Archive for February, 2008
Mike Myers’ ‘The Love Guru’ Trailer Hits
I told you January 2, 2007, and August 9, 2007, about an upcoming Mike Myers comedy called “The Love Guru,” in which Myers plays an American left at the gates of an ashram in India as a baby who returns to America to work, disastously, as a relationship guru. Now, here comes the HIGH-DEF TRAILER!Ori…
Outrage: U.S. Air Force Blocks Blogs, Censors Net
Young Americans join the military to fight for, among other rights, freedom of speech. But the U.S. Air Force is now denying those very rights to Air Force troops. The service has a new “Cyber Command” that is now actively CENSORING THE INTERNET, including the blocking of most blogs. The Air Force’s…
Extreme Blogging for Fun and Profit! ‘Snowblogging’?
My colleague Seth Weintraub demonstrated in a post today what he calls “Snowblogging” — blogging via his iPhone while on the chairlift at a ski resort in the French alps (with video, natch). I’ve blogged in some pretty extreme situations, but I’ll bet some of you have amazing “EXTREME BLOGGING STOR…
Chocolate Master Chief Helmet For Sex Gaming
A company called ANovelT makes what they signal “Chocolate Party Hats” designed to be worn on your, ahem!, “other head” and “consumed” during oral sex. The current lineup includes a viking helmet and a cowboy hat (yee-ha!) But in an effort (both by the company and, presumably, their customers) to at…
Mouse Has ‘Boss Button’ for Hiding NSFW Sites
A new $20 USB mouse sports a “BOSS BUTTON” that launches a productive-looking screen when you need to instantly hide what you’re really doing online. (props to The Red Ferret Journal)Original post by Mike
Go to University For Jesus — And a Jesus Phone!
Abilene Christian University plans to give each incoming freshman a FREE iPHONE, both as a payoff to choose the school, and additionally to support more than 15 university-developed Web applications that enable students to “receive homework alerts, reply in-class surveys and quizzes, get directions …
Latest Job Taken By Robots: Suicide Bomber
Noel Sharkey of Sheffield University warns that the rate at which robots are being produced and deployed (more than 4,000 in in Iraq alone) presents a risk that SUICIDE BOMBERS WILL BE REPLACED BY ROBOTS. Increased deployment means robots could be captured and reprogrammed or reproduced. Sharkey kno…
