Stupid Things you can Still Legally Do While Driving

June 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Now that texting and driving is illegal in Georgia we can all take a sign of relieve that the roads will be a utopia of safety.  BUT WAIT!   Here’s a list of stupid things you can still legally do while driving.

  • Eating
  • Reading a huge foldout paper map
  • Smoking
  • Fold your laundry
  • Apply Makeup
  • Load your Gun
  • Carve a wood flute
  • Shave your legs

And the list goes on!
OH MY!

Of course anyone with an IQ above a squirrel knows that texting and driving is a really bad idea.  But so is eating a big juicy hamburger, putting on mascara, or doing both at the same time.

It turns out the “Failure to Control” laws that have been on the books for a long time could cover texting and driving as well as other stupid stuff.  And studies from places with texting bans show no significant decrease in traffic accidents.  WHAT!

So did we really need to spend millions of tax payer dollars to pass this new anti-texting-while-driving law?
Were politicians just pandering to get more votes instead of dealing with the more important issues of our times?
I think even your average squirrel knows the answer to these questions.



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Play Soccer, Get Electricity

June 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment

sOccket is a soccer ball that generates electricity while it’s being kicked around and stores it to be used later. It generates enough energy to power an LED light or charge a small electronic device–which may not seem like much power. But in Africa and third world countries, it could literally mean the difference between life and death.

Developing counties struggle with basic power and still use kerosene lamps to get light.  But when burned indoors these lamps are extremely harmful to human health creating the same ill effects of inhaling two packs of cigarettes a day.  Furthermore, kerosene lamps have a negative impact on the environment.  They contribute 190 million tons of carbon emissions to the atmosphere a year, or 38 million cars’ worth.

This bright idea have been brought to life by four Harvard students. Kick the ball around for 10 minutes and you’ll get three hours of usable electricity.  This is a positive plug for technology as an innovative solution for biology (people).

Here’s more on the sOccket.
http://www.soccket.com/
http://soccket.posterous.com/

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The Original Twitter

June 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Is it possible the Brits invented Twitter in 1935?

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I’m a Marvel and I’m a DC

June 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

If imitation is the highest form of flattery then the “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” ads must be thrilled.  This fun spoof combines just a few of my favorite things:

  • Technology (I can go either way – Mac or PC)
  • Comics (Once again, I can go either way – Marvel or DC.)
  • Green Lantern (I so want one of those rings!)
  • Ryan Reynolds (Who doesn’t like Ryan Reynolds?)
  • Sarcastic humor (Is there any other kind?)

The Deadpool song at the end is hilarious.  Enjoy…

For those of you who are normal, Marvel and DC are the biggest players in the comic book/superhero universe.  Here’s a great explanation of the difference.  (Click here to read the full article.)

The Marvel vs. DC dogfight has raged since the beginning of comic book time. DC is older, taking its name from 1937’s Detective Comics. In June 1938, the company released what would become the most valuable comic ever: Action Comics #1, introducing a fella from Krypton called Superman. This essentially launched the Golden Age of comics, in which DC introduced icons like Bob Kane’s Batman (in the also ridiculously valuable Detective Comics #27, 1939), The Flash, Hawkman, and The Green Lantern (all in 1940), Aquaman (in 1941), and Wonder Woman (in 1942).

Meanwhile, the company’s rival, Timely Comics, staked its claim with Marvel Comics #1 in 1939, introducing future mainstays the Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner. A new hero, Captain America, debuted the next year when the legendary writer Joe Simon and incredible artist Jack Kirby combined powers.

After waning through the ’40s and ’50s, the costumed hero genre rose again in the late ’50s with DC’s Justice League of America. In 1962 Timely, now called Marvel Comics, introduced the Fantastic Four, the brainchild of Kirby and a writer pennamed Stan Lee. The Silver Age had begun, and it would introduce the biggest hero of the era: Spider-Man. The creation of Lee (who would later go on to lead Marvel) and artist Steve Ditko, Spider-Man debuted in 1962’s Amazing Fantasy #15.

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iPhone 4 and Glee Spoof

June 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Our favorite Glee bi#@h Jane Lynch takes on the iPhone 4.
“It’s like cluster bombs going off in my pants.”  Watch the video and you’ll get it.

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iPhone Sexual Compatibility App

June 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Your iPhone can help you find sexual compatibility.  Yep, there’s an app for that.  It’s called Boink and the name says it.

Here’s how it works.  Download the Boink app from iTunes (free for now), create a profile based on six categories of sexual likes, dislikes, positions, kinks and fetishes, then “bump” iPhones with other Boinkers.  It uses the same technology as the BUMP app which lets users exchange contact information by bumping phones.

It reveals whether or not they would make good sexual partners with cute messages like “Drop what you are doing and get to a hotel right now” or “Turn and run away” while keeping your Boink profile private.

For those less concerned about user privacy, you can post your number of “boinks” to Facebook and Twitter, as well as read and share hookup stories with other users.

Here’s a video complete with a sexy soundtrack showing how to Boink on your iPhone.

So you can take sexual compatibility off the list of “there’s-an-app-for-that” jokes.

Boink is from MEDL Mobile (http://www.medlmobile.com/)

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