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Archive for April, 2007

RIP, Kurt Vonnegut

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

It was reported today that one of America’s greatest authors, Kurt Vonnegut, has died at the age of 84. Possibly his most acclaimed work, Slaughter House Five, detailed the horrors of World War Two through the story of the time-traveling veteran Billy Pilgrim. We highly recommend picking up any of his books for a good, […]

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Why Sanjaya Is Still On Idol

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

We’ve all heard the big to-do about Sanjaya, the least talented remaining contestant on American Idol. Howard Stern is claiming responsibility for his ability to escape the vote off thus far. Stern has started his “Vote For The Worst” in an effort to derail the show. Here at RoughCuff, we’re quite happy that Sanjaya has […]

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Great Movie Fights

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

The gun fight in Heat, shot in the streets LA. Link
The gun fight at the end of Children of Men, in apocalyptic England with some great steadicam work Link
Oh, and let’s not forget the news team brawl from AnchorMan. “Como estan, Bitches. Spanish language news is here.” Link

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It’s not surprising, just awesome.
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Smaller Is Better?

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

As everyone’s probably aware, I’m a big Formula 1 fan. I’m also a Ferrari fan.
Well there’s definitely a bigger Ferrari fan than me. This guy in France has built a one-third scale model of a Ferrari 312PB race car. He spent over 15 years on it, crafting everything by hand. The entire car works […]

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TV to Go?

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

So, DirecTV has this new product coming out - it’s called Sat-Go. It’s a briefcase satellite receiver/17″ LCD TV.
Depending on your outlook this is either really cool - or really sad. I sort of feel it’s a little of both.
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Super Cool Beer or Soda in 2 Minutes

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

Nice trick that will super cool your favorite beverages - works better on cans than bottles.
Video Here

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