The famous Barrett Jackson classic car auction got underway yesterday. And while I’m sure you’ll find us posting on some of this years notable autos, the first thing that caught our eye wasn’t a car. Barrett Jackson has expanded the auction to include Rock n’ Roll memorabilia. There’s the standard stuff like artist signed guitars and gold records, but more interesting is artist artwork. A signed drawing from John Lennon done in 1967 sold yesterday for $19,550. A watercolor of a bird, painted by Lennon at the age of 11, fetched $60,375.
Ridiculous you say? Perhaps, but clearly it shows the Beatles legacy is still alive and very profitable. A slew of other Beatles memorabilia is up for auction.
The Speed channel is covering the event with daily programming. Check here for the complete schedule. The line up of Barret Jackson’s Rock n’ Memorabili can be found here.
Netflix.com has announced it will begin rolling out streaming movie service to its subscribers. Initially, the new feature will offer about 1,000 titles and its selection will expand over time as licensing for electronically delivered movie rentals widens.
Netflix said it expects to make the new feature available to all Netflix subscribers by the end of June. The hours available for instant watching will vary based on subscribers’ monthly plans. For example, subscribers on the entry-level $5.99 plan will have six hours of online movie watching per month and subscribers on Netflix’s most popular plan, $17.99 for unlimited DVD rental and three discs out at a time, will have 18 hours of online movie watching per month. (from Netflix press release)
The media delivery revolution is well underway. You’ve got to wonder how much presense physical media (cds, dvds) will maintain in the next couple of years. As drive space gets cheaper, and broadband connections speed increase, services like Netflix streaming and iTunes may just kill the almighty disc.
We posted yesterday on where you could see McNaught’s Comet. Found a few video’s of the comet today. This one is actually made of pictures of McNaught’s time lapsed together. Cooler looking than just a plain video, seeing as the thing isn’t really streaking by at thousands of miles an hour. Ok, well it is, but it doesn’t really look like it from the ground. Time lapse stuff is just cool anyway. So there you go.
As proof that the truly creative of the world can use just about any medium to create we offer up the art of the Latte. Kind of an interesting liquid medium, and even better you can drink it when you’re finished. Try doing that working with oils.
Unfortunately I’m kind of on the wrong side of the planet to catch this event. But you might not be. Residents of Australia and New Zealand have the chance to see the brightest comet in 40 years. McNaught’s Comet, discovered just last August, will appear six times brighter than the Hale-Bopp Comet and 100 times brighter then Halley’s Comet. So where can you see McNaught’s Comet? Check the southwest evening sky toward the horizon after sunset.
Looks like I may stand corrected on the viewing locale. Check here for some great pictures of McNaught’s Comet from all over the place. Even some daylight picts.
