So we rented Wall-E today.
I totally remember watching short circuit when i was growing up.
It's a all a marketing conspiracy!
That's why transformers and my little ponies and all those toys from the 80's are coming back.
Anyways, check out the resemblance. 
Johnny Five
Wall-E
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Wall-E vs. Johnny Five
Friday, October 31, 2008
GPS Designer Lingerie
GIZMODO
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This could be a tongue-in cheek bit of high-tech flirtery: Brazilian designer Lucia Lorio’s "Find Me If You Can" lingerie line has embedded GPS-uplinking units that a partner can remotely track. So you could play a titillating game on your man by flitting around near his location, and then zipping far away. Or you could see it as a sensible safety device in...uh...high kidnap-rate areas. For sure, it's not a good way to find out if your missus is doing the funky bedspring with someone behind your back: that unit is too clunky for stealthy stalking and the wearer can switch it off. Still, it's unusual. And costly: $800 to $1100. [TheAge via GizmoWatch]
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US teenager jailed for 'grandmother gangster rap video'
Telegraph - UK
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Michael Alfinez, 18, from Lake Worth, Florida, was jailed for 18 months after he admitted to abusing the elderly and various firearms charges.
He was arrested in April after police examined footage from his video camera during a routine traffic stop.
The footage showed Marie Huertas, 85, wearing a full black balaclava and, after repeated instructions, uttering a number of gangsta rap phrases that included expletives.
A sheriff's report said Alfinez had admitted dressing up his grandmother and persuading her to flash a gun and money at the camera.
Alfinez, who will serve his sentence in juvenile detention, also pleaded guilty to charges of firing out of a moving vehicle and into a building.
Alfinez is said to have told deputies he knew that there was something wrong with his grandmother's memory.
According to the report, when a detective showed Miss Huertas the video, she said: "They are making a criminal out of me." She said she was ashamed and didn't normally use that type of language.
Alfinez said he got the idea from a Gangstas & Thugs DVD - which show real footage rather younger hoodlums in action - and "knew (his) grandmother could be like that, too, or better".
His family has claimed that the incident was a misunderstanding.
Alfinez's mother told the Palm Beach Post: "This is my mother. This is his grandmother. Just today when he called me he said, 'Tell grandma I love her very much.' And she told me, 'Tell Mikey I love him, too.'"
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Sarah Palin Mob in NYC tonight
From UrbanPrankster
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We just got notice of a Sarah Palin gathering happening tonight in Union Square in NYC:
Presenting the 1st ever “SARAH PALIN EXPERIMENT and PAGEANT.” Let’s see how
many Sarah Palin’s will fit in UNION SQUARE!
Knowing that 75% of us ladies (and perhaps a few fellas) will be appearing as potential VP candidate Sarah Palin for Halloween, we’ll all unite in honor and celebration of a true MAVERICK - mother, governor and part-time huntress by MEETING AT…
UNION SQUARE (14th Street and University - north side of street)
October 31, 2008. 10pm
Part picnic. Part meet-n-greet. Instruments encouraged. And bring the rest of the Palin-gang if you can! Bristol! Todd! Trig! See and be seen. Stop by after the parade!!
*If you know ANYONE going as Sarah Palin - PASS THIS ALONG TO THEM!!*
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Thursday, October 30, 2008
Vietnam suspends controversial plan to ban skinny drivers
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HANOI, Vietnam - Faced with mounting public criticism, Vietnam's Health Ministry suspended a widely ridiculed plan to ban short, thin and small-chested drivers.
The ministry had recommended that people whose chests measure less than 28 inches be prohibited from driving motorbikes - as well as those who are too short (less than 4 feet, 8 inches) or too thin (less than 88 pounds).
When the plan hit the media this week, it prompted disbelief and scorn among members of the public, who envisioned the police pulling over female drivers to measure their bust.
Thursday's state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper quoted ministry official Nguyen Huy Quang as saying the proposal would be suspended.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Man puts wife up for sale
ANANOVA
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A Romanian man has put his 25-year-old wife up for sale on a website specialising in used cars.
Alex Cretu, 20, who lives in Bucharest, hoped to get around £4m but has lowered his price to £3,000 for a quick sale.
His ad on www.okazii.ro reads: "Wife for sale. Model 1983, good condition. Full option, nice suspensions, spacious boot, second owner.
"Price is negotiable, comes with three-year-old and five-year-old accessories. Seriousness demanded."
Alex says he placed his ad on the site partly because he had got fed up of his wife nagging him all of the time and partly as a joke.
