I love the fact that Google Street View is so cool yet so controversial. Did anyone seriously think we'd ever get to zoom in on a map to see a 360° panoramic image of streets from all over the world? It's impressive technology to say the least. Although people have had to go to great lengths to have their pictures removed from street view and Europe is already blurring faces and license plates on Street View images, I still think it's a great service. When I heard that the Pentagon has banned Google from filming inside army bases, I certainly wasn't surprised or shocked.
According to BBC News, Google has now been barred from filming and conducting detailed studies of bases. In particular, streets inside Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX are totally off limits, supposedly posing a "potential threat" to security. You'll notice on Google Street View that all images from inside the base have been removed. Source
Lately I've been absolutely giddy with indulging my first geeky love: Books. When I spotted this gorgeous Dutch Enlightenment Book Light, it hit me that Steve Jobs was wrong — people do still read books, and technology will never strip us of our desire to read. To prove my point, I've put together a slideshow of geeky reading-related products and websites, all geared toward book-thirsty geeks, for your, ahem, your reading pleasure.
I have to borrow a heading from sister site FabSugar to bring you a very special tribute to the man behind the Macs, the iPod idol, the eminence of Apple: Steve Jobs. From his iPhone SDK press conference yesterday, the man held court in a style we've come to expect — Jobs' consistency asserts itself in his flair for quiet drama, his dynamic intros and outros, and of course: His mock turtleneck.The mock turtleneck is Steve's unwavering companion: Black, tucked-in, and the sleeves pushed up by a man who needs to get down to business either onstage or behind his newest gadget baby. It's basic, like the design of Apple products — black, like the chicness of Apple products — and utilitarian, like Apple products (how many hickies must that sly fox be covering up with the mock neck? Which is, incidentally, the one thing I haven't seen an Apple product do, but it is only 2008). But you girlfriends of geeks and geeks themselves must surely be asking yourselves, whither does one find a man's mock turtleneck in this day and age, when the, uh, "style" itself is more Microsoft than Apple? Where can I find knitwear of power, knitwear of substance that can guide me to the fate such as the King of Cupertino? Don't waste your clicks, my dears, I've done the handiwork for you.
Can you smell that? Not only is Spring in the air, but I'm getting a slight whiff of Super Smash Bros Brawl! Release day is finally drawing near, and although it's not the only game that I'm looking forward to, it's definitely at the top of my "must buy" list this month. Bonus for me, my local Gamestop is hosting an in-store Brawl showdown (with some pretty sweet prizes), to help count down the minutes until midnight when we can take our own copies home! But there are other games out there for me to get excited about as well. I'm also looking forward to some bugs, some space men and a few ghosts to fill my gaming quota. Check out a few more of my choice selections – while I warm up my Brawling thumbs – when you read more
When the MacBook Air was first announced, designers went on a frenzy to whip up some beautiful creations to protect this new ultra-thin laptop. After only a couple of days there were already four MacBook Air sleeves available for purchase, and less than two months later, there are a many more to choose from. Take a look at some fun and stylish sleeves in the following slideshow!
Amazon is heading up an online shopping territory not terribly well-traveled — the booze train. Yes, that's right, starting pretty soon, Amazon will start selling wine from its behemoth of a shopping site. No, no Amazon-labeled vintages (I'd love to taste the Kindle varietal) — Amazon will basically be directing its "wine traffic" to Wine.com.
The business of selling booze online is pretty murked up and confusing — requirements of a Wine.com order includes things like requiring signatures that can later be verified online and identification checks upon delivery. It would be nice to send a gift to someone of a hard-to-find wine (don't forget, you canbuy them a drink online), but for my personal general wine consumption, I prefer to use the heel-toe express from the corner store.
But would you be interested in this? Just remember, don't drink and blog.
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