Tech Junkies Are Us

Touchscreen Coffee Table-Microsoft Surface

2009-02-02T08:56:00.000-08:00

Yes, you read the title correctly, Microsoft Surface is a touchscreen coffee table capable of everything from picking great restaurants for a night on the town to giving you direction to a movie theater with movie times. It allows you to sync smartphone contacts, send pictures or videos via email with handwriting recognition and just about everything accept cooking dinner. Its the equivalent if not better then a giant IPhone with a Dark Wood finish! Just Watch the Video and you'll see why no words can explain this incredible table.

Being the Techie that I am, I've been following this product for around 2 years now and it's finally starting to catch on. I saw CNN use it on 08's Election Coverage and just recently at the Marriott on Peachtree in Atlanta. As you would have expected from the expansive features from this God of Tech + Decor hybrids, it also comes with a hefty price tag starting at $60,000. There's a series of videos detailing its features at Microsoft Surface and Popular Mechanics and readers... please, try not to drool on your keyboards. Until next tech HFTechie signing off.

Top 20 Ways to Beat Boredom

2008-11-20T10:58:00.000-08:00

Ok, i have gotten this question alot lately from my Bros and Sisters back home and I have decided to post the list I wrote them to Keep them from dying of Boredom.

Hope you enjoy the list.
1. Blog Your Ass Off About Stupid Shit.
2. Knock On Your Neighbor's Door and Run without getting Caught.
3. Give Your unsuspecting Friend a Laxative and Wrap every Toliet seat in the house with Clear Cling Wrap and Enjoy.
3. Got Into Hi-Society venues and Randomly Fart and Blame the Person Next To You.
4. Watch Cartoons.
5. Sit in a Park with a Friend and Yell out Standbyer's Insecurities. For Example, you are sitting in a park and a lady is walking her dog, you will say "Mam, Beastiality is Illegal in Texas" and watch their Facial Expressions - Classic!
6. Call up your Homie and tell him to go to Pen Island.com. Best if done in a working environment.
7. Wear a McCain and Sarah Palin T-Shirt to the Mall.
8. Date a Ugly Fat Girl.
9. Date a Ugly Skinny Girl.
10. Go On A Date with a Fat Girl wearing a "Shes Like to Be On the Top" T-Shirt.
11. Read a Book.
12. Shit on the Neighbors Welcome Mat.
13. Make Weed Brownies and Go offer them at a Middle School Bake Sale.
14. Got to the Arcades.
15. Go To the Gas Station to Use the Restroom and Squirt Hershey Chocolate Syrup on the Walls and Toliet Handle.
16. Go to the Movies and Bootleg.
17. Drive up to Major Burger Chains Drive Through and Order Food from Competitor Burger Chains and Raise Hell when they say "We Dont Carry that". For Example- Go to BurgerKing and Order a Big Mac and Demand to speak with the manager if the cashier says its not available.
18. Dress Up as A Twinkie and Stand Out side the Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig and 24 Fitness Workout Room Windows. Making Love to the Window is Preferred - EXTRA KICK!
19. Call "Order in Advance" Food Places and Don't Pick it Up.
20. Yell 'KILL THE DONKEY BITCH' in a Greek Food Restaurant.
21. Work Out behind the Female Aerobics Class!
22. Go Ice Skating in a Moo Moo.
23. Call Random People in the Phone Books and Tell Them About Presidential Candidates and Urge them to Vote even though its Over!
24. Ride Your Bike through a Drive Through.
25. Ride in Your Car with a Ski Mask and an McCain Supporter T-Shirt.

More to Come!

Tech Junkies Are Us: Cool Gadgets for Christmas Season

2008-11-17T09:09:00.000-08:00

Tech Junkies Are Us: Cool Gadgets for Christmas Season

Cool Gadgets for Christmas Season

2008-11-17T08:59:00.000-08:00

Over the next few weeks, Gadget Reviews will be bringing you the best gadget gifts to give and receive this Christmas. we start with the USB Digital Negative Scannner, a great gift for older members of the family. The scanner digitally scans old negatives of photos you may have lost and brings them to life in colour, digital format. You can then edit and organise all those photos that are currently sitting as a pile of negatives somewhere in the loft. It's easy to use, just plug in to your PC or computer and scan away!

From http://www.gadgetreviews.tv/2008/10/top-christmas-g.html

The scanner is reasonably priced at £79.99 and is available from gadget website firebox.com, just click here to take a look...

Model Morphosis

2008-11-10T15:36:00.001-08:00

The life of a model is ever changing. Don't be who you want to be- be who the photgrapher, designer, or magazine wants you to be. A model's physical appearance is as varied as the runways the walk on. Sometimes it's hard to believe that the girl walking gracefully at Chanel is the same one skipping youthfully at Betsey Johnson.

The NY Times ran an article called Model Morphosis charting a day in the life of a few models going through Fashion Week. If I didn't know it was just one girl, I almost wouldn't believe it.

A model goes through a lot of makeup (and makeup remover) in one Fashion Week, but imagine how much a supermodel goes through in a career. Let's run with that...

For this little experiment, I picked Isabeli Fontana. She models for Victoria's Secret, so I think that makes her pretty super. She's also doing ads for Valentino, Versace,and Roberto Cavalli this season. The photos run from 2001 to 2008. I think her makeup removal for Viktor & Rolf (row 5, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th pictures) alone could keep the baby oil industry afloat.

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Photos all via Style.com. From top left: Alessandro Dell'Acqua Fall 05, Behnaz Sarafpour Spring 05, Christian Dior Fall 02, Dolce & Gabbana Fall 04, DSquared2 Fall 06, Givenchy Spring 06, Jeremy Scott Fall 02, John Galliano Spring 05, Louis Vuitton Fall 04, Marc by Marc Jacobs Spring 04, Versus Fall 02, Max Mara Spring 06, Miu Miu Fall 08, Miu Miu Spring 04, Oscar de la Renta Fall 08, Oscar de la Renta Spring 04, Prada Fall 08, Viktor & Rolf Fall 08, Viktor & Rolf Fall 01, Viktor & Rolf Spring 05, Valentino Fall 04, Versus Fall 01, Zac Posen Fall 08, Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 03.

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