I did it with pets, it’s only fair I do it with people. Searching over the internet, I’ve got my five favorite costumes for human people on Halloween. Some are old, some are not, but they’re all pretty clever or something.

Geekiest:

Most Consumer-Zombie-ish (Actually, I find myself wondering if this one might be technically illegal in the US…):

“iCostume”

Cutest:

Okay, okay…It was really hard to select a baby costume. I mean, they’re all so precious!

Downright Creepiest:

That’s right. A man covered himself in baby dolls

Most Functional:

A completely playable PacMan outfit. I’m serious.

So it’s a little late to be searching for ideas now, but think about it for next year. And if any of you guys dress up as something particularly spectacular, shoot me a link and maybe I’ll post it or something.

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We’re not sure what’s more groan-inducing, the terribly unimaginative name, or the idea of riding around on a pair of 16-pound motorized roller skates.

These ridiculous, battery-powered, “transportation devices” will make sure you never have a girlfriend or boyfriend (though if you think these clunkers are cool, you probably didn’t have much hope anyway). Availability and price are unknown since the product — to be called iShoes — is still in testing, but a promo site promises a 5-7 mile range and a top speed of 15 miles-per-hour.

The whole contraption is controlled by a wired hand-held power and breaking system, which presumably runs up inside your pants or some such — otherwise, seems kind of dangerously tangle-prone. The iShoes fit over your own kicks, as long as they happen to be between sizes 8 and 12 for men or 7 and 10 for women.

Alas, the oh-so-tired name has absolutely nothing to do with either iPods, iMacs, or the Internet. Perhaps you could make the claim these shoes are interactive, to use the mid-’90s catch-all description for anything remotely technological, but our money’s on insane.

Then again, the Brodway musical version of ‘Xanadu’ is a hit, so maybe the iShoes peeps are on to something….

From Boing Boing Gadgets

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Filed under: Deals, Launches, Industry, Consumer experience, Internet, Competitive strategy, Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO), General Electric (GE), News Corp’B’ (NWS), Technology

General Electric’s (NYSE: GE) NBC Universal and News Corp’s (NYSE: NWS) Fox have launched [subscription required] their video site Hulu. Fox will offer a number of its shows on the website and NBC will put up programming from its cable networks and some of its feature-length films.

All of this premium content will be wrapped into a video site, Hulu, and be offered through distribution partners including Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) MSN, Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) and MySpace. The issue of whether the content will be available on Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube is still open for negotiation.

The new venture appears to be a perfect example of large companies managing a problem to death. It is not clear why Fox and NBC could not have cut their own content distribution deals without having to band together. It is equally unclear why anyone would go to the Hulu site if the content can be seen at larger web properties

Perhaps some of the online media executives at the two networks wanted to make sure that it appeared they were making progress on getting their programming onto the web. It might be a good way to keep a job, at least for now.

Douglas A. McIntyre is an editor at 247wallst.com.

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Lenovo has quietly made available its Y410 notebook at major electronics and computer retailers such as Office Depot, Micro Center and Staples, making it the first time in Lenovo’s history of marketing a consumer notebook in the US in this manner. The Y410 is your regular office workhorse, featuring an Intel Core 2 Duo processor (1.46GHz to 1.66GHz), a 14.1″ widescreen LCD display at 1,280 x 800 resolution, an integrated Intel graphics chipset, 1GB RAM, a 160GB hard drive, a dual layer DVD burner, a 6-in-1 memory card reader, and a built-in 1.3 megapixel webcam. Connectivity options include a trio of USB 2.0 ports, a FireWire port, VGA, S-Video, and an ExpressCard slot. The Y410 retails for approximately $700 upwards, depending on the configuration.

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Every week, PSP and PS3 Fanboy will bring you new backgrounds for your Sony consoles, in resolutions up to 1080p. Download them directly to your PS3 by accessing PS3 Fanboy on your system. Download PSP wallpapers directly to your PSP by accessing the site wirelessly at m.pspfanboy.com.

This weekend, we’re focusing on Sega’s upcoming PS3 title Viking: Battle for Asgard.

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Tactile shows how graphic design is moving into three-dimensional objects and products. The innovative examples documented in the book TACTILE – High Touch Visuals, distributed by Die Gestalten Verlag, demonstrate how designers are developing and implementing their ideas spatially from the very outset of a project. Tactile proves that spatial innovation in graphic design is not limited to personal work or artistic endeavours, but is being sought out more and more often by commercial clients, for example, in store design.

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Filed under: Vodka, Chocolate, Hot chocolate

So you have to work tomorrow, how about one more drink tonight before you go to bed?

This is the Chocolate Kiev. I’m not a big vodka drinker (ever since drinking too much in one night many years ago), so I’m not familiar with vanilla vodka, but this one sounds like it has a good kick but enough chocolate sweetness too.

Chocolate Kiev

1 oz hot cocoa mix
4 oz hot milk
1 oz vanilla vodka
3/4 oz Amaretto

Combine in a mug, and stir well.

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Filed under: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Newsstand, Comic/Superhero/Geek

Warner Brothers has assigned Greg Berlanti to direct a feature film version of the DC Comics character Green Lantern according to a report from Variety. Based on Berlanti’s resume which includes mostly TV work (executive producer and/or writer on Everwood, Dirty Sexy Money, and Dawson’s Creek) as well as helming the 2000 feature The Broken Hearts Club, he certainly wouldn’t have been my choice to helm the adventures of the Emerald Warrior, but I’m going to keep an open mind for now. Several of the other people involved with the project have done work that makes me think these guys may know what they’re doing. Co-writing the script with Berlanti are Marc Guggenheim, who has written the Marvel comic books Amazing Spider-man, Wolverine and Blade, and Michael Green, who is a co-executive producer on NBC’s Heroes and has written Superman/Batman for DC Comics. Donald De Line, will produce the picture.

The Green Lantern character has been through several incarnations since his creation in 1940 by cartoonist Martin Nodell. Probably the best known (and presumably the subject of this movie) is Hal Jordan, greatest member of an intergalactic peace keeping force who use their power rings to bring justice to every corner of the universe. As originally drawn by Nodell, however, Green Lantern was a man named Alan Scott whose high collared cape and red pirate shirt contrasted with the green and black tights that became the standard when the Hal Jordan incarnation was introduced in 1959. Hal Jordan spent several years being dead (though he eventually got better) and was replaced by Kyle Rayner. Other Green Lanterns have included John Stewart (the ring wielder from Cartoon Network’s Justice League series) and Guy Gardner who I best remember as a humorous lunatic from the Justice League comics of the 1980s. No word on casting or how this film will tie in with the hotly anticipated live action Justice League of America movie.

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Filed under: Computers, MySpace

All we can say is wow. Facebook, what were you thinking? Valleywag got a tip that reveals that Facebook employees keep records on the profiles you’ve looked at. Not only that, but employees at the company can and do look at the data.

According an anonymous source, the ability to find out who is looking at profiles is considered a perk of the job. So, if your friend works at Facebook and you’re crushing on him/her, then maybe you should consider NOT camping out on his or profile as a way of satisfying your creepy longing, e-stalker.

What makes the whole thing all the more odd is Facebook’s track record of protecting user privacy against outside sources. Cease and desist orders have been sent to sites (including Valleywag) for publishing student profiles. Facebook also, of course, blocks anyone else from seeing who you’ve been gazing at with love lorn eyes on the social networking site.

Who knows where this ends, but we wonder just who might be able to read private messages? If so, we’re mighty disturbed.

From Valleywag

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