Here’s one thing for you pig lovers. Canned Bacon. And no, it isn’t likedogfood packed in cans. I don’t know why the manufacturers of dogfood put delectable pictures of steak and lamb on the label, but when you open it, you find mush.

Canned bacon is different. Pop the can and you get actual strips. Yep. Fried bacon strips.

Yum

A can lasts 10 years. But heck, I ain’t touching one more than 3 months old. That’s really dead pig.

Wanna buy it?

I’m not one of those suckers addicted to FarmVille- that popular game on Facebook. No siree. Not me. I’m a Mafia Wars fan. That game sometimes takes 2 hours of my precious blogging time. But for those softies who hate guns, there’s that cute game called Farmville.  While the game looks cheesy, its fanbase is truly formidable. I dont’ get how my entire office, my entire household and even my circle of friends have gotten into this carebears type of social networking game!

It’s not my cup of tea, but I do tip my hat to the success of this game. It’s so good that mavericks have actually made real money off it by betting on who gets biggest fastest.

Be honest. Are you one of those hopeless blokes? Or are you simply addicted? Then check Farmville Secrets out. It’s a cool manual slapped together by some experts which reveals underhandedly vile ways to level up really fast. My cousin is on it… and woah… he sure looks like a Farm Magnate now! (and it took him 5 days!)

Mafia Wars took the social networking landscape by storm. Among most ofthe games promoted by Facebook, Myspace and Friendster, Mafia Wars ranks among the most visited and played. Most friends I know are so hooked, they log on just to play- with some actually spending good money to buy game items.

But did you know you didn’t have to waste money buying all those items. There’s a cheat way to get to top level in no time without spending a dime. And all those secrets are contained in a book called Mafia Wars Blueprint. Continue Reading »
Mafia Wars BluePrint: Cheat Your Way Without Being Banned

One thing about the ole Xboxe360 is that they overheat. A lot. Play them beyond 4 hours and there’s a strong chance they’ll blink red and go kaput. Repairs should cost almost $100 for the steamed-up chip! It’s for this reason that most folks buy cooling fans and play their units in an airconditioned room. Too bad for the afficionados in Africa or Indonesia. Their Xboxes are just begging to kick the bucket!

Microsoft must have heard of all the griping that a few months ago they released the Xbox360 which addressed the overheat problem. Since I lost two Xboxes to overheat I decided to try the new offering… and today I’m enthused to write that the upgrade was well worth it.

The Arcade edition I own is almost 4 months old and I play it about 6 to 12 hours a day. Sometimes 6 hours straight when business is slow. Know what? It’s still kicking! And that’s to think I didn’t install any cooling fans.

Thank God for this! If you haven’t already, buy the Xbox Arcade edition and sell your old stuff at ebay. You’ll never have problems again!

Christmas  shopping via the web saves you gas and frees you from the rough and tumble of the crowds at Macy’s. It’s a real comfort to point, click, and get deliveries right at your door.  However there are  potential dangers to your identity and credit records when you skip the physical mall.

Consider the following vulnerabilities when you go online to get your goods: Continue Reading »
Safe Online Shopping

Did you love Independence Day? If so, you’re in for a real treat. 2012 makes Independence Day glimmer like weakfireworks. Disaster movie maven Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow) forges this apocalyptic sci-fi thriller through the eyes of an academic researcher who blasts wide a doorway into a parallel dimension, making contact with his etheric alterego in a desperate bid to halt the end time prophecies of the ancient Mayan calendar . According to the Mayan calendar, the world meets a doomsday on December 21, 2012. When a global cataclysm thrusts the world into chaos, divorced writer and father Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) delves deep into his knowledge of the ancient prophecies to ensure that the human race is not completely wiped.

Check out the trailer before you read my review:

I cheated. I saw this movie a month before release because my friend had access to a review copy, and I can tell you this: this film boasts one helluva  intelligent plot supported by the most amazing cinematography. When you’re not breathless watching an entire tectonic plate sink, you’re weeping at the human drama unfolding. The actors are so good that you can read their emotions without them uttering a single word.

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2012 Movie Review: Best Disaster Flick of the Century

I can’t work at the PC in dead silence. I’d rather have music or white noise.  Are you just like that? Worktime requiresthat I either have my Mp3 player plugged in or Itunes running in the background.

Itunes is cool. It’s one of the best apps of the decade. There’s only one catch- you gotta pay for your tunes. Arrrghh. So eventually I turned to Limewire for my ambient sound fix. Thing is, it’s hard to find virus-free music or software on that sharing giant. Plus, it takes forever to download.

But my problem got solved when some geniuses came out to launch Playlist.com. Think of Playlist as your personal web radio where you can request anything you want, and the DJ plays it for you. And FREE! Continue Reading »
Itunes V Playlist: Guess Who Wins?

A generation of music fans brought up on a diet of personal listening via their MP3 players are losing touch with the joys of shared music due to the growing availability of cheap tinny speakers with in-built iPod docks.  Manufacturers are jumping on the bandwagon and developing low-cost, low fidelity iPod accessories in a market estimated to be worth US$1.8 billion annually . Continue Reading »
iPods Aren’t Working Well Enough As “We-Pods”

It seems that we never run out of accessories for our video ipods. First it was Ganzklar. Then  Chinese imitation goggles. Now Vuzix Corporation is hot on their heels with  a ground-breaking addition to the video eyewear market: the Wrap 920AV. As the demand for realtime access to digital entertainment and online data explodes, Vuzix has once again taken the lead. Here’s a lightweight “movie  screen” solution with Vuzix’ proprietary Quantum optics technology that affords  a “see-thru” viewing experience in the formfactor of a snazzy pair of sunglasses modifiable with many accessories.

