Archive for the 'Internet' Category
November 10th, 2009, 10:15 am by Jayson Peters
If you’re going to be traveling this holiday season, you can thank Google for the free Wi-Fi.
 The ubiquitous tech giant is offering free wireless Internet service at 47 airports and on every Virgin American flight. All you need is a Wi-Fi-enabled laptop or mobile device.
There’s a catch: Google will hit you up for a charitable donation that they will match, up to $250,000. And they’ll probably monitor everything you do and say while online, and record it for posterity or the inevitable government takeover of your life.
But hey, it’s FREE!
Phoenix Sky Harbor is NOT among the participating airports … but they already have free Wi-Fi.
Via CNN Money
Posted in: Business • Free stuff • Internet • Technology • Google • Travel | 2 Comments »
November 9th, 2009, 5:02 pm by Chris "KeL" Adams
If this kid came to my door on Halloween (or ANY night for that matter), I would simply give him all the candy in the house and then turn out the lights. The night would be over, as nothing else could possibly come close to out-awesomeing this ‘mech.
Now I just have to figure out how to reverse-engineer an adult size of this so I can turn it into an AT-ST costume and trample tiny Ewoks.
Posted in: Internet • costume | Post a Comment »
November 4th, 2009, 4:20 pm by Chris "KeL" Adams
 The first four issues of the critically-acclaimed and Eisner-award winning comic book series “Stray Bullets” are now online to read for free at www.innocenceofnihilism.com. If you’ve never had the chance to give it a try, I highly recommend you take this opportunity.
Writer-artist David Lapham creates a beautifully interconnected world full of criminal tales. We see how thin the line is between the normal world and the dark underbelly. Seeing the bad things that happen to good people who cross that line, mistakenly or otherwise, never ceases to enthrall. Lapham’s black-and-white art matches the intensity and strength of his writing. In my opinion, aside from the legendary Frank Miller and possibly Matt Wagner, Lapham is the finest writer/artist working in the industry today.
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Posted in: Comics • Internet • lapham • stray bullets | Post a Comment »
October 26th, 2009, 10:55 am by Jayson Peters
The twisted souls over at io9 posit that this animated Klingon propaganda film may be a viral promotion for the sequel to J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek. But even if it’s just fan media, it’s fun to watch:
Update! More details, a follow-up video and a translation here.
Posted in: Internet • Movies • Star Trek • Klingons • YouTube | Post a Comment »
September 29th, 2009, 3:34 pm by Chris "KeL" Adams
“As if a million page view requests cried out at once, and were suddenly silenced.” Apologies to the great Jedi master Obi-Wan Kenobi for the paraphrasing, but it seems particularly appropriate.
Video game company Bioware opened up beta tester applications for their upcoming online role-playing game, “Star Wars: The Old Republic.” Gamers promptly hammered the page with requests causing Bioware to pull it down.
Currently, it reads “We are making adjustments to the site due to the overwhelming response to the testing announcement. Please be patient and check back later.” There’s still a long way to go, but given the strength of the Star Wars universe combined with Bioware’s incredible track record and this game has a chance to be something very special. It might even be the first real competitor to the online juggernaut that is “World of Warcraft.”
Posted in: Gaming • Internet • Nerd rage • RPGs • Star Wars • BioWare | Post a Comment »
September 20th, 2009, 10:14 pm by Chris "KeL" Adams
For the third time in recent weeks, Google has replaced its logo with a scene of rampaging aliens. While the previous two were rather cryptic at best, this time around they’re clear about the purpose. It’s to celebrate the birthday of “War of the Worlds” author and sci-fi trailblazer H.G. Wells.
While I can appreciate the sentiment, Google seems to be getting awfully chummy with UFOS of late. That can only lead to no good. Keep watching the skies, friends.
Posted in: Hmmmmm..... • Internet • Google • H.G. Wells | Post a Comment »
September 19th, 2009, 2:35 am by Jayson Peters
 Avast, ye lilly-livered bilge rats! Sept. 19 be International Talk Like a Pirate Day. If nothing else, it will give you another excuse to annoy your coworkers and loved ones with expressions like “shiver me timbers!” and “poop deck.”
