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Hey, Big Spender! Can ‘Sex and the City’ Survive Without Overindulgence?
Those Sex and the City girls weren’t always rich. They may have always indulged in the finer things in life, but there was always a frugality to balance it. Charlotte gave up shoes to save for a share in the Hamptons. Carrie spent all her money on Manolos and almost lost her apartment because of [...]
No My Warranty Isn’t About to Expire, Stop F*cking Calling Me! [Robocalls]
These ridiculous people at National Auto Warranty Services (US Fidelis) are the only people to ever spam-call me on my cellphone. Now I know why.
After I told them to take me off their call list for…
The Watch Without a Face [Watches]
At first glance this watch appears to be nothing more than a thick, gaudy silver bracelet. But tucked between the joints are LEDs that display the time at the push of a button.
If I wasn’t so sure…
Real first-person parkour to make Faith blush
Fans of the first-person parkour simulator Mirror’s Edge are bound to enjoy this video discovered by the BBPS (embedded after the break). In the video, you’ll see a very talented man perform all kinds of parkour antics, all shot from a first-person viewpoint. He even managed to find some surprisingly colorful surroundings to make it [...]
Shuttle intros Atom 330, SUSE Linux-packin’ X270V nettop
Go ‘head, Shuttle — break on out of that shell! The company notorious for pumping out the same barebone rectangle with a different model name and a few extra ports has finally seen fit to do something a touch different, and what we’re dealt is the X270V. This so-called Mini-PC relies on Intel’s 1.6GHz Atom 330 to [...]
Billboard War Redux: Audi shoots back, BMW turns away
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Audi, BMW, Humor
Audi vs. BMW billboards - Click above for high-res image gallery
The billboard war taking place between Audi and BMW in Southern California has taken yet another turn today. After Audi called out its cross-country rival by saying “Your Move, BMW” on a billboard overlooking Santa Monica Blvd. advertising the new A4, [...]
Ford initial quality beats Honda, ties Toyota… according to Ford
Filed under: Car Buying, Trends, Etc., Ford
Most auto pundits will tell you that Ford has made great strides in quality over the last few years. Ford’s own studies, performed for the automaker by third party RDA Group, show that the efforts continue to pay off, with Ford pulling even with Toyota in initial quality and breezing [...]
Oh Hello, This Is Just My Coaxial Tube [Cables]
Yes, I picked this photo out of BoingBoing Gadget’s fantastic illustrated history of transoceanic cable because it was the most obvious penis joke. This coaxial tube carried over 90,000 telephone…
Interplay still out of money
It seems that selling off the Fallout IP hasn’t reversed Interplay’s fortunes — nor has … planning to make a Fallout MMO. According to a recent SEC filing, the publisher ended 2008 completely broke. But don’t worry! Interplay has a plan: Get more money from somewhere.
“We continue to seek external sources of funding,” the company stated, “including [...]
Video: Navy UAV uses hydrogen fuel cells for greener surveillance
It sure is nice to see that the military is paying attention to the environment, always on the lookout for greener ways to spy on people, foreign and domestic. Ion Tiger, for instance, is an unmanned vehicle being cooked up at the Naval Research Laboratory that incorporates a hydrogen fuel cell, offering many improvements on [...]
