Big Brother & The further loss of civil liberties
August 1, 2008
Thinking about taking your laptop across the border for your next trip up north or down south? News hitting the wires today indicates that you might want to re-think that plan, unless you feel like being separated from your precious gadgets. Apparently, border agents have given themselves the right to seize any piece of electronics equipment they feel like, even if they don’t think you’ve done anything wrong, and they can keep your toys for as long as they like.
This rule extends to your cell phone, Kindle, MP3 player, or any other information storing device you’ve taken along for the trip (even paper!). Agents can also make copies of any (or all) of your data to share with any other Federal agency — though they promise to delete it when they’re through. It was just over a month ago that everyone was up in arms about laptop searching at borders, and now this? We certainly hope that this particular infringement of our digital liberties won’t last long for long.
[Via: Switched]
Microsoft comes clean with 360 Price drop
July 13, 2008
By now everyone has heard that the 360 has indeed received a price drop for the 20GB model. However, Microsoft has finally come clean and has given a reason for this…
The new pricepoint, isn’t a new pricepoint! It’s MS’sway of selling off the remaining 20GB models to make room for the new 60GB sku. Expect to pay $349 for the new sku. And the 20GB is available at $299, while supplies last.
Priced at $299.00 it’s hard to resist picking one up (if you don’t have one already). Although it’s a good way to get a cheap 360 with a HDD. Just remember that 20GB just isn’t enough for live these days. With downloadable movies, arcade games, game clips and Xbox originals you’ll run through the 12GB (available for use on the 20GB) pretty quickly. It may be worth your $50 to wait until the 60GB is available.
Like Sake - Apply for $500 loan here
July 5, 2008
Sake — usually called “rice wine” here in North America, is a non-carbonated alcoholic beverage with a similar taste to grape wine.
Kame no. 0 by Wataribune is dai ginjo sake and, at $500/720ml bottle it is probably the most expensive rice wine that we’ll ever have.
If you want to get your lips on this “luxury” item, you’ll just have to visit the San Francisco area and go to a store called True Sake.
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Project Genesis - The most expensive Cruise Ship
July 5, 2008
At $1.24-billion Project Genesis is the most expensive cruise ship ever created.
Royal Caribbean’s enormous ship weighs in at 220,000 tons, 1,180 feet long, can carry 6,800 passengers and 2100 crew members. The common area is the same size as a football field, aptly named Central Park.
We can just imagine how much it will cost to get on this floating city!
The Chicken Loop - A Kite Boarders Dream!
July 5, 2008
Here’s something new and refreshing! A Kiteboarding website that allows the user (you) to do pretty much anything. It’s a great addition to the poorly designed and often (for lack of a better word) “crappy” websites that kiteboarders usually frequent.
If you’re into Kite Boarding and want to join a new community that has great potential, look no further!
“The Chicken Loop is a new kiteboarding resource for kiteboarders from Coast to Coast in Canada and the U.S. that will allow you to do almost everything you have ever wanted to from one site. We will be providing you with the resources to check the weather for FREE, read and write blogs on your latest kiteboarding experience, share photos and videos, buy and sell your gear in an easy to browse format, search the directory for shops, lessons, repair and travel, and find out where to ride today or tomorrow.”
What can you really do there?
Click the jump for the deatils!
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