Here’s something real cool. But before I tell you what it is, let me ask you: how many devices do you have that get charged through a USB port? I thought so. Almost everyone today has one device or more which use USB to charge. And yet, we don’t have the ability to charge directly from the wall without using a special adapter.
Well, that is changing. Take a look at the following picture:
Yup, it’s a wall socket with two USB ports built-in. And this device is a near reality and is currently pre-ordering for less than $20.00. Here’s the link to the manufacturer’s site which explains the specifications and gives some more information about the socket: http://store.fastmac.com/product_info.php?products_id=458. I love it when technology moves in the right direction.
I love to take photographs, specially of living creatures. However, I can’t even get close to (not in this lifetime at least) this guy and his photographs. Take a look at the photo below:
Did you like it? Well, this is just a sample of what he has up on his site: http://www.abelic.net/. Enjoy the photos and you are welcome.
I have always deeply enjoyed reading Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Actually, I have always enjoyed reading mysteries, period. That whodunit question always keeps me hooked. I always like to stop in the middle of the novel and try to assemble the clues received so far to see whether I can think like the author. Well, it turns out that there are many people who are like me. They love solving mysteries. I would like to introduce The 5 minute mystery.
This website is awesome. Basically, every day, you get a quick mystery story that you can read in under 5 minutes. Now, its up to you to solve it. You can use the clues given in the mystery to either incriminate or exonerate the suspects in the story. Then you submit the results, and wait for the next day when the solution is released. Depending on whether you got the right answer and depending on whether you used all the clues or not, you get points.
If you are really good, then these points help you get ranked on the Leaderboard, where you can show off your power of logical reasoning. Personally, I think its worth joining the site just to read the stories and the solutions alone (even if you don’t want to solve them). It would be fun reading who stole the rent at the detective’s office, or the dilemma of the gift at the white house.
And this is not just a here now, gone tomorrow website. Its even getting covered in news: ABC News.
Ah man, although I love everything that Blizzard does, and am a big Warcraft fan myself, I am not too sure why this has become so popular. What is next? World or World of World of Warcraft? Check out the video from Onion News Network:
Oh by the way, before you get carried away. This is the Onion News Network, which means its fake news. Heh heh.
All those people who have a software development skill set should not despair if you are not being able to make ends meet, or are afraid that their jobs may be in the the limbo.
Instead, look for other venues to make money. Try doing freelance work on the Internet, have a blog and make it popular, or try the latest trend: make an iPhone application. The Internet is awash with stories of people who are generating full time incomes from the Apple AppStore. At the same time, there are thousands of application which come and get shot down even before you notice they are there.
However, here’s one story which has got to give you some inspiration to try this. Ethan Nicholas wrote a game called iShoot for the iPhone outside his regular job in a little over six weeks.
Since the launch of the game, he has made over $700,000 on it. Yes, that is right. That is over 5 years worth of pay for most people. That makes you think, that this iPhone thing is certainly worth a shot.
However, you shouldn’t think that this is a walk in the park. Here’s another iPhone app story which is not exactly a fairytale (covered on TechCrunch). Have you developed an iPhone app? What was your experience?
Okay, I have stolen the title of this post, and I have stolen the image for this post as well. But it was too good to not share with everyone. Here’s a perfect depiction of what the title says: “Sometimes you just don’t care”. It is by a brilliant artist named Ainara, and her blog is full of such illustrations.
How does this sound for a vacation trip? The Fiji Islands, Australia, India, Africa, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, Scotland, and Ireland. From the Taj Mahal to the castles of Ireland; from searching for the monster in the Loch Ness, to laying in wait for the big 5 in Kenya. Are you with me now? Can you imagine the adventure already?
Now imagine doing all this back to back over a period of 3 months. Furthermore imagine that you don’t have to pay anything on such a vacation, you get it all expenses paid. Okay, okay, before you think this is a scam and leave, let me reveal it all.
All of the above is yours to be had because World Traveler Internship is taking two interns to an all expense paid trip to all the destinations mentioned above. This trip is sponsored by STATravel.com, the leading service provider for student travel. Of course, nothing in life comes for free (don’t worry, I am not asking you to pay money here), and so there are some minimum qualifications: you need to have crazy willingness to travel the world and tell stories about it; you should be better than anyone you know in creative writing and speaking; you need to be outgoing and should love adventure sports; you need to have killer photography skills; you basically need to rock.
You think that you have all that? Well, you need to prove it of course. Make a video to show all of the above, and post it on youtube (details available on the Internship site), and if you can show that you are all that, you may be one of the two extremely lucky people to be part of this awesome travel trip. Not that you need more reasons to bring out your handycam already, but I am not done. Here are some more reasons for why you need to get going on this:
Liked it? Need more reasons? Check out what the past Interns say and what they did? Oh by the way, even if you think that you are not all of the above, or you have your doubts, its still worth the try, because there are great runners up prizes (personally, I like the second runner up prize better than the first runner up prize).
, although even this looks ugly.