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Michelle — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:28:19 +0000

Samsung Galaxy Tab (4 pics)

Eugene.Kim — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:48:15 +0000

Although it’s unlikely to be an iPad killer, Samsung’s new “Galaxy Tab” could be Apple’s first major threat.

Powered by the Android 2.2 OS, the Samsung Galaxy Tab features a 7-inch TFT-LCD display (1024 x 600), front (1.3 MP) and rear (3 MP) cameras, full HD video playback, and comes in 16GB and 32GB models. It’s also got built-in 3G connectivity, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. It will be launching in Europe later this month, and in the U.S. in the “coming months.”

“Samsung recognizes the tremendous growth potential in this newly created market, and we believe that the Samsung Galaxy Tab brings a unique and open proposition to market,” said Samsung’s mobile communications unit head JK Shin.

via My Modern Metropolis, designboom, uncrate, cnet

The Ultimate Care Package for your KA Scholar

Elizabeth — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:25:21 +0000

It’s September, which means college students have packed up and left the comfort of their homes to suffer dorm life once again. Sure, you parents were just dying to get them out of the house again—an empty nest isn’t so bad, after all!—but chances are, you already miss your young scholar, just a little. Which is why we compiled what we consider to be the ultimate care package for your penniless mini-me. But sorry hip parents: No sending soju. It’s illegal to ship.

1. slippers

2. quarters (for laundry)

3. dry squid (ojingeo)

4. beef jerky

5. scrub cloth

6. instant rice

7. instant ramen

8. instant happiness

9. Korean powdered grain drink

10. dry seaweed (kim)

11. Sriracha sauce

12. electric blanket

13. copies of KoreAm and Audrey

14. hot pepper paste (gochujang)

15. Asian sweets

What would you add?

Black Rice is the New Superfood

Michelle — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:57:12 +0000

We’ve been hearing that black rice is the new superfood, packing a bigger antioxidant punch than blueberries. But all of us in the office are still wondering: Is this the Korean black rice, the purple rice with beans that complements our kimchi jjigae so wonderfully? They say that black rice turns a purple-ish color when cooked.

This is what the superfood black rice looks like uncooked.

This is what cooked Korean black rice looks like.

It’s the beans that make Korean rice turn purple, right? Does anyone know?

Inside The Mind of The Discovery Gunman

Michelle — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:24:04 +0000

James Lee did NOT think these kids are cute.

Maybe I’m a little twisted but I’m so intrigued by the reasoning crazy of James Lee, the 43-year-old man who entered Discovery Communications headquarters yesterday with a gun and explosives. He was mentally ill, to be sure, but his beliefs contained some logic.

He believed that:

- Human overpopulation is responsible for all the pollution and problems in the world.

- We are being brainwashed by the media.

- Shows about mondo-families such as TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting and Jon & Kate Plus 8 (Now simply Kate Plus Eight), Table for 12,and Quints By Surprise were making people want to have babies.

- Instead of these type of programs, there should be shows encouraging human sterilization and infertility. He even tried to sponsor a contest to develop this type of television programming.

Lee felt that no one seemed to be listening so he took his rage to an unthinkable level. He finally got the attention he wanted.