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New Game of Thrones Season Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:27:00 +0000

Toughest iPhone 4/4S Case By Tank

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:25:00 +0000

Case-Mate, one of the leading mobile accessories brand unveiled a military grade case which guarantees protection against shock/drop, vibration, wind/rain and dust. Tagged as ‘TANK’, the iPhone 4/4S case has been specially designed to defend the smartphone from screen to back.

via ismash phone

How To Write Your First Book In iBooks Author

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:23:00 +0000

Apple recently introduced iBooks Author in a live presentation at the Guggenheim in New York. The software is aimed at textbook writers and publishers, but it can just as well be used for producing cookbooks, picture books, interactive fiction novels, how-to books, and the like.

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X-Men: First Class Gets a Sequel

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:22:00 +0000

This summer, we saw a rare thing: 20th Century Fox making good genre pictures. The home of Star Wars, the last couple years have seen the studio releasing junk like The Day the Earth Stood Still andWolverine. Films that were so worked over they satisfied few. This summer they made X-Men: First Class and Rise of the Planet of the Apes, both of which were good – and profitable. They seemed to have learned their lesson, as they’re bringing back Mathew Vaughn for another X-Men movie, according to Deadline.

via screen crave

How to get the caffeine out of coffee

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:20:00 +0000

Chances are, you are reading this with both hands gripping a mug of coffee. Whether that coffee has caffeine in it or not depends on whether it's the morning or the afternoon. But how does the caffeine get stripped away from a caffeinated bean?

via io9

Stunning Aerial Photography

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:19:00 +0000

Photography is great and amazing in and of itself, but aerial photography takes it to another level of beauty by capturing these incredible shots only few people are able see without these photos. I hope you all enjoy and get inspired from this!

via abduzeedo

The Best Screen Capture Tool for Mac OS X

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:17:00 +0000

Mac OS X already offers a means of capturing screenshots with a few keyboard shortcuts, but if you want to do a little more you have to grab a third-party tool. Of the many available, Skitch is our favorite for its many annotation tools and instant-sharing options.

via lifehacker

10 Frightening Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Ants

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:47:00 +0000

We all know ants are incredibly capable creatures. They live in vast, interconnected colonies, can lift several times their own body weight, and coordinate their activity with incredible precision.

via io9

What Happened to Superman’s Underpants?

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:30:00 +0000

With DC Comics’ newest reboot, one of the most impacting disasters has been Superman’s lack of “underwear on the outside” design to his costume. So what happened to his discarded gitch? Well, apparently they have been mass produced in Malaysia in an effort to combat small penis size and impotence.

via geeks are sexy

The Original EverQuest Goes Free-to-Play for Its 13th Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:25:00 +0000

After more than a decade of dedicated fans paying a monthly fee to adventure in the lands of Norrath, the massively multiplayer online role-playing game that got the MMORPG ball rolling back in 1999 is going free-to-play come March.

via kotaku

An easy way to copy/paste between your iPhone and desktop, no app required

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:23:00 +0000

Hopper, a killer Web app that makes it easy to paste images, text and files online, has just released a handsome mobile companion.

Only weeks after its initial launch, this mobile Web version is available now on the iPhone, and it solves a simple yet utterly frustrating problem that plagues smartphones today. Hopper has managed to make it easy to quickly copy and paste text, links, images and files back and forth between your phone and desktop — no native app required.

via the next web

Facebook Wants to Put You on a Times Square Billboard

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:15:00 +0000

Facebook is offering users a moment of glory on a Times Square billboard — all you have to do is tell them what you care about in the 2012 election.

The new campaign, called “What Matters Most,” asks you to prioritize the three issues you care most about, heading into the 2012 election season.

via mashable

Android Developers now on Google+

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:12:00 +0000

For those looking to get social about development, the Android dev team has just launched their official Google+ page. The new resource is meant as hub for developers to meet and chat with members of the Android team, discuss aspects of coding for Android with other members of the community, and otherwise expand their knowledge of working with Google’s mobile platform.

via phandroid

Awesome World War II Dogfighting Filmed On Zero Budget

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:05:00 +0000

The German from Nick Ryan on Vimeo.

