SO FXNG BSY

I've been really busy the last couple of weeks moving and starting my new career.

No Internet at home yet, just using the available resources at work along with my trusty MacBook.

That's the short, long maybe will come later.



Coming soon:

HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII HATERS!!

I don't normally stoop low and make posts like these, but



FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK YEAH! An ENORMOUS middle finger up to alllll the people I've been hearing talk shit on Obama, 'cause you don't deserve the better quality of life that he's going to bring you. Oh wait, you're all fuckin' rich to begin with, right?

If I can come close to explaining this feeling, it would be something like.. jumping up and performing this crazy dramatic downward punch to the face of these other fools I heard.. WHO SAID THAT EVERYONE WAS ABSOLUTELY STUPID TO THINK THAT ANYONE WOULD EVER BEAT MCCAIN IN THIS RACE. (this was months ago.. more specifically, they said that anyone who voted for Hilary or Barack in the preliminaries was an idiot, and that voting was just a huge front)

Well. I'll try to sleep I guess, given I can convince myself that someone gave them theirs.

byehaters

Excitement over the G1 Android phone

This is hardly news, but my growing excitement for this phone has prompted me to post a blog for it.

Now, sure, there isn't a lot that the iPhone can't do. The G1 does a lot of the same. But the Android platform is something that I've been excited about for years now, and it's been a long time since I've even looked forward to a phone. I used to import phones all the time; in fact I'm using a red Nokia E61i currently. But now that the first Android-powered phone is here, I'm ready to buy an American phone again.

This device is of course manufactured by HTC, like all other carrier-branded phones. From what I've seen and heard, the G1 feels somewhat cheap and low-quality when compared to the iPhone, but then so do a lot of things. My guess is that it's lighter, and plastic-y. You can actually already tell just by looking at some of the pictures. But, I don't mind, just this once. I'm in it for the OS! (Not to mention the REAL qwerty keypad.. touchscreen qwerty FTL.) Android will hopefully open new doors for developers worldwide, to have a more advanced programming platform that should spread over enough devices to be very universal.

Plus, my t-mobile contract ends late this month around when the phone launches anyway :] yay. Take a step down to check out the official google vid on the Android OS, as well as more info on the G1 from t-mobile.



t-mobileg1.com

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Palin's personal e-mail account hacked

If the hilarioussss impersonation of Governor Sarah Palin by Tina Fey on SNL (watch it below before it gets deleted) wasn't enough, it seems someone claiming to be a member of the group known as Anonymous (I covered them before, remember?) hacked into Palin's personal e-mail address hosted by Yahoo, sometime around midnight Tuesday according to WikiLeaks (covered them earlier too!) in a press release regarding the matter. WikiLeaks is of course where the screenshots of Palin's e-mail inbox were hosted. There's another spot here on Gawker where the screens are shown.

Sarah Palin has taken some heat before for possibly using private e-mail addresses to conduct government business, implying that she uses these private accounts to get around public records laws. The Bush administration has also been charged with doing this, by the way. Well apparently, these screencaps taken from her inbox gave an alarming amount of evidence to support this.. I'll link the full updated article from Wired News, they have everything in their report besides the actual shots. Interesting stuff.. also, the FBI says they are coordinating with the United States Secret Service over this matter. Anon is pretty awesome, ha.

Here's the full story: Group Posts E-Mail Hacked From Palin Account -- Update

And here's that SNL skit I promised you, catch it before it gets deleted:

Kurihara v. Best Buy Co., Inc.

So I actually got this in the mail a few days ago, but I'll post about it anyway 'cause I'm submitting my claim online right now.

I guess someone took advantage of some good ol' corporate wrongdoing and brought it to court, where a nice settlement was granted. The case is.. well, I'll just paste it.


"The United States District Court for the Northern District of California (the “Court”) preliminarily approved a Settlement of the lawsuit against Best Buy Co., Inc. (“Best Buy”). Best Buy’s records indicate you are a class member if you: (1) are/were employed by Best Buy Co., Inc. in one or more of its California retail stores at any time between August 25, 2004 and August 4, 2008 and (2) were subjected to uncompensated security checks. This website describes the claims, the Settlement and your rights as a class member. Please read the entire website.

