Wired's got a strange and evocative slideshow of paleo-air-hostesses from the early days of commercial aviation online. Did they really fly long-haul in miniskirts and knee-high high-heeled boots? Christ, they must have been in agony. Link

Philips Quits PDP Business Philips will most likely bid the PDP TV market adieu next year, and will not have any plans to develop new PDP TVs from the end of this year onwards. I suppose Philips will be concentrating on the LCD TV market instead, since demand for LCD TVs are around 100 million units ...

Mitsubishi XD211U Projector Mitsubishi has recently rolled out its XD211U projector that brings the following specifications to the corporate board room :- XGA (1,024 x 768) resolution DLP technology DDP 2230 DMD chip with BrilliantColor 2,200 lumens brightness Long lasting lamp of up to 3,000 hours ...

Western Digital My DVR Expander USB Edition Western Digital just released its My DVR Expander External Hard Drive USB Edition that is compatible with DISH Network ViP-series HD DVRs, offering a 500GB capacity that is able to hold up to 60 hours of High Definition programming and five times that amount ...

Discarted sez, One June 1, photographers throughout Los Angeles will gather at the Hollywood and Highland Metro Station to peacefully protest against the unnecessary treatment they have received from security guards (particularly the white shirts), LAPD, and LASD while photographing in public places, ...

No living Might as well say “no breathing”. No walking Where am I supposed to walk? What if I were still using my crutches? What do people in wheelchairs do? I hate how it takes 15 minutes to walk one block. Bellevue is the worst place for pedestrians.

But it is going to be so worth it. These are some of my ladies. They were over here the other night for a party and I know at least one of them had a raging hangover the next day, I'M LOOKING AT YOU NICOLE. © Armstrong Media, LLC. All rights reserved. by dooce in Daily Photo

200805151250.jpg Photoshop disasters posted this ad for humungous "wings." The Monty Python sketch below is a good fit: Customer: What flavor is it? Man: It's a bird mate, it's a bloody bird, it's not any bloody flavor. Albatross! Customer: It's got to be some flavor, I mean everything's got a flavor. ...

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2008_05_14_fantastics.jpg So why is this model wearing a pair of boxer shorts on his head? You can try asking photographer Tate Tullier in this new spread at Fantastics Mag, but ultimately only the underwear themselves know for sure. Think if we asked them nicely they'd tell us what's going on underneath ...