Apr 02
PSA: The Dangers of Binge Watching
Posted in: Today's ChiliBinge watching is a very real problem, affecting millions of Americans every day. Don’t let it destroy your life, too.
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Jan 09
In almost every sci-fi movie worth re-watching, it seems that us humans are always less technologically advanced, dumber and only serve as a mere speed bump into an alien race eliminating humans to take over our planet and suck Earth dry of its resources. We’re always the weaker ones in alien wars. Well, what if we’re not? Tom Scott imagined a scenario where everyone else in the universe was afraid of humans. It’s fantastic.
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Aug 22
So we might have found Biff Tannen. A guy in Wisconsin was texting and driving a Ford Mustang convertible when BAM… he crashed into a tractor pulling a trailer "full of liquid manure". Yikes, that might actually be worse than Biff’s fate in Back to the Future.
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Aug 19
After some observant readers spotted it at Walmart and Future Shop in Canada, Sony’s flash-based 12GB PlayStation 3 has turned up at its US online store. Originally slated for Europe and Hong Kong only, Sony decided to release the memory-challenged device stateside with virtually zero fanfare. It’s now listed there for $200, as well as at the above retailers and possibly others — though we’re not really sure, because again, no fanfare. If you’d like to save 70 bucks over the 500GB version and skip all the spinning parts, hit the source
Source: Sony
Aug 02
All good things come to an end, and for ex-MobileMe users, that end is fast approaching: Apple’s complimentary 20GB of iCloud storage for former users expires on September 30th — this time for good. The promotion, launched to assuage user sorrow over the death of MobileMe and to entice them to try out iCloud, was only meant to last until September 2012 before receiving a year-long extension. Users who want to keep their storage after the kill-date will need to pony up $40 per year for a 20GB subscription, or risk being bumped down to the free 5GB plan.
Unfortunately, iCloud Backup, Documents in the Cloud and iCloud Mail will stop working if a user’s data goes over that limit, undoubtedly forcing many to shell out for additional storage. Of course, digital hoarders could always opt to do a little housekeeping.
Filed under: Cellphones, Apple
Via: Cult Of Mac
Source: Apple
Jul 18
In the spirit of San Diego Comic Con, the White House is set to host a special geek-themed Google+ Hangout tomorrow, July 19th, at 12:00 PM ET to celebrate the geniuses pioneering real-life superhero-style technology. The event, part of its “We the Geeks” series, will cover recent innovations in materials science that could potentially take us to infinity and beyond, like impenetrable liquid armor, self-healing and touch-sensitive synthetic skin. Joining the Hangout are notable experts including (but certainly not limited to) James Kakalios, author of The Physics of Superheroes, Nathan Landy, a Duke University graduate student working on an invisibility cloak and Nate Ball, host of PBS’s Design Squad Nation and inventor of the Batman-like Ascender. Got a question for these real world Tony Starks? Share it via Twitter or Google+ using the hashtag #WeTheGeeks.
Source: White House
Jul 16
ISS Flight Engineers Chris Cassidy and Luca Parmitano are set to commence a spacewalk on the ISS today starting at 8:10 ET. The pair will undertake the final installation of bypass jumpers, providing essential power redundancy to critical components. Other tasks to be completed on the walk include replacing a video camera, relocating wireless television kit and performing vital checks on component door covers. This will be the fifth spacewalk performed on the ISS this year, and the 171st in support of the station overall. You can watch the preliminaries right now, or head back at 8:10 to catch the action.
Update: As those watching will be aware, the spacewalk wound up being cut considerably short due to a water leak in astronaut Luca Parmitano’s helmet that required him to be assisted back inside the space station.
Source: NASA
Jul 02
It’s summer. It’s stinking hot. And for any silly person who leaves their pets (or any imbecile who leaves their kids) inside a parked car, watch this video where a doctor traps himself inside a parked car to see how how it gets. Even with all four windows cracked down a bit, the car temperature reaches 117 degrees in only 30 minutes.
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Jun 26
‘Dumb Ways to Die’ Print Ads
Posted in: Today's ChiliThere are many stupid ways to do yourself in, and advertising agency McCANN has turned a bunch of them into colorful and completely adorable posters for public consumption.
Remember the animated PSA Australia’s Metro Trains released over half a year ago? The catchy clip got over 50 million views and featured the same cheery characters singing about dumb ways to die in an effort to make people more conscious of their surroundings and safety when they’re at the train station.
The PSA was part of an effort by Metro Trains to reduce the number of train-related deaths.
I think they make that point across very well. There are really so many dumb ways to die – you just have to make sure you’re not dumb enough to die in such a manner – or you might end up a posthumous recipient of a Darwin Award.
[via Laughing Squid]
Jun 12
A good PSA leaves a lasting impression and makes the person watching it choose to follow what’s being advised in the announcement. An excellent PSA, on the other hand, manages to do that and go viral as well.
Guess which descriptor best fits this PSA on drunk driving that was made by London’s Department of Transportation.
So many people lose their lives because of drunk driving, whether they’re the ones behind the wheel or the ones out in the streets at the wrong place, at the wrong time. To drive the point across that people shouldn’t drink and drive, London’s DOT decided to scare the crap out of a bunch of guys who were using the bathroom at the bar (or should I say pub?) they were in.
As they wash their hands, a bloody mannequin smashes through the window complete with sound effects.
I guess the DOT decided to go the “scare ‘em into sobriety” route – or at least make them never want to wash their hands again. What do you think?
[via Geekologie & The Awesomer]
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