Don’t take strategy advice from your opponents, instead, push populist legislation, campaign for reelection based on your populist achievements, and you will WIN! Yes it would **** off fox news. GOOD. But you know what, letting the govt …
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By Andrew Liszewski I’m not saying that man’s best friend was the reason MySpace became ‘uncool’, but now that dogs will be able to tweet their comings and goings with a little help from Mattel, I think it might be time to say goodbye to Twitter and move on to the next social media fad. Puppy Tweets, which is officially being announced at next month’s Toy Fair in New York, is a small sound and motion sensor equipped device that is worn on a dog’s collar and translates their barks or activities into Twitter posts. It communicates with a receiver that connects to your PC as I understand it, and only posts ‘pre-recorded’ tweets based on what the dog is doing. So if they’re being particularly active a tweet saying “I finally caught that tail I’ve been chasing and…OOUUUCHH!” might get posted.
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Mattel’s Puppy Tweets Is A Sure Sign It’s Time To Bail On Twitter
This dry-wipe ceramic Postcard Memo Pad is both fun and Earth friendly. Plus, your friends will appreciate any post card from Boozeville that invites you to partake in a drink or two. By the way, in this case “XXX” doesn’t mean “hugs.” It’s just a subtle hint that the reader should get some moonshine too…or porn. Product Page ($16, pre-order for March 4 availability)
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Post Card Memo: Let’s Get Drunk Later. Signed XXX
When I first watched Keiichi Matsuda’s Augmented (hyper)Reality video, I wasn’t sure if I should be awed or frightened by his vision of the world that lies in front of us. Matsuda’s stunning video clip was created as part of his Masters’ program at the Bartlett School of Architecture , and envisions a future in which augmented reality has embedded itself into our everyday lives, transforming the way we interact with our living and working spaces. A wondrous world of heads-up displays show contextual information for everything from dishwasher status, to tea kettle temperature updates, to an inventory of the items in your fridge. Oh yeah, and lots and lots of ads. Click to View Embedded Video Clip I, for one do not want my kitchen walls covered with banner ads – even if they are targeted to my midnight cravings for Krispy Kremes and Grape Tang (unless Kozmo was still in business and could deliver those items in 30 minutes or less.) Ah, the future’s so bright, you’ve gotta hope the AdBlock Plus guys are working on an augmented reality version of their app
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augmented hyper(reality): pop-up ads take over your walls
dual boot Here is something that will interest many of you folks. But before you get all excited it is only VGA for now, but WVGA is a possibility in the future. The developer ” Yozgatg from xda-developer ” plans to release it tomorrow and I am sure all you guys who is looking to try Android on their WM device will be pleased to know about this
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Dual boot Android / Windows Mobile .. will be released tomorrow
Just when it seemed all the Rick-rolling was done, there’s this fun “anatomy of an Asterisk rick roll” by Andy Goodwin . He writes – I was inspired by a friend (EFNet – steve nash aka oz) on IRC – he (or his friend(s)) had setup an incoming phone number that would just rickroll you. Nothing else.
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Anatomy of an Asterisk rick roll
touchality Are you a fan of foursquare and disappointed by the fact there is no foursquare app for windows phone. Here is your chance to beta test a new foursquare app for windows mobile named ” WinMoSquare “. It comes from the developers of Critter .
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WinMoSquare – windows mobile phone foursquare app needs beta testers
Section: Communications , Cellular Providers , Smartphones , Mobile After the poor success of the Nexus One, Google might be rethinking its marketing strategy. Previously, the Nexus One was only to be purchased directly through Google; but now, a webpage has surfaced on Walmart’s website that states that the Nexus One is “coming soon.” Walmart responded with the following statement claiming its error: Due to a technical error, this item erroneously was displayed on our site
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Walmart will be selling the Nexus One?
Maybe you haven’t heard of Gunnar Optiks , the digital eye-wear that eases the strain from long hours behind a computer (or marathon gaming sessions). These spectacles have earned high praise from Major League Gaming , the Consumer Electronics Show and even Gear Diary’s own Larry Greenberg . In fact, Larry’s pos t back in June is what prompted me to order my own pair of Phenom Gunnar s soon thereafter to deal with long hours spent behind a computer screen that used to lead to headaches and severe eye-strain. If the price-tag has kept you from purchasing a pair, now may be your chance to win a free set of MLG Phantoms . Interested? Read on to enter the February 1st Gunnar Optiks Giveaway … … [ visit site to read more ] Related posts: Enter Gear Diary’s Grand Prize Holiday Giveaway!!! Tags: Contests & Giveaways , Tech Clothing Related posts Win Big as BlackBerry Motion Celebrates Their One-Year Anniversary (6) Nothing says Classy like shiny new set of PDA cufflinks (2) Meeting Tomorrow Audio Visual Wants To Help Today’s Kids (3) Scottvest: New Year, New Sales, New Video, New Email Options (1) A-DATA Celebrating the Launch of Their New Corporate Image With A Contest (1)
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Got Game? Win A Pair of Gunnar Optiks from JustEyeWear
Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past few months, you no doubt know that tomorrow will be a potentially very exciting day for everyone that has been dreaming of an Apple tablet. Our buddy Steve Jobs will be unveiling something new at 10 AM PST at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, California. The invites went out last week for the invitation only event, offering only a vague teaser that asked reporters to “Come see our latest creation.” Even with the never ending juggernaut of hype that we’ve all had to put up with, Dave Rees and I have been praying to the gadget gods that tomorrow will FINALLY reveal the iTablet, iSlate, iPad, iWhateverTheHeckItWillBeCalled. We plan to do a dual review as soon as we can each get our hands on one.
