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Around the Web, Thursday afternoon edition
Yes, you can own a bit of the Intel shell building for the not-very-low-at-all price of $20 via this Web site.
I don’t know what’s stopping them from putting a bunch of gravel from their driveway into a container and calling it history, but I should really just relax because if there’s one thing I’ve learned it’s to completely trust the Internet.
(Link via Austinist)
Game publisher Electronic Arts sent a breathless press release announcing that music from all its games is now available on iTunes and that you can find out more about this monumental stride ahead for humanity at their Web site.
Anyone who’s played any “Madden” game knows that these EA-licensed songs have a way of burrowing into your brain like a “Star Trek II” space creature. Joystiq.com notes that not all the songs are on iTunes that you might want.
But Lily Allen is today’s featured artist on the EA Trax site, so as far as I’m concerned, all is forgiven. Oh, Lily Allen … sometimes I just sit here and daydream about your charming accent.
Wrigley (the gum people) are offering a minty treat for Wii owners. Their “Candystand” Web site features games you can play on the Nintendo Wii via the game console’s Internet Channel browser. The site (which you’ll have to enter manually unless you’re accessing this blog from your Wii, in which case I’d say, yay you!) is wii.candystand.com.
I haven’t been home to try these out yet, but I’ll hit you up, blog-entry style, if they deserve your attention.
You’ll have to weigh for yourself whether the thrill of free Wii games is worth the humiliation of playing titles based on the Altoids and Big Red brands.
Here’s an alternative: Wii games from Homestarrunner.com are available at www.videlectrix.com/vii/.
I have taken a vow of silence when it comes to posting negative things about Dell, so I’ll just let this site weigh in on the current Dell/Linux kerfuffle.
Even using the word “Kerfuffle” there might violate my vow. Would “Foofarah” have been better?
All right, fine — because I’ve already broken my vow, I might as well tell you my Dell joke:
Q: How many Dell executives does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: 11, but they’ve all left the company. We’ll let you know when the new management team is ready to take on the lightbulb-changing task.
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