He said he waited until his wife left for a job in Spain so as she wouldn't know about the sale.
He had received a number of offers but none were acceptable so far as the potential purchasers either offered too low a price or wanted to buy her in instalments.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Vietnam might ban small-chested people from driving motorbikes
Boy oh boy, the world is coming to an end. I'm sure of it. 
CANOE Weird News
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HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnam is considering banning small-chested drivers from its roads - a proposal that has provoked widespread disbelief in this nation of slight people.
The Ministry of Health recently recommended that people whose chests measure fewer than 28 inches would be prohibited from driving motorbikes - as would those who are too short or too thin.
The proposal is part of an exhaustive list of new criteria the ministry has come up with to ensure that Vietnam's drivers are in good health. As news of the plan hit the media this week, Vietnamese expressed incredulity.
"It's ridiculous," said Tran Thi Phuong, 38, a Hanoi insurance agent. "It's absurd."
"The new proposals are very funny, but many Vietnamese people could become the victim of this joke," said Le Quang Minh, 31, a Hanoi stockbroker. "Many Vietnamese women have small chests. I have many friends who won't meet these criteria."
It was unclear how the ministry established its size guidelines or why it believes that small people make bad drivers. An official there declined to comment.
The average Vietnamese man is 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs 121 pounds. The average Vietnamese woman is 5 feet, 1 inch tall and weighs 103 pounds.
Statistics on average chest size were unavailable.
The draft, which must be approved by the central government to become law, would also prohibit people from driving motorbikes if they suffer from array of health conditions like enlarged livers or sinusitis. The rules would cover the vast majority of Vietnam's 20 million motorbikes. It would not apply to drivers of cars or trucks.
Motorbikes account for more than 90 per cent of the vehicles on Vietnam's chaotic roads, which are among the world's most dangerous.
Nearly 13,000 road deaths were recorded last year, and Vietnam has one of the world's highest rates per 100,000, according to the World Health Organization. The majority of accidents involve motorbikes, which many workers in the nation of 85 million need to do their jobs.
When Nguyen Van Tai, a motorbike taxi driver, heard about the proposal, he immediately had his chest measured. Much to his relief, Tai beat the chest limit by 3 inches.
"A lot of people in my home village are small," said Tai, 46. "Many in my generation were poor and suffered from malnutrition. And now the Ministry of Health wants to stop us from driving to work."
Vietnamese bloggers have been poking fun at the plan, envisioning traffic police with tape measures eagerly pulling over female drivers to measure their chests.
"From now on, padded bras will be best-sellers," said Bo Cu Hung, a popular Ho Chi Minh City blogger.
Newspapers were inundated with letters on Tuesday from concerned readers who worried that they wouldn't measure up.
"I'm not heavy enough, what am I going to do?" Le Thu Huong asked in a letter to Tuoi Tre newspaper. "And what about people whose chests are small? Most of them are too poor to afford breast implants!"
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Hockey Fight!
HockeyFights.com
Just as the name says. Awesome. One of my favourite parts of watching hockey.
Thanks for the find GlennRock.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Google Earth for the iPWN
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iPhone/iPod touch 2.0 only: Google has released an official iPhone client app for the iPhone and iPod touch, giving your phone a tabletop, slide-and-pinch view of the world. There are only two layers at this moment—geo-located Wikipedia articles and Panoramio photos—and, as you might imagine, the app is a bit of a data hound and best used on a Wi-Fi connection. Having said that, though, there's something irrepressibly cool about swiping your way around your neighborhood, tiling your phone to angle and scope the terrain, and using your device's current location finder to zoom down on yourself from space. Google Earth is a free download for iPhones and iPod touch models running the 2.0 software upgrade only.
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LIFEHACKER
Soulseek for the iPWN
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Jailbroken iPhone/iPod touch 2.0 only: The previously mentioned iSlsk peer-to-peer client is now available for iPhone 2.0. Now called MewSeek, the Soulseek client lets you download music from the P2P network directly to your device. The catch? You'll need the PwnPlayer app to listen to any of your downloads. Both of these apps are in early development; we haven't tried them firsthand at Lifehacker HQ, but the ReadWriteWeb blog reports that besides some bugginess here and there, they work as advertised. Windows and users, jailbreak your device using QuickPwn; Mac users can rock the jailbreak with PwnageTool. Then, MewSeek and PwnPlayer are free apps you can get via the Cydia installer.
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LIFEHACKER
SOULSEEK
Remember, PTP downloading is illegal.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
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