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One of the strongest gaming laptops of 2012 had to be the MSI GT70. Like all machines of its type, it was huge, oversized and ridiculously heavy — but it trumped many of the category’s biggest faults by being superbly crafted, surprisingly long-lasting and by boasting the bleeding edge of tech: an Ivy Bridge CPU. It was a darn good machine, so it’s no surprise that MSI is hoping for a repeat performance. Meet the GT70 Dragon Edition: a Haswell-toting, 17-inch gaming laptop with all the trappings of its predecessor. It’s actually the second GT70 to adopt the Dragon moniker, but the first to pack Intel’s fourth-generation Core processors. NVIDIA’s latest mobile GPU is here too, not to mention notable OS upgrades, port tweaks and a mystical new motif. Let’s dive in and see if MSI’s encore deserves a standing ovation.

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Most days, I make my daily java using a stove-top espresso maker. They make coffee quite quickly, and I don’t have to surveil it while it’s working, so I can do some other tasks at the same time. This coffeemaker is very minimal. You don’t need much to make your own cup, almost anywhere.

The MANUAL Coffeemaker was designed by Craighton Berman, a design studio based in Chicago. It focuses your coffee-making efforts on a single cup at a time, ensuring you’ll get the best cup of java possible.

This is a slow extraction coffee appliance, and it will sit quietly on your counter top, allowing you to control the preparation. It’s been designed to maximize the time that the water and ground come in contact, ensuring the most robust cup of joe.

It’s an interesting idea, and I can see this working well in office settings which sometimes do not have a drip coffeemaker where people usually have to settle for instant coffee.

[via Leibal via designyoutrust]

DirecTV subscribers with a penchant for travel have long had access to the Nomad (now GenieGO), a box that packages their DVR recordings for viewing on PCs and iOS devices. They haven’t had an Android app, however, until now. Like its iOS peer, the new GenieGO client (which is new, despite the version number) can either directly stream recorded shows or download them for offline catch-up sessions. Don’t expect just any old Android hardware to work, though — DirecTV can only vouch for compatibility with a small roster of devices that focuses mostly on Motorola, the Nexus line and Samsung. Nonetheless, any customer who has both a GenieGO and a Google inclination can give the app a shot at the source links.

[Thanks, Alex]

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Source: Google Play, DirecTV

Past lives, the afterlife, channeling messages from beyond the grave — some people call it fascinating, others call it frightening. And then there are the many skeptics who call it pure fiction. Dr. Brian Weiss, an Ivy League-educated psychiatrist, used to describe himself as one of those skeptics. But Weiss‘ views completely changed in 1980 when he met a patient he calls Catherine.

While undergoing hypnosis for anxiety and depression, Catherine began recalling inexplicable memories from another time and place, and also revealed startling personal details about Weiss that he says she had no way of knowing. In this clip from Weiss’ upcoming appearance on “Super Soul Sunday,” he recalls several moments from Catherine’s life-changing hypnotherapy session.

While Catherine was under hypnosis in 1980, Weiss says his office suddenly became icy cold. The patient began to speak.

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Michael Lohan says he thinks Samantha Ronson is to blame for Lindsay’s downfall.

In an interview with The Dirty’s Nik Richie, Michael broached the topic of Ronson and Lindsay when Richie started talking about the actress’ partying habits and the relationship Lindsay had with her ex, whom she began dating in 2008. Michael says the DJ used his daughter and “dragged her down.”

“Lindsay was in a pretty okay place at the time until she got involved with Samantha,” he said, alleging Ronson received $175,000 for a photo she took of Lindsay passed out in her car. “People use Lindsay like that. And she’s very susceptible… Where’s Samantha now? Do you see Samantha in the press? Do you see her getting press? No! Because she’s not with Lindsay anymore, that’s pretty pathetic!”

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