Plaintiff contends that Best Buy owes the class members compensation for the time spent submitting to security inspections and meal and rest break violations caused by these inspections. Best Buy denies any wrongdoing and contends that it timely and fully paid for all work performed.

On August 4, 2008, the Court preliminarily approved a Settlement of this lawsuit. The Court will consider final approval at a hearing scheduled for December 1, 2008. The Court has not ruled on the merits of Plaintiff’s claims."


So basically since I worked there for about 3 months a year and a half ago, I'm entitled to approx. $65! Niceee. I kinda hated working there anyway.. like a lot of department store jobs only more intense in both aspects, it blended warehouse labor with nonstop customer service, especially in PCHO. Carrying 80lb printers down a ladder from above your head and then dragging them to the register wasn't fun. Nor was getting it into a shopping cart. Being tired out after every transaction wasn't near enough, though, because if I didn't upsell geek squad packages or warranties or 3+ accessories I may as well not even have sold anything. Bastards.

Anyway, thanks for the $65.

From inspiration to curiosity

While having nothing else to do for the moment, I enjoy surfing from page to page on the internet, just off the expansive shores of wikipedia. Today I've been at entertainment beach since I woke up, following some interesting leads I got while reading about my current inspiration and idol, Steve Aoki.

Steve's father, "Rocky" Aoki, recently passed away- but not before founding one of the largest Japanese restaurant chains in history and changing the face of Japanese-American dining with his Benihana brand.

His story is indeed very interesting, and I admire Steve now even more for being close but not too close to his father, as he may have been consumed by the stress monster that got a hold of 4 of his 5 siblings and half siblings.

Check it out, it's really an amazing story, lol. Steve's half-sibling that escaped the monster with him is Devon Aoki, the woman that replaced Naomi Campbell as the face of Versace. Step down for link

Rocky's Family Horror Show

Obama-Biden blog

This blog was authored before Biden was the public choice for Obama's running mate.

And o, mg. Besides the blog itself, the hilarity that ensues in all of the readers' comments is absolutely priceless. Now, I am pro-Obama, and I can tell you that this blog is completely against him, as are most of the comments. So if you're sensitive to these sorts of things, stay away, I guess. But it's sort of lame if you are.

Anyway, the bickering and violence through literature that you can experience reading these comments is an awesome thing. As in, I thought it was all pretty ridiculous and just fun to read. I'm pretty sure some of these political nerds went to college and law school specifically to have these conversations in forums. Check it!

Obama-Biden???

Okay. Okay.

A lot's going on, so I've been away. I know no one's probably even reading this, but it's self-motivation, okay? I gotta do it.

Hopefully I'll have my act together and things in order soon, and have this entire blog overhauled for Fall (This was supposed to happen in the beginning of Summer, too).

So, here's hoping! Stay tuned, 'cause I may be launching a couple of professional blogs as well.


This will probably remain as my 'personal' blog.. I'm thinking simple seasonal themes.

Next on my list!

The Onion is releasing their movie on DVD this coming Tuesday, June 3rd.

Hopefully it's as funny as everything on their site. And even if it's not quite there, it will at least have Steven Seagal somewhere in it!

LOL -

GTA IV is just my appetizer

Well, GTA IV turned out to be pretty much a huge letdown, at least to me and everyone I know in person.

Don't get me wrong; the storyline, voice acting, graphics, directing, audio, they're all supreme. The game has a very cinematic feel to it overall.

But whotf cares? None of that can exactly cover up horrible gameplay. It is amusing, yes, because it's a sandbox game. The city and the vehicles are extremely well-built, and everything looks great. But amusing doesn't mean fun.. I almost feel a little sad every time I get into a car, because I know it isn't going to be fun to drive. Which is what you're doing in the majority of GTA games, right? Driving and shooting? The cars handle like complete shit. Tap the e-brake and say goodbye to the turn you were just aiming for; it's far behind you now and you've spun twice. The only easy way to get away from police is to find the longest road you can and gain the incredible top speed these cars are capable of, and pray you don't lose control or hit anything. Otherwise, you're screwed.. no evasive little turns here and there, at least not with any sort of speed. I mean, it's a little over-realistic.. the accidents play out pretty much like they would in reality, but I'm fairly sure real cars can handle corners and e-braking a lot better.