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Wishes for the Apple iTablet
MAKE subscriber Jeff writes in to share his latest project, a Propeller powered Arcade Machine . Rather than building a PC-powered MAME cabinet, he decided to base his around a Propeller microcontroller. While it is kind of funny to put such a tiny device in a large cabinet, writing some fun games for the system should be a fun challenge
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Propeller-powered Arcade Machine
Although this mug has got its barcode all around, for some reason it’s called the BEEP Mug. It was created by the British designer Colin O’Dowd and the mug does more than just look cool, it eliminates the need for any excessive packaging, since its own UPC barcode is integrated into the design of the mug. It’s a great idea, though it defeats the purpose if you’re shipping one of these mugs. If you’re just picking one up in a store, I guess it makes more sense.
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beep mug: have yourself a hot upc of coffee
In an age where we expected robots to be all around us, it seems that even the elderly will be getting their own special robot. This odd-little robot named Sil-bot is the brainchild of KIST’s Center for Intelligent Robotics . They are currently developing it in Korea.
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sil-bot: grandma gets a crazy looking robot companion!
Section: Audio , Portable Audio , Communications , Smartphones , Mobile Long Zheng over at istartedsomething discovered several very intriguing lines in the latest Zune driver update. The first three lines in the screenshot describe the three types of Zunes available today, however the next few lines are the ones worth more attention.
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Latest Zune driver update reveals possibility of a Zune “Phone”
FROM GAMERTELL – If you live in Japan and own a PSP, you can take advantage of the free X-Radar Portable program. It’s a free map program that uses either wireless hotspots or the PSP GPS peripheral to help you find your way. A worldwide release hasn’t been announced.
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Sony’s free X-Radar Portable PSP program makes its Japanese debut
Finnish handset vendor Nokia revealed what it’s been up to with location and mapping firm Navteq which it bought in 2008 for $8.1bn. The monster handset vendor is shaking up the mobile space by making mapping and turn by turn navigation available for free to a potential 83 million users.
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Nokia makes navigation FREE
Are you addicted to Merscom’s Create a Mall ? Do you find yourself enjoying this building simulator hours on end at your Mac or Windows computer? Well, now you can take it everywhere you go! Merscom and 99 games, have released this popular Mac and Windows title for the iPhone and iPod platform. Create a Mall is a building simulator where you assume the role as Kelly, a rising star in a mall company. As Kelly, players are challenged to become world-class mall developers by filling their venues with enticing stores for customers in six different cities throughout the world
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99Games brings Create A Mall to the iPhone
Trimpin in his studio, with his kinetic sculpture “SHHH.” Photo (c) by Susanna Howe/Corbis In response to my posting about Trimpin: The Sound of Invention, the sweet-looking documentary about engineer, inventor, and sound artist, Trimpin, the PR folks for the film emailed to let us know that it will be showing in San Francisco and San Rafael, starting this Friday. Here are the show dates, times, and locations: Red Vic Movie House Friday, January 29 – Sunday, January 31, 2010 Fri: 7:15pm, 9:15pm; Sat & Sun: 2:00pm, 4:00pm, 7:15pm, 9:15pm 1727 Haight Street San Francisco, CA 94117 Tickets here Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center Wednesday, February 3 and Thursday, February 4, 2010 6:45pm and 9:00pm, both nights 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael, CA 94912 (415) 454-1222 Tickets here If you go to see the film, let us know what you thought in the comments
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Trimpin film in SF and San Rafael
It wasn’t what McGraw-Hill CEO, Terry McGraw, said; rather it is that he said it at all. When asked by CNBC’s Erin Burnett about the Apple Tablet, McGraw had this to say: “They’ll make their announcement tomorrow on this one… And the Tablet is going to be based on the iPhone operating system and so it will be transferable. So what you are going to be able to do now is we have a consortium of e-books. And we have 95% of all our materials that are in e-book format…The tablet is going to be just really terrific.” This is either a planned PR stunt by McGraw-Hill/Apple or an enormous flub by MG’s CEO.
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McGraw-Hill accidentally (on purpose?) leaks Apple Tablet on CNBC
Okay, we all know by now that Apple is going to be announcing their tablet at tomorrow’s January 27th Apple event , but the CEO of McGraw-Hill, Terry McGraw, just kinda spilled the beans on CNBC: “Yeah, Very exciting. Yes, they’ll make their announcement tomorrow on this one. We have worked with Apple for quite a while. And the Tablet is going to be based on the iPhone operating system and so it will be transferable
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Confirmed: Apple Tablet runs iPhone OS says McGraw-Hill CEO
Apparently I’m not the only one charmed by the simple elegance of the Geneva wheel movement ( Wikipedia ). Thingiverse users PrintTo3D and raumfahrtagentur have created printable and laser-cut-able versions, respectively, of the classic mechanism, which converts continuous rotary into intermittent rotary motion, with positive locking of the stationary shaft between cycles. PrintTo3D has also posted a YouTube video showing the final printing, assembly, and action of his model. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in 3D printing | Digg this!
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Geneva wheels on Thingiverse