Friday, May 11, 2012

Kickstarter: Turn Your iPad Into An Etch-A-Sketch

knobsLooking to relive your childhood or turn your iPad into a hackneyed political pun? You'd best get over to Ari Krupnik's Kickstarter project. For $60 you get a red or blue case that simulates the actual Etch-A-Sketch knobs, allowing you to perform all of the deft maneuvers to which you're accustomed. Stair steps? Easy. Long curve? Go for it. Horrible script writing? Bingo. The product is completely licensed by Ohio Art and the company is trilled with the attention and the high-tech upgrade to their flagship product. They may even manufacture the device in Ohio Arts' factories.

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Puyol says playing at Euro 2012 is 'impossible'

Associated Press Sports

updated 10:14 a.m. ET May 9, 2012

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -Barcelona defender Carles Puyol says it will be "impossible" to recover from knee surgery in time to help Spain defend its European Championship title next month.

Puyol will undergo surgery on his right knee Saturday and is expected to be sidelined for six weeks. He will miss Barcelona's Copa del Rey final on May 25 and looks set to be left out of Euro 2012, which starts on June 8.

The 34-year-old center back says he plans to recover as quickly as possible, adding "I'm not sure if this will be my last Euro but what I'm sure of is that I want to retire on the field, not in the operating room."

Puyol has made 99 appearances for the World Cup champions and has been a key member of its recent successes.

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AT&T looking to introduce family data plans

(AP) ? The head of AT&T's wireless business says he's looking to introduce plans that share a data allowance among family members, similar to the way it sells family calling plans.

AT&T's Ralph de la Vega says the company is working out the details of such plans, but has no firm launch date. Competitor Verizon Wireless has said it plans to introduce family plans this summer.

De la Vega said, "We'll introduce them when we can." He was speaking on the sidelines of the CTIA Wireless show in New Orleans, which opened Tuesday.

The plans could make data service more affordable in families where data-capable devices such as smartphones, tablets and laptops proliferate. Right now, each device needs a separate data plan.

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Angry Birds has been downloaded more than a billion times [video]

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Will gay marriage haunt Obama in November?

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Gay marriage is in the news -- because Vice President Joe Biden put it there. He let the genie out of the bottle and got ahead of his boss on an issue the president has been trying to straddle for the last year and a half.

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Businessman Fights Off Goose With Lightsaber


Geese. City parks. Rarely a good combination.

On his way out of the office, a businessman learned this first-hand as he was accosted by a particularly aggressive goose. Luckily, he had a lightsaber on him.

Okay, not really. Both his weapon and the goose's were digitally added after the fact to make the video below even better. Nicely played as always, Internet.

This is probably a more compelling laser sword fight than Darth Maul vs. Qui-Gon in The Phantom Menace, even if Lucasfilm's CGI is marginally better:

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SEC sues ex-Detroit mayor for influence peddling

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