The RIAA foolishly left the content management administration page for their homepage open to the public: anyone can add a new press release here (update: cached copy). The real-time edits are reflected immediately on their homepage. (Old entries are archived on their press releases page. Possibly not safe for work, depending on what’s been recently posted.)

You heard it here first. Don’t expect this to stay up for long. Update: They took their site down. You can use the cached pages in the comments to view the original pages, or view Jason Kottke’s screenshots of the hacked pages. (Thanks to Phil for the tip.)

I got a 20 GB iPod for Christmas and it’s almost perfect. I just have a couple changes…

This mockup outlines a few improvements that don’t unnecessarily complicate the interface, while adding some new functionality: jumping to the main menu, navigating next/previous albums, and switching between shuffle and normal play. Basically, holding down the new modifier (or “Option”) button changes the way the normal buttons respond.

In lieu of physically altering the iPod to add a new button, the center circle button could act as the Option button. With a simple firmware update, the iPod would be far more useful for power users, while maintaining the same interface for everyone else.

I’d love to surf the web and code from my couch, but I don’t want to pay for an expensive wireless laptop comparable to my desktop PC or maintain two parallel sets of data and applications. So here’s an idea: dumb terminal laptops that act as wireless clients to a central desktop server.

The laptop could be completely barebones, requiring only a mouse, keyboard, display and a wireless connection. All applications and processing would be run on the server, similar to Windows Terminal Services or VNC. Without the need for a powerful CPU, hard drive or unnecessary peripherals, a simple laptop appliance could be marketed for $300 (or less). Or cheaper, if you rig your own setup using an old laptop. Does anyone know if an off-the-shelf product like this is already available?

Update: As mentioned in the comments, Microsoft’s Smart Display does exactly that. Here’s a new review from the NYT.

Forever A Kid makes “innovative custom clothing at the best value for the Adult Baby (AB), Big Baby, Infantilist, Diaper Lover (DL) and Juvenile Adult market.” Don’t miss the photo gallery, where you can see the models show off their dresses, diapers and pajamas in giant homemade cribs.

I admit, I used to have a pair of big red pajamas with white sock feet. But I wore them because they were warm and fuzzy; not because they turned me on.

I miss “Under Construction” images, those hackneyed construction-themed graphics that seemed to be on every amateur webpage between 1994 and 1996. They were redundant (i.e. the entire Web is always under construction), ugly, and often animated. And then, somewhere around 1997, they went away.

Fortunately, it looks like a few die-hard “designers” are still pushing the envelope in Under Construction technology. For example, rendered animated GIFs and post-modern infographics. And if you can’t innovate, just super-size it! Like this Russian Greek collage, clip art carpenter, or yellow wallpaper.

And finally, a full screen Flash animation. What, no Under Construction Java applets or ActiveX controls?