Archive for September, 2008
Electronic Drum Kit Shirt
I am soooo buying my friend Jimi his shirt for Christmas.
- Tap the drums on this shirt and they actually play through the embedded speaker
- All drums on the shirt are playable. 7 Different drum sounds in all
- Battery pack with speaker stores in hidden pocket near hem of shirt
- Adjustable volume… the top volume level is really loud
- Black 100% cotton shirt
- Requires 4 AAA batteries (not included)
$700 Billion
1996 McDonalds Hamburger
I teach a workshop titled Healthy Choices for Children. It’s a class for parents seeking solutions to how to improve the way they eat. It’s about the alternative food market, organics, and the top ten food additives to avoid and why, menu planning and more. It’s a 3 session fabulously informative interactive class.
Below is my absolutely favorite prop.
People are always astounded when I share this.
I have used this as show and tell for a very long time.
This is a hamburger from McDonalds that I purchased in 1996.
That was 12 years ago.
Note that it looks exactly like it did the very day I bought it.
Jersey Sunday
FLINT, Michigan — There were jerseys and gym shoes and chants for their favorite teams. And the congregation shared high-fives during the sermon as if their team had scored a winning touchdown. This was no normal Sunday service at Flint’s Church Without Walls Ministries, 6202 Dupont St., as sports gear replaced fancy hats and tailored suits.
This was Jersey Sunday, an effort to relax the normal routine, lure young people to church and address the violence hitting the congregation’s northwest Flint neighborhood.
Churchgoers were encouraged to wear sports jerseys, and they did, showcasing Flint Northwestern Academy, Carman-Ainsworth High School and other local schools, as well as teams in the National Basketball Association and National Football League.
Sunday’s service drew about 100 adults and children, a healthy increase over typical attendance at this time of year, officials said.
Cell phone can unlock car, start engine
TOKYO – A new Japanese mobile phone will automatically unlock the doors of its owners’ cars and let drivers start their engines without using an ignition key.
The phone, built by Sharp Corp., uses a technology previously developed by Nissan Motor Co. called “Intelligent Key” that allows drivers enter and start their cars without removing their keys from their pockets or bags.
Cars equipped with the system sense when the correct key is nearby, automatically unlocking their car doors, and allow the engine to be started once the key is brought inside the car. Nissan said it has shipped about a million cars with the technology in Japan since 2002.
The new twist on this technology is that it is loaded in a phone. The service will work on the mobile network operated by NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan’s largest mobile operator.
A rare black fox has been captured on camera in Britain for what is thought to be the first time
Kevin Hehir, 48, was astonished when he spotted the fox while out walking.
The black fox is so rare that wildlife experts believe there are only a handful of the breed left in the country.
In medieval times, the black fox was considered a bad omen by superstitious villagers.
Obama Likeness Found Hanging on College Campus
A likeness of Sen. Barack Obama was found hanging in the George Fox University quad early Tuesday along with graffiti aimed at minority recipients of a scholarship program, the university president told The Oregonian this morning.
President Robin Baker said he plans to discuss the incident with the student body later this morning.
“We are a faith community driven by the teachings of Christ,” said Baker, who has presided over the Christian college for about a year. “We have to express love toward each other so it was a great disappointment that anything like this would happen.”
George Fox University, which is located in Newberg, was founded in 1891 by Quaker pioneers.
They are one up on Mrs Baird’s 100th anniversary
Staple British bread brand Hovis has announced that they are to replace their famous ‘boy on the bike’ advert with a new epic TV commercial, showcasing over 100 years of the nation’s history. Part of Hovis’ huge relaunch campaign, the ad will be a mammoth 122 seconds long celebrating the 122 years since Hovis was established.
Filmed in Liverpool, with a cast of over 750 extras — many of whom are ordinary Brits cast off the streets, the ad depicts the highs and lows experienced by Britain during Hovis’ existence – including World War I, the suffragette movement, the first motor car, World War II, the 1953 coronation, the swinging sixties, England winning the World Cup, the 1980’s miners’ strike and the Millennium celebrations. It ends with the poignant message ‘As good today as it’s always been’ reinforcing Hovis’ strong brand heritage and marking the beginning of a new Hovis era.
Presidenting Takes Its Toll
I’ve always been a bit fascinated by how much a president ages from his term in office, the physical toll that is, although I don’t think Reagan showed a lot of age from his span in office. But to be fair, the first picture was probably done in a studio and touched up a bit whereas the second photo was a random outdoor shot.
[Thanks, Jeff!]
‘Palin Syrah’ Wine Drops in Sales After Sarah Palin Veep Pick
Republican vice presidential pick Sarah Palin might not be fond of San Francisco, but one San Francisco wine bar is fond of Palin Syrah. Or rather, it was.
“It was our best selling wine before (the V.P. announcement),†said Chris Tavelli, owner of Yield Wine Bar, which has offered Palin Syrah, a certified organic wine from Chile, by the glass since July. But after Sen. John McCain tagged Sarah Palin as his running mate, sales of the wine with the conservative’s inverted name plummeted—not surprising in famously liberal San Francisco.
SanDisk, record labels announce new music format
The ever-shrinking record album–its latest iteration being the compact disc–just got a lot more compact, or shall we say, micro.
Backed by four major music labels, SanDisk on Monday announced a new physical music format dubbed “SlotMusic” that’s essentially an entire album on a MicroSD compact memory card. Wal-Mart and Best Buy are among the retailers that have already signed on to start selling the cards for the upcoming holiday season.
With CD sales continuing to flounder, this latest effort to boost physical media sales is aimed at users of the millions of cell phones and MP3 players with MicroSD slots. They can insert the card right into the slot and immediately hear the music. The card will also come with a USB sleeve so it can be plugged in directly to any USB-enabled computer.
SlotMusic cards will be sold without digital rights management restrictions and in the form of MP3 files from EMI Music, Sony BMG, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group.
