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Five things not to do on airplanes
Feb 21st
Every time you get on an airplane, it’s a crap shoot. No, I’m not talking about safety but rather the person you’ll be sitting next to. All walks of life end up flying at one point or another. Maybe you’re stuck sitting next to someone who doesn’t quite understand that his actions impact others around him. Or maybe YOU are that person.
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Picture Blocking Beer Cooler Keeps Your Face Out of Embarrassing Photos
Dec 16th
cylonlover writes “It may sound like something dreamed up by a cheesy men’s magazine as a joke, but apparently this is a real thing that actually exists. Ostensibly, the Norte Photoblocker is a functional beer cooler surrounded by four sensors that can detect the flashes from cameras or cell phones. If a flash goes off in the direction of the Photoblocker, it fires its own flash to flood the resulting photos with bright white and obscure anyone nearby. Now you can go about your usual business of cheating on your spouse, being an idiot around your boss, or drunkenly harassing fellow party-goers without worrying that some wildly irresponsible person will tag you in a photo and posts it online.”
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New Android and iPhone Dating Safety App DateTrackerAlert LLC
Aug 10th
The myDateTracker Android and iPhone App provides a way to maintain dating privacy while making sure that someone you trust knows if you didn
Octodad 2 reaches funding goal with a day to spare
Aug 10th
The story of Octodad, a regular, caring father who just happens to have eight tentacles and immediately catastrophic coordination, is set to continue — thanks to you! The Octodad 2 Kickstarter initiative, set up by indie studio Young Horses, has exceeded its funding goal of $20,000. The endeavor has generated nearly $22,818 for the endearing parental cephalopod, with over 30 hours still left on the clock.
The majority of financial backers pledged $10 or more (earning them a pre-order, digital art and a mention in the credits), followed by a large group that offered upwards of $35 and earned an additional Octodad t-shirt and a copy of the game. One magnanimous person pledged over $1000 and gained access to a 22″ x 34″ framed oil painting of a nonchalant octopus pretending to be a gentleman.
Octodad 2 is currently intended for PC and Mac, though consoles and motion controls are being considered due to the high probability of ensuing hilarity.
Octodad 2 reaches funding goal with a day to spare originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Top Gamerscore(r) crosses 600,000
Aug 8th
You know, the word hero gets thrown around a lot, and in the process it’s lost some of its meaning. Some of its power. But we’re not sure the term has ever been more accurately applied than it is to Raymond Cox, whose record-breaking Gamerscore has just reached the milestone of 600,000. Cox crossed the last big hurdle — 500,000 — over nine months ago.
When does a meaningless number become instantly meaningful? The moment yours is higher than every other person on the planet. That’s when.
Top Gamerscore(r) crosses 600,000 originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 06 Aug 2011 05:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Source: CIA safe house owner in bin Laden raid arrested
Jun 15th
Pakistan’s intelligence agency has arrested a person who rented a safe house to the CIA before American special forces killed Osama bin Laden, a Pakistani source familiar with the arrests told CNN Wednesday.
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Defiance bringing MMO third-person shooting to PC, 360 and PS3
Jun 12th
For as many games as we physically play at E3, we hear as many ambitious, high-concept pitches for games that are still quite a ways out. One presentation at Trion Worlds for the upcoming Defiance is about as ambitious as they come. Ready? Deep breath:
Defiance is an MMORPG/third-person shooter set to launch simultaneously on PS3, PC and 360 that’s being created in conjunction with the SyFy network which will develop and launch a TV series of the same name, the events of which will bleed into the game and vice versa.
…Yeah, it’s a mouthful.
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Defiance bringing MMO third-person shooting to PC, 360 and PS3 originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
NYC’s last great arcade documented in ‘Arcade: The Last Night at Chinatown Fair’
May 10th
“Chinatown [Fair] was the last one, it had the best players, and this was like our last spot. So now hearing that this is closing, we gotta find another spot to migrate to,” one defeated-sounding patron of Chinatown Fair exclaims in the short clip from Arcade: The Last Night at Chinatown Fair. The documentary intends to capture the iconic New York City arcade’s last evening, and the ambitious project is being funded entirely by Kickstarter.
Rumors surrounding Chinatown Fair’s closing began in early February of this year. Though a brief glimmer of hope saw the owners renegotiating their lease, the 50+ year-old arcade eventually closed for good later that month.