The ubercool Wrap 920AV works with any media playing device using a video output and projects a virtual 60-inch screen, as viewed from 9-feet. It’s like being in theatre! The  lens technology empowers users to relish 3D video content while seeing and interacting with their surroundings. This amazing mix of reality and computer generated content will morph the world of portable video while opening up the consumer to  “location aware” applications. Think Minority Report, or something like that. Oh, and there’s an optional 6-Degree of Freedom tracking sensor and/or Stereo Camera Pair will enable users to upgrade their Wrap 920AV to experience virtual, enhanced and mixed reality scenarios.      Continue Reading »
Video Eyewear with Cool “See-Thru” Quantum Optics

I like to travel light but there are days that my luggage clocks in at more than 10kg. Suitcases with wheels help, but there are some places that simply don’t lend themselves to wheels. Think Greece where you have rolling terrain and houses separated by meters and meters of stairs! Your wheels would go bust in no time (and make a horrendous racket!). To meet this challenge, some inventors have designed a carrier that features rubber belt tracks along the length of the bag. This allows the full length of the bag to be wheeled along even on unforgiving steps.

Check out the details in this site: Continue Reading »
A Suitcase That Walks Itself

I can imagine using NLP or speed seduction to get a date with a hot babe. But Economics? Is that possible?

Tyler Cowen, author of Discover Your Inner Economist apparently thinks so. Inspired by Freakonomics-inspired pop-economics books  Cowen aims enlighten readers with economic principles that help you get everything done from the dishes to being laid.I personally loved his chatty disquisitions and the way economics often recedes into near invisibility. It’s one uplifting guide on how to get more of the really cool stuff in life. With the wit uncanny to a professor of economics, Cowen offers cutting strategies for appreciating museum pieces, for building family rapport and harmony, for writing a personal ad, for reading classic tomes that seem boring on first glance, for surviving Chinese torture, for properly indulging in self-deception and for most effectively giving to beggars in Sudan. In the book’s most passionate and practical chapter, on food, Cowen explains how, with planning and tactics, we can eat much better meals at home and in restaurants, here and abroad. It’s a dieter’s bonanza! Continue Reading »
How To Make Em Fall In Love With You. With Economics.

I’m close to 40 but that never diminished my naughtiness. 30 years ago, my teacher said I’d be the death of her one day. That’d be true today if I went back to school armed with this R/C Black Widows Spider. It’s one authentic prank!

The London Museum of Natural History didn’t have pranksters in mind when they created an authentic replica of the Black Widow Spider. The gadget is about a foot large, it creeps in a creepy manner, spins around on itself and generally acts very spiderlike. That is, within 30 feet of the controller. Imagine having this cutie sneak up on a slumbering lout of an employee? That’d be priceless!

Of course if he suffers heart attack, his lawyers may confiscate your baby spider. Be careful with it!

You can buy the £17.99 R/C Black Widow Spider at this fine store.

I’m overweight. Not because of fats, mind you. I tip the scales because of all the gadgets I lug around. There’s my cellphone in the back jean pocket. Ipod in the front right. Then there’s the wallet snug into the left right. My shirt pocket has a spy/wifi detector. And yes. My keys. Lots of keys attached to a Victorinox 15 blade swiss knife. Whew. No wonder my pants expire in a year. My shirts too. They’re dead even before they become fashion victims.

Oh well. So you can imagine how delighted I was when Thinkgeek developed the Personal Area Network Hoodie. It’s a light, breathable and wicking fabric superb for treking, biking, spelunking..you name it! The pullover brags 5 pockets, including a specially designed chest pocket with a ZIP-PIP for sunglasses and “back-up,” patent-pending magnetic closures. Just like my MacBook! The Weight Management System (WMS) for this pocket was an R & D masterpiece. I can imagine the sleepness nights incurred by the engineers. And yet there’s more. The hoodie also features the patented Personal Area Network (PAN), a detachable key chain, an epaulet to attach devices, like walkie-talkies, ventilation eyelets and an adjustable waist cord.

I bought two of these babies.

Im a fitness freak and I love running on the treadmill. The problem is, jogging on a machine can get pretty tiresome staring at a wall or watching endless reruns of Friends on Fitness First’s cinema.  I raised the issue with a friend. He suggested that I watch select movies on my Ipod or my aging PSP. Hmm… I never even thought of that! That was a truly marvy idea considering that I already have over a thousand DVDs in my personal library. I may as well use them for gym motivation. Continue Reading »
Watching Videos with Roxio Easy Media 10

If you’re pissed at your office colleague and use a water pistol at him, there’s bound to be a fight. Especially if he wears an Armani suit. However, if you load up with your Amazing Metal Rubber Band gun, the suit will incur no damage and you’ll be able to work your frustration off.

Here’s what the rubber band gun looks like:

It’s crafted in solid steel and fires multiple rounds of easy to load rubber bands. It won’t hurt except at close range and on bare skin. Otherwise it should be jolly good fun for the whole office!

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Hit Em With Rubber !

I’m a couch potato. There’s nothing more enticing for me than to slump like a slob into my sofa on a lazy afternoon. So you can imagine how many sofas I have around my house (one in each and every room).

Now recently I came across a new breed of sofas. These are Chesterfields… they are not designed for your home and instead, are to be  deployed in the garden. They’re  inflatable meaining you can quickly pack it up and take it anywhere with you. The manufacturers nicely provide a pump to blow the thing up. Both Inflation and deflation take around 5 minutes each.

Although it is designed for the garden you can also use it for the home too. It costs about $700 and at that price I can get myself a pretty plush Lazy Boy with vibration .

I’ll pass this one up!