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“The Worlds Most Powerful Flashlight” January 30, 2008 |
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Being touted as the worlds most powerful Flashlight, this thing is definitely impressive. The company claims an output of 4100 Lumens. That’s like if you took two and a half standard 100 watt light bulbs and squeezed them into a flashlight.
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I Want One II: Garmin nüvifone January 30, 2008 |
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There are a lot of devices that are influenced by the iPhone. While some imitations are more egregious, others are merely what one would expect as the technology in the iPhone is brought to the American market. Competition requires some imitation. That aside, Garmin’s first entry into the jungle that is the mobile phone market looks to be more than just a flattering imitation.
First of all, it makes no claims to being the fashion-forward lifestyle device that the Apple marketing team has trumpeted since its coming out party last January. Also, it boasts a list of functionality that the iPhone just doesn’t have.
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Richest Women in Music: Staying Power January 30, 2008 |
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The top three richest women in music are also a combined 133 years old! Congrats Madonna, Celine, & Barbra!
But where is my girl Cher?
Link: Forbes Article
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Kick-Ass Mars Rover January 30, 2008 |
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Okay, admittedly I’m a bit biased. But Mars rovers are cool. I mean, seriously, we strap these 6 wheeled robots to the top of rockets and shoot them to mars where they roam around and do science for us. How cool is that! How many people could have imagined that 100 years ago?
Anyhow, finally got around to looking at the January issue of Wired and saw a small blurb on JPL’s newest creation the Mars Science Laboratory.
Need I say more?
Check out this awesome Video of the Rover (26.6 MB):
[source Wired]
[image/vid from JPL/NASA]
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Didn’t we all dream of furniture like this? January 30, 2008 |
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Wow, now that is awesome. Okay, so maybe I’m a geek, but I totally dreamed of having a room like that when I was a kid. Vibrant multicolored lights mixed with furniture is like the key to living in the future (or at least that’s what TV taught me), and it looks like Light Energy Studio has made living in the future available now.
Look at this kick ass table! I mean, at $6000 I probably won’t be purchasing one anytime soon, but seriously, having such a table would really tie the room together don’t you think?
I highly recommend checking out the site. Their home furnishings are quite unique, and the virtual tours are pretty sweet.
[source TAG SALE COSMOLOGY]
[image from Light Energy Studio]
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America and it’s lead on global climate change… January 29, 2008 |
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Wow, for a country that likes to lead the world, it sure seems like we really suck at leading this whole global climate change thing.
I don’t really know what to say… i’m sort of speechless.
[source Tree Hugger via Agence France-Presse]
[source Los Angeles Times]
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Oh Snap, 50 Years of LEGO January 28, 2008 |
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There’s a short list of things that have made me cry. LEGO’s are on that list. Arranged chronologically, it’s somewhere before my first experience with Microsoft Word 6.0 (circa 1995) and maybe a year after that time my balloon flew away. As a sidenote, I have never known how to pluralize this product, so bear with me. Anyway, like most people, Legoes are as close as I will ever get to building an Imperial Star Destroyer, and for that, I say thank you Denmark for your finest export. Here’s to 50 more years of instructions with confusing perspectives and so many pieces that I find it doubtful, at best, that I was the only kid brought to tears.
50 years is the gold anniversary. I don’t have any gold, so the color of this text will have to do. Happy Anniversary. If we both make it to your century mark, maybe I can do a little better.
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Koss KSC-75: a great way to upgrade iPod headphones January 28, 2008 |
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The Koss KSC-75 Headphone is not a particularly glamorous set of headphones. These little clip on headphones reside near the bottom end of the headphone price spectrum. However, with a mere list price of $19.99, I think these headphones represent a huge value to anyone out there wanting to upgrade the headphones that came with their iPod or other portable media player.
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Flying Pigs, Frozen Hell, etc. January 28, 2008 |
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Chances are you’ve already heard about the ridiculous criticism of Mass Effect by Kevin McCullough. (note: original article no longer online) You’ve probably also heard his apology, and seen the Fox News segment that ran shortly after the apology was issued. That segment got Electronic Arts to fight the good fight and request a correction; understandable, but still like Vader defending Luke in Return. Then things got really strange: Jack Thompson comes out and defends Mass Effect, a game rated M! That’s a bit like the Pope defending Stalin, for those of you who haven’t followed Mr. Thompson’s hijinks.
Tip ‘o the cap to Joystiq for great coverage.
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Free Refills @ Starbucks January 28, 2008 |
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…and other perks coming soon from the perhaps-maybe-not so really-could be recession.
Good news–get excited!–Starbucks is going to start offering free refills (I suppose this is only on coffee, not my favorite caffeine-free Vanilla Bean whipped drink).
Link:Portfolio Magazine via Yahoo! Finance
