July 03, 2008
Tidbits for Thurs!
Snaggy invites you to enter the Superhero Movie Giveaway, ... geekygoddess has a Blahm battery :( , ... Colonel Panic finds Fox Photoshopping, and iNoles asks about Objective-C and thinks the US is closing on Iran War.
And in SuperFan Clubhouse Tidbits: We present the Superhero Movie Giveaway for SuperFans!
Posted by Snaggy at 12:39 AM
July 02, 2008
100 Years Later, the Tunguska Mystery Revealed?
If you are a fan of meteors, meteorites, and comets like me, you will love this story about attempts to unravel the Tunguska event, the largest impact of a cosmic body to occur on Earth during modern human history. (Or was it an antimatter airburst, or an exploding UFO, or a wayward black hole? :-D)
Scientist Luca Gasperini, Enrico Bonatti and Giuseppe Longo, share their discoveries during a two week, mosquito-filled expedition to the region, where they focused on a detailed geological survey of a lake that sits close to the Tunguska event's ground zero. Is Lake Cheko the elusive impact crater? Click on over to find out!
Thanks to our pal Steve Wozniak for sending us this great link!
Posted by Snaggy at 07:27 AM | Comments (0)
July 01, 2008
The Joy of Tech's Superhero Movie giveaway!
Time for another great giveaway! And this time we are giving away TWO Superhero Movie DVDs.
Synopsis:
After being bitten by a genetically altered dragonfly and gaining superhero abilities, high school student Rick Riker uses his incredible strength and armored skin to become the masked crime fighter known as "The Dragonfly. Standing in the way of the good-doer is the villainous Lou Landers, a.k.a "The Hourglass" who holds the power to steal a person's life force. With unimaginable strength, unbelievable speed and deeply uncomfortable tights, Dragonfly attempts to stop the sands of The Hourglass and save the world.
OK, I want that. How do I enter?
Easy! All you have to do is post a reply to this Forum thread, and you're in on the giveaway. And, if you are a SuperFan, you can enter again in the SuperFan Forum and you get a super chance to win! I will choose one winner from each thread!
Giveaway ends on Monday July 7th at 9PM Pacific. Good luck!
Posted by Snaggy at 06:33 PM
Forum Tidbits for Canada Day!
Snaggy points out How Canada stole the American Dream, ... Colonel Panic shares a Geek Mystery, ... JamesDublin's Powerbook's New Hard Drive Won't Start Up! HELP!!!, ... Steen shows Why computer based censorship sucks, ... and Say it ain't so girls!
Posted by Snaggy at 12:00 AM
June 27, 2008
Canadians erupt in anger over Rogers iPhone rates!
Rogers, the cell phone company that is bringing the new iPhone 3G to Canada, just posted its service plans and how much it'll cost you to own one. Well, it didn't take long for a maple leaf maelstrom to erupt!
Canadians from around the country are protesting the rates, from the CBC website, to our own Forums, to the forums on ehMac, to an online petition gingerly called fuckyourogers.com.
Plans are start at $60 a month and go to $115. There is no unlimited data option, something that seems to be a world exclusive. And yes, all of Rogers's plans are for a minimum of three years. Ouch.
We Canucks will be watching very carefully to see how Rogers reacts to these protests. I myself was drooling at the thought of finally getting an iPhone... now that seems out of reach. It can't be a very good day over at Rogers marketing.
Update: the petition can now be found over at the family friendly ruinediphone.com.
Update 2: Philip Elmer-DeWitt has a great summary of the issue and coverage over on Apple 2.0
Posted by Snaggy at 10:34 PM | Comments (1)
Friday's oily Forum Tidbits!
Geekygoddess is having a Dry Spell!!!, ... Steen pumps Oil prices go up... yay? , ... Callipygous is gonna get medieval on your cellphone, ... CrawGator reports a Mac Trojan in the wild, ... and Snaggy sees Dennis says We have found the weapon of mass destruction in Iraq. It is oil.
Posted by Snaggy at 12:19 AM
June 25, 2008
Goodbye George, (and a triple Tidbit'd geekygoddess!)
Hell just got way funnier... George Carlin, RIP , ... geekygoddess wonders What is your biggest fear?, nails Blasphemy! and goes Here kitty, kitty, ... Rhonwyyn started a blog!, ... and CP sees the Republicans Hope Terrorists Attack America!
Posted by Snaggy at 12:22 AM











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