[/rant] Anyway..

No one needs GTA. Saints Row is one of my personal favorite games of all time, especially for the 360. And now the sequel is coming to save the day! Look for it August 26th. The fun-factor of the first Saints Row, at least for me, was completely off the charts. The online play was really fun too, though maybe lacking just a few things. The only drawback was that the story seemed to end abruptly.. so thank goodness for this sequel! I cannot wait.

Saints Row 2 will be available for both the PS3 and 360; but I feel it is a given that almost everyone that enjoyed the first game will continue the saga on their 360 where it was introduced.. especially with the large xbox Live community Saints Row created. Saints Row online on the PS3 will be full of nubs anyway!

Plus, you continue as your main character that you thought died in the game-ending boat explosion.. nicee. The city has been revamped big time, rebuilt by the Ultor Corporation. There are three new gangs to replace the ones you felled in the first game, new weapons, basically new everything. In fact, in the customization field, you can now customize your player's personality. This would include walk/run style, taunts, compliments, combat style, etc. Plus you'll no longer play as a mute! Haha..

It looks like your cribs will also be fully customizable.. that should be pretty cool, even though no one really stays in those things. Vehicles are expansive now as well; autos, bikes, jet skis, boats, planes, helicopters.. oh my. The damage I will cause :'D

Check out some of the details and nine videos at IGN's Saints Row 2 page here.

Yes

Click, and click.

How to: Jailbreak your iPod touch or iPhone on a Mac, and install NES + other goodies!

By Sean Hubbard


Heeeey everyone, I know I haven't posted in a while, I've been pretty busy. But here's a how-to on a project I worked on for most of the past week, and it is all done from my Mac. Now, I'm writing this tutorial because for me to get the results I wanted on my iPod, I had to do many hours of research and took from bits of several tutorials to get it done. So let's make this one simple and easy! And don't worry; if you're a windows user, you may just have to change the program you use in the first step to do the jailbreaking-- everything else is done from your device. Enjoy!


Step One
Okay, so, step one. To jailbreak my iPod touch and several iPhones, I used iJailBreak. This can be downloaded for your Mac here. This program was written by a 13 year-old, is extremely easy to use, and is one-click. Not to mention you can also use it to get the upgrade pack (iPhone apps) for free. For Windows, I believe you can use ZiPhone. Be sure to click the Windows version install at that link. Should also be simple; I just preferred iJailBreak.

Okay, so once you have iJailBreak installed, here's what you do. First, connect your iPod touch or iPhone. Make sure your device is updated to 1.1.4. If iTunes does not open automatically, open it and check. With your device highlighted on the left, you should see this on the right:

[click to enlarge]

When your device is updated to 1.1.4, feel free to either leave it in iTunes, eject it from iTunes, close iTunes, whatever. It never seemed to matter; though I like to eject and exit. Now, open iJailBreak, and you will see this:

[click to enlarge]

Simply click the big green downward arrow in the top left corner where it says "JailBreak", and let the program do its thing. As it says on the app page, you'll see text flying upward on the display of your device. Looks pretty awesome, actually.

When it's all said and done, iJailBreak will tell you to enjoy your jailbroken device. Alternatively, when you start the jailbreak on your iPhone, it will also give you the option to unlock it. I haven't tried this, but I'm sure it works.

Anyway, for now, you're done with the Mac. Disconnect your device and be sure you can have it online via wifi connection.


Step Two
Now that your device is jailbroken and online, it's time for the fun!

You'll notice by now that jailbreaking your device put a new icon on your springboard. It's blue, and it is called Installer. This is going to be your best friend!

Opening installer for the first time, it may refresh your sources; during which time it would tell you this on the bottom of the screen with a little progress bar. If not, use the "sources" icon on the bottom right to go to that tab. In the top left of the sources page, hit refresh.



