Tag: news
He really is terrible
by James on Jan.13, 2010, under open your eyes
Is America being punked?
Does anyone remember when Jay Leno WAS funny? No. I always believed Bill Hicks’ prediction that Leno would have a sudden realization that his life was a joke in the middle of a show one night, while interviewing either Joey Lawrence, or Patrick Duffy. He’d just start shaking his head, then put a 9mm in his mouth, and blow his worthless brains out all over the fake backdrop.
Kimmel, who also writes a lot of his own material, does a great job here, as always.
Incidentally, assuming what I’ve read is correct, and assuming I’ve interpreted it correctly, Conan stands to make $20M from his contract no matter when or where his show is aired. If he moves to Fox, and they pay him $10M, NBC will STILL have to pay him $10M to fulfill their end of the contract.
And since when is Leno funnier than Conan?
This call has been delicious.
by James on Jan.08, 2010, under actual gadget
A cell phone that runs on sweet liquids
just don't feed it before bedtime
just don't feed it before bedtime
No joke.
A Chinese dude made this phone that runs on sugary liquids at the request of Finnish phone-maker Nokia. Daizhi Zheng designed the phone to use enzymes that convert the sugar in any beverage poured into it to fuel for the phone. It’s supposed to last longer than current Lithium Ion batteries, which are harmful to the environment, of which we are all well aware.
My question is this: can you drink the liquid while your phone is using it? If I have a Coke, do I have to share it with my phone, or can I pour the whole thing in, and casually sip while I’m talking?
I just keep picturing those scenes from Robocop 2 where the robot designed to hunt and kill drug dealers and then consume their drugs actually got addicted to the drug and started killing innocent people.
even robots can look strung out
What happens when my phone starts waking me up in the middle up of the night, begging for more Coca-Cola? Is my phone going to hang out at busy intersections and wash people’s windows? Is my phone going to disappear and start lurking around at the bus station?
I love the environment as much as the next guy, but maybe the future should stay where it is: far away. And here’s an inconvenient truth: I don’t care about my batteries. They’re small.
