If you were living back in the beginning of the century (last century, that is), you might have heard of the cultural movement which would become known as Dada. In essence an antiwar movement, the current would soon become not an art, but an anti-art.
You might wonder what does Dada have to do with Ken Block’s latest Gymkhana clip. Well, it is the only reasonable explanation we could find to match the visual mayhem which goes on in this 6.40 minutes long clip.
If y… (read more)
The LG GW550 is a pretty standard Windows Mobile 6.5 Standard smartphone, but in this video LG makes it seem like the greatest thing since sliced bread. Of interesting is their UI enhancements, which is less common on the non-touch screen devices, and that LG appears to have included a similar feature to HTC’s Inner Circle software to filter your most important contacts with one button press.
The handset has been released sans Windows Mobile 6.5 some time ago, but has received an update to the latest version of the OS, and is rumoured to be coming to USA on a local carrier.
All of a sudden online music videos are looking pretty interesting to a lot of people judging from the amount of attention they’re getting lately. The latest move comes from Hulu, which has traditionally maintained a very focused library of TV shows and similar professional content, as the site has signed with Warner Music Group (WMG) to add videos from the music label to the line up. For now, only videos from British band Muse are available, but Hulu will add a couple more artists in early 2010. This comes after a similar deal with EMI.
“The agreement brings an artist-focused online video experience that features music videos, artist interviews, live concerts and rare behind the scenes footage from WMG’s world-renowned artists and labels,” WMG said in a statement.
“Warner Bros. recording artists Muse are the first artists featured under the agreement. Recently, Hulu launched an all Muse artist page that features the band’s appearance on Saturday Night Live’s December 19th holiday episode as well as content from Muse’s sold out tour dates at Wembley Stadium, exclusive interviews and rare deep-catalog videos.”
The emphasis at Hulu seems to be on the individual artists and on rarer material rather than the latest hot video. Of course, the site may not really have a choice in … (read more)
Michael Schumacher made it very clear that he didn’t come back to Formula One racing only to have some fun, but wants to become once again successful in the series. The fact that he’ll team up once again with former partner Ross Brawn is motivational enough to push for his 8th title in Formula One in 2010.
After confirming that he signed a 3-year deal with Mercedes GP for the upcoming season of Formula One, Schumacher told the media that he’s ready for the serious stuff as he has … (read more)
The North American division of BMW recently announced a new sweepstakes put together by its Financial Services arm, which offers a 2010 BMW X5 xDrive35d as a grand prize. Participants, however, will have to be from North America only and purchase or lease their car through BMW Financial Services.
Those who log into their account at least once prior to January 31, 2010 will automatically be entered in the sweepstakes. Moreover, they will automatically earn up to 4 additional entri… (read more)
Ladies, we know what’s important to you, and it’s not us. Yes, we’re talking about your footwear and we know full well that you’ll choose a great pair of shoes over a guy any day of the week. But now there’s scientific evidence to prove this.
A recent survey found that a whopping 92 percent of women could remember the first pair of shoes they bought with their own money. That’s a whole lot more than the two out of three women who could remember the name of the person they first kissed.
Amazingly, 96 percent of women have felt sorry about throwing away of pair of shoes, whereas only 15 percent regret dumping a boyfriend.
More than 1,000 women were surveyed about their footwear habits for the website tszuji.co.uk.
Experts say that many women buy shoes to mark a special occasion like a birthday or wedding. Those shoes end up having a special memory tied to the occasion and women hang on to them for a long period, building up a sizable collection.
So men, now you know where you stand. Somewhere well below a pair of great high heels.
[via Telegraph.co.uk]
photo credit: LaMadrileña
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In case you’ve been living under a rock all weekend, the east coast got hit, HARD, by snow. 
While I’m not a fan of Winter or snow in general, I am putting on my "glass half full" cap and will admit there are some positives to being bamboozled by the white puffy stuff.
So, there’s the good stuff. But being stuck inside for 3 days is a LONG time. With impending news of the storm, 3 of my friends and I decided that if we were going to be snowed in, it would be better to be snowed in together. We watched movies, reality tv shows that are too shameful to be mentioned by name, and ate..ate..and ate.