After this, assuming Installer 3.0 is installed, it will prompt for an update. Update it, it's important. Installer will exit after the update. Open it again, and now it is time to install some other necessities. On that bottom row, press the icon with the "+" on it, labeled Install. Scroll down to the "System" category. Here, go to the package called BSD Subsystem; you will need that installed for later. Press install in the top right, and install again.

You'll notice, each time you install something, it will bring you back to the main install page, with the categories. This is because each time you go back into a category, it will no longer display packages that you have already installed. Another two packages I recommend installing from the Systems category would be OpenSSH, and SummerBoard. OpenSSH allows you to access your device through an FTP application from your Mac or PC, which you may find handy later for other types of installations. SummerBoard is great, as it allows you to have different themes for your SpringBoard (home screen)! Most themes include wallpaper and cool icons for most common apps.

To go along with SummerBoard, you'll need a little tweak. Back on the main Install page, go to the "Tweaks 1.1.3" category. Install the package called 1.1.3/4 Theme Fix. You'll thank me; it seemed before I found this that nearly half of the uploaded SummerBoard themes didn't not work without this patch. Install!

By now, you may be pretty comfortable with installing packages. You'll see a category called "Themes (Summerboard)". Go in there, and you'll have lots of themes to choose from! But it doesn't stop there. The sources tab displays the different sources from which you can find and install all these packages. So, the more sources you add, the more choices you have of things to install.

So on the Install tab, scroll to the "Sources" category. Add some nice sources! I found it useful to add: Bigboss's Recommended Sources, Community Sources, and iPodTouchFans BETA. If there have been any packages that you could not find while you were earlier in this tutorial, try installing these sources and you may find them. Here is one of my favorite SummerBoard themes that I have installed (Sunshine by DustLonely):




Step Three
Now that you have a lot of the necessities packed away, and you've gotten familiar with Installer, it's time for some real results. Despite the fact that my labels are hidden, you may have noticed in the shot of my SpringBoard the NES icon next to the PlayStation one. Yes, NES and PlayStation!

Let's install NES. Open Installer of course. In the Games category of the Install tab, scroll down to NES and install it. Now, go to your sources tab. Press Edit in the top right corner. Now, Press Add in the top left. Add this source as I have shown here: 123locker.com



Now, press Done in the top right corner. It will refresh your sources, but http://123locker.com will most likely NOT show up in the list of your sources. I don't know why this is, but it frustrated me to no end the first night after I had jailbroken my iPod. I woke up and found out that even though it wasn't listed in the sources list, it still gave me the packages that are hosted from this source.

Now, back to the Install tab. Now go to Games again, and there will be an NES ROMs package waiting for you! It took a while to track down a source that actually hosts this pack, so hurry and download/install it before it disappears and some other source picks it up in the future. It's valuable because otherwise, you will be connecting to your device via an FTP program and SSH like I mentioned before, and loading ROMs into a folder one by one manually. After you find a good site for ROMs, of course. Pain! Just install that package, you'll be happy.

Now go back to your homescreen and wait for it to reload, blahblah. You should see your NES icon like mine. Open it, and your list of ROMs should be there for you to choose from, in alphabetical order! See below.



NES can be played vertically and horizontally.





As for the PlayStation emulator I have installed, that's just because I can. You can find it as psx4all in the Games category in Installer, but from what I've heard and seen, psx ROMs lag horribly on the iPod and iPhone. They are constantly updating the emulators to eliminate such problems, but for now it is still slow. As for installing those ROMs, they would be installed manually through SSH.. we'll see if they make any development in that area.


Step Four
How about some games outside of NES? Or utilities, themes, multimedia, network stuff, toys, etc? I'll share with you some of my favorites that I have installed so far.

Games that I have installed and that I enjoy, include:

ContraSense
Domino
genesis4iPhone (Again, just because I can)
gpSPhone (You know the drill)
iPhysics (Oh, you have to see this one, I'll show some stuff)
iSlots
Labyrinth
Pool
Sudoku

In the Network category, I have iShare and My eBay, which is handy.

