Sony's OLED TVs Impressive

article from cnet, oh technology is so cool

At the D6 technology and media conference in Carlsbad, California Sony exhibited their new Organic Light Emitting Diode television, it's thinner than a credit cards, expected to reach the market in 12 months, and expected to cost a fortune.

"Sony's OLED TVs receive the ultimate design compliment: "I like them," D6 attendee Martha Stewart told News.com's Ina Fried."

"Currently selling for $2,500, Sony's plenty thin 11-inch OLED TV sits alongside the even thinner prototype at the D6 conference."

CNet

I love Bloopers

Here are some bloopers to brighten your day, mostly of cheerleaders and marching bands...

Outsource Everything! It's Cheaper! no....

pretty funny video, funnyordie, outsourcing has its positives (cheaper labor), and then....

heeeerrre's KOBE!!

Kobe Bryant is on the rise. Once touted as air apparent to MJ and the Bulls, Kobe and the Lakers are turning up the heat (hey cool, three teams in once sentence). From Fox sports:

The Lakers celebrated the Western Conference championship before their adoring fans at Staples Center, but not too hard. They've got one more goal to reach before the real excitement begins. Kobe Bryant scored 17 of his 39 points in the fourth quarter, and the Lakers rallied from an early 17-point deficit to beat the defending NBA champion San Antonio Spurs 100-92 on Thursday night and win the conference finals in five games. They get a week off before opening the NBA finals next Thursday night at Boston or Detroit.Full Story

We have some avid Lakers fans here at Catalyst therefore Kobe easily earned a post.

Adopt-a-Chimp? Not much difference to a human adoption right?

Well, this is interesting. in an article on MSN a court in Europe is apparently being asked to consider whether a 26 year old chimpanzee named Mathew can be adopted by a woman named Paula Stibb. "Animal rights activist and teacher Paula Stibbe, along with the Vienna-based Association Against Animal Factories, says she wants the chimpanzee, named Matthew Hiasl Pan, declared a person. That way, Stibbe says she can become the primate's legal guardian if the bankrupt animal sanctuary where Matthew lives closes. (Under Austrian law, only humans are entitled to have guardians.)....The case comes after Austria's Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling in January, which rejected a request to appoint the chimp with a legal guardian. The rulings did not address whether a chimpanzee could be declared a person."

gosh....what if next they declare that dogs are people. Michael Vick would be in major trouble...the Gods Must Be Crazy

Wii Still Popular, Xbox & PS3 to Catch Up?

Nintendo's Wii has enjoyed continued success despite attacks from hard-hitting Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 consoles. While new titles like Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4 have been gobbled up by graphics hungry consumers, the Wii has plodded along, enjoying its secure market niche as the fun, family-friendly video game console. With the new Wii Fit game, players can do all sorts of activities on a small foot "controller"/pad.

Currently it is being speculated that Microsoft is in the midst of developing new motion sensing hardware for the Xbox 360 but as everything with Microsoft, things are just rumors, never anything real comes out of it. Ever since the Apple iPhone came out bloggers and tech enthusiasts have been waiting, drooling thinking about a Zune phone or something inspiring from Microsoft. but, no....nothing.

Back to video games - Sony hasn't shown any interest in motion sensing games comparable to the Wii although the PS3 already is capable of such technological facets. They are obviously consumed with the high-tech-blue-ray components of their product. Will the Wii continue to enjoy a niche without competition?

Only the future will tell....

http://www.neoseeker.com/news/8059-microsoft-no-motion-sensing-xbox-360-controller-just-yet/

http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=184608

http://www.gamespot.com/wii/sports/wiifit/review.html

http://reviews.cnet.com/consoles/nintendo-wii/4505-10109_7-31355104.html

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/710/710384p1.html

http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2008/05/sony_announces_2008_and_early_2009_ps3_lineup-2.html

'Ol Rob, So Freakin Cool

We cover current/future culture. But to understand the present/future, we can always look at the past. Robin Williams is a legend. www.funnyordie.com

Buy a Car, Get a Free Gun!

A car dealership says sales have tripled since it started a new promotion offering the option of a free gun or $250 gas card with each purchase. Most customers have opted for the gun. "'Owner Mark Muller said: "We're just damn glad to live in a free country where you can have a gun if you want to.'" An approved background check on gun ownership is required.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7416120.stm

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THIS JUST IN....seagull

The animal world is such a crazy place. It's kill or be killed, survival of the fittest, evolution of the species and all that. That being said I think this seagull is on the verge of an evolutionary breakthrough. He's doing his part for the survival of his species. Although he doesn't realize that he's teaching the pidgeons too...




http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/192900/

from www.ebaumsworld.com , www.catalystsf.com

Build the World's simplest electric generator

In these times of energy/oil/environmental crisis, it's great to know that people are beginning to understand and learn. who would think that this video would be next to one about a dog jumping over fire? watch and learn. link

This Crazy Dog Can Jump High!

Watch this crazy dog jump over the fire...maybe he's suicidal

Shark Surfing

I have no idea whether this is real but it looks cool nonetheless.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/393985/

Check out Ronald Jenkees!

This guy is incredible. Heard about him from Bill Simmons, sports writer on Espn.com. He creates magic with his piano, wrote the theme song for Simmons' podcast.

CO2 Saver, Reduce Emissions from Your Computer

April 22nd was the 1st birthday of the CO2 Saver application released by Snap.com.


"Exactly a year ago, for Earth Day 2007, we released a lightweight application called CO2 Saver that allows PC users to quickly and easily start saving electricity when away from their computers.

CO2 Saver resides on the desktop and immediately adjusts user’s Windows Power Management settings to reduce their computer’s energy use when idle, saving energy and decreasing the demand on their power utility. CO2 Saver is available as a free download from http://co2saver.org/



To date, over 600,000 lbs of emissions have been saved by all CO2 Saver users, and if you are still not one of them, now it is the time to download it, install and start saving energy."

Baby fight...don't all Dads do this?

This is the ultimate fighting championship between two bottle sucking, binky chomping titans....yes it is funny, or die.... www.funnyordie.com

Geek Culture - So Cool

Stumbled across this while looking for an open source CMS. This stuff can easily appeal to any guy, no matter what score he gets on the geek-meter.



www.thinkgeek.com

Make Way for the new BlackBerry Bold

Will this new BlackBerry Bold compete directly with the iPhone?

Not according to RIM who are sticking to what they are best at. Targeting the smartphone folk is where they've been successful, and it's where they plan on staying. The iPhone, as far as they are concerned, can carry on smiling. The business folk, they believe will be flocking to this new device which although features the same screen resolution as the iPhone, appears sharper due to its smaller size.

That said, I'm excited to try this new smartphone as I am a huge QWERTY fan myself. Hello business world, we have a new tool to play with.

The Battle of the Sexes: Social Networking

30 million social networkers were surveyed by a company called Rapleaf that churned some interesting results. The focus of the study was how many "friends" a social networker had, and segmenting age as well as sex groups out of the group polled. "Within this group, women averaged 62 friends while men averaged 57 friends." That said, reasonings for this have been postulated at classifying the female users as more "nurturing" in regards to social network relationship building. On the other end of the spectrum, the male users were thought to focus on " acquiring relationships from a transactional point of view" when looking at social network relationships.

Although it's tough to attribute the real rationale behind these findings, it is rather interesting!

Maybe The Best Toy Ever

Honestly, I can't wait for this

I Miss the Old SNL