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Online Beauty Pageant (Wait, It Gets Weirder) For Nuns

No, this is not a bad joke. An Italian priest is starting the online beauty pageant Miss Sister 2008. Nuns register online and attach a photograph (with or without the traditional veil) to get featured on Rev. Antonio Rungi's blog. And while the Associate of Catholic teachers made a public statement against the site, Rungi feels that there's nothing wrong with the idea at all, despite this picture we found on the web: More »

Mossberg Speaks

WaltMossbergSays is the Best Tech Pundit Site EVER

It's no secret Walt Mossberg is a freakin' super-pundit in the tech world (it's rumored he once liveblogged for 14 hours straight...while standing). And if you need some words from the man himself, all you have to do is head over to waltmossbergsays.com, jot down your statement/prediction/infallibility, and BOOM! — Walt speaks. Not only that, but people never question what Mossberg says, because he basically knows everything. I mean, did you see the D6 Conference? [WaltMossbergSays] (Thanks, Grant)

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Flickr Adds Videos Long Photos

As of last night, Flickr/Yahoo has finally bit the bullet and added video support to their service. A cynical response might be that they clearly would like to compete with YouTube. But when reading through the FAQ and examining the system's limitations, it seems that they really are sincere in supporting "long photo" as opposed to real videos. The kind that come from your cameras, not camcorders. More »

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Searchme: 'Cover Flow' Search Engine

Searchme is a new search engine with an obvious inspiration for its unique UI—Apple's Cover Flow. But that doesn't mean that Searchme is any less intriguing. Previewing webpages visually and filtering categories dynamically, we don't see the service usurping Google any time soon, but you might want to try out their private beta all the same. For a walk-through, hit this video complete with one of the worst voice-overs we've heard in our lives—and we did a short stint in local cable production. [searchme via techcrunch]


wish fulfillment

Payittome, a Begging Website for Gadget Addicts and Other Unfortunates

From time to time we get sob stories here at the Giz, where unfortunate souls are so enthralled with our gadget coverage that they just want that stuff sooooooo bad. Bad enough to beg us to post some publicity for their personal begging websites. Well now, here's Payittome, a "wish fulfillment" website set up specifically for those grovelers, where they can paste in a pic of the object of their desire in hopes that some generous soul will come along and grant their wish. The site's organizers are hoping advertisers will step up as the sugar daddies here, letting them bask in the glow of their generosity as they give away stuff. Good luck with that. [Payittome]

software

divShare: Park Unlimited Files for Free

You might have heard of the divShare file sharing site, but would someone please explain to us how on earth a company like this can stay in business? You can upload unlimited files of any type, the files will stay there forever, and the company will serve unlimited downloads, too. There are no ads, no pop-ups, no spam, and it lets you create your own galleries if you're uploading pictures. More »

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Why I Shouldn't Have Named My iPod "Unicorn Princess"

If America isn't about the small startup company, then it's about fast food and monster trucks. We're going with small startup. IpodNames.com is a new site where you can register the name of your iPod for a dollar, along with its location and music preference. More »

software

Work Friendly: Make Any Site SFW (Safe For Work)

Every once in a while we'll post a rather risque babe shot here at the Giz. Some of the more squeamish or lawsuit-prone beatches at your workplace might become uncomfortable if they steal a glance at your screen while reading one of these posts, so we have the perfect solution to that problem: Work Friendly, a website that lets you enter the URL of that favorite but sometimes not-safe-for-work site, takes out the images and makes it look exactly like an innocent Microsoft Word document on your screen. More »

home entertainment

Gotuit Video Site Launches, Brings Innovation to Hot Video Arena

YouTube competitors are sprouting out of the woodwork, the inevitable result of that site's maniacal popularity. Now Gotuit Media launches its gambit into the television-killing arena, serving up on-demand news, sports clips, music videos, film shorts and more. The high performance of the site and some unique features might just set it one cut above its nascent competitors. More »

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ChannelGuide360: Video Podcasts for the 360

I guess today is special interest website day. We received a note about this interesting little site that lists WMV feeds that you can stream using Windows MCE on a PC. While the process—and the site—is a little convoluted, it's nice to know there's someone out there looking out for us. More »