It's that time of year again

When some guys you've never heard of hack every piece of software you have heard of.  Pwn2Own 2010 is a hacking contest where you get paid to hack things like, Windows Explorer, and Safari as fast as possible.

Here's an article on it: http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/03/25/pwn2own-2010-google-chrome-is-the-last-man-standing/

If you don't know what the Nexus One is,

then you might as well just skip this.  Otherwise, say hello to the phone bully of the future:

Hotspot for 8 phones?  Yes.  Two cameras?  Yes.  Built in kickstand for watching movies?  Yes.  4.3 inch screen?  Yes.  Each one runs off of a cold fusion battery?  No.  That's ridiculous.  

Check out the details:

Mile High Alternative

Do you not like cramped spaces?  But do like strange encounters?  Would you like to live in an airport?  Me too.  These are all perfectly normal wants.  Say hello to the Sleep Box Mini-Hotel.

Don't worry, there's a hostel version too.  Check it out: The Cool Hunter

Stackable USB?

How didn't everyone alive already think of this?

Of course I have some significant worries about how this functions power/data-wise.  One commenter said this:

Assuming that there is a set resistance from each one, there has to be a voltage drop across each. Therefore, eventually there will be no voltage, and thus no current through which to charge your gadgets. If all of your gadgets hooked up in this fashion were externally powered, I could see how this might work, however it would put a data bottleneck strain on the first chord.

It sounds pretty convincing, so I guess it must be accurate.

Engadget

Dinosaurs have never been good

at customer service:

FailBlog

Real or Fake?

Bears and hockey.  I'm serious.  Bad handling skills but they make up for it in fighting ability.

Ford Commercial:

Tron

It's coming.  Dec. 2010.




Better Trailer: http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/tr2n/trailer

Squirrels may get to space BEFORE Richard Branson

The article should suffice on this:  Telegraph

It's a classic

betrayal of the bear by man.  I like to think the way this all went down was like thus:

Bear ends up in some dudes tree.  Police and Firemen show up.  Some kid suggests using his trampoline to a policeman.  The policeman tells the kid that it's a stupid idea.  One hour later the aforementioned policeman suggests using the trampoline.

ps. Check out the bear at 17 seconds, for some reason I think he's still cognizant at this point.

Hold on - I gotta grab my Jet-Pack

So, I'm sure you've heard of the dude who flew the English Channel with a wing attached to his back like some sort of super hero.  Admittedly cool but he has to have a plane to jump out of to achieve flight, and as much as that sounds like the same thing you can do jumping out of a plane, it is a bit different.  Still, having to jump in a plane every time you want to fly is primitive, and as has been proven, dangerous.  Not any more though, for 75k you can buy a jet pack that you can take off with from your bus stop with.

Here's the stats:

Weight: 254 lbs

Range: 30 miles

Max Altitude: 1.5 miles

Max Speed: 60mph

And here's a video:




via: Technabob via: Geekologie

"Yea, uhh... I'd like a pool that turns into a floor"

Apparently they can do that.  As exhibited below.  I'd not tell anyone about this, then when my friends come to visit I'd let them choose between an air-mattress and a normal mattress that are set up right next to each other, and then wake them up at 5am.

Video available at the links.  

Hydrofloor via Notcot via Gizmodo  

 

NOT the best thing to see

mid-way between texting, emailing, and driving.  Have you ever hit a cat?  This is like 1,000 times worse.

That's a buffalo.  In the middle of a highway in Atlanta.  If nothing else he does look pretty relaxed which is odd because from my experience even driving in Atlanta I'm not that relaxed.

Article

Turns out the buffalo fell out of a truck transporting it.  The fall hurt it's legs as you might guess and the police ended up putting it down.

The goal was cool,

but what happened after was cooler:

I guess this pigeon

just prefers public transportation.

The Bloom Box

Do you want a wireless, box in your backyard that can power your entire house?

Oh.  Ok.  Here you go:

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6228923n&tag=related;photovideo

Are you sick of

always having the person on the other side of a video chat be someone you know?  Like, someone you recognize?  Well, problem solved!

ChatRoulette will link you with a random video chat any time you want.  That's right - are you so lonely that you're willing to talk to anyone, even if they're as lonely as you?  Are you so desperate that you're totally game for the 1 in a 1,000,000,000 odds of the person on the other end of the screen being attractive?

Either way, I think this is a probably a good half-way-through a date activity.  Try it.  Let me know how it goes.

This is a real picture

I don't know about you but I hated coloring.  Enough to make missiles out of Crayons?  Not quite, close, but...  well for this guy it was enough:

You'll notice that this Crayola box came with 8 missiles but only shot 4.  Classic issue for these types of missiles which is of course why America has yet to pull these out for a conflict.  

Source: Gizmodo

Welcome

We will talk about shoes some, but the majority of this blog will be about just stuff we find interesting.  People, places and things.  And probably a few videos for your office entertainment.  Like this:




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