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“Sent From My…” Email Signatures

Jul 06. 2010

I was reading Lifehacker's The Worst Email Habits and Annoyances You Should Avoid (or At Least Be Aware Of) and was surprised to read that email signatures containing "Sent from my iPhone/iPad/BlackBerry/mobile" made the top of the list. I honestly don't mind these signature lines, as almost all of my iPhone-toting friends still use the default "Sent from my iPhone" email signature that comes standard on the device. If anything, I like seeing how my friends and acquaintances keep in (electronic) touch. As a matter of fact, I have set the default email signature on my own phone to say the following: -Jenny Sent from my Moto Droid(Powered by Evil Ninja Monkeys) Most of my friends are aware of my obsession with evil ninja monkeys (see the...

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Canon’s Wonder Camera Concept Leaves Me Nostalgic

Jul 06. 2010

Yesterday, Canon revealed the Wonder Camera concept at the World Expo 2010. Canon is confident that by the year 2030, technology will have advanced enough that the need for different lenses will become obsolete. The Wonder Camera would be equipped with a single lens that is capable of shooting macro to 500mm. The non-interchangeable lens will be accompanied by an all-touch interface, an extremely high-resolution sensor, and image stabilization so advanced as to make shooting at that unspeakably high zoom range a viable option. The best part? The Wonder Camera does not take pictures. Instead, it's a video-only device that shoots extremely high resolution — so high, in fact, that if you fail to take advantage of the integrated mega-zoom, mega-stabilized, perpetual-focus...

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Magnetic Thinking Putty

Jul 06. 2010

It stretches! It bounces! It tears! It also has a mind of its own when put into contact with metallic objects. Sold at Vat19 for $13.50 (currently sold out ), the Magnetic Thinking Putty also comes with a super-strong neodymium iron boron magnet that lets you play with the stuff straight out of the box. Take a look at the video below and tell me that it doesn't remind you of T-1000: Via Gizmodo. ...

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Smug Pregnant Women

Jul 06. 2010

This morning, a fellow pregnant woman on my birthboard caught a lot of flack for posting that pregnant women who are "only" 6 months along should not be waddling or rubbing their bellies in public. She believes that this act is only meant to draw attention to oneselves in order to seek special treatment. I vehemently disagreed with this statement because I have been waddling slightly since month 4 — my loosening hip joints sometimes really feel like they're about to pop loose, and waddling eases the pain somewhat. As for rubbing my belly in public, I have found myself doing this more and more often as the intensity of my braxton hicks contractions increase and rubbing helps with the discomfort....

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Animals on the Underground

Jul 05. 2010

In 1988, illustrator Paul Middlewick was staring at a map of the London Underground on his daily commute home from work when he "saw" an elephant among the lines, stations, and symbols — similar to how the ancients discovered constellations in the night sky. Since then, the elephant has been joined by 33 other animals in a collection called Animals on the Underground. Batstation nickname: Highgate Puppy (dog)station nickname: Colliers Wood Catstation nickname: Queen's Park Puppy (hound)station nickname: Hounslow Central Cockerelstation nickname: Cockfosters Ravenstation nickname: Ravenscourt Park Dogstation nickname: Barking Reindeerstation nickname: Caledonian Road Elephantstation nickname: Elephant & Castle Baby Rhinostation nickname: Kenton Emustation nickname: High Barnet Rhinostation nickname: Hornchurch Angel Fishstation nickname: Angel Sealstation nickname: Finsbury Park Flamingostation nickname: Rotherhithe Snailstation nickname: Mudchute Goosestation nickname: Canada Water Stagstation nickname: Richmond Hawkstation nickname: Goldhawk Road Tortoisestation nickname: Oval Houndstation nickname: Hounslow...

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