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Archive | January, 2008
Boy Toys Seeking Rich Older Women
(The picture above is just some model named Mathias Lauridsen, he’s not related to this story at all) Reuters is running a story about a New York entrepreneur, Jeremy Abelson, setting up an event to bring together 20 rich older women and 20 young boy toys using pocketchangenyc.com to promote the event. The requirement from the boy [...]
Continue reading...4 Indicted from The Pirate Bay
31. January 2008
The Local reports that 4 leaders from The Pirate Bay site have been indicted on charges of being accessories to breaking copyright law: Hans Fredrik Neij Per Svartholm Warg Peter Kolmisoppi Carl Lundström While I certainly understand why the US is pressuring Sweden to go after these guys (now that TPB is the biggest BT site on the web) [...]
Continue reading...Spiders, Scorpions & The Crawlies
31. January 2008
A friend… an ex-friend of mine, Brian Fernandes, sent this to me tonight while I was sitting at my computer doing the internet. First our conversation opens up with him sending me this picture: and at first glance I think “That’s a big spider” then I think “… but who cares?”… I let it sink in a [...]
Continue reading...$1 Image Stabilizer for Any Camera
31. January 2008
Saw this over on Metacafe, it’s a very cool trick using: A 1/4″ bolt that will screw into the bottom of your camera About 6′ or so (depending on your height) of nylon string or another relatively stiff string A large washer You basically screw the bolt into the bottom of your camera, tie the string between the bolt [...]
Continue reading...Rambo Movie Review
31. January 2008
Summary [8.5 out of 10] Rambo is a visceral, serious, action packed movie about the rescue of Christian missionaries from war-torn Burma and it’s military. Stallone’s execution of this movie is so raw and completely devoid of cheesy lines or “typical action hero” antics that you can’t help but walk out of the theater with respect for [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday Morning Awesomes
30. January 2008
So Preston Lee just sent this and it was too awesome not to share… I can’t believe people think of this stuff, I want to give them awards, I love it…
Continue reading...Medical Marijuana Vending Machine Opens in L.A.
30. January 2008
Robert Heron sent in news that L.A. has deployed it’s first and second medical marijuana vending machines that work in the following fashion (from article): Customers bring their prescriptions for approval at the AVMs, housed in enclosed room guarded 24/7. They are fingerprinted and photographed. They receive a pre-paid credit carded loaded with their individual profiles. They choose [...]
Continue reading...Ninja Gaiden 2, Gorey and Awesome
30. January 2008
CVG has a piece saying that Ninja Gaiden 2’s gore is over the top… and they are right, which is why I want to play it. I played Ninja Gaiden on the PS3, and it was cool… but damn, if it had been this gorey, I would have been that much more interested in the battles… [...]
Continue reading...PSP 3.90 Firmware Adds Skype Support
30. January 2008
PSP Fanboy announced that the most recent 3.90 firmware for the PSP has finally added the rumored Skype support. This update and addition of Skype is only available for the PSP Slim (PSP-2000 series) and not the original launch PSP. They also make the note that the PSP Headset with controls is required as well. Not [...]
Continue reading...NEO GEO Arcade Stick Coming to Wii
30. January 2008
Suh-weet. For the folks out there <cough>me</cough> that had a NEO GEO and fell in love with the arcade stick that it had, you can rejoice in knowing it will be coming to the Wii shortly. I’m not sure there are fighters on the Wii and VC that are so badass that the NEO GEO stick is [...]
Continue reading...WiFi Universal Remote Platform Introduced
30. January 2008
Tvcompass has announced a Windows-CE based WiFi enabled universal remote that can sync/install device codes and back itself up using 802.11b & g. The device seems to be more of a platform for universal remotes (to be sold with cable STBs and services) than it does seem to be an end user product. Tvcompass is marketing the [...]
Continue reading...Lost, Season 3 on Blu-ray for $39.99
29. January 2008
Stephen just sent in some kick ass 1-day news over at Amazon. They have Lost, Season 3 on Blu-ray on sale for $39.99 just for today. If you like Lost, hop on that!
Continue reading...The True Cost of SMS Messaging
29. January 2008
(Congratulations, that just cost you $0.20) The gthing science blog put together a rather eye-opening analysis of just exactly how much SMS costs you and/or how goddamn rich it’s making the phone companies. Even more offensive than the $8000 per gallon that HP and other vendors charge for black ink, gthing deduces that if you compare the [...]
Continue reading...iPhone SDK 3rd Party Application Key Leaked
29. January 2008
Uh oh… TUAW reports that the secret iPhone SDK 3rd party application key was leaked… and by “leaked” I mean, click here, and write down what it is. Is it just me, or is everyone else still surprised that companies (HD-DVD, Blu-ray, Apple) rely on these “1 secret master password” security designs, that so far have [...]
Continue reading...Shoot ‘Em Up Movie Review
29. January 2008
Summary [7 out of 10] Shoot ‘Em Up is a ridiculously paced, non-stop action movie that is a collection of surprisingly cohesive scenes that provide excuses for the director to realize constant over-the-top action sequences that are a blast to watch ending with a great cheesy one-liner from the main character. Setup If you plan on watching this [...]
Continue reading...4100 Lumen Flashlight Starts Fires
29. January 2008
Do you need to see the fuck out of what you are looking at, at night? Do you need to shine your flash light into a deer’s eyes not just to see if the “Deer in the headlights” trick is real, but to see if the deer’s eyes turn white and it’s retinas detach? Do [...]
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31. January 2008
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