If something is inherently funny, it’s relatable after the fact. Anyone who says, ‘You had to be there,’ should just not have told you the thing in the first place because it’s not funny.
Samsung Brightside arrives at Verizon Wireless
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Verizon Wireless lays claim to having the fastest 4G LTE network in the US, and we definitely do not doubt their capability of delivering what was claimed. However, that does not mean everyone is rushing to pick up the latest and greatest 4G-enabled device, as there is still this huge middle class group who are more than happy with a functional smartphone. Thankfully, handset manufacturers know this as well, and more often than not, reap most of their profit from this particular mid-range and entry level markets.
Samsung decides to light up the mid-range Android-powered smartphone scene with their latest handset, calling it the Samsung Brightside, and it will be arriving on Verizon Wireless. The Samsung Brightside occupies a very unique niche simply because it offers the flexibility of you using the touchscreen display or the physical QWERTY keyboard whenever you want to type an email or compose a text message.
I guess the inclusion of a physical QWERTY keyboard (albeit tucked away simply because of a slide-out design) makes life a whole lot easier, giving you the option of one over the other, depending on how convenient it is at that point in time. For instance, during the bitter winter, you do not want to remove your gloves just to type on the touchscreen, do you? Slide open the Samsung Brightside, and start tapping away on the physical keys while other full touchscreen smartphone owners freeze their fingers off.
Available from Verizon from today onwards, the Samsung Brightside will feature a 3.1″ touchscreen display, a full QWERTY slide-out keyboard, 3G connectivity, a microSD memory card slot, a 3.2-megapixel camera with timer, brightness control and shooting modes (single, continuous, panorama, mosaic and frame); scene modes (landscape, sports, party, beach, sunset, dawn, fall, night, backlight, fire and candlelight), a Document viewer feature that lets you check out Microsoft Office formats, Adobe PDF, ASCII and HTML documents in a jiffy.
The Samsung Brightside will cost $99.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate, assuming you agree to a new 2-year contract.
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Half Graffiti Hotel Room By Tilt
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(No Ratings Yet)Internationally recognized French graffiti artist Tilt has created a mind-boggling interior design work titled ‘Panic Room’ inside the Au Vieux Panier hotel in Marseille, France. The hotel has just five rooms that are annually reconceptualized by commissioned artists and designers, somewhat similar to NYC’s Carlton Arms.
Tilt divided the room perfectly down the middle, one half covered entirely in his trademark vibrant and bubbly graffiti and the other half left stark white.
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John Mulaney: Meanest People in the World
Jokes, February 29, 2012 (No Ratings Yet)
(No Ratings Yet)Thirteen-year-olds are the meanest people in the world. They terrify me to this day… because 8th graders will make fun of you but in an accurate way. They will get to the thing that you don’t like about you. They don’t even have to look at you for long. They’ll just be like, ‘Ha, ha, ha, ha, hey, look at that high waisted man. He got feminine hips.’ And I’m like, ‘No! That’s the thing I’m sensitive about.’
Lovatics “Kissenger” – Kiss me you Pig!
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Ah the long distance relationship. Most of us have tried them, not all of us have succeeded. I guess the romantic notion still stands, “absence makes the heart grow fonder”, or was that “out of sight out of mind”? Hey wait a minute here, there’s a big difference there, but our next gadget is sure to help ease the pain of your long distance romance.
Welcome Kissenger, no not the politician, the robotic pig… made of silicon and equipped with some soft and smooch-able lips, Kissenger is designed to work in tandem with his long distance pig partner enabling 2 long distance human lovers to engage in an Internet make out session, via the pigs. Weird right? But lets just admit it, its not the first time any of us have kissed a pig, am I right?
Anyway, you just smooch away on your Kissenger’s touch sensitive lips and he (or she, I suppose) Don’t want to make anyone all crazy here… sends the kiss to the other pig (the robot, not your girlfriend) and that Kissenger moves his little lips and makes a bit of a humming noise, which may or may not be disconcerting, but I digress. So there you have it, two people in love, far away from each other, making out with plastic pigs… oh forget it, I have no where to go from here.
I see no reason why Kissenger the kissing robot wont be able to save scores of long distance relationships the world over! Get out the violins and light some candles. And you thought romance was dead. By the way, for those of you still reading, no, he doesn’t have a tongue. Seriously?
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Abandoned Antique Cars Reclaimed By Nature
All Pictures, February 28, 2012 (No Ratings Yet)
(No Ratings Yet)Peter Lippmann is an American-born photographer who has worked in Paris for over 25 years. “Paradise Parking” is a new series of work by him of antique cars that have been left to slowly decay in nature. The works will be on display at an upcoming show in Brussels by Gallery SophieMarie.
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Tom Papa: Shouldn’t Drink
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(No Ratings Yet)Remember when you were a kid and they told you you shouldn’t drink? ‘Well you really shouldn’t drink; it won’t solve all your problems. You’re just going to forget about them for a little while.’ Alright, line ‘em up. Sounds good to me. It’s better than thinking about this all the time.
PooPrints – Tells you Who’s Poo?
