Check out this awesome/crazy/fun trick on how you can turn a piece of regular paper into some kind of transforming paper toy.
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Crazy Transforming Paper Thing [Video]
The Real Iron Chef [Pic]
Hey, that really looks like Robert Downey Jr., but the only thing that makes me doubt is the smile. I mean, have you ever seen this guy smiling?
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Former Employee Not Helping Best Buy’s Geek Cred
In light of the responses to this morning’s post about Best Buy’s cease-and-desist letter to Newegg, you’d hope there was better news for the company than what I just read. But that’s not the case, and sometimes there’s a really good reason that the customer is always right.
The general opinion of [GAS] commenters is that the Geek Squad is, at best, inept, a claim Best Buy lashed out at Newegg for indirectly implying in their recent Geek On ad campaign. But according to a former employee who, calling himself “K.”, wrote in to The Consumerist, it’s all true. K’s inside knowledge of the Geek Squad is more damaging than Newegg’s t-shirts by a full order of magnitude.
K. writes:
1. A high percentage of Geek Squad employees lack basic troubleshooting skills such as correctly identifying malfunctioning components. This stems from inadequate and outdated training materials, such as the Best Buy Learning Lounge.2. People are hired or promoted from other departments to Geek Squad simply to sell services. Specifically, individuals who have no experience working on computers are given the appearance of being a technician.
Read the rest of K.’s “Confessions of a Former Geek Squad Geek” and let us know what you think.
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R2D2 Swimsuits: The MOAR Bikinis Edition [Pics]
When one of our Facebook page commenters told us he wanted “LESS BIKINIS, MOAR SCIENCE”, I was about to stop posting pictures of female cosplayer altogether, but fortunately for me (and probably for a lot of you too), a horde of loyal fans came to the rescue telling me that they wanted more of both. So to satisfy everyone’s appetite, we’ll start things off with a post compiling some of the best pictures of ladies wearling Black Milk Clothing‘s awesome R2D2 swimsuit, which unfortunately doesn’t seem to be on sale anymore.
Halloween on Wheels: Introducing the Rental Car Rally [Video]
Several times a year, a bunch of crazy looking people band up together and embark on an epic journey where they dress up in their favorite costumes and start competing against one another to win cash prizes and a golden gas pump.
RCR isn’t technically a race. The team with the lowest odometer score and best costumes wins. Each team must hit several checkpoints along the route, including sites like abandoned airfields, giant decommissioned howitzers, airplane graveyards, and other absurdly awesome locations.
Official: British city vulnerable to zombies
A British local authority has been forced to admit it does not currently have plans to deal with a zombie invasion.
The admission came after a man signing the letter as “Concerned Citizen” made a request to Leicester City Council under freedom of information laws. He asked ” Can you please let us know what provisions you have in place in the event of a zombie invasion? Having watched several films it is clear that preparation for such an event is poor and one that councils throughout the kingdom must prepare for.”
Under British law, the council has 20 working days to formally reply to the letter. It has not done so yet (beyond an acknowledgment of receiving the request.) However, Lynn Wyeth, who heads the team dealing with freedom of information requests, addressed the issue on local radio this week.
She said the council was still considering its response, noting that the question could be answered with a single line noting there are no specific plans for coping with zombie invasion. However, ” you could look at it in more depth and say, ‘Which parts of the emergency plan could you apply to a zombie invasion?’ as it would have the same impact as perhaps some other disaster or attack.”
It turns out that the “concerned citizen” is a man named Robert Ainsley who works “in the web industry”. This is actually the second request made by Ainsley under freedom of information laws in recent months. Disappointingly the first was a little less exciting and dealt with the tendering process for a local tech industry business centre.
Best Buy to Newegg: All Your Geek Are Belong to Us
Best Buy is not happy with Newegg’s newest ad campaign. The big box claims the online retailer is in clear violation of copyrights held by Best Buy by using the word “geek.” The entire Geek On campaign is under fire, including a perceived infringement on the Geek Squad logo and, in a new commercial, unflattering portrayal of employees allegedly intended to depict those at Best Buy.
Newegg’s new Geek On campaign features a black and orange logo; Best Buy’s Geek Squad logo is also orange and black, though they do not look similar.
The added insult, according to Best Buy, is that Newegg ripped off their Black Tie Protection logo by making the “O” into a power button. Best Buy has issued a cease-and-desist letter.
The fake Best Buy employee is depicted as being slovenly and uninformed about computer products, in contrast to your employees who are portrayed as “experts.”
Your misuse of our valuable trademarks and your negative portrayal of our employees violate our trademark rights and misleads consumers about our services, in violation of federal and state law. While we welcome fair competition, we cannot tolerate unfair competition that disparages our employees, confuses customers and damages our valuable trademarks and the goodwill associated with those marks. We take great pride in our employees and the high quality of customer service they offer and find your company’s focus on our employees in this advertising campaign to be particularly offensive.
What do you think? Is Best Buy being ridiculous or has Newegg crossed the line?
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