It is a bit early for Christmas, but this is neat. Planet Vids (downloadable WMV file (4.9 MB) has a cool long video clip that shows outdoor Christmas lights animating on a house with music (listen to it!). Impressive! I would love to see that in person and see how it works behind the scenes. Although, it reminds me something from horror movies like Poltergeist with the lights in the house.

Engadget mentions Microsoft released a special edition of Windows XP only in Japan to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the first Windows.

UserFriendly's link of the day is on Energy Fiend. It can tell you the number of caffeinated drink would it take to kill.

According to my Broadband Reports' security forum thread, eWeek reported an equipment failure.

World of Warcraft's Halloween 2005 themed contest results are out. Here are the winners and honorable mentions.

MSNBC combines and lists four of its writers' ten scariest characters in TVland. There were ground rules for the television shows: They had to be fictional, so no reality TV villains. Also, the show had to still be making new episodes...

WorldofWar.net posted new and confirmed information and media such as photographs, screenshots, and movie footages (including panels and presentations) of the BlizzCon (year 2005). The video presentations are quite funny to hear the fans yelling. Here are some samples of videos:

Forbes.com takes on the secret Star Wars identities of six business titans.

Blue's News mentions a CNN story on eerie white pumpkins -- naturally white, not painted -- are finding their way into more and more homes this Halloween season. The albinos are called ghost pumpkins, snowballs, luminas or Caspers -- presumably a reference to the friendly ghost. And the ones about the size of a baseball? Baby Boos.

This FoxTrot cartoon shows a dilemma on which comic book character to be for Halloween. At the same time, be able to

Blue's News mentioned a pumpkin case for a personal computer/P.C. It shows the photographs and steps to make a pumpkin computer.

Off the Mark has a funny and cute comic cartoon about a mother suggesting be a pirate, but the kid ...

CNET News.com and The New York Times (no registration required) report that even though the prices of printers have dropped up to 30 percent in the last few months thanks to a savage price war, buyers are going to pay at least 28 cents a print. This is if you believe the manufacturers' math. It could be closer to 50 cents a print if you trust the testing of product reviewers at Consumer Reports.

The gang, at Homestar Runner, get sick. Yikes. Poor Cheat and eww! :(

POBEDITELI - Soldiers of the Great War is an online multimedia feature that shows the details Russia's struggle with Nazi Germany during World War II (WWII).

Planet Command & Conquer (includes the link) released a funny 15 minutes and 41 second DivX video clip to show its top ten things why I love about Command & Conquer (C&C). It's hilarious! It is worth downloading the 108 MB zip file for all C&C fans!

"... a healthy girl, born 7:15p, 6 pounds 12.9 oz." --Mousey's e-mail.

Congratulations. Now, he will be busier than ever! ;)

Broadband Reports noted a forum thread on Download.com's ad-free Opera v8.02.

/. reports today (well the other side of Earth) is MP3's 10th birthday.