Archive for July, 2009
thirsty just thinking about it
be on the lookout for the new coca-cola dispensers the next time you get yourself a fountain drink. the “freestyle” gives you over 100 flavor options including the regular coca-cola sodas as well as other flavored carbonated and noncarbonated drinks. if you haven’t already guessed, this is not some old-style fountain machine that use large [...]
but how’s it going to look as a tattoo?
out with the old, in with the new. bokode will soon be replacing barcode if the scientists at m.i.t. have anything to do with it. the new bokode system is a teensy-weensie l.e.d. that that “encodes visual information at various brightness and angles…the out-of-focus image, which can be stamped onto just about anything, holds thousands of times more information [...]
never the bridesmaid…
always the bride. emily horne, 30, was given a suspended sentence today for marrying for the 5th time. the serial bigamist admitted what she did was wrong but said she “just wanted to make people happy.” it all started, apparently, when she got her first wedding dress at the age of 12 and although she [...]
amazon will soon own the world
next time you buy a pair of shoes online, it will probably be from amazon.com. last week, amazon announced the acquisition of shoe giant zappos for something close to a total of $928 million which include both stock and cash. since it open in 1995 as an online bookstore, amazon has quickly and somewhat quietly [...]
brian and jon, together again
as usual, anytime brian williams and jon stewart get together on the daily show, we’re guaranteed laughs. from big boy tv to carrot top to faux arm wrestling, they really pack a lot in for 6.5 minutes.
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suddenly craving a taco
another icon in the entertainment world left us this week, gidget, the chihuahua. you might not recognize her name and you would not recognize her bark (she had a voice over for her work) but she stars in a few of the more memorable commercials of the 90s and is no doubt one of the [...]
there’s nothing they could do
it was a total eclipse of the heart asia. the longest total eclipse since 1991 occured yesterday in asia specifically india, nepal, bangladesh, bhutan, vietnam, china and parts of the pacific. total eclipses happen 2 times per year and this one was remarkable because it lasted for over 6 minutes. the event caused a number of [...]
