I have an android phone, and I am currently waiting (not too) patiently for the promised Android versions

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This looks like everything I want from a social network. It is limited to only 50 friends, so I don’t have to worry about friending people I only tangentially know.

Instagram

I am currently using Picplz on my android, but the UI is rough and it feels like an “also ran” app. I like the ability to post photos to multiple locations on picplz, but I would like a more robust user base.

Wunderlist

I have started using this on my desktop (in conjunction with the Hipster PDA for when I am not at my computer) and can’t wait for the Android app to come out.

I understand that developing for Android has many more hurdles than iphone (different OS versions, different screen sizes, different phone capabilities, etc) but the longer it takes to release an Android version of their software, the less relevant they risk becoming. If developing for the android is not something these companies think they can do, then they should consider opening up APIs so 3rd party devs can do what they are unable to.

A few weeks ago I entered a contest on Wine-girl.net to win a Tassimo coffee maker. I decided to enter because

1. I really like coffee
2. My current coffee maker was cheap
3. free stuff

I was rather surprised when I woke up a few days later with an email from Michelle (AKA the wine girl of wine-girl.net) congratulating me on winning the contest. Jump to today when I hear someone outside of my front door… I open it and this is what I am greeted with:

I tore in to the box like a kid on Christmas morning, and was shocked to see that not only did Tassimo send me a T20 coffee maker, but two different packs of T-Discs (one of the Gevalia Signature Blend and of the Starbucks Latte Primo) and a color kit to change the look of the coffee maker.

The T20 is probably the simplest piece of technology in my house. I had it set up in seconds and ran through the cleaning cycle without any problems. From opening the box to getting a cup of coffee brewing took no more than 5 minutes.

Thank you Tassimo and Michelle for the contest. I am looking forward to a long life of great coffee (or hot chocolate or tea).

Mainly because I would be way too hot inside that giant fur suit. (Not to mention that it would make me a complete deviant)

http://inhabitat.com/banned-four-loko-recycled-into-auto-fuel/

The once-popular (now illegal) alcoholic energy drink Four Loko is being reborn — as auto fuel. Wholesalers along the East Coast started sending cases of the fruity malt beverages to MXI Environmental Services, one of three plants in the U.S. that recycles ethanol, after the Food and Drug Administration banned the drinks last November. The vice president of operations at MXI, Bruce Potter, said that they expect to receive a couple hundred truckloads of the drink a day, even though the plant is only equipped to process four truckloads per day. Each truckload contains 2,000 cases of the 23.5 ounce beverages and while MXI is currently at full-capacity, Potter noted that his competitors are also taking shipments.

It seems that the wonderful drink known as Four Loko is actually good for something: being recycled as fuel for automobiles. Maybe I wasn’t that far off when I said it tasted like diesel fuel and regret…

http://www.youtube.com/ninjaunboxing2

This is a great use of a full window for advertising a product. Loads a little slow though.

(via @martinsargent)

I promise not to condescend to you. To assume that you hate clothes or shopping or any of that stuff because you’re a “guy” and you need a woman to straighten you out. You are a fucking grown up, just like I am, and no matter what your level of knowledge, you’re capable of thinking like one.

(In related news: I’ve been reading a lot of press releases and men’s magazines lately.)

I recently read this small tirade on Put This On, and it resonated with me. I just wrapped up an internship with a major fashion retailer and the attitude they have is that men don’t know how to dress themselves. Sadly, Their assumption is right… The majority of men out there have no idea how to put an outfit together and just buy whatever they see on the mannequin.

The people that know enough to get outraged at being talked down to are in the minority.

(via Kotaku)

I am glad to see QR codes (or 2d bar codes) showing up more. They are a great way to pass extra information on to your customer.

Herr are two examples: one from packaging from a smart phone and one from a Meijer ad

Is anyone else worried that this guy is dragging a condom through a bunch of STD’s before using it on a girl?

(Big ups to the chick, who may or may not be a slut, for insisting on using a condom.)

((Also, the use of Dr. Mario graphics was not lost on me… ))

Found on Kotaku

I almost fell over laughing the other day. For some reason an image of a Jewish gangsta popped in to my head, and I thought of challah. (For those that don’t know, challah is pretty much pronounced “holla”)

After a quick google search, I found an image that fit what I saw in my mind’s eye and made a quick motivational poster.

Just an old post of mine: http://www.awwdip.com/geekery/memes-make-me-lol/