Although Google Wave can be useful for office collaboration, it’s far more entertaining as a tool to make funny videos. Here’s a short clip that sums up 2009’s major events using Wave. It includes Barack Obama becoming president, the swine flu causing a global panic, the Susan Boyle phenomenon, Kanye West being a dick to Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson’s death, the NY Yankees winning the world series, Manny Pacquiao’s brilliant boxing, and much more.
Category: Geek Stuff
80stees.com Hoodie Gives You the TMNT Shredder Look
Have you ever wanted to look like Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Sure you have! Thankfully, this hoodie from ’80s Tees lets you look like Shredder, but without the complicated (and dangerous) costume. Check it out!
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Radio Shack Hooks Up with Biz Markie for a Cute Commercial
Although Radio Shack’s effort to change its image by renaming some of its stores to The Shack is completely lame, its commercial featuring Biz Markie is pretty cool. Using a riff from his song “Just a Friend” and playing up the “Oh Snap!” lyric makes for a catchy and nostalgic spot.
Let me know what you think of the commercial when you get a chance. “Oh baby youuuuuuuuuu got what I need!”
More Fun with the Republican URL Shortener
Square Enix Announces Final Fantasy XIII Sweepstakes
To prepare for the March 2010 arrival of Final Fantasy XIII
- Lightning pendant
- L’Cie pendant
- Snow pendant
- Serah pendant
- Lightning keychain
- L’Cie business card holder
Head on over to the Square Enix members site on December 23 to enter.
Hit the break for six more pictures of these accessories. The business card holder is totally cool.
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Fun with the Republican URL Shortener
Yesterday I wrote about the GOP URL shortener. Loads of Internet nerds are having fun with it, so I thought I’d give it a shot. It’s hilarious with naughty web sites, but I’m going to try to keep things family friendly. Ha!
North Face Serves Up Jacket with iPod Controls
The North Face’s Hustle Audio jacket solves the problem of controlling your iPod or iPhone while bundled up for the winter. Here’s the skinny on this iPod-controller enhanced parka:
Fashion meets function in this waterproof, breathable, fully seam sealed jacket. Outfitted with innovative audio capability, this new jacket is wired for iPod use with an external joystick control pad on forearm. Designed for athletes who must stay wired, no matter the conditions, riders can easily shuffle through tunes while cruising the park. Technical, rider-specific features designed into jacket including adjustable, removable hood, Recco avalanche rescue reflector, pit-zips, bicep pocket with goggle cloth, and powder-related features to keep riders dry on days when it doesn’t stop dumping the white stuff.
Although I’m a big fan of The North Face, this $600 (MSRP) jacket seems a little ridiculous to me. Then again, nine years in California have made me forget about harsh winters so the Hustle Audio might be necessary for some people.
URL Shortening for Republicans
Yesterday I wrote about URL shorteners coming from Facebook and Google. If you want to shrink your URLs right-wing style then you ought the check out GOP.am. The web site aims to make long URLs…(wait for it)…conservative. Ha! That’s very cute.
Facebook and Google Launch URL Shorteners
Services like Bit.ly and Tinyurl are extremely popular for shortening long links — so popular that Facebook and Google have launched their own versions. Facebook’s Fb.me and Google URL Shortener are vying to become the king of the…uh…shorties.
With millions of links served up by Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and plain old email, this should be one extremely competitive race. Even though these two new services are starting (relatively) small, the incumbents should be afraid…very afraid.
Get Your Avatar Books, Action Figures, and T-Shirts!
James Cameron’s Avatar is going to conquer the universe this week. While I’m still not sold on the movie, there’s no denying that this thing is going to be huge. You’re all aware of the movie and the videogames by Ubi Soft, but here are some other Avatar products you might not be aware of.
Avatar…the Books!
If you want to prep for the movie then you ought to consider curling up with Avatar: An Activist Survival Guide and The Art of Avatar: James Cameron’s Epic Adventure
Avatar…the Action Figures!
Any sci-fi movie worth a damn has action figures, but Avatar takes it a step further by implementing some interesting web-cam connectivity. Here’s the official word and a photo:
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