Archive for July, 2015

Really LG? An Android Flip Phone?

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Gizmodo reported –

LG Gentle isn’t quite the Motorola Razr of yore. It runs Android 5.1 Lollipop, sports a 1.1 GHz quad-core processor, 1 GB of RAM, 4 GB of storage space, which is expandable via a microSD slot. Unfortunately, you’re not going to be able to do much with that 3.2-inch 480 x 320 display. Oh and a 3-megapixel camera because why not?

Now the bad news  – it’s only available in Korea.

Continue reading HERE.

The Tree Of 40 Fruits [video]

Michelangelo’s Grocery List

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From OpenCulture.com –

Living in the 15th and 16th centuries, the Italian High Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer Michelangelo faced a rather less complicated shopping problem: he had only to send assistants off to market to bring back what he needed. Though vanishingly few of this prolific creator’s papers survive today, we do happen to have a few of the grocery lists he sent with them, like that which you see above.

Continue reading HERE.

The Last Speakers of the Lost Whistling Language, Sylbo [video]

Preview Of Fall Photography

foliage-covered-steps-sEven though it’s not yet fall, CoolDigitalPhotography’s set of fall foliage pics offers a preview of what’s to come.

Photo set HERE.

 

Ziggy’s Unlimited Phone Plan [comic]

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Written by Hand – A Fading Art [video]

https://vimeo.com/132785867

Weird Effects of California Drought

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From LiveScience –

Brown lawns, fallow fields and higher water bills are all the predictable outcomes of the California drought. The Golden State is in the midst of its driest period on record. But all that warm, dry weather affects more than just lake levels and snowpack — it has some downright weird effects, too. From pipe-eating poop to more roadkill, here are some of the strangest results of the California drought.

Continue reading HERE.

 

10 Ways Domestic Cats and Big Cats Are Similar [video]

“There Will Always Be Too Many Chips For The Amount Of Dip.” And 60 Other Lesser Known Laws Of The Universe

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Buzz-feed published a list of Murphy’s Law like laws. Mostly funny and mostly true.

Read all 61 laws HERE.

 

 

All The Worst Movie Special Effects In One Video

10 Strange Cell Phone Designs That Were Actually Produced

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Now that most phones are nondescript slabs of black glass, it is easy to forget that just a few years ago the phone manufacturers tried all sorts of designs to catch the eye of consumers. Makeuseof.com gathered 10 of the most unusual designs HERE. All 10 of these phones were for sale at one time.


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