Mother Teresa? Yeah, she was a hero. Prince? He seems more suited for fiction, anyway.
Billy Ray Cyrus? …
There is no ounce of perspective I can offer as to why Billy Ray Cyrus the comic ever seemed like even a moderately good idea. (Let me know if you have a hunch.)
In a world that will soon feature some other pretty …
Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010
Today in Techland: Behold, the Apple tablet is upon us. That’s right. The iPad has landed. Peter brought us all of the details from his seat in Steve Jobs’ audience earlier today including a live-blog of the unveil, a specs sheet, photo gallery and hands-on first look. Check everything out for major water …
The iPad is the Apple tablet we’ve long been waiting to see. For all of the details, check out our specs sheet, see how it handles with Peter’s hands-on gallery, or check out his live-blog of the big unveil.
Apple’s iPad Demo:
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Click on a photo to launch the …
The iPad is here. This is what we know so far. We’ll update as we learn more.
Size:
Display:
9.7-inch IPS (in-plane switching) display
LED-backlit …
English artist Nick Gentry makes use of basically obsolete tech dinosaurs the floppy disc and VHS tape in this pretty rad collection of paintings.
The best part: Most of these are for sale at a pretty decent price. (Check out more at nickgentry.co.uk.)
This really makes my VHS bookends feel artistically inferior… Anyone out there …
Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010
Today in Techland: TABLET MANIA! Peter is still in San Fran, mentally preparing himself for the media battle at tomorrow’s unveil (and chatting with ngmoco’s Neil Young). But first, a compilation of tablet rumors, all in one tidy post. And make sure you check back tomorrow to see just what stacks up.
In other …
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Bravo, James Cameron. You’ve beaten … yourself.
I wonder how good it must feel to be operating the giant, blue alien arm responsible for raking in nearly $2 billion. Like you’re the, oh I don’t know, king of the world? (Couldn’t resist, sorry.)
The official numbers were released today, after last night’s …
The highly-anticipated Harry Potter theme park experience – courtesy of the Universal Orlando Resort – is nearly ready for the swarms of Wizard-lovers sure to come running.
This is the first image of the actual park, which is still under construction, and gives a glimpse of The Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. The …
Apple couldn’t thwart Google’s presence on the iPhone forever.
The makers of Mac threw out the proposed Google Voice app for the iPhone a year ago, but apparently forgot to lock the backdoor as the new HTML 5 spec allows iPhoners use of Google Voice through mobile site google.com/voice/m.
The webapp works for any HTML5-supporting …
Monday, Jan. 25, 2010
Today in Techland: The Peter Ha has landed. In San Francisco. To see Apple’s new shiny, shiny tablet. Read more about it here and here. We’ve also got podcasts, apps and a disturbing look at the porn career of Spider-Man. Yeah…
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Look at what your Spider-Man shenanigans have caused, Sony.
How could you dare the children of the world to imagine a film worse than the last? Because not only did they find your “gritty” reboot, they actually made it.
(More on Techland: How to Kill a Superhero Franchise In 20 Easy Steps: Spider-Man Edition)
We’re hoping …
Friday, Jan. 22, 2010
Today in Techland: Lev struck Twitter gold with a pretty-darn-geeky Tweet meme, Steve liked didn’t really mind saw Legion, and both Peter and Lev got schooled by an 11 year-old while playing Halo 3.
For Anyone Who Ever Attended Middle School. The trailer …