There are so many great SummerBoard themes out there, and many of my favorite are by DustLonely. I have too many installed to list, but some of my favorites are

1984
Black Wood
Bright Acrylic
Burger King
China Wind and China Wind 2
Chrono Trigger
Dark Apple
Doodles (Great one!)
Doraemon
DustLonely
Katamari
Little Dream
Monodrome Theme Pack
Moonlight
Naruto
NBA
NHL
Not Louis Vuitton
Notepad
Polaroid (Another great one!)
PSP Eclipse (remix)
Simple Sky
Sunshine (As shown earlier in the tutorial)
Super Nova (Nice)
unL0CkER

Now, toys are pretty great. Check out the Toys category, here are some that I've tried so far and like:

Ants (So great)
EvolutionRGB
Magic8
Moo
Multitouch
Waves

Lastly, here are some utilities I have installed.

iTrac (haven't tried yet but seems handy)
ScreenShot
SysInfo
ThemeBuilder (again, haven't tried yet)


Some Last Screenshots

iPhysics didn't like me taking screenshots, but check out the iPhysics category in Installer-- there's a lot of levels to choose from and it is fun.

Look close, there's three little ants crawling around on the screen. They walk quite realistically, and make for a great prank! Plus they're squishable.


ContraSense - This is fun, uses the accelerometer.


Domino


Doodles SummerBoard theme


Pool


Slots


Waves - also, a nice overlaying prank, and fun!



More coming later as I find stuff! I hope you have found my tutorial helpful.

Make sure to donate to the authors of any programs that you really like, as well as the author behind Installer! And even to me, if you'd like! hahaha~

but really.

:'] That took all day in and out of work. HAPPY

Ladies..

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Some things I'm excited about

I Am Legend is coming out on Blu-Ray on the 18th! Sweeet.



In stores 4/29...


I don't know which system I should get it for! x[ Which will have better online play, anyone know? PS3 or 360.


Also, catch some pictures of Ashley and I on the kidrobot site! We were at the Kidninja signing event with Huck Gee at Kidrobot LA. Yay :]

Happy leap year!

Ahhhh, the day of balance. I turned 21 last wednesday!

Spent it in Vegas, pretty awesome, pretty fun..






Innnn other news. I get to stay here at the dealership, but a new position was made for me! (Okay not really -for- me, but I'm sure the first here to have it) I now work in the fleet department, handling dealer trades and completing off-site deliveries, including paperwork. I'm just happy not to be in the same ol' sales swing that I've been in the last three years (through four different companies).. burned myself out a bit.

Thank you to the management team at Penske Honda for giving me the opportunity within the company, and most importantly, the start of my life's next chapter.

Corny, right? I know. But forreal.. I've been stressing myself out over the last few months, and I can't wait to start a new lifestyle. I want to complete my DJ rig finally, and keep up on the practice. I want to ride my bike more often, especially as this weather is getting nicer! I want to move out, kick it with the homies, and see my girl more. Hi Ashley :D

It's gonna be nice. Everyone cross your fingers that Mr. Inventory Control Manager here gets his house soon! I'm waitin' on ya :'D

I miss you

Oahu.. Hale Koa Hotel.. family.


I'm sorry I skipped you last year.


Senior year of high school; I was pretty happy then, too. Mm.

Need to get some more pictures up here! Picture and video blogs make it much more interesting :D

Pourin' 40s out..

So I've been reading a lot of random blogs in the last couple of hours or so, and there are a lot of posts about the author feeling a need for change, and going through the steps to achieve it.

It's where I am right now, too, and I'm working on it. >< But things seem to be changing on their own. A manager that's been here for a number of years left yesterday, and today my best friend here quit, too. It's tough to take, but I'm happy for him.

Congratulations Adolfo.. you're going to get the change you need, too.


Anyway. Here's hoping that things will change for the better on my end. I love change, and I almost always crave it. And I don't like to change one thing at a time.. I like big waves of it. I'm sure it'll be a couple months of good surf

New layout colors

Just until I can get some graphics up for my blog and maybe Shakira's blog..

inspired by Kidrobot's new "Gingham" line which includes this hat:

Wikileaks!

