Airship IRL
Feb0
We have seen the future of luxury air transportation, and it might be this airship. Standing 98-feet tall and packing “330,000 cubic metres of hydrogen gas, the Aircruise concept features penthouse apartments, bars and even dizzying glass viewing floors.”
via [TechEBlog]
Siri: A Serious App
Feb0
I believe this may be the most useful software I’ve seen come out in awhile. This is truly amazing! It’s a personal assistant in your pocket.
I’m really excited to see where this leads. It’s a free App for the iPhone so be sure and download it today.
More info can be found at Siri.com and Scobleizer.
Nexus One: Manufacturing
Feb0
Google takes us through the manufacturing process of their flagship device. Excellent video.
Nexus One: Testing
Feb0
Testing. Looks like HTC and Google are making sure that they don’t have the same issues Apple did during the release of the original iPhones.
Geek Prep Tips: Football
Feb0
Geeks, prepare for the Super Bowl. Here are a few tips to help you fit in to those manly discussion things.
1. Learn the Talk: Brush up on football slang so you understand exactly what people say. Trust me. A great website is at ehow.com. Click here for a jump.
2. Make sure to bring something to the party, or if you are at the bar, buy a round for your friends. Buying booze or bringing food never hurts.
3. Be Clean: Always come dressed casual but clean. Groom yourself if you haven’t done so already and if you can, wear a jersey for one of the two teams. if you do wear a jersey, you’ll need to know stuff about the team, so remember to read up.
4. Learn about the teams and players: Before getting caught up in talk over coaches, plays, and teams, you need background info. Google everything, read news articles and sports pages and make sure you’re wel informed in case you get asked a question.
5. Be yourself: Despite faking your football knowledge, relax and try to be yourself. Hopefully they won’t beat the crap out of you at half time if you aren’t annoying.
Transparent Screen in Production
Feb0
The transparent screen is currently in production by Samsung, and they plan to release it in a year. Our best guess at pricing is really stupidly expensive and probably not worth it. Well, not unless you want to see through your screen.
An invention seen in all sci-fi movies finally coming to fruition. I have to admit, as dumb as this contraption is for any real-life reasons, it’s f*ing cool looking.
via [PPE]
IT&E Guam: Kababayan Sim
Feb0
Seems like all of the Guam wireless carriers are trying to take a bigger bite out of the prepaid cellular market by targeting certain ethnic groups. Promises of lower rates to the motherland…
First I want to start off with the Kababayan Sim from IT&E. $20 and I get a SIM with $10 load. Should work as long as my handset is unlocked. Seems simple enough.
17.5 US cents a minute for calls to a Globe or TM number in the Philippines and 50 centavos per text from a Globe prepaid SIM to your IT&E number. Sounds cool right? (From personal experience… most people who use Globe do so because of the great subsidized prices they get on their phones… and have to endure a postpaid contract. Most prepaid users choose SMART because they’re cheaper and seem to have better service in the greater Manila area.) Fail on that one IT&E.
I figured it would be a direct dial call to the Philippines. I dialed country code+city code+landline number. Call cannot be completed. Okay… country code+mobile number. Nothing. I try several other variations. Nothing. I check the sleeve that the SIM came in. No instructions. Odd. I call customer service and the CSR didn’t seem to understand what i was asking for. She kept repeating the instructions for their long distance cards. After 20 minutes I gave up.
I then checked the IT&E website for a dialing sequence or access code. Nothing. I looked through the whole site including FAQ’s. Nothing. I e-mailed their 24 hour customer service. 18 hours later I’m still waiting for a reply. Sorry IT&E… you’re buckets of FAIL and I’m taking my $20.00 elsewhere. Tee Hee!
I wonder if GTA is still trading SIMs.
Viral: Project Natal
Feb0
If this actually runs the way it shows in this video, I’ll be a very happy Xbox owner.
01101100011011110111011001100101 Day Ideas
Feb0
Not sure what to get that special woman (or other species) girlfriend/boyfriend? Here are a few ideas for those who date in a game and IRL.