As of mid-day on Monday, the project has raised over $13K, with a goal of $20K (and another 22 days left). The film’s production staff are also offering incentives for donation, with everything from a digital copy of the finished product and a credit in the film for just $10, to a “custom designed Chinatown Fair theme arcade cabinet” for pledges of $5,000 or more (One person already signed up! Madness!). Head past the break and see the full pitch video, as well as the premiere trailer.
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NYC’s last great arcade documented in ‘Arcade: The Last Night at Chinatown Fair’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 09 May 2011 20:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Quirky App Of The Day: Pound It
May 9th
I will admit completely to my status as a complete social idiot in high school. I had little sense in the ways of flirtation, subtlety, or just basic humor and insight. I’m getting some dividends now that I write up reviews about apps that most people would have the maturity to just ignore, but other than that, I’m still just a dork. As Bill Engval so eloquently explains, I’m always just 15 degrees off cool.
However, I have my moments where I can tell that there’s something not quite right with the social picture. It’s akin to finding Waldo at Waldo’s funeral and realizing just as you’re opening your mouth that you probably shouldn’t yell, “Found him!” So, when even my social senses are tingling, I know that something is amiss, probably glaringly so to others.
Pound It did indeed send those little vibrations down my spine while I fiddled around with it. The point of the app is to give yourself a fist pound. The screen shows a fist, and you tap yours onto it. Then, you see an explosion and another fist pops up. That’s still considered to be somewhat geeky, right? I’m not getting a false reading, am I? This sort of sounds like giving myself a high-five. Believe me, I’ve had my fair share of being left hanging high and dry. So, I’m sensitive to whether or not I can go ahead and relieve the achy feeling in my hand where the contact of human skin should have been with a bit of my own.
I just can’t bring myself to believe that an app on the iPhone can fill the void. I’m sure the developer meant well. He even put in explosions after you touch the screen. It’s still a poor substitute for a human being. I don’t think it has nearly so much to do with having another person’s hand make contact with mine as it is having a person there to witness the event. If it were actually making physical contact, then I would be in poor shape because I miss all the time. Gauge by the elbow for a high-five, but I’m not sure what to gauge by for with a fist pound. If the developer figures out an app for that, I would gladly pay the $0.99 for the information. It would prevent humiliation.
Pound It is available at iTunes for $0.99
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Incredible Look Inside the Magma Chamber of Iceland’s Thrihnukagigur Volcano
May 4th
It’s not everyday that a person gets to see a volcano in-person, much less go inside one. Believe it or not, “for the first time in history scientists have descended 650ft into the magma chamber of a volcano.” Click here for more pictures.
These incredible images show one explorer gently lowering himself into the heart of the dormant Thrihnukagigur volcano in Iceland. Known as a ‘sleeping volcano’ because it could come back to life at any time, Thrihnukagigur is credited with helping to create the Atlantic island we call Iceland when it last erupted 3,000 years ago.
[via DailyMail]
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Power Glove-Like Controller Lets You Paint with Fire
Apr 25th
Think of this installation as the Power Glove meets fire. This person / group rigged “up a series of tubes, pump[ed] in some kerosene, and connect[ed] it to a Power Glove-like control device.” Continue reading for a video.
[via Engadget]
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Flash In The Brain Pain: Rail of War
Apr 25th
Think you’re an Objectivist? Maybe it’s time you prove it. Everybody knows, you’re not really living up to the standard until you’ve mastered the power of the train. But how can a self-made captain of industry like you make an informed decision without a few tests? Since this is a Flash post, you’ve probably already guessed our recommendation: start playing Rail of War.
Using Electricity to Erase Compact Discs
Apr 21st
Erasing compact discs can be as easy as putting it through a document shredder or just snapping it into pieces with your hands, but this person decided to use photoinduction. In other words, using high voltage electricity to wipe the disc clean. Continue reading for a video demonstration.
[via Dvice]
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Family Disaster???
Apr 11th
A Government shutdown could be a monumental disaster for my family. The picture shown is me with all of my grandchildren. EVERY one of these children is the child of either a US Soldier or a DOD employee. Their Grandpa (my husband) is DOD Civil Service, my daugher’s husband is a DOD Gov’t Contractor. My two oldest sons are Army and National Guard respectively. Literally the only person that would potentially still be receiving an income in this whole scenario would be myself. I can’t even fathom it…
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Point/Otherpoint: Who Would Win In A Fight, A Bobcat Or A Person?
