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A commercial bus from Tallinn, Estonia, to Riga, Latvia, is the first international bus to include wifi throughout the entire trip. I spent two years in the Baltics (mostly in Riga), and found the area to be very warm to new technology. I used to hit up a little internet cafe (above the Subway sandwich shop) and often had the local Latvian teenagers crowding up the place playing Halo. Cool story there, from Wired. #

Is George Bush Leonidas or Xerxes? #

The new movie 300 is looking really good. Besides the obvious attraction to the NIN track in the trailers (both trailers are a must see), the CG and war scenery look awesome. Also, from Wired this week: 300 Brings History to Bloody Life and Gallery: Frank Miller’s 300. Opens in two weeks. #

Calling all Fantasy Baseball freaks: come join the league. I’ve set up a league over at ESPN called BALL CONTROL. Go over to the league directory and search for it and join up! #

Was wondering why my Feedburner stats jumped so much Friday and Saturday.. Turns out it was Google Reader finally reporting subscriber numbers. Crowd went up by over 50, and Northtemple’s count went up 150 to almost 400 subscribers.. #

Scarlett Johansson was named this year’s Harvard Hasty Pudding woman of the year, for which she “led a parade through Harvard Square, sitting in the back of a silver Bentley convertible, flanked by Harvard students in drag.” Come again? #

NBC screws up another good show, taking Studio 60 off the air. Why do all the shows I love get canceled? #

Tired of cnn.com? Newsvine got you wishing web2.0 never happened? Check out Daylife, “a quick overview of the top stories of the hour, worldwide.” And get this: the content is chosen by a team of editors, not a few dozen introverts with too much time on their hands. Also don’t miss the Daylife Highlights, a visual Flash-powered collection of the day’s most interesting news. #

All hail baseball. MLB.com’s 2007 Fantasy Baseball Preview is out, and my man Jose Reyes is at #2 overall. Other noteables: ARod finally drops out of the top spot (#3), and Ryan Howard (#4) and Chase Utley (#5) enter the top ten. To say I’m a fantasy baseball freak would be an understatement. Anyone up for an ESPN league this year? #

What superhero / villain are you? I scored 100% on Superman (no surprise), and a 94% on Apocalypse. I’m betting Gilbert is Wonder Woman, Rob is Iron Man, and John is Green Lantern. #

Robot Johnny reviews movies in poem. #

I’m loving this image over at a NYTimes article about street art, Last Hurrah for Street Art, as Canvas Goes Condo. Very inspiring. #

Interesting article by Niall Kennedy about some problems with digg: The Spam Farms of the Social Web. Confirms some problems I’ve had with digg and the users you get from the site.. #

Zach Klein on the Zune: Cool = brown color, nice finish, beautiful screen. Bad = clunky size, scrollwheel deception, software woes. #

The “I’m a Mac” ads in Japan are drastically different. Japanese focus more on subtlety, says IA, and “you’re considered particularly dumb and obnoxious if you’re caught bragging with your qualities”, backfiring the US versions. Great write-up. #

why is Studio 60 so much better than Saturday Night Live? if you haven’t seen it yet, Studio 60 is the BEST show on television right now (monday nights on nbc).. #

Walt Disney Co. said Thursday it sold over 5 million DVD copies of Pixar’s “Cars” in the first two days – Apple Insider. i bought mine, and it’s been viewed about 5 times since.. those movies are such huge successes. #

8GB iPod nano (PRODUCT)RED #

Behind the Scenes of the Office I love how the lines between actors and characters are totally blurred. #