Updated GarageBand does custom ringtones for iPhone

Supports just about everything but protected iTunes Store files, which is yet another reason to never buy any music from the iTunes store

Anthropomorphized video players I have known

MSN video - crack whore. Absolutely no redeeming features whatsoever, will definitely crash on you, usually after one hit.

Hulu - pre-op transvestite. You’ll probably do a double take after a few drinks but quickly come to your senses.

YouTube - Paris Hilton. Fast, a little out of control, used by every fifteen year old in town, looks alright but you get kinda tired of seeing it everywhere.

Super Deluxe - Janeane Garofalo. Wickedly funny, looks great, you’ve always harbored a secret crush that some of your friends make fun of you for.

Vimeo HD - Beyonce. Smoking hot with all kinds of bling.

msnbc.com video - Scarlett Johansson. Gorgeous, classy, smarter than you might think, still won’t return my phone calls, though.

*Even though I work for msnbc.com, I had almost nothing to do with the new video player, aside from some early conceptual design ideas and bug bashing at the end. The credit goes to a very talented team of overworked coders who, frankly, kick all kinds of ass.

Shuttle Express now has a service from Seattle to Portland

For $100 each way you get a sweet van with DVD players and WiFi. Awesome.

Facebook Business Solutions

“Sometimes you have to dig a little deeper to discover a user’s true affinity for your brand. Facebook will send an employee to the user’s house at strategic hours to rifle through the user’s diary/journal.” Oh, this is good.

Tag the Net is a really smart webservice that autotags your content

Even separates out people and places. Surprisingly good.

Science is Satan

Movable Type now officially open source

In my mind, still the gold standard of weblog platforms, with multiblog, multiauthor and OpenID support out of the box.

Holovaty’s Django book has shipped

Just in time for Christmas! Hope you’ve got a big, square shaped stocking…

Top 20 albums of 2007: eMusic vs. iTunes

Agreed, with the exception of Panda Bear beats Modest Mouse. Sorry, a cheap Brian Wilson ripoff by a bunch of shoegazing Brooklyn hipsters does not beat PNW rock, especially with Smiths’ guitarist Johnny Marr on board.

They were completely propped up by a conflict of interest.

—uncov, regarding the fact that 46% of edgeio.com’s traffic came from Techcrunch. The balls on that Arrington guy.