2013 – We all didn’t die!

December 31, 2012


grumpy-cat-new-yearsWell it’s New Years Eve here in Australia and just over an hour left of 2012.

2013 is just around the corner, the Myans were wrong, we all didn’t die!

So what’s next?

2013 for me will be more work, more AR Drone flying in particular some long range flights when I install my RC mod when it arrives in a few days.

There’s a lot slated for release by Apple next year, I’m due for a new Macbook so will be interesting to see what comes next in that range.

All in all it looks like another busy year in our ever increasing busy lives.

Stay safe everyone!

Darren

Filed under Apple, Apple iPad, Apple iPhone, Apple Mac, AR Drone 2.0, Internet, Weird Shite

There is one in every crowd!!!

January 30, 2012


Seems there is always one in every crowd.This was apparently taken at an Apple University lecture.

If this was you, I hope your feeling ashamed of yourself :)

Filed under Apple, Apple Mac, Weird Shite

This iPhone Survived A 4000m Fall

July 26, 2011


By Jesus Diaz on July 19, 2011 at 8:05 AM on Gizmodo

 

The iPhone 4 may shatter too easily but apparently its guts can sustain plenty of damage, as 37-year-old Minnesotan Jarrod McKinney discovered while skydiving at 4000m.

His phone had previously shattered when his two-year-old son dropped it from a bathroom shelf, so when it fell from 4000m, he thought it would be completely destroyed. He found the device 800m from his landing point. And if you are thinking it probably fell on soft grass after being slowed down by tree leaves, that wasn’t the case.

Jarrod claims that it fell on top of a building using a GPS-tracking app (presumably Apple’s own Find iPhone app), so it was a hard crash. The phone glass and screen shattered, but when he showed it to the skydiving instructor and a few friends, the phone started to vibrate. Apparently, its guts were intact. [CNN]

Filed under Apple, Apple iPhone, Mobiles, Weird Shite

Let’s Settle This Once And For All: What Exactly Is Sexting?

July 26, 2011


By Sam Biddle on July 23, 2011 at 11:30 AM on Gizmodo

It goes like this: horny teenagers have always been horny. Then they got mobile phones, and used them to exchange raunchy pics with each other. Horrified parents demanded an explanation, and “sexting” was born. But what does that mean, exactly? This.

“Sexting” has become as nebulous as it is overhyped. And this is problematic, because the definitions in use are as ambiguous as they are many. Some say a sext is just a naked pic. Some say it’s flirty. Some say it’s sexually suggestive or sexually themed. “Sexually themed” being one of those wonderfully catch-all danger words. It can be kissing! It can be nudity! It can be – sex. Is saying “I wanna make out with you” a sext? What if I include a picture of my penis with that message? What if it’s just the picture?

Nobody seems to agree – and that’s a problem. We’re swept up an exciting new word that has the potential to help unseat politicians, but we’re not exactly sure what we’re talking about.

With every wave of technology, we accumulate new words. Upload. Delete. Google. These are fine, because their meanings are technically clear and innocuous. But sexting is something one’s accused of – an act with some degree of shame accompanying it. It might be a lot of fun (I mean, right?), but you wouldn’t want to talk about doing it over Christmas dinner.

So let’s set things straight right now.

Sexting is a portmanteau of sex and texting. Agreed? Good. We’ll stick with that. It’s not sexual texting, or sexually themed texting – it’s sex texting. Texting as a simulacrum of doin’ it. Remember cybersex?

:<<OH YEAH, I AM TAKING OFF YOUR PANTS NOW. HOLD ON MY MODEM IS DOWNLOADING THE REST OF YOUR BRA.

There wasn’t any confusion about cybersex. Like phone sex before it, cybersex was the acting out of sexual performances via internet. Sexting is the same thing. If I tell you I want to make out via text, I’m not sexting. If I say I want to rip off your pants and push you up against a wall (in a sweet way!), I’m probably sexting. If you send me back a naked picture with a reply to that effect, now we’re both sexting.

If I just send you an unsolicited mobile snapshot of my junk, I’m not a sexter – I’m a pervert. If you’re my girlfriend and I do it, I’m still not sexting – there’s no message, no action – just “Here, look at my blurry genitals.”

So let’s stop being confused. And moreover, let’s stop being afraid! It’s a little dystopian and indicative of an alienated and repressed society, but pretending we’re having sex with electronics can be a lot of fun! So open up your phone, scroll down that contact list, and say some freaky shit. Dong shot optional.

Photo: Poulsons Photography/Shutterstock

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Uh-oh, Looks Like Apple is Tracking South Park Characters, and Everybody in the World

May 1, 2011


by PatrickJ on April 28th, 2011 on iSource

AppleMapWhereEverybodyintheWorldIs

Uh-oh. It looks like despite the recent comforting analysis of ‘Locationgate’ by Joe and Alex, everyone’s worst fears have been realized. Innocent South Park characters are being tracked by sinister men in business casual attire.

