Technology
The Joker’s iPad (decal)
I’ve never been much of a fan of putting stickers on my gadgets, but this is almost too cool. $16 plus shipping at Etsy, buy 2 or more and save on shipping. Say, don’t I have a few friends who have been talking about getting iPads? Hmmm… Via Gizmodo
Space Shuttle Atlantis Final Lauch Today
The final launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis happens today at 2:20 EST (weather permitting, of course, but all looks good right now). Check out the live stream from Ustream and SpaceVidCast above. Or watch on NASA TV (although it doesn’t seem to be working as well as the Ustream feed at the moment). Be sure [...]
First Extraplanetary Lighnting Caught on Video
We know lightning occurs in other places in our Solar System, we’ve heard it. Something we’ve never done, until now, is capture it on video. It might be grainy and small, but personally I find it no less amazing. The video was shot over 16 minutes and compressed down into the 10 seconds that you [...]
Apple Announces iPhone OS 4.0
Have you been complaining that Android does more than iPhone? Or that Web OS is more full featured than iPhone OS (hard to argue with that one)? Either way, now you’ll just have to shut up about it. Yesterday Apple announced iPhone OS 4, introducing multitasking, folders, an updated Mail.app (about time), Game Center (think [...]
2 Powerbooks + Bindings = 1 Snowboard?
After much drilling, filling and hammering two European dudes managed to make two titanium Powerbook G4′s into one semi-usable snowboard. While the resulting snowboard is a bit unimpressive, the idea and follow through have to be commended. Seriously, how much pot do you have to smoke before you come up with this? Engadget
Lego Linksys Router Upgrade
Taking an extremely common (seriously, how about a redesign?) Linksys router and giving it a shiny new coat of Lego paint seems like a great idea. Some guy named Luke did it, and the results are pretty excellent. If someone were to build these and sell them for profit I’d probably buy one. Why? Because [...]
Warner’s DVD2Blu Trade-in Program
While I appreciated Warner’s Red2Blu trade-in program (send them the sleeves to your old HD-DVDs, you keep the movie, and for $5 they send you a Blu-ray), their new DVD2Blu program just doesn’t seem like as good of a deal. First of all, they charge $7.95-$9.95 for your replacement and secondly, you have to send [...]
Netflix Not a “NEW” DVD Rental Company…
I’ve been a Netflix user almost from the very start. My account is about six or seven years old now (with some brief pauses in service) and I’m here to tell you that I’m about done with it all.
For some time, it’s been my understanding with Netflix that if I want to get a new relase movie on DVD or Blu-Ray, I need to strategically send the current disc I have back to the warehouse to coincide with the date of the new release. Usually if I send the movie in on a Saturday, they’ll get it by Monday and send me the new movie that is scheduled to release the next day on Tuesday. However, for well over 2 months now I have habitually been sending old, unwatched titles they’ve sent me back on these days (just like I always used to) only to get a movie that was number 5 or 6 down on my Que instead of the new release I wanted.
Burger King Offers the Windows 7 Whopper: Japan Only
I couldn’t care less about the release of Windows 7 today, until now. Burger King is offering the largest Whopper I have ever seen, in a county of the smallest people I can think of. I guess they just want to market it, not really sell it. Still, if they offered it here in the [...]
Google’s Homepage is Excellent Today
I almost never visit Google.com, is there anyone who uses Firefox (or Safari) that does? But today I had DNS problems and was using it for testing purposes, I’m actually glad I did as the image above is the one they chose for the day in honor of ComicCon. Nice work Google.
