Random Ramblings – Page 30 – Blah, Blah, Blahg

New Ngage platform

Catching up on my latest techie/geek news, I saw this news-bit about the new Nokia N-Gage platform update, the N-81 gaming platform. It’s a fine looking update from their awful first- and second-gen gaming phones.

This is Nokia’s new N-81 gaming device built upon their revamped N-Gage gaming platform. The S60 device packs HSDPA (sorry, no US band support) for on-line gaming, integrated speakers (and 3.5-mm headphone jack), and D-pad navigation for getting your game on. Still, it’s not just for gaming as it fully supports all the audio and video you’d expect in a new “pane-driven,” UI which carousels your windows instead of lining them up in tabs — a UI which will evolve in the coming months in line with Ovi. On sale Q4 in Europe in an 8GB flash model (Ã¢â€šÂ¬431/$585) or Ã¢â€šÂ¬360/$490 pre-bunged with a 2GB microSD card.

The screen and control layout looks so much better than the previous versions. There’s a gallery with more images in the Engadget article linked above. This might even be enough of an improvement to get folks to finally buy in to the N-Gage platform.

[tags]N-Gage, Gaming, Nokia[tags]

More news of the stupid

We’re all stupid at some point in our lives. Simple things like putting batteries in the correct way sometimes eludes even the best of us. But when you are going to rob a bank, be sure to use your smartest brain cells.

He told the teller not to do anything stupid.

Too bad the bank robber didn’t take his own advice.

After he robbed a Bank of America on West Hillsborough Avenue last December, court records say, Etni Ortiz left his resume behind — dropped it, actually, when the bank’s dye pack exploded. Police found it outside the bank in a pile of dye-stained money. There were also photos, one of Ortiz. The picture, too, was stained with red dye.

Nine days later, Ortiz robbed First State Bank at 5700 Clark Road in Sarasota, according to documents on file in U.S. District Court.

Well, so much for that spree. I think the resume is a stroke of genius in a way, though. Now, someone can help him properly update it so he can find a better job. They probably will also coach him to leave “Failed bank-robber” off the skills section, though. Maybe just put something like “Escaped bank premises with over $3000 in two robberies” without highlighting the getting caught nor leaving behind a resume bit. Hell, this makes me think I should start a bad criminal resume writing service.

[tags]Stupid criminals, Stupid, Bank robbery, Idiot, Moron, Resume writing skills, Dumb crook, Stupid robber[/tags]

Strange signs

I haven’t had a post about strange signs in a while. Here’s a new set of them that I discovered recently.

There are more. Many are stranger than this. Some are unidentified. All can be found at DarkRoastedBlend.

[tags]Strange signs, Dark Roasted Blend, Can’t touch this[/tags]

Ninjas or pirates? I think we know what this guy likes

With a quote like “Not afraid to punch a man in the nuts. Or a midget in the face.” you know you’re getting expert information from ScrewAttack’s top 10 ninjas guide. Hidden behind an impossible to fake age verifier, here’s the video:

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Moderately NSFW due to language, it’s still pretty funny and a great guide to gaming’s best ninjas.

[tags]ScrewAttack, Top 10 ninjas, Ninjas vs. pirates, Punch a man in the nuts[/tags]

Stop! Hammertime. You can’t touch this!

You know, there are some things in life you just don’t want to get stuck with – Paris Hilton, any of the competitors from any reality TV show, and this:

That, dear folks, is a male anti-masturbatory device from around the start of the 20^th century in Great Britain.

This metal device is one of a number of similar devices which were invented in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries to prevent masturbation. A leather strap which would have kept it in place is now missing. Until the early 1900s, many people regarded masturbation as harmful to a person’s health, and it was blamed for a variety of ailments, including insanity.

Personally, I’m nearly blind from over 25 years of masturbation, so I could barely see the device at all, but the name sounded like something I needed to share. Hell, it’s amazing I can even type with all the hair growing on my palms. (via boingboing gadgets)

[tags]Masturbation, Gadgets, Can’t touch this, You’ll go blind[/tags]

Midwest teen sex

Check out midwest teens and their sex podcasts.

Each episode is sort of a parody of a given sex-ed topic (birth control methods, the ethics of dating much-older men, and so on) — but presented in a deadpan, internet-funny fashion. May or may not be work-safe (explicit subject matter) but it’s not pornography by any means. Just sharp sarcasm that rings true, with good advice.

It’s tame stuff, and not the pr0n you perverts were looking for. (via boingboing)

Robots vs. clowns on pigs???

Check out this awesome poster the boingboing gadget blog put on display. No idea what the text says, but clearly it is further evidence of the coming robot uprising. Note that the image creator must have been coulrophobic – a clown on a pig getting shot at by a robot with a energy-cannon for a belly-button. That, dear folks, is what is called “pure win” by gamers on t3h intarpip3s.

[tags]Coulrophobia, Robot uprising, clowns on pigs, energy cannons, robots will take over[/tags]

Beeeeeer!

Posted just for a few (i.e., two) folks I know who read the Blahg and are in to beer. Now you can simplify your brew creation by building The Device, throwing in your ingredients, and waiting for ambrosia to pour forth.

Seems to take some of the fun out of brewing, though, doesn’t it? Oh – and you don’t actually get directions, so I’m perhaps a bit misleading suggesting you can build one yourself. But you can get a step-by-step view of the gadget at work. (via Gizmodo)

[tags]Beer, Beer – it’s what’s for dinner, Ambrosia, The Device[/tags]

Insane interchanges – driver beware

I have no idea why I’m so fascinated with these crazy interchanges, but as much as I wouldn’t want to drive them, I do like to check out the pictures.

That’s just one. There are another half-dozen or so on the hosting site.

[tags]Insane interchanges, Driver beware, Who would want to drive there?[/tags]

LED corks

The perfect addition to your alcoholic-drinks section at home, the Boozehound emergency light is a lighted cork for sealing your liquor bottles.

To prepare for a natural disaster, you need to be equipped. Maximize your survival rate by inundating any and everything that could possibly be used for food, water, and light. In regard to the latter, boozehounds will rejoice to hear that having multiple bottles of “drank” may indeed save them.

Around here, we’re all about the safety. And what’s more important to safety than making sure you have proper lighting for picking your poison in a power outage?

[tags]Boozehound, LED corks, liquor, Safety first[/tags]

Thriller – prisoner style

I’d read about this recently but not checked it out yet – here is a practice session of a performance of Michael Jackson’s Thriller, as put on by 1500 Filipino prisoners.

And there’s more. Hit my source for the movie to get the scoop.

[tags]Thriller, Jackson, Filipinos, Prisoners[/tags]

Threadless sale

Until Monday, Sept 3^rd, you can pick up any shirt at Threadless for $10. They specialize in off-the-beaten-path designs, and have some of the most original offerings I can recall seeing. I may have to get myself an Original Gamester shirt.

Or maybe the birds and the bees.

There are a few others I’d like, as well. May just have to put together an order for some before the week-end is over.

[tags]Threadless, Sale, Deals, T-Shirts, Geek shirts[/tags]