This is a pair of squirrels playing outerspace in the park with a couple of coconut helmets on their heads. YOU TWO ARE CRACKING ME UP!!
Miss Roberts, 46, leaves out two coconuts a week and suspends them on pieces of string from her washing line and watches her furry friends dig in. She said: "The first time I saw them feeding I nearly died laughing, they looked like a pair of astronauts and even now I can not stop chuckling every time I see them. "I make a large hole in the coconut so they can get to the flesh. They cannot get enough of them.Is that not the cutest thing? Sure squirrels are glorified tree-rats and love to dive in front of my car, but they also play space. Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Maybe primates aren't our closest relatives after all! 'Astro-squirrels' use coconut shells as helmets [telegraph] Thanks Spikey DaPikey, bring two rolls of aluminum foil and we'll get this space party started right.
It's happened to the best of us - you're out and about and suddenly realize that your phone is about to die. We all love rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, but they're not exactly an easy power source to replace while on-the-go....
It may be a while before the new cell standard known as Long Term Evolution (LTE) comes to your neck of the woods, but Verizon is already deep in testing of the new technology. They’ve been so good as to release some early speed estimates based on their tests in Boston and Seattle. The results are pretty good, but frankly not as good as we’d hoped.
According to Verizon’s PR statement, the LTE network is substantially faster than the current Ev-Do Rev. A network Big Red is running. This certainly doesn’t surprise anyone though. Verizon engineers were able to get an impressive 40-50Mbps down and 20-25Mbps up with ideal conditions. You know, the sort of ideal conditions you will basically never experience. Real world speeds should be around 5-12Mbps down and 2-5Mbps up.
This is nice (really, we’d love to get speeds like that on a cell network), but a little discouraging when you consider the theoretical max for this new LTE equipment is in the neighborhood of 100Mbps down. This is still preliminary, and the network could be stronger than expected when it rolls out to 25-30 markets later this year. With T-Mobile expected to bump up their data to HSPA+ 3G at 21Mbps maximum speed, the initial difference may not be as stark as we thought.
I met my guy's extended family for the first time over the weekend, and while it (thankfully!) went very well, I'm now stuck with a list of post-meeting tech related questions. First up: Facebook. We went to a party hosted by his sister, and as we said goodbye, she mentioned she'd post party photos on Facebook. I'd love to see them, but I'm not sure I'm ready to friend his sister. Not because I don't like her (I do!) or I'm worried about her checking out my personal information or photos, but because of other potentially bad repercussions.
I'd like to add a bit of a disclaimer to this post. Last time I posted a Facebook friend question, most of you responded by telling me Facebook friending and photo-tagging were no big deal, and that I may have been overreacting. But here's the thing: I do reserve Facebook for close friends because of all of the personal information that I share on the site - photos, status updates, links that I want to share with a closed network of people. So I am fairly discriminating when it comes to adding friends.
To hear about a few other reasons why I may be hesitant to invite his family to my Facebook circle, and to give your thoughts on the matter, just read more.
The other troubling part about my situation is this: while I very much do not want or anticipate things ending badly between me and my guy, if something does happen, not only do I have to unfriend him, I have to unfriend his sister and family as well. In fact, technology can make a breakup much more painful. And my general feeling is, if it's going to be painful, I'd rather not do it in the first place.
My situation brings up another set of questions. What if you're friends with a sibling or friend's significant other, and they break up? Do you delete them as a friend? Wait for them to do it? Just block them? Ignore it? I'm trying to come up with a set of "rules" to use in this case, and I'd love your input.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Wondering if your HD2 can run Windows Phone 7? Some rumors are saying that the HD2 WILL get updated, but ZDNet received a statement from a Microsoft mobile spokesperson:
“For Windows Phone 7 Series we are enforcing a strict set of hardware requirements to ensure a consistently great experience for end-users and developers. While we cannot confirm that WM6.X phones that satisfy those requirements will be upgradeable, every Windows Phone 7 Series device will be upgradeable with improvements and features we deliver with subsequent Windows Phone 7 Series releases. We currently do not have plans to update the HTC HD2 to Windows Phone 7 Series.”
So there you go. No official Windows Phone 7 upgrade for HTC HD2 users. Although I’m pretty sure someone will create a “unofficial” Windows Phone 7 ROM for the HD2…
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Answering the question, “Is the iPad just a big iPhone?” in the negative. Love this bit about the lack of hovering:
Here’s why this section is about Controls: every day, your cursor protects you from unclear UI. It helpfully turns into a text cursor as you hover over textboxes, or a hand as you hover over a link or action item.
iPad has no such thing. Bad UI will stick out like a sore thumb, both in apps and on websites. Your tappable areas had better look tappable. Your controls had better look controllable.
5 technologies expected to see huge increases in adoption by gov over next 5 years http://bit.ly/akERTA Love #opensource now "old workhorse"
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This probably isn't going to get you on or off of the Denon bandwagon by itself, but the company has just announced several of its networked receivers are officially compatible with Windows 7. We fell in love with the ease of Play To during our initial review, and the AVR-4310CI, AVR-3310 CI, AVR-990, AVR-4810CI (pictured above) of the 2009 line have run through the necessary testing to add this sticker to the collection of logos featured prominently on the front. If iPod docks are more your style, the ASD-51W and ASD-51N are promised to fit in just as seamlessly, with an additional indication that all of the company's (unnamed) upcoming 2010 models will earn the same designation.Continue reading Denon's present (& future) receivers are Windows 7 Compatible
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Hopefully everyone already understands my love for Sharpie Markers (as is evident in this blog post) which is why I’m so happy to have Sharpie as our sponsor this week! Here’s what one LUCKY person will win!