Five Best Tax Preparation Tools

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:04:00 +0000

It's tax time, and here in the United States you're guaranteed a faster refund if you're due one by filing your taxes electronically. The trouble is that there are dozens of tools that can help you e-file. Some of them help you maximize your deductions and make sure nothing's overlooks, and others just make the filing process quick and easy. Here are five of the best tax preparation tools, based on your nominations.

via lifehacker

God Bless America Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:59:00 +0000

Star Wars Family Car Decals

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:58:00 +0000

This beats the zombie family by a long shot. And if you’re even slightly doubting the awesomeness of this, go ahead and follow the link. Yep, that’s right. Indiana Jones car decals. If I had a car, I would totally have these.

via geeks are sexy

Top 10 Things I Saw at London Toy Fair 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:57:00 +0000

Toy Fair season is upon us now, with the London one running this week, Nuremberg starting next week and finally the biggie in New York on February 12th. I went for my first time as “press” and here are my favorite things from around the exhibition floor.

via wired

How to Start A New Business in Less Than 50 Hours

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:53:00 +0000

Just about every weekend someplace on the planet a peculiar series of meetups is happening called Startup Weekend. The idea is to bring together a group of people, many of whom have never set eyes on each other before, to form new ventures, many of which are tech-related. So far the model seems to be working: each weekend on average has produced two or three companies.

via read write web

How To Avoid Hiring The Wrong Person For Your Startup

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:52:00 +0000

In a large company, if a new employee fails, the work can be redistributed and absorbed by other employees without having a significant impact. In a startup, a bad hire can be devastating. To make matters worse, startup owners rarely have dedicated HR staff, software tools or a hiring process that will take some of the risk out of hiring.

via mashable

Apple posting Steve Jobs pictures, quotes at Cupertino Campus

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:51:00 +0000

Apple is continuing to enculturate the legacy of Steve Jobs, this time by placing memorable quotes and iconic images of their late co-founder around their Cupertino campus. The images include everything from the original Mac to the lasted MacBook Air, from Jobs’ earliest days to his final appearances.

via imore

This electric car was invented in 1932

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:45:00 +0000

If the electric car had caught on in 1932, our roadways would have looked very different. Instead of little boxes sitting on four wheels, the roads might have been filled with giant hamster wheels that rolled over us as we drove.

via io9

Gabriella as Black Cat

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:43:00 +0000

Australian cosplayer and [GAS] reader Gabriella recently sent me some pictures of herself dressed as Black Cat, and all I can think of saying right now is: Meow

via geeks are sexy

Realistic Space Invader is more Predator than cuddly alien

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:42:00 +0000

Say goodbye to your innocent childhood vision of multi-colored Space Invader bugs dancing happily across the sky. Character artist Tom Carruthers would like to replace it with a fang-filled piece of fleshy nightmare fuel.

via io9

Five Million Android Users Might Have Fallen Victim to Another Malware Attack

noreply@blogger.com (Jojo Abelgas) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:41:00 +0000

According to Symantec, 13 apps from three developers—many in the official Android Market—have been carrying malicious chunks of code called Android.Counterclank, and are suspected of running on as many asfive million phones, stealing info and running ads against the will of the device's owner.

via gizmodo

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America, Fuck Yeah! [pic]
American culinary ingenuity at it's finest. Sort of.
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Tiles: Didn't every kid do this? (PIC)
DeviantArtists MacDoninri (Don Dimanlig) reveals a common game as all kids must have seen it at some point: "Please tell me I'm not the only person who Jump-Tiles. Some think of lava, some think bottomless pit, some think of water, some think the lines are lasers. Some just jump just because they're colored and the others are not."