The folk holiday began in 1995 after one of the two founders injured himself playing racquetball and shouted “Arrr!” in a particularly piratelike manner. Robert Newton, the actor who played Long John Silver in the 1950 Disney film Treasure Island, is the holiday’s patron saint.
Here are some ways to celebrate the life piratical. Whatever you decide, just don’t forget to say your “Arrrs” and “Ayes!”
READ ON!
Posted in: Internet • Pirates | 1 Comment »
September 17th, 2009, 11:23 am by Jayson Peters
 The creator of the virtual world Second Life is being sued yet again for trademark infringement. In April it was Scottsdale-based Taser suing Linden Labs over digital representations of its stun gun.
Now, a report from Courthouse News Service tells of a new class-action lawsuit by Eros LLC and Shannon Grei claiming Linden is making real money from knockoffs of their virtual erotic products.
To recap: Eros and Grei own rights to sex toys that only exist online … and there are knockoffs!
Posted in: Business • Gaming • Huh? • Internet • Sex • Second Life • Taser | Post a Comment »
September 8th, 2009, 10:07 pm by Chris "KeL" Adams
This past weekend, Seattle played host to the annual Penny Arcade Expo (PAX), one of the largest public video gaming conventions in the world. For years now, I’ve been lamenting the fact that I never can quite make up there to attend. However, it sounds like not attending this year might have an upside. Numerous con attendees are reporting they’ve fallen ill with the flu.
So far notable victims include web cartoonist Scott Kurtz (PvP), geek icon Wil Wheaton and Penny Arcade co-conspirator Mike Krahulik/Gabe. The San Diego Comic-Con may be overcrowded, smelly and expensive, but I can say that it has never gotten me sick.
Posted in: Conventions • Internet • flu • pax | 2 Comments »
September 8th, 2009, 8:00 am by Jayson Peters
I don’t really get this Star Wars/snowboarding fan film — but I’m not among the intended audience, I guess. Still, lightsabers = awesome in my book, so check out Gnar Wars:
http://www.vimeo.com/941386
Via KTAR’s Click Chick blog
Posted in: Internet • Star Wars • video | Post a Comment »
August 25th, 2009, 10:31 pm by Jayson Peters
 A class-action lawsuit filed in Southern California alleges that Facebook invades its customers’ privacy and misappropriates their images and personal information, selling it to other businesses.
A professional photographer who says her work was downloaded from Facebook and distributed without her permission says that the social networking Web site’s claim that it does not sell information is misleading because its privacy policies imply that users have control over what happens to their data.
If you believe that, I’ve got a personality quiz for you to take that isn’t lame. Really!
I’ve always struggled to imagine how a social networking site could possibly make money — especially in this economy — without selling out its users.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go find out what my “Prison Name” is.
Oh. It’s “Sweet Thang.” That was totally worth it!
Via Courthouse News Service
Posted in: Internet • Facebook • lawsuit | Post a Comment »
August 20th, 2009, 10:50 pm by Jayson Peters
 O'Connor Think you have what it takes to be a Supreme Court clerk?
Sandra Day O’Connor says: Bring it, noob.
Supreme Decision, a free computer game for teens created with the help of the former Supreme Court justice and Arizona lawmaker, has launched at www.ourcourts.org. It’s the first of several planned Web-based games designed to get middle-school age students totally amped about the Constitution and the legal system.
Players assume the role of a clerk helping one of the esteemed justices prepare for a tie-breaking vote on a First Amendment case. It’s kind of like when I was in school and our class split into groups to roleplay a similar scenario — except, now the students can do it at individual computers, ignoring each other and preparing for a life of featureless solitude in the cubicle farms of Changzhou.
Via The Associated Press
Posted in: Gaming • Internet • PC • Arizona • Law • Sandra Day O'Connor • simulation | Post a Comment »
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