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From TrendHunter.com – Cool Gadgets and Gifts –Camera Level Cubes – Align Your Shots for Picture Perfect Photography With the Camera Cube (GALLERY):
“ (TrendHunter.com) Sometimes that unplanned snap of the camera turns into a hip creative photograph, but sometimes you want that picture perfect frame and angle for your shot. The Camera Cube is a 3-dimensional level that…”
From Good-Tutorials: Newest Tutorials –Capture images from the webcam:
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In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to take image captures from the webcam.
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From TrendHunter.com – Viral Humor and Comedy –Face Morphing Screensavers – Mug Shooter Distorts Your Face for Fun (VIDEO):
“ (TrendHunter.com) This psychedelic screensaver not only distorts your face, but provides endless hours of entertainment and distraction. Mug Shooter takes a picture of your face with a special camera program uses an automatic…
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From TrendHunter.com – Cool Websites and Internet Culture –Extreme Internet Censorship – “Green Dam of China” Declares Johnny Depp Obscene (GALLERY):
“ (TrendHunter.com) China has decided that Johnny Depp is apparently ‘obscene’ material alongside Paris Hilton and Garfield. A new program called Green Dam of China is to be downloaded automatically on to all new PCs after…
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From TrendHunter.com – Cool Websites and Internet Culture –SFW Nudetography – Nudist Culture, Minus the Naughty Bits (GALLERY):
“ (TrendHunter.com) These pictures are brilliant. Someone has scoured the Internet to find the best Safe for Work (SFW) images from nudist camps and online fan sites.
I love the man with the fat belly decorating the Christmas?
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From TrendHunter.com – Cool Gadgets and Gifts –Robot Taxis – Petr Kubik Envisions a Future Without Cab Drivers (VIDEO):
“ (TrendHunter.com) This robot taxi is from the fertile mind of Petr Kubik. The concept is the taxi reimagined as a robot so that there would be no need for a driver.
The robot taxi would be entirely controlled by electronics…
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From TrendHunter.com – Cool Gadgets and Gifts –Personal Credit Card Readers – The SmartSwipe Revolutionizes Online Shopping (VIDEO):
“ (TrendHunter.com) SmartSwipe is a new personal credit card reader invented by a young entrepreneur from the city of Regina in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada.
The device seeks to revolutionize the current online…
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http://www.boobiethon.com
They’re looking for:
– Donors
– Bloggers to submit their boobs
TOTALTO DATE: $3,110.00
– Total Raised For Susan G. Komen For The Cure: $3,110.00
– Total Raised For The KatScan Fund: $500.00
(And it’s barely been over 24 hours!!!)
I say if you’re going to do a great cause, make it fun right?
I’ve been an avid supporter of theirs since 2002, and every year they exceed their goals… go check em out!
HOORAY FOR BOOBIES!!!!!
It’s time again for the 6th Annual Bloggers Boobie-thon!
Problem Adults are giving our all and pitching in where we can. Hope you will too.
Anyone can be a tough-talking internet badass. Making threats and intimidating people in blog comments and message boards. You see it all the time with the 101st Fighting Keyboarders. All you need is a big mouth, a screenname and some anonymous surfing program. Taking a stand while hiding behind a BIG wall of anonymity?
Big deal… You’re a WUSS!
Now when you put your REAL NAME out there. Your reputation and business on the line? That’s balls!
The big news this week was the thousands of people revolting on Digg over posts regarding the DVD HD encryption code being posted as they removed it and banned the members.
Then, Digg founder Kevin Rose surprised everyone by blogging about it and posting the encryption code!
It’s not about the encryption code anymore. It’s become a symbolic fight against censorship and those companies and corporate bullies we love to hate…
…but with a catch, do you support piracy?
It’s a false dilemma. Choosing the lesser of two evils when you have a 3rd hidden option.
I support people trying to protect their intellectual property. I also oppose some of the ridiculous laws and corporate bullying going on by the AACS, RIAA, MPAA and any other DRM group. A lot more than I oppose piracy, but not enough to condone one evil over another.
So I present you another false dilemma:
You’re in a street fight. You opponent is way bigger than you. What do you do?
a) Don’t back down and get your ass kicked.
b) Run away and look like a wuss in front of everyone.
BZZT! BOTH WRONG! The answer is….
c) You hire an even BIGGER MOTHERFUCKER to take down your opponent.
(Do I have to do ALL the thinking for you?)
The Tiki Lounge has a great discussion about it, as well as Problem Adults. If you support Digg and Kevin Rose and the stand they’re taking, rather than stand there chanting “Fight! Fight! Fight!”, you can help him by keeping this issue in the spotlight and by supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
They’re bigger. They’re badder and they take on these kinds of censorship cases all the time. Join the EFF and give till it hurts.
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