(1) Set of Sharpie Retractable Markers and (1) NEW Sharpie Stainless Steel Marker!
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Guess who else uses the Sharpie Stainless Steel Marker?
This girl from Fast and the Furious! See all the stars with their sleek markers
So how do you win this great stuff?
1. Follow @shoplet on Twitter or subscribe to our blog
2. Tweet or leave a comment about your favorite use for the classic, black Sharpie Marker! (I would say “@shoplet One time I used a black sharpie to make silver screws blend in with my black cabinets #sharpieuses)
3. Watch for your name! We’ll announce the winner Monday, March 15th.
Here are some of my favorite ways other people use sharpies:
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Have a Happy and Lucky St. Patrick’s Week!
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South-Korean Automakers Could Help Make EVs More Affordable
I have a love/hate relationship with concept cars. It's always fun to see what automotive engineers can come up with, and they have a lot more freedom to innovate with concept cars than with production models, but a lot of the time, the results can be impractical and/or silly, and you just know that they'll never make a production version. That's why I'm happy to see that Kia's electric car concept is based on a production model. Read on for the technical specs....Read the full story on TreeHugger
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South-Korean Automakers Could Help Make EVs More Affordable
I have a love/hate relationship with concept cars. It's always fun to see what automotive engineers can come up with, and they have a lot more freedom to innovate with concept cars than with production models, but a lot of the time, the results can be impractical and/or silly, and you just know that they'll never make a production version. That's why I'm happy to see that Kia's electric car concept is based on a production model. Read on for the technical specs.... Read the full story on TreeHugger
Apple introduced its first iPad commercial during last night’s Academy Awards show; in true Apple fashion, the ad combines sleek product shots and a tune that immediately gets stuck in your head. Set to “There Goes My Love” by the Blue Van, the ad highlights the iPad’s app from the New York Times as well as the device’s e-reader and movie-viewing capabilities. It also confirms the release date of April 3. But does the ad make you more likely to buy an iPad? Check it out for yourself below.
Apple introduced its first iPad commercial during last night’s Academy Awards show; in true Apple fashion, the ad combines sleek product shots and a tune that immediately gets stuck in your head. Set to “There Goes My Love” by the Blue Van, the ad highlights the iPad’s app from the New York Times as well as the device’s e-reader and movie-viewing capabilities. It also confirms the release date of April 3. But does the ad make you more likely to buy an iPad? Check it out for yourself below.
During the 82nd Annual Academy Awards which took place last night Apple aired the first advert for the iPad which goes on sale April 3 in the U.S. The 30 second spot entitled “Meet iPad” features The Blue Van’s song “There goes my love”.
The iPad advert quickly demonstrates handfuls of features of the iPad whilst also showing the gestures used on the large multi-touch display. Features of the iPad shown in the advert include Maps, Mobile Safari, iBook Store and an eBook, email, iWork’s Pages and multiple clips of the Star Wars movie playing.
The advert simply ends with “April 3″.
On related note Steve Jobs was in attendance at the Academy Awards last night and was snapped by an AP photographer on the red carpet.
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Love Ben Stiller and his Avatar cameo http://bit.ly/amtAkd
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Matt Damon thinks he is only offered roles Brad Pitt turns down.
The ‘Green Zone’ actor, who appeared alongside Brad and George Clooney in the ‘Ocean’s’ series of movies, insists his success comes from “piggybacking” his co-stars and doesn’t believe directors ever want to choose him first.
He said, “I think the roles go to Brad first. Which is fine.
“Ask anybody on the street which actors starred in the ‘Ocean’s’ movies, and they’ll tell you it was George and Brad. I’m ‘support’ in ‘Ocean’s’. As I was in ‘Saving Private Ryan’ — Tom Hanks carried that movie. You could accuse me of piggybacking on other people’s brilliance more than anything.”
The ‘Bourne Identity’ star also dreams of starring in a comedy, but believes they are the hardest films to pull off successfully.
He explained, “I’d love to end up in a movie like The Hangover, but I think it’s just really hard to make a good comedy. To sustain a whole movie? That’s really, really tough to do, and that’s why there are so few great comedies. I mean, there are good comedies made every year, but they definitely have not come my way”
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Apple has shown its first television advert for the iPad, mere weeks before its release. It was aired during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards in the USA, which Jobs himself was attending.
The video shows off various iPad features, including the photo viewing, web browsing, books, mobile watching, mapping, interactivity and device rotation and messaging functions. It also shows keyboard input. Nothing we haven't seen before. In the background, the music is provided by Danish blues-rockers The Blue Van with "There Goes My Love".
As previously reported, the iPad is set to be launched on 3 April in the US and "late April" in the UK. If you're desperately coveting one, but not sure if you can spare the cash, then why not enter our competition to win one by commenting on any story on Pocket-lint during the months of March or April 2010. Why not start with this one - what do you think of the commercial?
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First iPad commercial aired in the US originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:34:44 +0000
