June 2008
151 posts
99Rental.com →
What a great idea: Every week Apple offers a special 99 cent movie rental on iTunes. 99Rental.com keeps track of the $0.99 iTunes Movie of Week for you. You can check the site or be notified…
Jun 28th
Congrats to Bill Gates. He has defined an Era. http://tinyurl.com/42tvbf
Jun 27th
‘Browser’ →
Shared by joekwon it’s so true This seems like a very accurate rule of thumb.  ★ 
Jun 27th
Nike+ gym equipment coming July -- iPhone... →
Shared by joekwon I will personally attest to the effectiveness that is Nike+. When it first launched over 2 years, I bought the system and I went from a life of not being able to run at a steady…
Jun 27th
Amazon's gold box deal: Smash Bros Brawl for $26 →
Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii Amazon’s gold box deal of the day is Super Smash Bros. Brawl for $25.99, a price that makes not owning the Wii title…
Jun 27th
Video: Darth Vader and R2D2 hubs fulfill your dork... →
Filed under: Peripherals Put down that Lego nerd, it’s time to give your (only?) other interest a poke. Meet the $68 animatronic Darth Vader and R2D2 USB hubs. Just stuff a USB…
Jun 27th
Celebrate Bill Gates Day with us here at Engadget →
Shared by joekwon Congrats to Bill Gates. Whatever your opinion is of this guy, he has definitely influenced and shaped the personal technology and computing industry for the past 20 years. …
Jun 27th
New Frozen Drink at L.A. Starbucks? →
From Required Eating Good morning, serious eaters! Here’s something to wake you up in a cool way: It looks like Starbucks may have a new drink rolling out soon. The blog Eater L.A….
Jun 27th
The pumpkin rule →
Shared by joekwon i too have a hording problem of collecting links from all over the web. At times, I know I’m digitally bankrupt. Today, I would like to welcome Megan Drayton as a guest…
Jun 27th
Ron Mueck: Hyper-Realist Sculptor →
Astonishingly realistic sculpture. (Thanks to my wife.)  ★ 
Jun 27th
Apple - Seminars Online - News and Sports Editing... →
video editing
Jun 27th
Google Street View Car Drives Into Microsoft... →
Shared by joekwon this has to be the geekiest form of rival behavior I’ve ever heard of. Reader Don sends in this fantastic tip about a Google Street View car actually driving around and…
Jun 27th
Girl Spins On Escalator Thanks to Physics or Magic... →
Shared by joekwon awesome There are moments in which, for whatever reason, being it a scientific discovery, a voyage into the unknown, or somebody’s excessive alcohol intake, humanity advances…
Jun 27th
Sony unveils 2008 ES receiver lineup →
Shared by joekwon gimme Filed under: Home Entertainment Say hello to this year’s warmed-over line of Sony’s ES 7.1 channel audio/video receivers. Now-standard features in the line…
Jun 27th
Prince Sues Devoted Norwegian Fans Who Made Cover... →
Filed under: Audio/Video, Celebrities On June 7th, the artist and sex symbol formerly known as Prince officially turned 50 and apparently someone brought hime the wrong…
Jun 27th
The Paper Version of the Web at Deeplinking →
Jun 26th
Magnets Kill the Cell Phone Speaker Buzz [Clever... →
Do your speakers buzz and crackle whenever a new text message or call is about to come in on your nearby cell phone? What has come to be known as “GSM Buzz” happens because the wire in…
Jun 26th
More States Restricting Texting While Driving --... →
Filed under: Car Tech, Cell Phones, Summer Fun The large block of land to your left called California is about to become the largest state to ban “unlimited cellphone use by…
Jun 26th
Microsoft, then and now →
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Man, who could have predicted back in 1978 that this collection of nerds, dweebs, and hippies would come to rule the desktop? A time when a PC in every…
Jun 26th
korean web design gallery →
korean webdesign gallery
Jun 26th
Channy's Blog →
blog on korean web stuff
Jun 26th
Law of the Game on Joystiq: No Freedom of Trash... →
Shared by joekwon very well written explanation of what The First Amendment really means in context to the abuse of it’s constant citation Filed under: Features Each week Mark Methenitis…
Jun 26th
Picking The Right Compact Fluorescent Light For... →
We have all heard about how it pays to go green when you ditch your power guzzling incandescent bulbs for money saving, eco-friendly CFLs—but have you given any thought to what type of CFLs…
Jun 26th
Joss Stone: Piracy is Brilliant, Music Should be... →
Joss Stone, who won a Grammy last year, loves music, but hates the the music industry. In a recent interview she said that - unlike herself - most artists are brainwashed by the industry, and…
Jun 26th
Shooting the Dark Knight With Little CGI and... →
Shared by joekwon w00t Wired recently published an excellent article on the Dark Knight (Batman Begins 2). It’s a must-read for anyone who’s a fan of Batman, the film’s director,…
Jun 26th
Let TripIt help plan your next adventure →
Filed under: Internet, Productivity, Social Software All of us could use a personal assistant every now and then, especially when it comes to planning your itinerary for a trip…
Jun 26th
Where’s The Hole? →
Do sinks really need a paradigm shift in design? Designer Maja Ganszyniec seems to think so. Check out this Plugless Sink. From the name you should be able to figure out what’s different about it….