Gadgets, February 27, 2012 (No Ratings Yet)
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Dog poop. Yuck, I mean, I love a cute canine as much as the next guy and there’s nothing like the unconditional love of a pet. Coming home from work and having your best buddy so happy to see you, nothings better than that. I don’t mind picking up after MY dog, but scraping poop off my flip flops because someone else was lazy in their pet maintenance… that’s not only disgusting, its unforgivable.
Well, some apartment complexes and other managed communities have decided to fight back by enlisting the aid of PooPrints, a company that tracks down the offending pooper using genuine DNA technology. Seriously? I like it!
It works something like this, as a condition of keeping a pet at your apartment, you agree to have your pets gums swabbed (just like on CSI) and his DNA profile is saved to a database associated with your complex. If a poo pile is found on-site, then using a waste collection kit, a sample is obtained and sent to the lab, in 5 to 10 days the genetic profile from the waste can be matched to the offending pet and VOILA! The party pooper is busted. No word yet on how they handle chain of custody concerns.
Anyway, the PooPrints DNA collection kit contains enough materials to swab 5 of your furry friends for registration and the waste evidence collection kits handle 5 submissions to the lab, each set costs around 50 bucks. Since the cost can be absorbed by pet fees or non-refundable pet deposits, it could make your next apartment experience a real walk in the park. For more information visit www.PooPrints.com
Mike Birbiglia: A Little Unstable
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(No Ratings Yet)I used to think I was a little unstable, and then I met every girl I’ve ever dated.
LEGO Millennium Falcon Storage Case
Gadgets, February 26, 2012 (No Ratings Yet)
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Are you a huge Star Wars fan? If that is the case, surely you would love collecting different kind of merchandise associated with the space opera that spans across 6 movies, inspiring a ton of other merchandise over the years as well. You might as well add this to the super long list – the £14.99 LEGO Millennium Falcon Storage Case. Yes sir, you know that this is touted to be the fastest ship in the galaxy by the Captain himself, the legendary Han Solo, and we would expect the kind of cargo it carries to be worth some value – otherwise Han would not even bother. Having said that, I am quite sure whoever purchases this also wants to stash away their valuable items within, especially for kids.
Inside, there is enough space to hide away 23 actual LEGO Star Wars characters, who are located in pockets all around the edge. In addition, there is also an entire area dedicated for playing or if most moms have their way, to store your packed lunch within. There is enough space inside to hold up to 200 LEGO bricks.
Pete Holmes: Employee Discount
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(No Ratings Yet)What do you think the employee discount is at the Dollar Store? Do you think it’s ‘just take it’?
Cops wear Body Mounted Cameras – Say Cheese!
Gadgets, February 25, 2012 (No Ratings Yet)
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You see it everyday, a police officer involved in some sort of a scuffle that’s been recorded on someone’s Smartphone. It almost always makes the officer look bad. I watch these events unfold on my TV almost every night, and I wonder to myself, what happened BEFORE someone started recording? I mean, surely the “bad guy” wasn’t just walking down the street minding his own business…
Well, in towns all over the country, we wont be left to wonder anymore, cops in many places nationwide have been outfitted with tiny wearable cameras. Unlike the often observed dashboard cameras, these little guys can be worn on a collar, head mount or with the Taser unit shown above, even mounted on Oakley sunglasses. These devices will capture everything from the police officers point of view, not just at the point that some spectator decided to start recording. Police simply activate the device and begin recording evidence that will negate any disputes as to what actually happened.
Most of these HD digital micro-cameras are about 2 inches long, an inch wide and are voice activated. Compatible with Android and iOs, all recordings made by these cameras are date and time stamped and cannot be altered or erased and designed to preserve chain of custody concerns, although the officer is most often in charge of initially activating the camera, and they also have the ability to turn it off. On TV when the camera goes off, its never a good thing, is it?
So is moving towards a body worn camera for all officers a good idea? Does it put the officers in danger or do more to protect the public? Some folks feel that cameras will lead to better performance and more professionalism on the job, others feel it will safeguard against bogus lawsuits, still others feel as though its a violation of privacy on both sides. The jury is still out on this one for me… but I think you’re going to see them around your town all the same…
No Seconds: Last Meal by Henry Hargreaves
All Pictures, February 24, 2012 (No Ratings Yet)
(No Ratings Yet)‘No Seconds’ is a photo series by New York based photographer Henry Hargreaves that shows the last meals of murders who were on death row. Some of the meals look quite delicious while others leave one mystified as to what went on in the mind of the killer.
T-Mobile confirms carrying Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G
Gadgets, February 23, 2012 (No Ratings Yet)
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T-Mobile and Samsung have teamed up yet again, and this time their efforts has resulted in the availability of the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G when it rolls out later next month. It will be a T-Mobile exclusive, and the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G would not be a slouch in terms of performance either, as it comes from the pedigreed stock of Samsung’s Galaxy S line of products that has proved to be successful worldwide. This will be T-Mobile’s flagship 4G smartphone in March, where the superphone will be able to take advantage of 4G (HSPA+) technology, offering customers with the ability to browse the Web faster than the average home Internet connection whenever they are in vicinity of a 4G connection.
