Month: August 2010 (Page 3 of 6)

3D IMAX porn is on the way

August 17, 2010 / Jeff Morgan

We have regular porn. We have streaming porn. We have 3D porn, giant porn, mobile porn, and now, NOW we will have 3D IMAX porn. Yes, folks, gigantic people parts smacking all over each other IN 3D! This is just sad.

The film, based on a classic Chinese erotic text, is being shot in Hong Kong. Director Christopher Sun thinks 3D porn will bring the “wow factor” that porn viewers long for. “Somehow when you’re doing a 3-D movie you always want to make an impressive image because the viewers … are going to buy tickets with double or even triple the ticket price to get into a world they’ve never seen before,” he said. He’s right on one count. I don’t live in a world of giant balls.

For all of you thinking this is a great idea, remember that there is someone sitting next to you. On both sides. Someone you don’t know. Oh, he’s also probably touching himself. I can think of very few things I would rather do less in a theater than watch porn. And just in case you thought maybe this one time the porn industry would try to make a respectable film, consider this: “The sex scenes are explicit and sometimes violent, but the main theme of the story is love,” according to the director. NOthing says good love like violent sex.

Source: Reuters

Cameras, News

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My experience with subscription music services

August 17, 2010 / Jeff Morgan

I constantly struggle to find new music. Yes, there are a million resources out there – blogs, fan sites, news and reviews, venues, torrents, etc. etc. – but there’s so much music in the world that a lot of it ends up sounding the same, and I don’t want something that always sounds the same.

I decided I was going to try a streaming service for the sheer amount of music available. Pandora isn’t on-demand so that was out. I gave Rdio a shot because it was free and had just launched but their selection was woefully slim (they were missing big names like The Arcade Fire among some lesser stuff I was hoping for). From there I turned to MOG and I’ve been fairly impressed. Their selection is good, the iPhone app is passable, as is their web-based player, but I don’t think I’ve discovered all that much.

MOG does have a feature on the web player that allows you to broaden your horizons by including similar artists to the one at the top of your playlist, but it’s just not diverse. It’s the same thing with Pandora. What I want is some sort of discovery mode, where the player throws a wide selection of stuff at you, based not just on the music you’re listening to, but what other people interested in that selection listen to. I would love if it there was even some sort of blacklist feature so that you wouldn’t get the same old mix.

As a for instance, I’m listening to The Hold Steady right now. The similar artist list is about what you’d expect – Modest Mouse, A.C. Newman, Spoon, White Rabbits – all bands that someone listening to The Hold Steady would probably say, “Hey, you’d like these guys, too.” I don’t need that kind of guarantee, though. I want to hear a mix of stuff I might not like and might like and might be surprised I like, and I haven’t found a music service that provides that.

I probably won’t renew my MOG subscription beyond a month because I’m not getting a whole lot more from it than I can get from a Pandora. The on-demand is nice, but the web-player is a little clunky, and I have plenty of music to get through on my own.

Apps, Music

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How to repaint a plane

August 16, 2010 / Jeff Morgan

Virgin Atlantic plane livery time-lapse movie from johnson banks on Vimeo.

Do you want to ride in a plane that looks like it’s been exposed to hours of direct sunlight, its paint chipped and dinged from debris? Of course not! Still, it’s tough for me to imagine that part of my ticket cost is going toward paying all of these people just to repaint a plane. I’ve also never noticed how dingy a plane really is until I saw the plane at the end of this video. That thing is glowing.

At any rate, a very cool video about what it takes to make a plane look brand new again, luring you back in to a sense of security about one of the more unnatural things human beings have found a way to accomplish.

Video

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This guy has the world’s longest…email address

August 16, 2010 / Jeff Morgan

Of all the things in the world to be able to lay claim to as “the longest,” email addresses probably wouldn’t be the first to jump to your mind. For Peter Craig, though, it’s a badge of honor. He currently holds the URDB (Universal Record Database) World Record for the longest email address at 345 characters. Here’s the full address:

contact-admin-hello-webmaster-info-services-peter-crazy-but-oh-so-ubber-cool-english-alphabet-loverer-abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz@please-try-to.send-me-an-email-if-you-can-possibly-begin-to-remember-this-coz.this-is-the-longest-email-address-known-to-man-but-to-be-honest.this-is-such-a-stupidly-long-sub-domain-it-could-go-on-forever.pacraig.com

Why you would want such a thing is completely beyond me, and this is probably the easiest WR to own. Want to beat Peter? Buy a domain, make an absurd subdomain, and voila! Three hundred and forty-six characters here I come.

Source: Laughing Squid

Computers, Websites

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E-Mail Hosting Is Not the Only Thing That Has Changed in E-Mail

August 11, 2010 / Staff

Since the dawn of the Internet, electronic mail, or e-mail, has gone through a number of changes. From something that was once only available as an inter-office messaging system, this technology now allows users to check their e-mail from their phone regardless of where they are in the world. Here are some changes that have taken place over the last few decades regarding this technology.

E-Mail Hosting
There was a time when most companies that offered e-mail hosting charged for their services. People were paying $9.95 a month and even more just for the luxury of having an e-mail address. Today, however, paying for a basic e-mail service is almost unheard of. The only time people pay for their e-mail accounts these days is if the host provides more services along with the e-mail. Even then, many companies still offer free addresses.

Instant Messaging
Some e-mail providers offer instant messaging services that allow you to chat in real-time with other people who are online. This is faster than e-mail messages because it goes directly to the person’s screen without the individual having to check the messages. The person doesn’t have to open anything up; the message is simply there, waiting for a response. Many e-mail services provide a sound or a visual alert to let you know when a new instant message comes in, too.

Storage Space
Before the Internet became such a staple for everyday life, you could only store a certain number of emails in an account with many providers. However, some e-mail providers are now offering unlimited storage of emails regardless of how many you have. You can create folders and organize your emails, too, so they are easier to find when you are searching for something in particular.

As technology continues to evolve, you can be sure e-mail hosting will, too.

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