Archive for July, 2008

Oh, that’s .. Cuil .. ?

July 28, 2008 - 8:51 am No Comments

It seems that a handful of Ex-Google employees have banded merrily together to create the next greatest search engine EVER, which for some reason they decided to pronounce ‘cool’. Claiming to be able to “Search 121,617,892,992 web pages”, developer Anna Patterson says it’s over 3 times as many pages as Google indexes.

Cuil Search Engine

The search results are presented in a kind of “magazine style,” and will apparently have better relevance and organization that will allow for more pertinent results as it goes down deep into the contents of the page, something Google has yet to master with it’s complicated ranking system.

Despite it’s high-ball A-list of Ex-Google developers and it’s over-exaggerated $33M venture capital behind the new website, I still have trouble finding important sites such as Gizmodo, Engadget and the Boy Genius Report — and not to mention myself. I’d say it still needs quite a bit of tweaking.

A revolver and plenty of quilted paper towels later.

Google.org throws $2.75M at Aptera

July 27, 2008 - 3:45 pm 2 Comments

Aptera

Google.org, the search wizard’s benevolent offspring, has thrown a hefty bone towards Aptera Motors — the people that are throwing convention out the door to bring you the bird-like, over-futuristic gas-sipper, to the tune of $2.75 Million dollars, adding another note-worthy notch to it’s belt with this investment.

Along with Aptera, ActaCell (an electric car battery maker) also received an infusion of $2.75 Million spearheaded by Google.org’s RechargeIT investment program. Hopefully, some of the money will be put to use bringing Aptera’s Typ-1 vehicle to the open market. It’s $30,000 estimated price tag and crazy 230+ MPG fuel economy will be a welcomed relief from rising fuel costs … and of course, our lack of a funky-fresh ride.

Plug to GoogleBlog, and a can of worms later.

Bold. Delayed. Again.

July 26, 2008 - 7:52 pm No Comments

AT&T Branded BlackBerry Bold

If you’re a BlackBerry fanboy enthusiast, like myself, then you’ve heard a world of different release dates for the AT&T BlackBerry Bold, ranging from June to October.

Word on the street is that the high-ups are planning a scheduled release date around September 1st, depending on how quickly they can train all their customer service reps.

We can dream for now.

Journey, Heart, and Cheap Trick

July 18, 2008 - 9:11 am No Comments

Journey, Heart & Cheap Trick

Journey will be performing at the Mandalay Bay, TONIGHT! I cannot express the joy and excitement I have for this right now. By the virtue of my lovely, illustrious sister, Karen, I was able to obtain two superb seats the night before the show. Thanks Kar! ;)

So who will join me in this event? For that, you’ll have to wait and see. I can only promise the most beautiful woman anyone has ever seen.

I’ll have a boat load of pictures to post and show everyone how the night went. It should be a pretty promising show.

I’ll have a post ready for everyone tomorrow morning.

See ya there!

Update: Apparently, my camera wasn’t allowed in the show. I only got a few shots of Heart and Journey with my BlackBerry. :(

Despite the prejudicism against my camera, the show was outstanding. We got great seats and great music all night long. And even some inbetween drunk freak show infront of us. It was awesome.

Wow and MGMT

July 13, 2008 - 3:33 pm No Comments

Writing a Mona LisaI say wow, because every time I look at my blog I want to write something but I never feel anything I have to say is important enough for me to take a few hours and properly format it and actually Write anything about.

Technology is as slumpy as the free Slurpees you can get at 7-11 on July 11th. The only thing people are really excited about are those retarded iPhone 3Gs, which in my opion is the largest waste of time in forever. Okay, BlackBerry Fan Boy status. Whatever.

I’ve been let down once again by CenterCode and all those lovely R&D people at Intel and AMD. What the fuck?

Anyway. That’s why I haven’t written anything. Not becuase I don’t want to but because I sound like a whiney bitch every time I don’t get my way.

MGMTSooo.. MGMT! Heard of them? Possibly the best thing to happen to my headphones in a while. I pirated the movie 21 not too long ago and I heard some pretty strange music. I researched the lyrics and low and behold it was MGMT. These two guys make the craziest beats and their harmony reminds me of old 70’s hits.

I bought their album, Oracular Spectacular, on iTunes and I have to say it’s one of the most upbeat electronica albums I’ve downloaded. My favorite tracks off the album are Time to Pretend, Weekend Wars, Electric Feel, Of Moons, Birds & Monsters.

You should definitely check them out.