You may have heard about the legal troubles that the Wikileaks site has been having, and if not, you can just imagine the troubles a site like this would have. Created by the two guys that brought us The Pirate Bay, Wikileaks exists so that mostly business-related documents may be published anonymously that some people would rather they not be seen. Pretty awesome, right?

Well in a recent court battle, the company through which the domain name was registered, Dynadot, was ordered to change records so that the domain would no longer be functional.

No matter, this is the Internet! It takes much more than that. Wikileaks can still be found at its IP: http://88.80.13.160/

Read some more on it at The New York Times.

Clouds wasted my life last night

Before I switch gears..

I was going to put up a story about last night's lunar eclipse, but. I'd rather not hear anything about it now that I think about it, because mine was ruined by a sky completely covered by clouds. All that happened was that the clouds got a little more orange. Hate.

Now that HD DVD is dead

It's time to convert!

For all you foos that have an HD DVD collection, don't throw it all out in anger just yet. The fine people at Wired have put together a Wiki how-to to help you convert your defeated HD DVDs into shiny, here-to-stay Blu-Ray Discs.. assuming you don't mind breaking a tiny law or two.

Check it out here.

Stop being boring, news

I haven't updated the blog in a while, because aside from the superbowl, everything has been extremely boring.

Let's see. The best I can find, would be that Microsoft offered a bid of 44.6 billion dollars to acquire Yahoo!.. and ah. Hmm..

You know I love me some CIA stories.

Today the President approved the CIA's public disclosure of a widely condemned "interrogation technique" known as waterboarding. (Ever seen The Bourne Ultimatum?) CIA Director Michael Hayden had some bs reasons for using it, something about being low on necessary information surrounding the plans and whereabouts of Al-Quaeda, and having to use it, blahblah. They say it hasn't been used in 5 years, but could with the permission of the President. As of now, they refuse to call it torture.


What else.. I read that Google plans to team up with some Chinese music companies to compete with the largest search engine in China, which is currently offering free mp3 downloads-- unlicensed. Google aims to offer the same sort of thing but with licensed music.. we'll see where they get with that!

Lastly, the GPS tracking company known as Loopt, used by Nextel, Sprint, and Boost Mobile, is now also being used by CBS in such a way that if anyone on a mobile phone goes to access their site through the mobile browser, web advertisements will appear in accordance to that person's surroundings. For example, if there were a Starbucks nearby while the site was being accessed, the advertisements would be for Starbucks.

Clever in my opinion. Loopt is also in negotiations with all major service providers to allow wider use of this network. We're still not where the Japanese are with their phones, but we're making some slow progress I suppose.

I'll try and find something other than mediorcre news to post here.. in the meantime, read the full stories at these jumps:

Reuters: CIA

BusinessWeek: Yahoo! bid

PC World: Mobile Ads

Associated Press: Google in China

I know this is ancient..

But I went digging, and I have to say that the Naruto edit was excellently done and pretty hilarious. :'D


Original:




Naruto spin:

The battle against the Church of Scientology continues

The epic online battle between the vigilante group "Anonymous" and the Church of scientology continues.

Two new videos were recently released by the group, also known as Anon. The first, which is now taken off of YouTube for violation of the TOS, crticized media and journalists for not reporting the negative effects of Scientology:

"We find it interesting that you did not mention the other objections in your news reporting. The stifling and punishment of dissent within the totalitarian organization of Scientology. The numerous, alleged human rights violations. Such as the treatment and events that led to the deaths of victims of the cult such as Lisa McPherson.


This Cult is Nothing but a psychotically driven pyramid scheme.


Why are you, the news media, afraid of discussing these matters? It is your duty to report on these matters.You are failing in your duty."


The second video, still on YouTube as of this published post, is directed to members of the church, urging them to open their eyes to the restrictions they have as members of this "powerful, criminal fascist regime".

A link in the description of the second YouTube video provides other methods to see their videos and older, "banned" videos.

Read the news report at: News.com

I will keep the second one up right here until it is taken off, if it is. I love this stuff, it reminds me of the series known as Ghost in the Shell.