Mar 21st
Once again back it’s the incredible series that dares to go where only drunken bar bets have before. This time, Jason Toon and Matthew Norman focus on a question that barely effects us all: Who would win in a fight, a bobcat or a person?
How 5th Cell follows Naughty Dog’s lead with Hybrid
Jan 27th
“Expect the unexpected” may be a cliche all but robbed of meaning by overuse, but it’s also a pretty helpful way of understanding the path of Scribblenauts developer 5th Cell. Creative director Jeremiah Slaczka explained why the studio’s choice of Hybrid, a team-based shooter, isn’t such an odd one for the up-to-now kid-friendly studio. Now that we have a slightly better understanding of Hybrid‘s persistent, ongoing, massively multiplayer war, we’re starting to get where he’s coming from.
5th Cell has been a two-project studio since it developed Scribblenauts alongside Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter for the DS, and Slaczka said the studio is still growing. “Right now our studio is at sixty people and still expanding with three full projects in development. We’ve learned a lot as a studio since the original Scribblenauts and I’m very proud of how our studio has matured in our development,” he told Joystiq. “I think working on multiple projects simultaneously has really helped us to expand our talent base; we’ve always got the right person for the right job, which is indispensible for us as we are offered the opportunity to evaluate new platforms.”
Gallery: Hybrid (1/26/11)
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How 5th Cell follows Naughty Dog’s lead with Hybrid originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Kinect + Wii Remote + Vuzix Hack: a ‘VR’ first person shooter
Jan 27th
You’ve seen a number of Kinect hacks. But have you seen one that integrates a Wii Remote Plus and Vuzix headset? And has you shooting weird floating anime heads with paintballs? Probably not. Developer Nao_u certainly deserves props for this ingenious, but impractical, use of motion gaming.
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Kinect + Wii Remote + Vuzix Hack: a ‘VR’ first person shooter originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
A New Lease on (Fake) Life
Jan 18th
Odds are that if you were to assess your life in this very moment, you’re not where you want to be. And honestly, I kind of hope that’s true, because no one should hope to be sitting in front of a computer reading a blog post. But on a greater scale, the law of averages dictates that there are some things in life you’re just not happy with and you wish you could change. Maybe you’re too fat, maybe you regret never asking out that beautiful Brandon Summers in 8th grade, or maybe life in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness isn’t as glamorous as the pamphlets made it out to be. Take a second chance with Alter Ego!
Teen babysitter sentenced to 25 years on drug charges
Jan 12th
Misty Croslin, the last person known to see a 5-year-old Florida girl before she was reported missing in February 2009, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison and more than $1 million in fines, court officials said.
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Android Text Messages Intermittently Going Astray
Jan 3rd
theodp writes “Reports from Engadget and others suggest that Tiger Woods and Brett Favre might want to avoid Android for the time being. It seems Android’s default text messaging app still has horrible text messaging bugs that can that intermittently send texts to the wrong person. ‘This is ticking me off like no other technology glitch that I experienced in recent years,’ reads one unhappy camper’s post on a lengthy Help Forum thread opened on March 16th. ‘If a bank deposited my paycheck into another person’s account I wouldn’t stress so much cause I can always get the money back. How the hell do you take words back? “Oh sorry boss you had to find out that I think you’re an idiot, can I still keep my job, please please please?”‘ Over at Google Code, Issue 9392 — SMS are intermittently sent to wrong and seemingly random contact — carries a priority of ‘Medium,’ even though it has 600+ comments and has been starred by 3,600+ people.”
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First lady fields kid calls as NORAD tracks Santa (AP)
Dec 25th
AP – Some kids who call NORAD on Christmas Eve to find out where Santa is hang up as soon as a volunteer answers the phone — probably because they expected a recording and not a real person, veteran Santa trackers say.
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A Chance To Win A Bugs! (Universal) Promo Code With A Retweet Or Comment
Dec 25th
AppAdvice has teamed up with Banzai Labs in order to offer you a chance to win one of fourteen (14) promo codes for Bugs! for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch ($.99).
Get prepared to be both amazed and likely creeped out. Bugs! is a collection of close-up images of more than 90 spiders and more than 70 anthropods. Even if you can’t appreciate the bugs, you can still marvel at the wonders of photography that some would deem nearly impossible to capture.
