The day has finally arrived! Taking my cue from PartySugar, I have planned a blowout Fleet Party for the BSG premiere tonight. I've made some special menu items including Cylon CupCakes, Cloud 9 Mojitos, and Caprica Shots for our BSG drinking game, which is reminiscent of the Sarah Connor Chronicles game we played a few months ago. Keep an eye out every Monday for my BSG recaps and quizzes, plus this coming Monday, we'll announce which quiz taker will be bringing home the BSG Propaganda posters. So much going on! Will you be celebrating the premiere tonight? Tell me how after you check out my Fleet Party slideshow, that's prepped and ready to launch!
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I already knew that senior citizens would rather play the Wii over bridge, but did you know that Wiihabilitation is also taking the country by storm? For James Mann, a patient at Wake Med Health Park in Raleigh, N.C., playing the Nintendo Wii is not only a great source of fun, but it's also helping him recover from a stroke. Shown here with recreational therapist Elizabeth Penny (see pics below), James takes part in games of Wii baseball to help him with his balance, coordination and the strengthening of his arms — how great is this?! And as soon as I get my hands on Wii Fit, I'll be working on my abs, butt and thighs!
TeamSugar user BreadNButter saw the pretty-in-pink guitars for Guitar Hero on the site yesterday and had to share her marvelous ColorWare news — that she got her BlackBerry Curve painted in pink!
Thanks to ColorWare and their fantastic custom color service, you can add some pizazz and personality to most of your gadgets. Considering 90 percent of you said that getting your cell phone custom-colored was geek chic, I knew you'd probably enjoy seeing this pimped-out pink phone!
Even if you don't want to get away to some electricity-free island and break free from your tech, I bet everyone appreciates the short break from remote communication you get while flying. When I see one of those antique in-flight phones, I thank God they were too much of a hassle to use, because if someone near me in our ever-decreasing-sized seats were gabbing away, it would go something like this — Me: bald Britney with the umbrella, them: the SUV.
So, cell phone enthusiast though I may be, I'm not exactly excited about Air France's testing out in-flight calling. It's only on a trial basis for now, and Air France has said they'd discontinue the service if calls became a problem, but I can't see this NOT becoming a problem. Sure, you say, if it's for emergencies only, it might be OK, but I already know plenty of people for whom EVERYTHING is an emergency. So, holla: Would you call someone in an airplane?
A 14-year-old kid got arrested for rigging his camera to shock people, after reading "instructions on the Internet" to do so and taking it to school, Boing Boing reports.
The article doesn't say whether he actually caused someone to be shocked or not, but this just reeks of prank-the-dorky-Science-teacher.
What's interesting about Boing Boing's post is that they point out that they were the ones that posted those instructions. So, uh, I guess it works!
Please, everyone, use this as a cautionary tale and NOT do it: the hacked camera delivers a 600-volt shock (significantly higher, I assume, than the voltage produced by the old sibling-making-static-on-the-rug shock). Owie.
Well, the good news is, it's definitely a conflict-free diamond! This USB stick/engagement ring combo is for the geekiest among us. . . Those who would prefer their geek lover's declaration of intent of lifelong commitment be represented not by an expensive diamond ring, but by a Swarovski crystal and data-full USB ring.
Think of the possibilities! All your pictures and planning info for the wedding could be on the stick. It's not yet in production, but if it were, I'd give it as a gift to my engaged friends. I think you'd really only be in trouble if you subbed this for the actual engagement ring, but aside from that, it's a cute wink to geeky betrothed girls — what do you think?
Guitar Hero has just gotten a whole lot sexier thanks to Colorware's customizable color options for your guitar! When I spotted this pink version on Shiny Shiny I realized that my black and white guitar needed a serious makeover (and the stickers just have to go). Colorware can color your Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3 guitars, whatever your fancy, with prices starting at $99. And to get your fretboard or buttons colored it will cost you $10 extra. I love the pink buttons, but I don't think I'll be able to keep my game up (especially my one-on-one rock out sessions with Slash) without my colored keys — is that considered cheating?!
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