I guess Apple will have to do something really soon about those faulty iPhones, because when your device’s problems start appearing in mainstream media like that, you know you’ve got some serious issues on hand.
[Via Crunchgear]
Responsibility Champion: Organizational Wallpaper
I really really like Hyperbole and a Half , an amazing web comic by Allie Brosh, alot and by that I mean a whole lot. So when I recently read her post on being a responsibility champion, it not only made me laugh hysterically, it also ended up inspiring me.
“It’s like I think that adulthood is something that can be earned like a trophy in one monumental burst of effort and then admired and coveted for the rest of one’s life.
What usually ends up happening is that I completely wear myself out. Thinking that I’ve earned it, I give myself permission to slack off for a while and recover. Since I’ve exceeded my capacity for responsibility in such a dramatic fashion, I end up needing to take more recovery time than usual. This is when the guilt-spiral starts.”
After reading this, I realized that I’d let my desktop go out of control, so I decided to be a “responsibility champion” and get myself organized! Looking at the wild clutter of random icons that had proliferated like rabbits on my dual monitor setup, I realized that I couldn’t get rid of most of them altogether, so I had to get them organized somehow.
Using the ancient version of photoshop I have and a basic color template, I made myself a handy little organizational wall paper to keep those random icons under control. The final touch was to throw in that awesome illustration that is huddled around the responsibility trophy to remind me not to overdo it. Here’s my 1280×1024 desktop wallpaper if you too want to become a responsibility champion! Oh, and being the sexy geeks that you all are, if you don’t like this one, making a new one should be easy enough, right?
Old Spice Voicemail: “I’m On a Phone.”
I love it when the Internet makes stuff happen. Thanks to reddit, there’s now a voicemail generator at oldspicevoicemail.com. Whether you’re “ripping out mass loads of weights” or “on Reddit,” there’s a personalized message for you.
Note that though as of this writing the voicemail is appropriate for a guy’s phone, there should soon be a version for gals up as well, since a video response to a female Twitter user lays the groundwork. Because who can answer their phone when they’re busy being serenaded on the moon while surviving off the oxygen in his lungs through a passionate kiss?
In a day, the Old Spice personalized messages are up from about 40 to about 200. And they’re still making me laugh.
Evil 8-Bit Force Descends on Skate Park
This short video called “Gnarcade” features the performance of various skate/snowboarders as they make their way through an environment that is half real and half virtual. Check it out:
[Via Gizmodo]
Cute Little Stormtrooper is Cute [Picture]
Ok, I swear we didn’t do this on purpose, and I really don’t know why, but almost everything that caught our attention today is somehow related to Star Wars. So for the last Star Wars-themed post of the day, I present you the cutest and most adorable little stormtrooper you’ll ever see.
[Via]
Geeky Twists on Classic Games
While standing around and waiting at the happiest place on earth with really long lines, our group eventually got tired of playing “what’s that smell”, had already decided which 3 books we’d take to a desert island, (Starship Troopers, Lamb: the gospel according to Biff Christ’s childhood best friend, and The Hobbit) , and had too many ties in Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock, so we started to toy with the classic game of 20 questions.
How do you improve on the classic 20 questions? Why make it Star Wars themed of course! While we were at times limited by the discovery that one amongst our group was not very Star Wars literate, we still had a great time in obscure references to secondary characters like Jek Tono Porkins, and the B-wing fighter.
How about you? Have you come up with a geekier version of a classic game?
[Picture Source: Sandaworld]
Tags: Games, star wars, star wars 20 questions
AWESOME: Star Wars on a Subway Car
Apparently it’s a Star Wars kind of day! This video is the latest from Improv Everywhere, the New York-based performance art group whose motto is “we cause scenes” and who you might remember from such awesomeness as freezing in Grand Central Station and riding the subway with no pants.
Here we see the group acting out the opening scene from Star Wars: A New Hope on a subway car, much to the amusement of the clueless passengers.
Wednesday Geeky Pics: Imperial Stormtroopers in Spain
These photographs were taken by [GAS] reader Eva at an event in Santiago de Compostela, Spain in May, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back. Imperial Stormtroopers took over the city, marching through the streets and ending victoriously with a carbonite-encased Han Solo and a speech from Darth Vader. And of course there were some Jedis along the way as well, and maybe even an ewok or two. Check it out!
Walmart bundle confirms $60 tag for Kinect games
Microsoft’s motion control system Kinect won’t be released until early November, but Walmart has become the first store to take pre-orders on bundles with games. The deal reveals that the games won’t be cheap.
While several retailers, including Microsoft, are taking pre-orders on the device itself at around the $150 mark, Walmart is offering the Kinect, a choice of one game, and a $30 store card for $199. It’s also offering the option of adding one additional game for $59.96, which will certainly invite comparisons between the “casual” games on offer and similarly-priced high-profile releases of more sophisticated games.
The five games on offer are:
- Kinect Dance Central
- Kinect Joy Ride
- Kinectimals
- Kinect Sports
- Kinect Adventures
The pricing means that whether the deal is good value depends on how likely you would have gone to spend $30 at Walmart anyway. If you’re not going to make use of the store card, the bundle only really saves $10, and the chances are you’ll be able to get that much off a game relatively soon after the Kinect launches.
Surprisingly no retailers have yet confirmed a bundle which includes the Xbox 360 console itself. Then again, giving the timing, such offers are probably being held back for Black Friday and the rest of the holiday shopping season.
Intentional or not, there’s some symbolism in Walmart being the first retailer to sell Kinect bundles. Despite the high pricing, Microsoft will likely be hoping it can appeal to a mass market, casual gaming audience as well as the hardcore gamer, replicating the success of the Wii motion control with people who wouldn’t otherwise have played or bought games. And Walmart is about as mass market, casual audience as it gets.
French Fries Decision Tree [Chart]
Well folks, it looks like yesterday was National French Fries Day. How could we miss such a thing? So to celebrate the event, even if we’re a bit late, here’s a french fries decision tree. Now the next time you feel the urge to eat fries, get the chart out, and it’ll help you pick the kind of fries you want.
[Via Frites and Fries]