in the battle for Net freedom. But the phone and cable giants are launching a counterattack.

We need to raise the alarm and send a clear message to our new Congress: Make Net Neutrality the Law in 2007!

Politicians are trading favors for campaign donations from these companies.

They’re being wooed by people like AT&T’s CEO, who says “the Internet can’t be free.”

Sign this petition to tell your elected representatives to protect Internet freedom now.

Check out Save the Internet for more information and to sign the petition.

It’s a Wheel of Fortune spoof with a twist at the end.

The category, people who annoy you:

and also on Google Video:

Could you just imagine if this really happened on Wheel of Fortune?

Well not exactly water, but liquid.

From their YouTube.com video description:

They filled a pool with a mix of cornstarch and water made on a concrete mixer truck. It becomes a non-Newtonian fluid. When stress is applied to the liquid it exhibits properties of a solid.

All I need is a mixer truck and millions of pounds of corn starch. Anyone up for a science project with me?

Well thanks to the brain child of John W. Cornwell, there is now the Robotic Beer Launching Refrigerator.

About 3 months and several hundred dollars later John has created a fully automated, remote controlled, catapulting, man-pit approved, beer launching mini-fridge.

It holds 10 beers in its magazine with 14 more in reserve to store a full case. It is controlled by a keyless entry system.

Pressing unlock will start the catapult rotating and when it is aiming at your target, pressing unlock again will stop it. Then the lock button can be pressed to launch a beer in the selected direction.

I want one. This thing totally rocks. The only drawback is the cost.

According to John, he put at least a hundred hours into the build, as well as several hundred dollars worth of parts. He estimates that the price would be about $2,500.00 USD to build another one.

He should put the plans and parts list online. I’m sure he could sell them for a fair price. I’d buy them.

Well thanks to Ben Zweig, self proclaimed folding expert, we learn how to perform both the “simple fold” (the industry standard) and the “Japanese fold” (folding magic!).

Ben also shows us how to make an automatic folding machine from a few pieces of cardboard.

I’m really liking the automatic cardboard folding machine.

Since I have a bunch of laundry to do, I’m going to make one of these later today to help in the folding process.

Thanks Ben for this very informative video.