San Francisco is full of naked people

by Annie Scott on

Some are rejoicing, and some are fleeing for the hills. This morning, San Francisco passed a city-wide ordinance which de-criminalizes public nudity, a.k.a. it is no longer a “sex crime” to be naked in the grocery store — or anywhere else within city lines, for that matter!

Finally. Decades of nightmares put to rest.

The movement, which began almost fifty years ago on various college campuses, never really received much notoriety, because there just weren’t very many people who were serious about politics and wanted to be naked all the time.

But the right to be naked all the time? That’s worth fighting for.

Many of the supporters chose to remain anonymous, and rumor has it that though a handful of celebrities were involved in the campaign, most of them were unrecognizable due to the lack of airbrushing, and refused to be photographed.

We applaud San Francisco for choosing to be the European beach of the United States. No shirt? No shoes? No oppression!

Our ticket for the annual gay pride parade is already booked. This is gonna be legendary.

Daily deal – free (porn) movies in your hotel room!

by Scott Carmichael on

My daily deal for today is perfect for anyone who is stuck in their boring hotel room and isn’t able to get their own movies on the hotel TV.

If your hotel uses one of the more popular pay-per-view movie delivery systems, I’m going to let you in on a secret on how to get some free porn on the tube in your room (it also works on regular movies, but I mean, really, who cares?).

Grab the remote (make sure you clean it first, because someone else might have used it for the same purpose before you). Now enter the following key sequence:

VOLUME UP > VOLUME DOWN > 4 3 2 5 4 6 4 7 6 2 5 7 > ORDER > POWER OFF.

The TV may flicker a few seconds, but you’ll now be presented with a menu of diagnostic options. Select the second option (SYS_PPV test) and pick the porno flick of your choice!

The purchase will not show up on your bill, and you won’t have to explain to your boss why there is a $49.95 entry for “Lesbian Spank Inferno” on your expense report.

UFO spotted in Manhattan … sort of

by Annie Scott on

A UFO was sighted last night at around 4 AM EST in Manhattan … maybe.

The report comes from a 22 year old “John Smith” (who wanted to remain anonymous due to academic probation), who claims that he saw an object flying above nearby buildings out his apartment window at approximately 4 AM.

“It was like a lit up hockey puck, only large enough to carry maybe two guys. There were two rows of blue lights, and at the very bottom it had an eye, like an actual eyeball that opened and closed. It stopped briefly and told me it was a Pisces. I ran to get my roommate, but when we got back it was gone.”

Mr. Smith admits he was on drugs at the time of the sighting but “nothing you can’t get at most delis.”

Escalator on Everest set for 2012

by Mike Barish on

Climbing Mt. Everest used to involve years of training, thousands of dollars in equipment and plenty of luck. But, come 2012, all it will take is one step. The Chinese government has announced plans to build an escalator up the northeast ridge on the Tibetan side of the world’s tallest mountain. It will be the largest project in mountaineering history in terms of funding and manpower with estimates suggesting that it will cost the Chinese $1.5 billion and involve more than 4,500 workers from China, Tibet and Nepal.

At a ceremony on the Rongbuk Glacier, Chinese Minister of Vertical Infrastructure Zhi Huang spoke enthusiastically about what the project meant to both China and Everest. “China will show the world that it can accomplish anything,” he said. He added, “our escalator will take people to the top of the world. From there, the sky’s the limit.“

Not everyone, however, is pleased with the idea of an escalator on Mt. Everest. Roger Bivouac of the Sir Edmund Hillary Society is appalled by the idea. “No mountain should be tamed with a man-made structure,” he said at a press conference in Kathmandu. “No mountain is defined by its summit. It’s the climb that makes the mountain and the man,” he proclaimed to a crowd comprised mostly of mountaineers and sherpas.

Despite protests, the Chinese government plans to break ground on the Everest escalator in July 2009 and complete the project by March 2012. The down escalator is slated for construction in 2014.

Product review – JuiceBooster 2.0 – up to 3 weeks of backup power for your phone

by Scott Carmichael on

At one point every one of us has probably arrived at the airport with a dead phone battery.

If you arrive early enough, you can probably try and locate an outlet, but if you are in a rush, the best solution is to invest in a portable backup power product.

One of those products is the JuiceBooster 2.0. This highly portable power device combines an electronic regulator with a standard lead-acid battery.

The entire thing is easy to carry, and won’t add too much weight to your luggage.

On a recent test, I took the JuiceBooster to the airport with a phone I had deliberately let run out of power – not only did the device get my phone powered back on, I was able to use it for almost 3 weeks of charging cycles for my phone.

The JuiceBooster 2.0 setup – on the left is the compact battery pack, and on the right is the power regulator. In addition to providing standard 12 volts for all your gadgets, you get an integrated lamp and air compressor.

The product retails for about $59.99 (plus an additional $79.99 for the battery pack). The optional rolling cart will add another $49.99 making the entire package a very reasonable $189.97.

You’ll find the JuiceBooster 2.0 at your local auto parts store.