Max Headroom in your RSS reader
Any child of the 80's will recall Max Headroom, the stuttering talking head that made fun of movie stars and politicians, as a pop-culture hallmark of the decade. Of course, Max Headroom is an entirely forgettable character, so most children of the 90's and later just say "huh?" when you mention his name. But for all you Headroom fans, and for those of us who just like our computers to behave more like people and less like programmed silicon, Noodle Reader offers some old-fashioned talking-head fun. The program is an RSS reader for Mac OS X that audibly reads the news to you--using the Mac OS's speech synthesis. Unlike other readers, though, Noodle also gives you a certifiably creepy 3D talking head to do the reading, just like good ol' Max. And if you get tired of the built-in "actors" that Noodle supplies, you can download more.