Almost to synthetic life

Scientists on the 24th announced that the second of three steps to create synthetic life has been successfully completed.

This second stage was the creation of an entire synthetic genome.

Last year, the same team completed the first step by transplanting a genome from one species of bacteria to another, changing it's identity.

The third step will be to take the synthesized DNA and get it into a bacterium where it will take over, and ultimately produce a synthetic cell...


So get this.

"Such an accomplishment would then allow scientists to create synthetic life-forms that may one day produce biofuels, clean up toxic waste, and fight global warming. (Related: "Gene-Altered Plant, Tree Can Suck Up Toxins" [October 15, 2007].)"

And,

"By 2012, he added, the technology should exist to routinely design and construct genomes of any bacteria or single-celled organism with a membrane-bound nucleus.

"Which also means," he said, "that it will be possible to construct some mammalian chromosomes."


... Anyone ever read Aldous Huxley's Brave New World?

Here we come.

Read the full story at: National Geographic News

Sometimes.. the good things are best left unseen

Well..

To get away from the terrible recent stories like the two planes that crashed over another auto center near to mine, and Heath Ledger's death, I thought maybe I would dig up a more uplifting story.

Let's seeee...



Ninja Parade Slips Through Town Unnoticed Once Again

Apple's assorted basket of announcements

It would be tough to beat last year's announcement of the iPhone, yes, but hey. Jobs did his best, though most announcements were already anticipated.

The biggest (or slimmest) would be "the world's thinnest notebook", the MacBook Air.

It's a cool notebook, yeah. No room for a cd drive of course, but who needs it? They sell an external. That didn't lessen the price any, unfortunately. Why should it? It's the world's thinnest notebook, they don't have to cut the consumer a break. It does have a trackpad that acts just like the iPhone and iPod touch, which is one of my favorite features. It also comes with 2gb of RAM, and has an available 64mb solid state drive. Otherwise you get a regular 80mb drive that spins at a measly 4800rpm.

This regular model puts you at $1799.
Go up to the solid state drive and to 1.8GHz (from 1.6) and swallow a $3098 price point.


Lame. Next biggest (bigger), would be the new iTunes movie rentals. Netflix took some defensive action prior to the announcement, but their real competitor is Blockbuster at this time.


Joining these "major" announcements were the following:

iTunes Digital Copy
New software for Apple TV
Software upgrade for iPod touch
iPhone software update
Time Capsule - wireless backup

Late.

sgh

I don't snowboard, but damn

This is pretty fresh.

Burton x Kidrobot limited edition snowboard.

Check it//click it:

Why I wouldn't sell a car to the FBI

They credit don't get it! Money's funny.

The FBI was cut off temporarily from phone taps because of unpaid bills.

Reportedly more than half of 990 phone-tapping related bills were not paid on time, including one for over $66,000. Lines were disconnected at times.

Niice. Maybe I can roll the deal with around 27.99% APR..

No, I can't get you approved for the Corolla with 124,000 miles. Mooch.

Read more at Times Online.

Blu-ray Goes for the K-O

Looks like Sony is on the right side of media format for once. The last two major companies that were in support of the HD-DVD format are ending their contracts soon.

What does this mean for you? Hopefully that we will finally have a standard to go by for the next-gen media format.

HD-DVDs and their players were a little cheaper, but Blu-ray has it beat in most other ways.

Read more at The New York Times.

Oh and

In relation to that last post,

I made sure to snag the pre-order of the limited edition autographed vinyl! Yessssss.

If you're interested, go grab it while it's still possible! I think there's only like 50 left or something like that.

So, I've been inspired

Lupe Fiasco's The Cool is definitely the best CD I've bought.

In fact, just saying that I bought it says a lot. I've only bought like 5 CDs in my life. Shh.

Here's one of the tracks, most likely to be his next single.

Gea' gea'

So until I get my brand name runnin'.. here we are.

This is a test blog for me. I will make regular posts, but the blog will remain in alpha to beta stages until I release my next (permanent) blog.

Word to ya moms