News: Thurs Night Pick - Dum Dum Girls @ The Echo $12
I've been digging their latest album I Will Be for the past couple months, should be a fun time. Dum Dum Girls / Crocodiles / Dunes / Soft Healer @ The Echo ($12)
I've been digging their latest album I Will Be for the past couple months, should be a fun time. Dum Dum Girls / Crocodiles / Dunes / Soft Healer @ The Echo ($12)
Hot Hot Heat / Voxhaul Broadcast / The Union Line @ Bootleg ($12) Hot Hot Heat continues it's Wednesday residency at the Bootleg Theater and the shows are so good. I went last week and had a great time dancing to songs like this one! And yes, they played Bandages for the encore! (Free parking in the lot across the street, look out for the sign in front)
Check out their video: Half Full Glass Of Wine I saw Tame Impala at the Echo last night and was blown away. These psychedelic rockers kinda sound like a modern day Beatles. They are blowing up! Bummed I can't see them again tonight.
If you have any doubt about how secure that strong password you created really is, there's an easy way to check online. Just visit HowSecureIsMyPassword.net, which uses a combination of math and statistics to determine how long it would take for a PC to crack your password. It's sponsored by Dashlane, one of the top password managers available, and also gives you tips on how to make your password or passphrase stronger. The site claims the password submitted is not sent over the web, and its ...
There is a huge steam sale going on for the next week and a half. 33%, 50%, 66%, 95% off most games!! Every day until July 4th they will also have daily deals, where certain games get discounted even more!Currently (thanks to Neogaf for a clean list of titles): THQ Pack @ 50% ($49.99)
At the end of today's US - Algeria match game winner and US team captain blew a kiss to the camera and gave a romantic and breathless "Hi" to a certain lady.
Via WonderHowTo World, Zine Fiends: "Looking for a good source of information on how to pick a lock?
Check out this article from the LA Times that picks through how awesome Red Dead Redemption is for its creators Take Two.
Hi OLers read the following article to gain some great insight into the mischevious advertising ways of food labels. Thanks to the New York Times for this great article below. Happy Eating6 Meaningless Claims on Food LabelsAlthough food labels are supposed to tell us exactly what’s in the food we’re buying, marketers have created a language all their own to make foods sound more healthful than they really are.Today’s “Consumer Ally” column on AOL’s WalletPop site explores misleading food-labe...
The 360 might be going through a (useless?) rebranding in the next few weeks, changing the box art to a more greenish wave.Before:
"The PBS special -- consisting of never before televised live musical performances from the Mario, Zelda, Sonic, Halo, Warcraft, Final Fantasy, Castlevania, God of War, Civilization, Chrono Cross, StarCraft and Guitar Hero franchises, and a musical journey through classic gaming -- premieres July 31, 2010 and airs throughout August on PBS stations (check your local listings at http://pbs.org/tvschedules). Support your local PBS station now -- you make it possible for your PBS station to offer...
BrickLink is the Craigslist/Ebay/master aggregator of all LEGO commerce on the web. (Almost 100 million products currently for sale!)
"Renewing your driver's license can be a pain in the butt these days, but the task has caused quite a stir for one Florida woman.
WonderHowTo World, Luv and Music, features the latest YouTube sensation, Lady Gaga-killer, Greyson Chance:
via Phillip Bloom & Engadget & Variety When SNL DP Alex Buono saw Philip Bloom's Dublin's People short he was so impressed he decided to shoot the entire 35th Season Opening Sequence on the 7D.
Does Office Make Windows 7 Phone Worth It? via Gizmodo
Farmville vs. Facebook There’s apparently some drama happening between Facebook and Zynga, maker of the wildly popular social games Farmville, Cafe World and Mafia Wars.
Royal College of the Arts student Merel Karhof has come up with an innovative way to harness natural resources: a wind knitting factory. Merel's device is a mechanical wind-powered knitting machine that sustainably produces long tubes of knitted material. Nice. I'd let the wind knit my scarves.