Let the very talented macro-photographer Thomas Shahan stun you with over 160 magnificent photos of some of nature’s most bizarre, talented, mysterious, and detested creatures. Best of all, you don’t have to worry about these eerie looking bugs crawling over you at night.
As you browse through the photos, you can choose to listen to ambient forest sounds in the background. Within the audio settings, there is an option to enable or disable a three to four second per frame slideshow feature.
Take your pick of viewing galleries of either the eight-legged wonders or the exoskeleton-equipped crawlers of the world. These outstanding photos capture anything from extreme close-ups of those multiple-eyeball web-spinners to the crazy colors and body shapes of the most interesting species I’ve ever seen. Each image is of perfect quality for any iDevice display.
The app offers the ability to easily scroll through each gallery with left or right flicks, or even the next arrow. On the right side of the navigation bar, you’ll find a show and hide control for the image preview slides, a share button to save the photo to your Camera Roll or post it to your Facebook wall, and a show and hide for the music controls, .
To have a chance at winning one of six Bugs! promo codes, simply hit that blue tweet button near the bottom of this page or retweet this post from your favorite Twitter app before 11:59 PM PST tonight (December 25th). We will then search the Twitterverse for all of the retweets and randomly choose our lucky winners. The winners will be notified via Twitter, so please be sure to follow us so we can send you your promo code via a direct message.
Non-Twitter users and those of you who want to increase your odds of winning can simply leave a relevant comment below before 11:59 PM PST tonight to have a chance at winning one of the other eight Bugs! promo codes.
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Kinect Hacks: First-person slipping
Dec 23rd
Full-body mapping isn’t new to Kinect — not even hacking it to control the MikuMikuDance is new. But this isn’t the apparent innovation put on display by a Kinect tinkerer known as “Nao_u.” The adventurous programmer combines Microsoft’s camera sensor with a pair of Vuzix VR920 LCD glasses, allowing a player to see through Miku’s eyes (projected in the VR920 head-mounted display), while controlling her in-game actions with body movements registered by Kinect. It’s total first-person VR — J-pop style — with a $400 add-on!
Feeling confident in his new body, Nao_u steps out onto a precariously placed i-beam (just where did that come from?). High above the sim city, he takes his first, wobbly steps. You can see where this is going (after the break) …
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Kinect Hacks: First-person slipping originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Mark Zuckerberg named Time Person of the Year, Jesse Eisenberg sadly not listed
Dec 15th
Sorry, everybody, you’re not Person of the Year in 2010. For the fourth time in a row someone other than you has won the honor, and this time it’s Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Why? Well, Time says it’s because his creation has “wired together a twelfth of humanity,” but we think a certain highly dramatized blockbuster movie might have something to do with it. Really, it’s not luck the Zuck did that much in 2010, except tell some uncomfortable stories when launching Seamless Messaging. Runners up include Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, who had another rough year, and Wikileaks’ Julian Assange, who is currently having a rather rough December after shaking up international relations all year long.
Mark Zuckerberg named Time Person of the Year, Jesse Eisenberg sadly not listed originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
A Chance To Win A Magic Academy Promo Code With A Retweet Or Comment
Aug 7th
Posted by admin in iDevices
AppAdvice has teamed up with Nevosoft in order to offer you a chance to win one of five promo codes for Magic Academy ($2.99) for iPhone and iPod touch.
Magic Academy is a hidden objects adventure game that requires you to discover who it is that stole the priceless treatise, a document that’s able to summon an ancient evil demon, before it’s too late.
Find the key
You’re able to progress through the epic fantasy storyline by discovering specific objects and using them to unlock new ones. Not all objects are hidden in plain site, so you’ll have to search high and low for secret compartments. If you find yourself without a clue as to what to do next, you can tap on the icon in the upper right corner of the screen to receive a hint.
Magic Academy isn’t just about discovering objects, however, as there are also a variety of mini-games to play and puzzles to solve, which break up the gameplay quite nicely.
The game also features the ability to zoom in on scenes via multitouch controls, 24 achievements to earn, and multiple player profiles.
To have a chance at winning one of two Magic Academy promo codes, simply hit that blue tweet button near the bottom of this page or retweet this post from your favorite Twitter app before 11:59 PM PDT tonight (August 7th). We will then search the Twitterverse for all of the retweets and randomly choose our lucky winners. The winners will be notified via Twitter, so please be sure to follow us so we can send you your promo code via a direct message.
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