I suggested playing board ("bored"
games, but the only one we had in the house was Monopoly, and I’m not a fan.
What did you do to stay entertained? Any suggestions for "weathering" future storms?
The Australian division of French carmaker Citroen is recalling certain C5 Tourer models on account of no less than four different problems, affecting a total of some 600 vehicles.
Citroen announced last week it is recalling 72 cars due to loose tailgate strut ball-joints, 105 because of poor engine running, 128 that could have loose tailgate spoilers and some 134 with potentially loose windscreen trims, GoAuto reported.
For the models affected by the loose tailgat… (read more)
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Yes, it is now official! Michael Schumacher will return to Formula One racing for Mercedes-Benz’ new works team in F1, Mercedes GP. What was only a rumor for the past few weeks turned into reality earlier today, as the German manufacturer confirmed, via a press conference, that the 7-time world champion inked a 3-year deal with the Brackley based team for the 2010 season.
As reported by the German newspaper Bild and British broadcaster BBC earlier today, the German finally made th… (read more)
Social networking is billed as an extension of our real world social interactions and some say it’s equally important. To an extent this is very true, but this isn’t necessarily a good thing. While social networks made it easier to make friends or even get married, it’s also making it easier to lose them as well or, as the case may be, get a divorce. In fact, it looks like as much as 20 percent of divorces in the UK can be linked to some Facebook funny business from one of the spouses, at least that’s what The Telegraph is saying, more or less.
According to the report, social networks, like Facebook, are causing more and more people to be suspicious of their partners’ activities and for good reason it seems, as the same social networks are facilitating extra-marital affairs even if they’re the virtual kind. One law firm, talking to the Telegraph, which specializes divorce is claiming that 20 percent of all the cases they work with list some Facebook wrong-doing as at least part of the reason for the divorce.
It’s mostly just flirty chats and things getting a bit more intense than they should that get most people upset, though most of the times these aren’t linked to face-to-face meetings. Of course, in most cases Facebook is hardly the main reason for the break-up as well.
One in fi… (read more)
The BMW Concept ActiveE will be released at the Detroit auto show in January. Based on the 1-Series coupe, it is equipped with an electric engine with 170 hp and lithium ion batteries. This video teaser of the Concept ActiveE, with Efficient Dynamics, focuses on the comfort and space of the vehicle.
Calibre es el software imprescindible para todos aquellos que se hayan hecho con un lector de libros electrónicos, un “gestor de la biblioteca personal” que además se sincroniza con los dispositivos y también hace las veces de lector / visualizador en el ordenador. Sea de la marca que sea, soporte los formatos que soporte, Calibre aporta un valor esencial en estos tiempos de guerra de estándares, el de conversor universal entre ellos y el de funcionar con los lectores más populares especializados o no, desde Kindle hasta iPhone.
Pero además de todo esto, Calibre es un proyecto especialmente interesante porque se articula como intermediario entre el usuario y el fabricante del lector o el proveedor de contenidos. Si gran parte del éxito de Apple en la música se fundó en que iPod-iTunes eran el interfaz entre el usuario y la misma, Amazon y compañía tienen un problema para repetir lo mismo en con los libros y la prensa: Calibre ocupa el rol de iTunes y es difícil de sustituir porque por un lado convierte los formatos que el fabricante no soporta y porque integra la suscripción a fuentes de información abierta en internet. Una situación peculiar, El País es de pago en Kindle (ya hemos hablado de la nueva escasez que quieren crear en ese entorno) pero es gratis en la web… lo que hace Calibre es convertir la versión online en formato para Kindle y bajártela a diario. No es la misma experiencia de recibirla directamente en el dispositivo sin necesidad de conectarlo al ordenador, pero se le acerca mucho y es gratis.
Por cierto, alrededor del tema del libro electrónico y la privacidad, merece la pena echar un vistazo al estudio de la EFF, en el que el Sony Reader queda como “campeón de la privacidad para el usuario”.