Beautiful Eerie Cinematography and Fantastic Editing. This film by Sam Spreckley an artist out of Scotland. His experimental film shown above is quite abstract yet moving none the less.
What's the highest score you ever achieved in one SCRABBLE game? 500? 600? 700?
In this tutorial, we learn how to find an IP address in Hotmail. First, open up your Hotmail in box and right click on the email you want the IP address of. Now, select "view source" and find where it says "received: from" or "X-Originating IP". This will give you the exact IP of where this email was sent from. You can use this for any email you receive and the best part is that it only takes a few simple clicks of the mouse and a few seconds out of your day! This can help you bump up securit...
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Hello World! Welcome to the place wholly devoted to the local surf of Southern California. I am like many people a transplant from the East Coast. I started surfing when I moved here for college 8 years ago.
In a nutshell Bocas del Toro is an arcipelago on the Carribean coast of Panama. It's located about 20 mi south of the Costa Rican border and you can get there from both San Jose and Panama City. The main islands are Colon, Bastimentos, and Carenero, but there are over 100 islands you can explore by boat.
Congrats to MuscleNerd, the first to jailbreak the almighty iPad. Via DVICE:
I've been watching my Bocas del Toro, Panama weather for the last several months and the reports are correct. It rains a lot!
You'd have to be both a FarmVille fanatic and a Nintendo nut to create some of these farms. It's a painstaking process, but is it worth the time? If you love both, yes!
The end of Alice in Wonderland features a bit of an obtuse dance by Mad Hatter Johnny Depp, deftly termed a Funderwhack.
There are two ways to get XP, or experience points in Farmville. 1. Help your neighbors.
This article from AOL's Games.com explains how a Farmville user can get access to exclusive gifts inside Zynga's Farmville store.
CNN has compiled a list of the best ten ideas presented at this year's TED conference.
Tim Fishlock’s piece entitled What Watt? showcases 1,243 suspended retired light bulbs, the center illuminated by one low-energy fluorescent bulb. Beautiful eco-friendly design.
Fall is the best time to start a bird-feeding program that will last until spring. As the temperature begins to drop, the natural food supply dwindles, forcing birds to look for alternative sources to get them through the cold winter months. A feeder put out in the fall is sure to become a regular stop on birds' winter feeding rounds. The foods birds love include black-oil sunflower seeds, suet, peanuts, cracked corn, peanut butter, thistle, fruit, and shelled sunflower seeds.
When you assign a material ID to certain polygons, you will tell 3D Studio Max to use that material only on those polygons that you want. In this 3d Max video tutorial you will learn how to assign material ID's and multiple textures to the same source. Make sure to hit "play tutorial" in the top left corner of the video to start the video. There is no sound, so you'll need to watch the pop-up directions. Assign material ID's and multiple textures in 3ds Max.
HTC is developing the latest Nexus phones for Google, according to a recent tweet from Evan Blass, a well-known phone leaker. Blass reported that the new Nexus phones will run Android N, and are being referred to as the M1 and S1. Android Police backed up Blass's tweet and added that a source told them the new handsets will be named "Marlin" and "Sailfish."
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To celebrate the season, the Amazon Appstore has a fantastic "Free App of the Day Bundle" promotion, with 40 paid-apps available for gratis. Some of these apps are a steal, like Root Explorer (normally $3.99), Fleksy Keyboard (normally $1.99), and Plex (normally $4.99). You can check out all of the free apps available here.
Diamond has the highest hardness and thermal conductivity of any bulk material. It's also considered incredibly beautiful and a symbol of live. Here we take a look at how they stack up against their virtual counterparts.
Unless you're a bartender or a hardcore drink aficionado, understanding the different types of carbonated water and their best uses can get confusing. This is especially true since most people use the terms "club soda," "sparkling water," and "seltzer water" interchangeably when ordering drinks.
To optimize your day, chug down 16 ounces of water first thing in the morning. Your body is already dehydrated after a full night's sleep, and studies have shown that drinking water immediately after you wake up increases your metabolism by a significant amount for the first 90 minutes of the day.