After all, the smartphone is becoming more and more an extension of the human personality, so it makes perfect sense that smartphones are capable of accessing information in a speedy manner – and hopefully the battery life on this, too, will be able to survive long enough for the day’s rigors of course.
Just what does the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G from T-Mobile offer? Well, it will definitely come with a range of features and applications which are able to assist consumers in getting entertained on-the-go, in addition to accessing information that they need, and when they need it. Imagine enjoying your favorite movies which are streamed over on Netflix, or how about watching live or on-demand TV programs on T-Mobile TV in mobile HD? There are also other options such as downloading a popular movie or TV show directly using Samsung Media Hub, while the smartphone’s TeleNav GPS Navigator delivers hands-free, voice-guided turn-by-turn driving directions, real-time traffic alerts, full-color 3-D moving maps and local alerts, so that you are able to arrive at your destination on time even in unfamiliar territories.
Other hardware specifications include a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, a 3.97″ Super AMOLED display, a 5-megapixel camera with HD video recording capability at the back, a 1.3-megapixel shooter in front, all running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread. You can pick up the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G from T-Mobile for $149.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a 2-year contract.
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Whitney Cummings: Problem With Vampires
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(No Ratings Yet)The problem with vampires is they look like they’re 20, but they’re actually 100 years old. So you’ll be dating this hot, young guy who grew up in the Great Depression and hates Irish people. And then you take him out to a nightclub, and he’s doing the Charleston. Or you think he’s cheating on you, so you go through his journal. You’re like, ‘Who the hell is this slut? Harriet Tubman? Who the f**k is that?’
Louis C.K.: Hey, That’s Mine
Jokes, February 22, 2012 (No Ratings Yet)
(No Ratings Yet)I like New York. This is the only city where you actually have to say things like, ‘Hey, that’s mine. Don’t pee on that.’
Jay Chou Portrait with Coffee Cup Stains
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(No Ratings Yet)After the great success of “Portrait with a Basketball” and Sunflower Seeds Portrait, Shanghai based-Artist Hong Yi aka Red is back with extraordinary portrait with Coffee Cup Stains…it’s simply incredible. Enjoy the photo gallery and the official video.
” The project was inspired by the opening line in Jay Chou’s song, ‘Secret/不能说的秘密’. It is inspired by the opening sentence, about lifting up a coffee cup off the saucer, “冷咖啡离开了杯垫”. The ending of the song is about autumn leaves and fragmented pieces, “飘落后才发现 这幸福的碎片, 要我怎么捡?”. This is shown through the portrait as a whole – how it’s formed by many individual rings, many of them broken and imperfect like fallen autumn leaves, forming Jay Chou’s portrait. The story of the song is about Jay traveling back 20 years in time and meeting a girl. Jay disappears one day, and the girl only has a memory of how he looks like, so she sketches his portrait out. My painting is meant to look like a sepia-toned old photograph to capture the essence of this story.”
the Ramos Alarm Clock – When Oversleeping is simply NOT an Option.
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I’m ashamed to admit it, but I’m a serial “alarm setter”. What this means is that if I have an important event, like catching a plane or a court appearance (never been to court, and I wasn’t speeding anyway) I not only set my regular alarm clock, but one or two backup alarms, just in case the regular one doesn’t wake me up. Its a horrible little obsessive habit, but I never saw my way around it, until now.
Welcome the Ramos Alarm Clock, possibly the most demanding (and therefore effective) alarm clocks available today. It looks gentle enough, with its lovely hardwood exterior, in a variety of finishes, but “set it and forget it” wont work here. Once it goes off, you’ll know what I mean. In order to disarm this alarm you must first memorize the specially generated code and enter it onto a panel, ideally located somewhere far away from the coziness of your soft, warm bed.
The developer, Paul Sammut, made this clock a Kickstater Project, an interesting concept in an of itself, by which developers require the support of interested parties, or backers in order to fufill orders, or complete projects.
Anyway, this clock, and its independent wireless touch panel will definitely prevent you from just hitting the snooze bar until your flight to who knows where is on the tarmac and ready for takeoff. Of course, now that I think about it, does it have a battery back-up? I mean, what if we have a power failure? Will it work if theres a power failure? Geez.
The Ramos Alarm is available in a few different versions, including custom handmade units, with the basic design starting at around 150 bucks. Check out kickstarter.com for more information on the Ramos clock, or to better understand the mission of the kickstarter program.
Street Art by Sam3
All Pictures, February 21, 2012 (No Ratings Yet)
(No Ratings Yet)Sam3 is an spanish renowned urban artist who paints pictures with silhouettes with black paint, doing murals of high quality, as you can see in this series of images that we offer you today. A very symbolic drawings with little detail, but with much to say.
Street Art Utopia just posted an enormous collection of work by street artist Sam3 spanning the last few years but includes a number of pieces I’d never seen before.
Michael Showalter: Comedy for the First Time
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(No Ratings Yet)Doing comedy for the first time for me was very similar to losing my virginity. It was awkward, uncomfortable, but I did get a lot of laughs.