Pot of Grass Pens: Prevent People from Stealing Your Pens, Once and For All

Do your pens go missing every once in a while, even though you’re sure you left them at your desk? Pen thieves are everywhere, especially at the office, so if you don’t take care and keep your stuff when they’re not in use, then chances are they’ll go missing once you leave your desk or cubicle.

My suggestion for your pens is to replace them with these ones. They look like blades of grass stuck in a plant pot, but remove one and you’ll see that it’s actually a pen in disguise.

Grass Pen

The pens come in three different shades of green to make it look like you’ve got actual grass in that pot. While people will eventually catch on that those are pens and not grass, they’ll still ward off would-be thieves because it would be extremely obvious if they go to work one day with a green grass pen in their pocket.

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Each Pooleaf pen costs about $5 (USD), which means you’ll spend quite a bit if you want to fill an entire pot with them. They don’t come with the pot either, but those are easy to find anyway.

[via Incredible Things]

Samsung Ultra HD TV range sees new F9000 series added

Are you currently on the lookout for a spanking new TV to fill up that empty space in your living room? If you have answered in the affirmative, then I am quite sure that you would have considered getting an Ultra High Definition TV before the missus shot down your suggestion. Well, one can always hope, no? Perhaps if you dimmed the lights, put on some candles around the dining table with her favorite tune playing in the background, and let her have a look at what Samsung has in store (with her favorite dessert just “coincidentally” sitting by the notebook), and perhaps she might change her mind. I am referring to the new 55” and 65” UHD (Ultra High Definition) models from Samsung that offer brilliant picture quality and superior upconverting technology, where these will be made available from July 21 onwards.

Samsung’s best-in-class Ultra High-Definition (UHD) TV family has just gotten a couple of new members in the form of the F9000 line. They will arrive in 55” and 65” models as mentioned, where you ought to be able to experience home entertainment at a whole new level with the right kind of media, although you would most probably find that it is not too possible for the ordinary consumer to replicate the audio experience of a movie theater.

The F9000 series will deliver four times the resolution of Full HD TV, assuring that your eyes enjoy a vivid, crystal-clear picture. The F9000 UHD TV makes use of Samsung’s proprietary Quadmatic Picture Engine, where it is a four-step process that includes signal analysis, noise minimization, UHD up-scaling and detail enhancement in order to seamlessly upconvert SD, HD or Full HD content to UHD-level picture quality. Now do not expect magic to happen here, as I am sure that most of us have experienced the DVD upconversion to Full HD resolution which has had varied results in the past. The 55” model will retail for $5,499.99 with the 65” model tipped to go for $7,499.99 a pop.

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Valve Pipeline Educational Project: By Young Nerds, for Young Nerds. And Hopefully Half-Life 3.

Like other top developers, Valve often gets asked by kids who dream of working in the videogame industry about what they need to do to get in and what the experience is like. The company has responded with Pipeline, a project aimed at high school students that will try to answer those very questions. One curious twist is that Pipeline is also run by high school students who are currently interns at Valve.

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While it may seem dismissive of Valve to “merely” assign kids to help educate other kids, I’m sure these interns have been duly screened by the company beforehand. For instance, the Pipeline kids were the ones who made the announcement video below. Besides, these kids should know the best way to reach out to their peers.

Sign up at the Pipeline website to find out when they release more details about it. The bit about Valve testing to see if they can train high school kids to work in the industry is quite interesting. I wonder how the people who currently work in the gaming industry would feel about the possibility of having such competition for work, or even finding themselves working under someone young enough to be their kid. And is paid in virtual hats.

[via The Verge]

A Weaponized Toilet Brush Crossbow Can Really Clean Up

When Joerg made metal-tipped toilet brushes a couple of months ago I’m pretty sure we were all thinking that they looked pretty tame. Okay, true, they violently annihilated a coconut suspended in ballistic gelatin, but they weren’t horrifying, just chillingly effective. But a four shot repeating "monster" crossbow. That would be scary. And that’s what we have here.

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2013 MacBook Air Users Complain Of Fluctuating Volume

A number of 2013 MacBook Air users are complaining that volume fluctuates on its own when they’re watching videos. This issue is likely to be fixed through a software update.

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Deus Ex: The Fall Jailbreak Restriction To Be Removed Via Update

The Deus Ex: The Fall jailbreak restriction is going to be removed through an update, Square Enix have officially confirmed.

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A Swiss Man Was Killed By His Remote-Controlled Helicopter

A Swiss Man Was Killed By His Remote-Controlled Helicopter

A 41-year-old man flying a Gaui X7 model helicopter in Lucerne, Switzerland suffered head and arm injuries and died after he was presumably struck by the helicopter. The model weighs 5 pounds, is about 4 feet 5 inches long, and has a rotor diameter of about 5 feet 4 inches.

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Microsoft Posts Details Of Windows Phone 8 GDR2 Update

Microsoft has detailed the changes that Windows Phone 8 GDR2 update is going to bring. It says that the update will be rolling out shortly.

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Man Sues Apple For His Porn Addiction

A Tennessee lawyer has sued Apple for his porn addiction, which lead to the fall of his marriage. He says Apple should implement an antiporn filter in their devices.

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Moto X’s Open Mic demoed, enables voice command when screen is off (video)

Moto X's Open Mic demoed, enables voice command when screen is off

Just when we’re getting bored of all these static Moto X leaks, a couple of new video clips popped up to finally show off some of the software goodies. The first one appears to be a leaked Rogers promotional video (embedded after the break), in which a nice lady introduces us to a new Google Now voice command feature, which can be toggled with a custom phrase even when the screen is off. According to another clip uploaded by kronikbudz, said feature is called Open Mic, but there’s no indication as to whether this will be exclusive to Motorola devices or whether it’ll come with the next Android release.

The Rogers video adds that the Moto X will provide ambient “active updates” notifications on the screen when the phone is locked, and this is pitched as a more sensible replacement for the meaningless blinking light. Later on, the same lady demonstrates how one can activate the phone’s camera — even when locked — by simply twisting the wrist twice. We’re a bit worried that this may allow accidental activations, unless the phone can detect whether it is inside a pocket or bag.

Finally, the lady says the Moto X will be “exclusively” heading to Rogers this August in either black or white, thus confirming the “late Summer” window that we were previously told. Enjoy your very own exclusivity while it lasts, Mr. Schmidt!

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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