As you remember, the Opel takeover attempt made by Magna earlier this year made the German carmaker to threaten Magna with the cancellation of some contracts if the deal went through. The deal failed on GM’s account, yet Volkswagen went through with its promise and announced it will no longer use Magna’s services for the creation of the next generation Porsche Boxster and Cayman.
According to Piston Heads, the German carmaker will move production to the recently acquired Karmann f… (read more)
Mazda’s European division announced today it has just launched a new feature on its press portal, dedicated to the journalists who wish to explore its online database. The portal now displays an extensive list of recommendations for hotels, restaurants and bars all over Europe.
All information at the online database about a particular hotel, bar or restaurant includes the address and contact information, a brief description and key information like price-level. The user can even… (read more)
Honda’s new CR-Z is one of the latest contraptions belonging to the Japanese manufacturer that are constantly making the headlines, this time with a set of new leaked photos revealing its interior. As you can see in the adjacent photos published by the Temple of VTEC webpage, the production version retains many of the features seen on the concept but Honda is yet to release the full list of specs regarding the model.
Power will come from a gasoline-hybrid unit, obviously optimized… (read more)
The wave of rumors connected to the Nissan GTR (such as a Nissan SUV with the GTR Powertrain and a 4 door GTR sedan) continues, according to Inside Line, as it is said that the following generation GTR (expected to come in 2012 as a 2013 model year) might get a hybrid powertrain as an option.
As the cited source mentions, the R36 (next generation) GTR might use the current VR38DETT 3.8 litre twin turbo V6 in combination with the electric powertrain showcased in the 2009 Infinity … (read more)
Until now, the machine integrity required to meet safety requirements has limited the functionality of many machines. Usually, the solution is met with simple, if not crude, logic – e.g. if a guard is open, the machine stops.
Now, when combined with robust processes to quantify risk, intelligent safety systems can free designers to create new and innovative solutions, with machines interacting intelligently with people whilst actually increasing human protection as well as enhancing machine productivity.
This was the target for Control Techniques’ during the development of SM-Safety – a programmable plug-in option for Control Techniques’ drives that offers industry-leading levels of machine safety.
Keeping up-to-date with the new standards for safety-related control systems such as EN 61800-5-2 with functions such as Safely Limited Position (SLP) is complex and time-consuming. In a single plug-in option module, SM-Safety provides a complete range of functions which are ideally suited to being implemented within a drive, increasing functionality, speed of reaction and, what’s more, reducing the overall cost. SM-Safety is a programmable option module that, when plugged into a Control Techniques Unidrive SP AC drive or the Digitax ST servo-drive frees engineers to do more.
“Design engineers of high volume OEM machinery, system integrators and maintenance engineers alike, all have safety responsibilities,” says Product Manager, Imad Rajraji, “and all find it complex and expensive to meet all of the relevant safety standards. The SM Safety module, which is effectively a mini safety PLC, simplifies the whole process and gives them complete piece of mind at a much-reduced cost, and performance can actually be significantly improved.”
Compared with a Safety PLC, SM-Safety is a fraction of the price, yet provides completely programmable parameters for the key nine safety functions required for machine safety. Using the free Control Techniques’ software, CTSafeLite – or for more advanced applications, CTSafePro – designers or users can build a comprehensive bespoke safety protection zone to meet the precise safety needs of the machinery.
“The SM-Safety firmware provides a large part of the SafePLC functionality and is easier to configure,” adds Imad Rajraji “and, we believe, takes Control Techniques ahead of the world market in drive safety.”
Gamm presents the new range of metallic plungers model APP/I. Stainless steel body, bolt and spring. Threaded body with screwdriver slotted head. Available also with heavy end-force spring. For certain minimum quantities custom threaded metal body upon request. For more information you can visit our web-site.
In the past, we’ve see some ridiculous defamation lawsuits filed in Canada, because (unlike the US), Canada’s defamation laws don’t have free speech protections included in them. Luckily, the Canadian Supreme Court has seen it reasonable to clarify Canada’s defamation laws by detailing a “responsible communication” defense, which allows any publisher (beyond just newspapers) to present a claim that they published the material responsibly, given the situation at hand. It’s nice to see various countries realize that draconian defamation laws may present a serious chilling effect on speech.
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