majornelson.com - 12/12/2008
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Earlier this week, we delivered the free Holiday Theme for Xbox LIVE members, If you missed go ahead and grab it but keep an eye out for the Xbox LIVE Holiday Snow Globe, which has just released in many regions. When you launch the snow globe, it will automatically populate with your ...
majornelson.com - 12/11/2008
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If LIVE were a U.S. city, it would
be the largest city with over 14-million members. The...
equivalent of New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago combined . Since the New Xbox Experience launched on Nov. 19 the number of new friends added per Xbox LIVE ...
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A look at a few post-NXE Xbox LIVE stats - Xbox ...
xbox.com - 12/15/2008
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xbox.com —
Netflix Movies Instantly stream movies to your console
Updating your Console Details about the New Xbox Experience....
Storage Requirements Get the most from the NXE. Other Xbox LIVE Countries Millions of members across 26 countries. Terms of Use ...
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Xbox Live Snow Globe lets you torture your friends
Joystiq [Xbox] —
Filed under: News, Fan stuff Behold the official Xbox Live Snow Globe! It's a digital snow globe where you plop your Xbox Live friends' Avatars inside and lets you shake, shake, shake 'em up! How fun, right? This random lil' Live application is being rolled out to all Xbox Live territories and is accessible through the dashboard's Spotlight area. Best part, there's no download required! Your globe shaking can be done as fast or as slow as you choose and, as an extra special added bonus, ...
Trapped In A Glass Ball With Your Xbox Friends [Happy Holidays]
Kotaku —
... them in a water-filled globe that you have the power to shake. The poor little virtual guys get so confused that every once in awhile they do the wave. Adding to the torture, while the Snow Globe is on your screen, holiday greetings in various languages scroll across the top of your screen while the opening verse of "Jingle Bells" plays over and over and over again. I've had it playing in the background for about 30 minutes now, and I am ready to give someone a holly-jolly garroting. Stir your friends up in the Xbox LIVE Snow Globe [Xbox Live's Major Nelson]
Drown your Xbox Live friends with holiday spirit
Joystiq —
... If you generally disapprove of heinous acts of torture in video games, we'd suggest shying away from the Spotlight channel on Xbox Live until after the holidays have passed. Recently added to said channel is a page which shows several of your Xbox Live friends' avatars ...
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Make Your Own Snow At Home —
Gearlog
Mother Nature's recipe for snow production is quite complex. You need temperatures that are not too warm and not too cold--somewhere between -12° and -16° Celsius at an altitude of 10-18,000 feet. Into that cold air there must be moisture and upward vertical motion. When all the ...
Snow in Malibu, parts of Los Angeles —
The Inquisitr » Technology
Residents in Malibu, just outside Los Angeles got an interesting surprise today with around half an inch (12mm) of snow.
Reports from the area say snow fell down to 200 feet above sea level, so maybe not quite on the beach, but close there to it.
The snow, thicker in the hills behind ...
Snow Play for a Snow Day —
ParentDish
We had two snow days in a row last week, unusual for us in early December. The snowfall so far this year has been heavy, suggesting there will be plenty more opportunities this winter to sleep in, ditch the routine for the day, and play in the snow.
Many parents dread snow days, with ...
Gatwick airport gets some snow - shuts down for the morning —
Gadling
Gatwick airport was taken by surprise yesterday morning when an unexpected flurry passed over the area. Even though just a fraction of an inch of snow actually landed on the tarmac, the airport decided it would be best to shut down all flight operations. Of course, when over 100 flights are ...
PATV LIVE - Let it snow..... —
PalmAddicts
You may or not be able to see the view from PA Towers earlier today of the snow falling but I tried to record using Qik on my iPhone. If inclined enjoy.
How to Build an Igloo (book review) —
MAKE Magazine
How to Build an Igloo (book review) by Kevin Kelly @ Cool Tools - the book is available at Amazon .
A wonderfully illustrated guide to making snow shelters. How to build with snow, how to work with snow rather than against it, and what not to do. Amazingly informative, succinct and fun. ...