Blood Energy Potion from ThinkGeek: If you love her and you want to really get in good, by her some blood potion. Sure, it’s creepy, but think about it. She loves Edward and that whole True Blood thing, right? Why not show you support her stupid fantasies by giving her something that will remind her of sparkly vampires? Besides, you’ll benefit when she has enough energy to thank you properly later *wink wink*. Price tag: $4.99 single, 15.99 for 4-pack
“Afternoon Delight” by Threadless: for those who have a sense of humor and love unicorns this is the best Valentine’s shirt for your geek. Not only will this shirt scream coolness, but it goes over well when worn in public. Come on–unicorns mating isn’t disgusting! It’s beautiful, like the rainbow.
Price tag: $18 any size
World’s Largest Gummy Bear by Perpetualkid.com: If you want to melt her heart and give her diabetes, buy one of these gianormous gummy bears from perpetualkid. It’s literally the equivalent of 1,400 regular-sized gummy bears. With its monstrous size and at a mere 12,600 calories per gummy bear, it’s definitely not a bite-sized snack. Don’t fret- it comes in a plastic storage bag so you can take a bite or two and cover it back up for future snacking.
Hand-made in the USA. Measures 5.5 inches wide x 3.5 inches deep x 9” tall. Price tag: $29.95
Star Trek Cologne/Perfume from ThinkGeek: This is the best gift, ever, for your trekkie. Out of all the things that he/she has from Star Trek, the ultimate experience is to smell like it. From ThinkGeek:
Star Trek Cologne and Perfume
- Two new Star Trek scents – for him and her!
- Tiberius Cologne – Sweet citron zest, black pepper, and cedar create refreshingly clear top notes layered over warm vanilla, white musk, and sandalwood base notes.
- Pon Farr Perfume – Light, clean top notes of citrus, blackcurrant, lotus blossom, and water lily, with base notes from sandalwood, peach, and mulberry.
Dimensions:
- Tiberius Cologne: 100ml bottle
- Pon Farr Perfume: 50ml bottle
iKiss for iPhone/iPod: Try This is for the kissing amateur who wants to experiment and learn more. This topic lists out a wide range of kissing types, all of which can go about enhancing your love life. Try each of them one and by one and see the pleasure it exuberates in your spouse. Play This is another chapter which includes cute, playful games that can be played between lovers while kissing. So next time you feel naughty, Play This can spruce up things between you and your partner.
For the hard core lover, there is the Pro version of this application while the one who wants to go slow can choose the Lite version. The latter will give him the essentials of Kiss Her without going into full details.
Love is the one of the finest gifts of God and kissing is one of the perfect manifestations of love. So improve your kissing skills and enjoy it to the fullest. Let Kiss Her be your ‘Love Guide’ and help you reach romantic bliss.
World-ending Machine to Run Long Term. Impending doom set for 24 months from now.
Feb0
Our favorite world-ending Hadron Collider is scheduled to run long-term, meaning a good year of impending doom.
For those who haven’t heard of the LHC, it is world’s largest hadron collider built hundreds of feet underneath Geneva.
Steve Meyers, the director of LHC announced Wednesday that the particle collider will run for 18 to 24 months at a collision energy of seven tera-electron-volts (TeV)–or 3.5 TeV per beam–with the powering-up phase starting later this month. The bonus is that it will definitely get shut down after 18 to 24 months to review data and see if it can run at the golden 14 TeV they need to find that elusive “God particle”.
Good luck, CERN.
via [CERN Blog]
ATI Radeon HD 5450
Feb1
As ATI announced, they released a new video card in Q1 and gave us the 5450 card, a nice graphics card for $60 bucks. It is strong on the multimedia side, but in terms of gaming, it falls a bit short. At 512MB memory, what do you expect for $60? It comes optimized for HTPCs, with HDMI 1.3a with Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio.
via [Engadget]
Boobtroller.
Feb0
Wonder what Easter eggs you can open up when you press the right button combo.
via [Flopculture]