Archive for June 28th, 2009
Sunday Bot With Stuff
28, Jun 2009The fact that Skeletor appears to be a robot should finally put to rest the question of who the master of the universe is. Sorry He-Man, you lose, but then, you’re a man, so the fact that an evil robot is superior should come as no surprise, especially around here.
You’ll find the final two Bots [...]
- In: Robots and such
- Tags: Art, Humor
Feature film shot on D90 also called Reverie?
28, Jun 2009I’m not convinced that this isn’t a joke. Apparently there is a feature film called “Reverie,” shot entirely on the Nikon D90, a bit of coincidence considering there was another DSLR-shot film by that name that came out not long ago (and was not good). The cinematographer of the film says of the D90:
The D90 far surpasses the full frame Canon EOS 5D Mark II, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1, and even Red’s Scarlet.
A controversial, nay, inflammatory statement. I’m not sure I’m willing to take it seriously, considering the man is also the producer and sound editor for the film (his second).
CrunchGear Remix Contest – Results
28, Jun 2009Making music is fun. Winning stuff by making music is even more fun! In one month we received more than 50 entries for the CrunchGear Remix Contest. 50 remixes – some better than others – is more than we ever expected. Let’s see which artists were the best and what prize they will receive!
HTC Hero up for pre-order on Amazon
28, Jun 2009Unfortunately for us in the United States of America, the Hero (unlocked) is up for pre-order in the UK on Amazon with a July 15th ship date. The list price? A whopping £429.99, which equates to $725.26. I’m honestly excited for this device having seen it at the beginning of June in LA during E3. [...]
Uh oh: Hulu not working on PS3
28, Jun 2009Quite a polemic we’re dealing with, friends. It seems that, suddenly, the PS3 is no longer able to play Hulu content. I just tried to play the Power Rangers movie on my brother’s PS3, and up pops the message: “Unfortunately, this video is not available on your platform. We apologize for any inconvenience.”
Holy smokes! I interrupt your Sunday afternoon to bring you this shocking news: Billy Mays is dead! Yes, the guy from the OxiClean commercial and that show on the Discovery Channel was found dead in his Florida home today. I am completely shocked and terribly bummed out. That guy was tremendous.
- In: Tek Oh!
- Tags: billy mays, Headline, oxiclean, pitchmen, this is really sad
App Review: Lemonade Tycoon for iPhone
28, Jun 2009
Free fun, thy name is Lemonade Tycoon. I downloaded EA Mobile’s free Lemonade Tycoon to my iPod touch yesterday and spent the better part of the afternoon creating my own beverage empire, one fresh squeezed glass at a time.
- In: Tek Oh!
- Tags: App Reviews, Headline, Reviews
Twitter works great in Brazil. So great that it gets you fired! Former Real Madrid manager Vanderlei Luxemburgo was sacked by Palmeiras, in São Paulo, Brazil, over what he wrote on Twitter two days ago. Is this the first time a professional sports coach/manager has been sacked because of what he has written on Twitter? I couldn’t find any other examples, but I could well be wrong here.
Who knew? MagicJack is flying off the shelves
28, Jun 2009More proof (see: the Perfect Pushup and the Snuggie.) that having a quirky, on-all-the-time commercial is a step in the right direction toward Big Success. MagicJack is selling something at the rate of 9,000 to 10,000 units per day, making its parent company, YMax Communications, some $100 million this year alone. But, in this age of Skype, who’s buying this thing?
It surely didn’t escape anyone’s attention Twitter is on track to becoming a mass phenomenon globally. The service is also growing nicely in Japan where it has been embraced by the geek community in particular (Japanese is the only alternative language Twitter is available in until today).
And today a small group of those Japanese geeks, members of the so-called Koress Project, have announced the development of the Akiduki Pulse box, a device that automatically posts your heart rate to Twitter [JP].
- In: Tek Oh!
- Tags: akiduki box, cgjapan, Headline, heart beat, koress, twitter, wtf