The Sharper Image files for bankruptcy

But… but… where will I get my shiatsu ionic scalp massaging raygun with electronic organizer and sudoku puzzle generator?!!?! Also, good riddance.

It’s not like the Borg got religion and no longer thinks open source is a cancer. They still think it’s a cancer. They’ve just figured out a way to make money on cancer.

—Fake Steve on Microsoft’s interoperability announcement

T-shirts for venture capitalists. Like they’d be wearing anything other than a blue button down… [via tcritic]

People five years older than me are always deeply confused about what MySpace actually is, and people five years younger are deeply into it, but people my age are, like, ‘Yes, this is essentially where pedophiles are, and there is also music there'

—composer Nico Muhly

Everyone’s picking their favorite on this meme - how can you deny the power of the crystal meth goth girls?

A crew of nearly 200 technicians working for nine months on a 15,000-square-foot soundstage was required to realize the director’s wildly imaginative fantasy world.

—just some of the work that went into creating a realistic Oscar for Michael Bay

Single Serving site

“Oh, I get, it’s very clever. How’s that working out for you? Being clever.”

The world’s greatest music collection just might be

3 million albums, 300,000 CD’s, over 6 million songs. Over half have never been listened to; the entire collection has been stored in a climate controlled warehouse. No reserve bidding starts at $3 million.

Paste magazine talks to Scarlett Johansson and David Sitek about that Tom Waits cover album

Sitek, of TV on the Radio fame, produced, there are two tracks with Bowie and it’s reportedly not that bad. Despite my inclinations, I might have to pick this one up.

Library of Congress taps Silverlight to “enhance” access

One of those nifty projects where Microsoft is giving away $3 million - in Microsoft software. I wonder if they get a tax break on that!