Oh, and Steve Jobs has a map showing where everybody in the world is right now. South Park showed him standing in front of it.

The video can’t be embedded here, but you can check out South Park’s exclusive on this at the Gawker site or the official South Park site. As usual with South Park, there is some definitely NSFW (not safe for work) material in those clips.

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Keanu Reeves Says The Wachowskis Have Plans For Matrix 4 And 5

January 26, 2011


Neo might be returning to the big screen, according to the original spoon bender, Keanu Reeves himself. Reeves just spilled the beans on the Wachowskis’ plans to make two more Matrix movies!

AICN has a report from Keanu Reeves’s keynote speech at the London school of performing Arts University. A commenter wrote in with a few highlights from the lecture, including this particular gem about The Matrix.

Says he met the Wachowskis… for lunch over Christmas, and stated that they had completed work on a two-picture script treatments that would see him return to the world of the matrix as Neo. Says the Wachowskis have met with Jim Cameron to discuss the pro’s and con’s of 3D and are looking to deliver something which has never been seen again. Keanu stated that he still has an obligation to the fans to deliver a movie worthy of the title “The Matrix” and he swears this time that the treatment will truly revolutionize the action genre like the first movie. Wachowskis are working on a movie called “Cloud Atlas” at the moment, once that concludes they will talk again.

Has enough time passed that most people have forgotten the awful saviour-heavy second and third films in this series? We’ll find out eventually. Meanwhile, the Wachowskis are also working on a futuristic Robin Hood retelling called Hood, which Reeves says is set to star Will Smith.

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‘We’re f..king bringing it’ on May 6, Duke Nukem Forever’s creators promise in trailer

January 26, 2011


Posted on News.com.au

Duke Nukem Forever

They’re getting sweary about it, so the rumours must be true. (Swirl added to protect innocent eyes). Source: Supplied

EVEN with an official release date and trailer, fans are sceptical.

But then, this is arguably the most famous piece of vapourware – software that never materialises – ever.

After 14 years of promises, Duke Nukem has made another step in an interminably long series of steps closer to reincarnation, after rescuer Gearbox Software committed itself to a global May 6 release for Duke Nukem Forever.

It’s released a proper trailer even, and while it’s hard to tell from such things, it certainly looks the business.

The voiceover tells the story of the one man “whose very presence sent aliens running back to their mother ships”, before he disappeared without a trace.

Frustrated fans of the Duke would know he never really went away – just hung around in the wings, promising to return in a follow-up to the hugely successful 1996 hit Duke Nukem 3D.

According to the new trailer, the invaders took advantage of his absence and came back to Earth.

“They tore our planet apart, bit by bit,” it says as aliens can be seen tearing down a statue of the Duke himself.

“But, they made one mistake – they shouldn’t have gone after our women.”

Cut to scene of pole dancer and lesbian schoolgirls, the type of crudity that made Duke Nukem 3D such an original title back in 1996.

Then, for the first time in 14 years, the Duke speaks.

“Dammit,” he says. “Why do they always take the hot ones?”

Cue highlights – punching giant aliens in the groin. Cheesy one-liners. Triple-breasted she-monsters.

“You want it?” Duke Nukem Forever’s creators ask. “We’re f..king bringing it.”

Indeed. On May 6, apparently, if you believe the final screenshot.

US fans get it on May 3, so we’ll confirm it then.


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How to write good code…

January 22, 2011


Saw this and it just made me giggle.

Kind of reminds me of some of the projects I’ve worked on over the years! ;)

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This is what happens when you don’t pay attention whilst texting!

January 17, 2011


Check this out, a women in a US shopping mall was oblivious to where she was walking whilst furiously texting on her mobile.

Well she walked right into a fountain and well got a bit wet! So much for her mobile phone!

Filed under Mobiles, Weird Shite

“Power Balance” Wristbands: Rubber Bands with a Big Marketing Budget – What a crock!

January 14, 2011


I spotted this today, I know several people including my mother-in-law who swears by these wrist bands. I always thought it was a crock!

Submitted by Anne Landman on January 13, 2011 – 2:35pm at PRWatch

PowerBalance Wristbands

Power Balance of Orange County, California makes rubber bracelets with a holographic inset that “are designed to work with your body’s natural energy field” to increase strength, balance and flexibility. The bands sell on Amazon.com for anywhere from $4.25 to $30.00. The company has poured tens of millions of dollars into a marketing campaign that features sports heroes and athletes like Shaquille O’Neil promoting the product. But on December 22, 2010, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ruled that claims that the bracelets improve strength, balance and flexibility “were not supported by any credible scientific evidence,” and made Power Balance admit that it engaged in “misleading and deceptive conduct in breach of 2.52 of the Trade Practices Act of 1974.” The Commission told Power Balance to stop making bogus claims about the product, refund the purchase price of the wrist band to people who feel they were misled, publish a corrective advertisement to keep consumers from being misled in the future and remove the words “performance technology” from the brand. The Australian ruling isn’t valid in other countries, however.

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