This site is having a contest on who can Photoshop modern technology into antique contexts. Some of the entries are clever… some not so much.

Found in the Atlanta airport. I wonder if it accepts quarters.

These are unreal. Photos here (page 1) and here (page 2).

This Java applet is a visualizer for the history of music sampling. A timeline with colored dots represents some of the most widely circulated tracks; click to see all the tracks they spawned, click the tracks they spawned to see what other tracks they sampled. Nice.

Portable Firefox is a version of the Firefox web browser that’s been optimized for USB keychain drives. Well done, geeks. Suck it, Bill.

This was rolled out a few months ago, but I must have missed it. Amazon searches the text of some of the books it sells, analyzes it, and publishes various metrics. The last book I read was Neal Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon, so that will be the example.

• Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs):
  grand wazir, substitution alphabet, data haven, hive mind, dive plan
• Concordance
• Other text stats like:
  Words/Dollar: 50,204
  Syllables/Word: 1.5

The product is really called Manga Head (not to be confused with hentai). This is total ripoff. You can get the same effect without paying a dollar. See Something About Mary for instructions.

Namco’s booth at the E3 Expo will feature a real Katamari ball made up of items that attendees bring. The sequel to Katamari Damacy will be called We Love Katamari and will be released for the PS2 later this year.