It is Web Junkie Wednesday here at Culture Shock.
Because I just said it is, that's why.
I'm going to start using Wednesdays to talk about and point you to amazing web things to which you can become debilitating addicted (if you're not already)!
Let's get started...
Well, it's Web Junkie Wednesday again -- and in this week's edition I want to talk about online juke boxes. You know, those free online tune repositories that keep you singing through your workday (and distract you from any actual work as you search their catalogs).
My personal favorite right now is Soundpedia, an online collection of music, videos and community features that allows you to listen to an astonishing number of songs and full length albums in their entirety -- and even shows you the lyrics as the songs are playing.
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The San Francisco Chronicle has a great piece about a woman selling a Mastodon skeleton on eBay.
The woman, Nancy Fiddler, said she's had no bids so far -- which could have something to do with the $115,000 starting price.
My favorite bit from the article:
Mastodon experts say that six figures for a mastodon is several figures too many, and that fossils belong in museums instead of wine bars and garages.
"That's an incredibly inflated price," said UC Berkeley paleontologist Mark Goodwin. "Mastodons are not uncommon. And the commercialization of fossils is a huge problem. It's undermining the science. This is our fossil heritage, and it shouldn't be for sale."
I just love the idea that the paleontologist is upset because she thinks that whoever buys this skeleton is getting hosed. What's the Blue Book value on an extinct animal's fossilized remains?
Holy Chocolate Salty Balls!
South Park Studios is now live -- a South Park internet hub from which you can legally stream every episode from all 12 seasons of the show, right up to last Sunday's installment, all for free.
The site also has clips, games, news, an episode guide (when DID Kenny come back, and when DID we find out who Cartman's father was?) -- as well as this really weird avatar maker.