Apr/100
Never Drink and Develop: New iPhone Prototype Found @ Local Bar
Never Drink and Develop: New iPhone Prototype Found @ Local Bar
One of the genius gearheads at Apple, probably three sheets to the wind, was brilliant enough to leave a demo version of the next iPhone in a Redwood City bar, and, by some form of turbo-charged, 3G divine intervention, it landed in the hands of Gizmodo. They’ve got a rundown of the gadget on their site, complete with photos, video and a preliminary features list. Check it out right here.
You know somebody is gettin’ fired over this. Not to mention that Redwood City is about to find itself minus one bar and plus one Apple Store.
Apr/100
Nintendo-mination
Nintendo-mination
My lovely, nerd goddess of a wife found this on ImageBath today, and I think it both accurately and thoroughly sums up why Nintendo owns everyone.
More after the jump…
Apr/100
8-Bitterness
8-BitternessCheck out this short film by Patrick Jean, featuring an ungodly amount of pixels trashing New York City in beautifully surreal fashion.
I guess “DPI” now stands for “Destruction Per Inch” (rimshot).
Big up to Topless Robot for the find. Now, I’m gonna go unplug my Atari 2600, just to be safe.
Apr/100
Gangsta’s Paradise Lost
Gangsta’s Paradise LostCoolio and his immaculately-styled braids are in hiding today. According to TMZ, LA law enforcement issued a $10,000 bench warrant for his arrest for failing to appear in court. His lawyer made several attempts to reach him, but was unsuccessful.
The Compton-born rapper has been on probation since 2009 after being caught in possession of crack cocaine at Los Angeles International Airport.
No word yet on whether or not Weird Al Yankovic has been taken into protective custody.
Apr/100
ShowClix TAT Scan technology combines ink with (in)convenience
ShowClix TAT Scan technology combines ink with (in)convenience
Bringing yet another innovative solution to the ticketing industry, ShowClix is proud to announce “TAT Scan,” a new product that is guaranteed to revolutionize the way promoters and venues admit patrons into their events.
The TAT Scan 2D barcode tattoo provides event-goers with a convenient, hip and edgy alternative to carrying around a physical ticket. ShowClix ink technicians can apply a customized 2D barcode “Scan Stamp” to a ticket buyer’s body, which contains the code for their personal account information. After the tattoo is applied, they can be scanned and allowed admittance to any ShowClix-ticketed event.
“Ever since the advent of 2D barcodes, we couldn’t help but notice how bizarrely stylish they are,” said Johnny Appleseed, head ink tech and lead developer of the TAT Scan system. “They have some interesting patterns going on, and they fit rather well with a lot of people’s cliché tribal art tattoos. It’s the perfect marriage of fashion and function!”
When asked about the possibility of long wait times at entrance gates due to patrons needing to remove their shirts to be scanned, Appleseed exclaimed, “Well, they can get a bicep tattoo. People still do that, right?”
Sessions with a ShowClix ink technician are by appointment only, and no custom designs are permitted.
Ticketmaster representatives could not be reached for comment, possibly because they may actually be working on something like this.
Apr/100
I need to Topeka the nearest pizza place in Google, KS
I need to Topeka the nearest pizza place in Google, KS
Next up: Yahoo, Texas; GoDaddy, Mass.; and World of Warcraft, Puerto Rico.
I have a rather unfortunate admission: I hate April Fool’s Day. No, I’m not one of those unfunny misanthropes who grumbles to himself every time he sits on a whoopee cushion, gets blasted by silly string, or finds centipedes in his Frosted Flakes. (Okay, that last one didn’t actually happen, but it is the stuff of my nightmares.) Instead, my despair over this not-holiday comes from the fact that you cannot trust anything that you read, at all, for the entire day. For a news junkie like myself, that makes April the First a full day’s equivalent of being waterboarded by street mimes while Brokencyde plays at full blast over the loudspeaker.
That said, in my eyes, there is one bright spot in this morass: the antics of tech giant Google. Each year, Google stages some elaborate, surreal prank that often riffs on current events in the tech world. This year, in response to the city of Topeka, Kansas’ temporary name change to Google, Kansas in the month of March, Lawrence, Sergey and company have temporarily changed their name to Topeka. As a result, the main Google page displays a nifty (and believable) logo redesign, and CEO Eric Schmidt has made a hilarious post, complete with graphics on “Proper ‘Topeka’ Usage,” on the company’s official blog.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to visit my Topeka Docs page to look up some info on our Topeka NexusOnes. Maybe check my Tmail account, too.
Mar/100
Pac-Man Moons NASA
Pac-Man Moons NASA
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft recently captured an image so uncanny that Atari might end up suing for copyright infringement. The probe was measuring temperature differences on the surface of Mimas, one of Saturn’s miniature moons, when it bounced back a heat map in the shape of famed 80s video game darling, Pac-Man. Scientists believe the heat variations are caused by unique textures on Mimas’ surface.
What really cracks me up is how that giant crater ends up being a stand-in for a power pellet.
Big up to BBC News and our very own E-Borgs for the find.
Mar/101
Nerd > Geek > Dweeb > Dork
Nerd > Geek > Dweeb > Dork
Topless Robot, the authority on all things nerdy, recently found this Venn diagram that maps out the differences between all forms of nerd-dom.
As far as I’m concerned, this is some pretty accurate data, but I have to take issue with the placement of both “nerd” and “geek.” As a life-long, card-carrying member of the former group, I know that being unable to communicate with anyone but other geeks is a crucial component to the Geek culture, which would place them squarely in the “Social Ineptitude” zone. Switch those two around, and you’ve got yourself an accurate chart worthy of a Macmillan textbook.
Thoughts?