Gettin' Themey With It, Na Na Na...

I love G-mail, don't you? Best free mail service out there, from the great search function to the G-Voice/Video Chat.
But you know what would make it better? Being able to add a theme to it and change as you will!
Google just announced that G-mail will now have many themes available for you to choose from to apply to your window. Currently there isn't any customization allowed, but we all know that sooner or later Google will open-source that bad boy.
They are rolling out this cool plug-in as we speak, some of you may already have it available, just go to your G-mail settings and click on the Themes tab.
I personally dig the chrome looking one, mid-left on the picture. Now I can add one more reason for me to be checking my e-mail every minute, good thing I don't own a Crackberry yet.

Source: Google

Constipated? Why Wait?

Remember this face, he will be the man you thank when this vibrating toilet seat gets manufactured and produced for the masses. Designed to help you feel stimulated and comfortable at the seat, maybe now going to do a number 2 will be fun!
No More Fiber! With this handy toilet, your bowels will be out in no time.
I wonder if this will cause another type of "stimulation" at the same time and result in a massive excretion of all sorts.
They should hire me to come up with a tag line to market that bad boy. How about:
Constipated? Have it vibrated!
I think Marky Mark (Mark Wahlberg) said it best... It's such a Good Vibration!

Source: Boing

Tired Of Those Kids? Three Words: Vasec To Me!

I'm not sure if this is a torture chair or Magneto's old dinner chair. Either or, it looks pretty dam cool, but now some unlucky people will be eating dinner with their hands since this designer bought up all these utensils!
From London, designer Osian Batyka-Williams uses hard-to-recycle silverware from restaurants who change their cutlery often. Good deed, I guess.



Tomorrow's news headline will read:
"Man may have accidentally gone through a vasectomy in the comfort of his own home!"

Source: Toxel

Glow In The Dark Cat Sparks New Halloween Costumes!

So I think I know what I want to do for Halloween! I will go to the mad scientists and tell them to inject me with some glow genes so I can stand out all night!
Not only do they clone animals now, they freaking make them glow in the dark...
No but seriously, I hope making animals glow in the dark will help improve our knowledge of the body and how to prevent diseases.

Mr. Green Genes in the light

Transforming in the black lite

Hulk SMASH!!!

Source: Dailymail

Goodbye Plastic, Hello Aluminum!

Apple announced their new upgraded laptops today!
New Macbooks and Macbook Pros coming as soon as tomorrow.

The all white models will now start at $999, while the new models will start at $1299.
Here are some cool new features:
-glass multi-touch trackpad [no more buttons, the whole trackpad is a button]
-aluminum body [gives it a much sleeker, sexy, stronger look]
-upgraded graphics [ 5x more than the old macbook, go Nvidia!]
-Corner to corner glass display [again, sexy!]
-5 hours battery life [not sure how much the older one was]

Overall, I am loving the black trim, looks so classy. Although I am still doing good with my old Macbook, I can't wait for it to break *ahem*, so I can get a new one!

Pics:


Source: Gizmodo

Ideal Pool For People Who Can't Swim (Jackie)!

I think I know why our economy is so terrible right now... Because we have genius's creating useless inventions like the one below. Seriously, what the heck kind of good can come out of this? It'll be a great trap or prank to play on someone you really really don't like. Dare them to jump into the pool for $20, hell, they can even strip down to a bathing suit! That'll sure trick 'em... but that would be cruel and immoral.
Anyway, click 'play' to waste a good 20 seconds of your life wondering why you listened to me.


Source: TodaysBigThing

Search Engine Rap Battle!

Hahahahahahahahaha... This is so retarded it's funny. I wonder who the hell came up with the idea. The verses are pretty relevant to the companies and their history, I love it!
"You're from Brokeback Mountain View!"

MSN Vs. GOOGLE


MSN Vs. YAHOO!


YAHOO! Vs. GOOGLE


Vote for your favorites here: Battle

T-Mobile / Google G1 Mobile Phone

Just finished streaming the live press conference from T-Mobile on the new G1 Phone on Google's Android open-source platform. Can't wait for it to release, I really want to see how it compares to the iPhone. Take that, Apple!

Here are some quick facts:
The phone will cost $179
Existing t-mobile customers can pre-order it now
Official release date is October 22nd at select stores
Current data plans: $25 limited data plan, $35 unlimited
Can read PDF and Word docs
Has 3G and Wi-Fi
Google Maps / Youtube

Picture:


Bonus image: Google founders Sergey and Larry arrived in style, on rollerblades.

Additional Coverage / Source: Gizmodo

Apple Brings Rainbow Flamboyancy To Our Ears!

Apple's "Let's Rock" event was earlier today, and included at this event is the announcement of new iPods / software. Here are some sexy shots of what's coming very very soon :)
I'm loving the new vibrant colors, I know babie would love the purple! All these iPods should be available soon, Nano's will still be at $149 for the 8GB!

Thinner iTouch

Finally, new headphones!

Source: Gizmodo / iLounge

Simon Says... Err, Google Says, Chrome!

Just a while ago Google released their browser, Chrome, to the public (striking resemblance to the game). Currently, this open source browser is available for Windows only. After using it for a little bit, my first impression is that the interface is very clean and simple. I wonder if Google will outdo Mozilla in the browser war.

Here are a couple cool features:

-Tabbed browsing where each tab gets its own process, leading to faster and more stable browsing. If one tab crashes, the whole browser doesn’t go down with it

-An “incognito” mode that lets you browse the web in complete privacy because it doesn’t record any of your activity

I am particularly interested in the incognito mode, if this becomes a very successful browser and this feature is popular amongst the users, what will happen to online marketers who drop cookies and track user's activity? Gone out the window are metrics for conversions, impressions, clicks, etc. This may well be a new change in technology that shoppers have been looking for, the ability to browse with privacy. It is still too early to tell though, we shall see what's to come. Give it a download and check it out for yourself!

There is also a comic book created to display key engineering decisions for this new technology. Pretty cool stuff. Here is a screenshot of the first page


Source: Crunchbase

Black Lights Are Fun Again!

Wow... Simply amazing, what a fantastic and clever routine involving black lighting. I've seen the combination of black lights with white used before, but none like this. This just takes it to a whole new level, just imagine the possibilities and the doors opened by this group showing what can be done with a low budget. I especially enjoyed the animated laughing face display, that was awesome. I wish I could be a part of a routine like this!

More Byte Than You Can Handle!

Nike Sportswear is definitely generating lots of buzz, especially with their recent block party and flagship store launch in SOHO. And now they bring to us this tiny cute little USB drive modeled after the Dunk. No word on how large the capacity is, but it will definitely be a collector's item. I wonder how much it'll cost! The material looks like a gummy candy, parents should be careful, the toddlers might just take a bite out of this one!


Source: Sneakernews

Are You Cuil Enough?

Watch out Google, there's a new search engine in town. Ex-Google employees just made public their new search invention, Cuil, pronounced "Cool", which comes from the Irish word meaning "wisdom" or "knowledge." Claiming to have a search index 3 times bigger than Google, but it's not about quantity is it? After searching a few times through Cuil, I don't get much relevant results, just a bunch of random stuff. I must say I do like the black background better, save that energy!
With Google owning 62% of the search market, followed by Yahoo at 21% and Microsoft at 8.5%, I doubt Cuil will be able to get into that piece of the pie, as of now anyway. You often hear people say "Google it!", but never "Yahoo it!" or "Microsoft Live it!" But if Cuil were to become popular and we started saying "Cuil it!", people may think we are trying to tell them to calm down!
Maybe Cuil will be able to dive into a question that Google cannot!

Source: CNN Money