LONDON — The Rolling Stones are marking their 50th anniversary with a concert in London.
The band says R&B singer Mary J. Blige and rock guitarist Jeff Beck will be joining them on stage Sunday at the O2 Arena. Most of the tickets for the gig had sold out within minutes.
The Onion released another “Onion Talk,” the satirical news outlet’s parody of TED Talks, and this time took down so-called “social media experts” and their glamorization of new communication tools rather than visionary concepts.
“I’m a successful social media consultant, even though I’ve never had a thought or original idea in my life,” says the speaker from the outset.
He explains how several of his clients look to “social media experts” to brand their product on the Internet, and instead of doing anything revolutionary, just set up an uninspired Facebook page. The examples are fictional, but their example of raking in the big bucks by trying to give Cheetos a dynamic social media presence might as well be replaced by, say, developing indie cred for Campbell’s Soup.
“Real World” legend David “Puck” Rainey is officially locked up in a California state prison … TMZ has learned — after he was convicted of stalking a woman earlier this year.
The details surrounding the stalking incident are unclear, but according to court docs, 44-year-old Rainey — who starred in “Real World: San Francisco” in 1994 — committed the crime on February 22nd.
It goes without saying that once you get a Mac on your desk, you want to try and match its cool aesthetics anyway you can, from removable hard drives to stands for your other iDevices. Check out this cool-looking iPhone stand that makes your iPhone look like a miniaturized Apple Cinema Display.
The SGP Kuel S10 Mobile Stand is elegantly-designed, and will look good alongside any Apple device. It’s made out of hard, scratch-resistant aluminum and the phone holder itself is made from a smooth polycarbonate plastic. It’s adjustable to a variety of viewing angles, so you can tweak things to your personal preference.
And if plain old aluminum isn’t your thing, the SGP Kuel S10 comes in six different accent colors, including gold, pink, silver, smoke, clear, and white. It’s available directly from SGP for $29.99 (USD).
[via The Gadget Flow]
The harmonica is already a bit of a beginners instrument. Even if you just blow through the thing, you’ll get notes that are all in the same key. A listenable mess. This “Rolmonica” from 1928 makes it even easier by playing the right notes for you; all you have to do is blow. More »
Now that you’re done recovering from your Thanksgiving food coma, you’re probably be ready for some more delicious carbs, right? Well there’s no better way to get your sugar fix than with some of these Millenium Falcon truffles.
They’re made by Nikki’s Treats, and when ordered in the default grey (white chocolate) shell, look exactly like Han and Chewie’s trusty ship. Unlike the actual Falcon, these ones can be filled with Cadbury-like creme, caramel, peanut butter, marshmallow cream, peppermint cream or yummy Nutella. What’s not to like?
Grab a pack of three edible Millennium Falcons over on Etsy for $7.50(USD) before Chewbacca hoards them all for himself. While you’re over there, be sure to grab up some sugary Darth Vader and Han Solo treats.
WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he could be convinced not to prevent United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice from taking the top job at the U.S. State Department if President Barack Obama were to nominate her for the position.
McCain previously said he would block a Rice nomination for secretary of state because of her faulty explanation for the murder of Libya Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi in September.
“Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace asked McCain if there was anything Rice could do to change his mind.
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Now you know you can run down to the local Home Depot and pick up a scroll saw for under 100 bucks, right? Well that didn’t stop one enterprising DIYer from building his own. Instead of using metal, this guy built his out of wood.
Japanese builder Mikiono created this scroll saw almost entirely out of wood. Pretty much everything except for the saw blade, belt, wires and motor are handmade from plywood. Even the gears are wooden. But does it work? Absolutely. You can see the saw (see what I did there?) in action in the video clip below:
While many hand tools have wooden handles on them, it seems really unusual to me that you’d build a power tool from wood. I’d be afraid that it would saw itself in half. I guess Mikiono just wanted to prove it could be done. And a fine job you have done, sir.
[via Woodgears]
When disaster strikes, there are places you—no human, really—wants to be. After the Fukushima disaster, for example, there was tons of fatally radioactive ground where no sane man would dare venture. And with inventions like Toshiba’s new quadroped, disaster-investigating robot, they wouldn’t have to. More »
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — As nearly 200 countries meet in oil-and-gas-rich Qatar for annual talks starting Monday on slowing global warming, one of the main challenges will be raising climate aid for poor countries at a time when budgets are strained by financial turmoil.
Rich countries have delivered nearly $30 billion in grants and loans promised in 2009, but those commitments expire this year. And a Green Climate Fund designed to channel up to $100 billion annually to poor countries has yet to begin operating.
Borrowing a buzzword from the U.S. budget debate, Tim Gore of the British charity Oxfam said developing countries, including island nations for whom rising sea levels pose a threat to their existence, stand before a “climate fiscal cliff.”
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