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I don’t normally get all goo gaga over slot machines. For good reason though — they’re a dangerous money pit. I won’t deny that I’ve had my fair share of fun on them though. But for Louise Chavez, the worst happened — the winning jackpot was recalled.
To be precise, Louise lost $42 million after a claimed “two showcase showdown” jackpots were incorrectly issued during a “Grand Game Bonus”. Apparently they all cancel each other out. How convenient, eh? Instead of getting the world shaking jackpot, Louise got her $23 back, a free breakfast, and a comp’d hotel stay for one night — awesome.
Then again, if the free breakfast was a mean biscuits & gravy, I might let it slide…
One complaint I can see someone having with “old” paper-based money is that when in a fat stack (Gee, don’t I wish), it can be hard to easily and/or quickly see what bill is what. Then of course there is the whole thing with inconvenience and the lack of recourse if stolen — unlike plastic such as debit cards and what not. But a new concept by forward, out-of-the-box thinking Jaesik Heo has my interest in paper money *slightly* restored. The idea is simple — different glowing colors for different denominations of bills. Quick, easy, and fun to look at. On the flip side, some may point out the issue with thieves memorizing the colors and sizes of bills. An easy solution would be allowing the end user to change the colors of the bills as they see fit.
Of course, if you want such a glow now you can always walk into a nuclear contaminated area with bills in tow. Sure you’ll glow too and probably knock a good five or six decades off your lifespan, but hey, cool is cool. Besides, radiation green might even be a good color for you, no?
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I wish I could say that I had a reoccurring problem finding out how or what to spend my money on. But I’m poor 
so no problems here. Some people do have such a problem however. For them, throwing $100 bills down on a super nifty pen is chump change and goes without a second thought. Gee, wouldn’t it be nice…
For both us dreamers and the deep pockets, I have the latest in extravagant dreams — the Yacht/Island. It’s a freaking Yacht that is nearly as large as a small island! The goal is to make you feel even more exclusive and important as your mobile island drift along in the deep blue.
These conceptual living quarters were shown off at (surprise surprise) the Abu Dhabi yacht show this past week. They seem to have money flowing everywhere over there, don’t they? The specs of such a massive water craft are pretty impressive;
- 58 metres long by 38 metres wide
- Total surface area: 3,400sq m.
- sleeps up to 12 guests w/ 280sq. m. per guest
$160 million for a larger than life boat…. As much as I like to kid about “over the top” extravagance, I certainly can’t deny that I’d get one if I oozed money from every pore.
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- December 15, 2009 1:13 pm
There’s dedicated and then there’s dedicated. If the idea of a wallet constructed out of two hard drive platters sounds enticing, you very well may be one of the most hardcore gadget lovers of all time. Honestly you’d have to be pretty hard core to strut around all day with solid chunks of steel in your pocket ready to jab your rear end every time you sat down.
From the pictures, it definitely is something that would make quite the conversation piece when you whipped it out to pay for dinner after a night out on the town. Of course, the chunks of ass flesh and dried blood from your humbled rear end won’t do much to empress the company.
Perhaps it’s best to leave this one at home or in a larger pocket/bag no? Think of your ass, it already takes enough of your daily beatings. Are routine stabbings really something you want to add to it?
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There are many ways for the geeks of the world to show off their prized character to the rest of the civilized world. Whether they choose to do so by clothing, a particular gadget, or even a skin or theme on said gadget, customization is a geeks true hobby. Geeky t-shirts are one of the most obvious and often seen tools for the modern geek to tell the world of their digital love. But such things often only cover the front side of you. Though there are some shirts that wrap around to the back as to catch everyone you pass regardless of the direction they’re facing. But one shirt isn’t enough. No sir. We geeks are an expressive bunch. The more expression the better — right?
How about letting your backside impress every once in a while and give it a little more nerdy love by way of the “Retro Cellphone Wallet”. Right up front I’ll tell you the coolest part of this wallet is the included antenna which perfectly mimicks how the mobile geek of only as little as half a decade ago conducted daily business. What modern geek doesn’t like cellphones? (Please speak up!)
The privilege geekifying your ass starts at $24. Start shoppin’.
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Think those one or two pop ads you always encounter when online are bad? That’s nothing if a patent from Apple gains any traction. An OS full of annoying pop ads and annoying placement may very well soon be coming to your desktop. Though in the age we live, patents and copyrights have become more tools for preventing innovation and saving your ass from lawsuit by filing patents years in advance of a planned release…if a public release is even ever planned. Why ruin the desktop environment with Viagra ads and weight loss flyers? The reasoning is a novel one though — a free, ad supported OS. Kind of like an infected Linux: Free and full of ads. Super. I can generally look past ads on free apps that are add supported, but a full fledged OS with crap content lurking behind every window, waiting for each and every click I make to bombard me about how fat I am and that I need extensions in certain areas? Ya, I’ll pass. A free ad supported OS would spell “win” for many however. Are you one of them? Or are you plenty happy paying a little more for an untouched, clean, and clutter free OS?
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If you’ve been reading any of the Apple Earnings reports circulating this fine EST evening, you have no doubt seen some verbiage repeated highlighting ‘ol Philly Timmy boys comments regarding iPhones and the current smartphone market. In particular, Phil Schiller goes on to say that everything on the current market is several steps behind the iPhone….the 1st gen, EDGE-only version.
Now I completely understand standing firm and representing your company, but blatantly tooting your own in such a way that makes you look like Steve Ballmer is pretty dumb if you ask me. And we all know how mentally “out there” the ‘Balms can be. A more accurate representation would have been “our current iPhone 3GS is perhaps a half step ahead of most everything else”. The Moto DROID meanwhile is by far the closest contender as of yet to come anywhere close to challenging any version of iPhone. Agree? (Can you tell I’m just a tad bit excited for DROID?) If Apple really wants to play this game of “we’re better than everyone…all of our hardware is superior” maybe they should stop…oh…you know artificially limiting their products’ abilities to even perform ancient tasks — iPhone 2G with no “official” MMS support, we’re looking at you. Of course, if you really want that, Google is your friend…
**Update: Well that’s embarrassing. Seems this post I made last night in a medicated, dreary eyed stooper failed to differentiate between “Phil Schiller” and “Tim Cook”. WTF? I don’t know either. Be kind. I’m sick.
The NBA recently announced they were following in several other industries footsteps by banning any social networking use by players, coaches, and other staff alike. At first, many will come to believe it’s to prevent embarrassing situations and outbursts. However, that couldn’t be further from the truth and anyone with a grain of intelligence knows it. It really comes down to a simple explanation — Greed!
- September 28, 2009 6:35 am
Android has been looking more and more tempting as of late over my iPhone as AT&T and Apple continue to restrict more and more content (read: users’ rights) and make the iPhone less and less relevant. To anyone with an Android device, getting even more potential out of said unit involved using CyanogenMods and rooting into your phone. Once the dirty task of rooting was done, even more amazing things could be had with Android. But scary and disappointing things are starting to happen with Android as it appears the suits are buckling down. Remember the little bit of information we talked about last week involving the CyanogenMod ring leader and his C & D letter from Google? Well, the dialogue he had with Google didn’t go so well.