Jun 26th
2003 Bill Gates email reveals frustrations with... →
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops While Bill Gates’ imminent retirement from Microsoft is understandably a cause for some quiet moments of reflection for some, it’s also given folks an…
Jun 25th
Interactive Advertising's Coming Out Party →
Shared by joekwon I want a uniqlo shirt. gimme. Consider this: A viral online video phenomenon won a Grand Prix at the Cannes International Advertising Festival that was usually reserved for…
Jun 25th
Top 10 Ways to Trick Yourself into Saving Money... →
Shared by joekwon #9 is awesome. #6 is just plain hilarious. Good money management is a mental exercise in self-regulation and focusing on the long-term goal, even when you’re sure you…
Jun 25th
I think I love Uniqlock http://tinyurl.com/273qrh
Jun 25th
» 10 Examples of Beautiful CSS Typography and how... →
Jun 25th
Report: US must have universal gigabit broadband... →
Shared by joekwon *sigh* again, politicians wasting tax payer money to make it seem like they care. VIDEO GAMES DON’T CAUSE VIOLENCE PEOPLE. A new report sponsored by North Carolina’s official…
Jun 25th
By Open Sourcing Symbian, Nokia Kicks Off the... →
Shared by joekwon weird, this article just popped supporting my earlier rant that the mobile os wars have begun. clairvoyance or sheer common sense? The mobile software age is here. Symbian…
Jun 25th
How to Throw a Perfect High-Five →
Shared by joekwon haha, it’s true. botched hi-fives = lame The classic high-five says a lot of things: I’m awesome, you’re awesome, the moment we just shared was awesome. But there’s nothing more…
Jun 25th
Los Angeles Traffic Cam brings live gridlocks to... →
Filed under: Cellphones, Transportation We have all ideas (okay, so we know it for a fact) that the Los Angeles Traffic Cam was designed for those living in LA, but we can’t help…
Jun 25th
My life seems insignificant and meaningless when I consider the works of Johnny Lee. http://tinyurl.com/48mkqs
Jun 25th
“…I still function…” “Wanna bet?”
Jun 25th
Turn signal jacket how-to →
Shared by joekwon After being in busy foot traffic places like Disneyland or worse, Costco, I think this might be a good idea. Filed under: misc hacks [Leah Buechley], whose work we’ve…
Jun 25th
More Wiimote hacking from Johnny Lee →
Shared by joekwon OMG WHY GOD? WHY? Why did you give Johnny Lee all the brains! Why can’t I be this smart! Filed under: wii hacks
Jun 25th
Facebook-'Dipping' Teens Using Web 2.0 to... →
Shared by joekwon I shouldn’t laugh, but this is pretty funny Filed under: Computers, Google Are the dog days of summer weighing you down with heat, humidity and a bit of boredom…
Jun 25th
Sensitive Number Finder Detects Insecure Personal... →
Shared by joekwon a good defense is a strong offense. You can use this on your own machine to see if you have any numbers stored away you forgot about. All platforms with the Java…
Jun 25th
5 days back and I still have jetlag…zzz…
Jun 25th
Symbian, iPhone & the New Mobile Reality →
Shared by joekwon You don’t have to read below if you don’t want to. But what it means is that the Mobile User Experience war has begun. iPhone started it, Google is getting into it, and the…
Jun 24th
How to Consolidate Firefox 3's Chrome... →
Shared by joekwon because extra vertical browsing real-estate is hard to come by… Now that you’ve minimized Firefox’s chrome using a few good user styles, it’s time to maximize your…
Jun 24th
Animoto Now Available For Commercial Use →
Shared by joekwon Maybe I should’ve used this to create Grace’s 5th grade class video. Animoto, the web application that allows users to quickly and easily create personalized,…
Jun 24th
The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the... →
Shared by joekwon this kind of makes sense “All models are wrong, but some are useful.” So proclaimed statistician George Box 30 years ago, and he was right. But what choice did we have? Only…
Jun 24th
1.5 Million Australian Students Dump... →
Shared by joekwon gooooo GMAIL! Google just took away one of the world’s largest Outlook/Exchange installations for 1.5 million students at Australian schools, and replaced it with Gmail….
Jun 24th
CableCARD uptake abysmal as most wind up in... →
Shared by joekwon I KNEW this was going to happen. The concept that people will just plug their cable directly into their TV is such an outdated understanding of technology. TV’s are increasingly…
Jun 24th
The Greatest Video Ever Posted on the Internet →
Shared by joekwon Gus shared, this. Pretty awesome I must say. Due to my father-in-law’s cancer, the mood is fairly grim these days at Casa MetroDad. That’s why I was pleasantly surprised to…
Jun 24th