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Archive | December, 2007
Duke Nukem Forever Trailer: 12/19/07
(Click screenshot for huge size) What the F?! Post in NeoGaf saying that a Duke Nukem Forever movie is going to be released 12/19/07, it links to this thread on 3D Realms server that is currently down. George Broussard had this quote for the post in the 3D Realms forums: Last Saturday we had our annual company Christmas [...]
Continue reading...Progressive Insurance is… Progressive
18. December 2007
Just got this in my inbox today from Progressive Insurance: “Go Paperless and Save the World!” Why is that interesting? My bank has been trying to get me to go paperless so they can save money for years. Same for my goddamn utility companies. They never offer me ANY INCENTIVE (are you guys reading this?) to [...]
Continue reading...Playstation 3 2.10 Firmware Update
17. December 2007
Ted Regulski sends in the poop on the new 2.10 firmware release for the PS3. If you power it on you should be prompted to do a System Update when you try and sign on or go to System Update off of the XMB. Voice Changer The Voice Changer feature has been added to voice / video [...]
Continue reading...Interactive White Board with a Nintendo Wii
17. December 2007
Johnny Lee is at it again. We blogged about his first invention (using the IR-sensing capabilities of the Bluetooth Nintendo Wii controller), which was a Minority Report-esque multi-touch display that you could manipulate with your fingers. Now it looks like he’s refined his ideas a bit further. Modifying a typical Bic Pen to include a power [...]
Continue reading...Review: Vongo
17. December 2007
Vongo is an online, on demand video download service. The thought of not having late fees, not having to leave the house, or for that matter leave the couch to rent a movie it quite enticing. So after seeing the a Vongo ad on TV, I decided to give them a try. They advertise [...]
Continue reading...India vs Monkeys: Round 37
17. December 2007
*(Things turned sour in India when beloved monkey-hero Johnny Bananas burned down the house of his owner) **(That’s crap, I just made that up) We’ve blogged before about the on-going problems in Delhi with regard to the rampant bands of monkey’s that live in the city, steal food and harass people, but aren’t stopped because the monkey [...]
Continue reading...Return of K.I.T.T.
16. December 2007
Springing off the success of the 80’s rework of “Transformers”, NBC seems to be bringing the return of “Knight Rider”. It seems as though we will be seeing a 2 hour made for TV movie airing on Feb 17. With the Transformers movie we saw the the widespread use of GM vehicles. But apparently [...]
Continue reading...3 Minutes from Cloverfield Movie (1-18-08)
16. December 2007
For the folks that haven’t been following this mysterious movie, it all started with an unlabeled trailer that played right before Transformers last summer. Everyone started scrambling around the net for clues to figure out what the movie was about… some agreed it was the next Godzilla movie, but I believe since then that has [...]
Continue reading...Canon SD800 IS Digital Camera $200
15. December 2007
From Dealsea Amazon has Canon PowerShot SD800 IS 7.1MP Digital Elph Camera with 3.8x Wide Angle Image-Stabilized Optical Zoom and 2.5-inch LCD display for $200 with free shipping. NOTE: I got this camera, and love it.
Continue reading...Crysis Physics: 3000 Barrels
15. December 2007
For the readers that remember the “Crysis Extreme Physics” post from a few weeks ago, here’s a new one to whet your appetite: Just a reminder, this isn’t a movie recorded at real time. The processing power required to actually calculate all those physical bodies is something that no PC can do right now. The actual How-To [...]
Continue reading...T-Mobile Blocking Twitter
15. December 2007
TechCrunch has the scoop on reports of T-Mobile blocking access to Twitter (user forums, blogs, forums). Some folks are reporting issues with receiving events but the author at TC reported problems sending updates specifically. For the twitters out there, this sucks… I suppose this is the equivalent of getting your instant-messaging service locked out (but T [...]
Continue reading...The World Safe Again… For Now
15. December 2007
Sleep easy tonight knowing that a 10-year-old girl from Marion County was arrested last Thursday and taken to Juvenile Assessment Center after she was found cutting her lunch with a knife. WHEW! That was close… too close. When other children were interviewed about the girl, they all said she had never threatened anyone with the knife, had [...]
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18. December 2007
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