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If you want a chance to order some of the best playing cards ever conceived, now's your chance to grab a set on Kickstarter! The design is superb and the thought process into the creation is quite extraordinary. If you don't believe me, watch the video yourself.
"I view the decision as a victory for technology," said Mr. Schulman, a New York-based attorney with Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP and a recreational drone user. "For seven years our federal government has told business people and entrepreneurs that they must stop using drones for commercial purposes, and I think that's had a very negative effect on this really exciting emerging high-tech industry."
Where does the line get drawn especially if it's a hobbyist who loves to fly helis, quads and planes who discovered that they could make awesome videos when attaching a GoPro HERO3+, iPhone or any other camera? We aren't talking about Predator UAVs here but simple quadcopters such as DJI Phantom or the just released DJI Phantom 2 Vision+.
In any case, commercial drone laws aren't slated to be finalized until 2015 so until then, fly safely but more so, responsibly. Hey, let's start doing more real estate videos too!
via WSJ
Seriously awesome and pretty. Not to mention that accompanying music, watching this guy is great! http://youtu.be/XmFmYLAveWM
T-Mobile has been truly living up to its latest marketing campaign of being the "Un-carrier" launching Operation Tablet Freedom today. In part 2 of 3 in a barrage of promotions, you can now head on over to T-Mobile and expect to save the $100 to $130 for an LTE enabled tablet. Now, you don't have to decided whether or not it's worth it to go for the cellular enabled tablet because WiFi or LTE, they're the same price!
Beginning April 12th, customers can get nearly 1.2 GB of free 4G LTE data every month through 2014 on America's fastest nationwide LTE network.
Have a T-Mobile voice plan? Bring, buy or trade in a tablet and get:
- Up to 1GB FREE 4G LTE data per month through 2014
- PLUS up to 200 MB FREE monthly 4G LTE data for as long as you own your tablet
- Existing T-Mobile voice plan customers: Get our 1GB plan FREE after a $10 credit
And for further clarification, you'll still have the ability to take advantage of their 100% free 200MB data plan on the LTE enabled tablet that is owned and registered with T-Mobile once the calendar turns 2015. And you're still unsure about your T-Mobile coverage, head on over to their awesome map!
With the recent security flaw in OpenSSL, now dubbed the Heartbleed bug, every major website is alerting you the change your passwords. Just this morning alone, I'm sure that most of you will have to go about and I advise that you do so now, change your Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Tumblr, GoDaddy, Dropbox and Soundcloud passwords just to name a few. Do it now and make sure that no two are alike! Lucky for me, I use AgileBits's 1Password which, by the way, is now multiple platform, so generating that 8-16 or even 24 character password is automatic. If you haven't read the various sites that are listing the vulnerable web services, I suggest your head over to either here, here or the master list and start working!
3 things you can do to protect yourself Wait for an official announcement from any secure website or service that you normally use regarding a security update.
After you've confirmed that the site or service has installed a security update, change your passwords.
For at least the next week, keep an eye on any of your sensitive online accounts (banking, webmail) for suspicious activity.
In the meantime, while websites are installing the latest version of OpenSSL to fix the bug, it would be a good idea to wait for confirmed updates on your favorite websites and services and then change your password, just to be as safe as possible.
Hundreds of episodes of Sesame Street and Pinky Dinky Doo that can be instantly accessed from your PC, Mac, smartphone, or tablet.
Awesome timing now that my daughter is almost two! Pair it with Levar Burton's Reading Rainbow and she'll have access to my entire childhood! Wait, where's Today's Special?
via SesameGo
The Anker 40W 5-port Family Sized USB Charger is by far the best charging station to carry with you on layovers, or have available at home when entertaining guests. More often than not, I've been finding myself in either the crew lounge, a hotel room bunking it up (read: saving money) or even around the airport scrambling to find a wall socket. Everyone needs to plug in usually via USB and charge their device so why not share a port? It's also the best way to become the most popular guy sitting at that lonely corner charging up your phone and / or tablet.
At the same time, why not grab a 3-foot USB Lightning Cable that's Apple Certified for only $14.99 so you don't find yourself standing too close to everyone! I grabbed two back in December and it's saved us that claustrophobic feeling. The only issue that I've had is that sometimes the Lightning Connector portion is too thick to bypass some cases but it's awesome nonetheless.
This is not one of those "Turn off every useful feature of iOS" posts that grinds my gears. My goal is to deliver practical steps to truly solve your iOS battery woes.
One quick thing before we start — 99.9% of the time it is not actually iOS that is causing your battery to drain quickly. I guarantee you that if you erased your phone and there were no apps or email on it, it would last for ages. But, no one uses their device like that, nor should they. Hopefully with these steps you will be living in iOS battery bliss while still using all the apps and features you love.
I will be reformatting my iPhone 5 again and start fresh with iOS 7.1. A few weeks ago, I installed iOS 7 which did posses amazing battery life, but after I started installing a few of the hundreds of apps that I use, my battery would eventually only last half a day! I'm going to have to start deducing what's really going on.
via OverThought by Scotty Loveless
Her beauty, though I hesitate to use the term, is pitched at the exact precipice where the male gaze curdles in on itself. Her features are the features we men playfully ascribe to ideal women; it's how we draw them in manga and comics and video games. Except we don't expect them to comply with this oppressive fantasy so fully. As a result, she almost throws our idea of a supervixen back in our face.
Doesn't actually sound or look attractive to me. It's just so alien, I don't know what to think!
via GQ
So far my Wii U had been collecting a bit of dust up until the new Super Mario World which was and is still awesome. Simultaneous up to 5 players?!?! Now, after a long much anticipated wait, a new Mario Kart 8 trailer landed today! Check it out! In case you didn't already know, May 30th is the North American launch date for the Wii U! Party at my house! You know you wanna play it!
Some details included are that this new game has 32 total courses -- 16 are new and 16 are remakes but two of which will be the Rainbow Road! Also, 4 player simultaneous but up to 12 online! I can't wait!
http://youtu.be/lYBz6HWBw3A
via GameSpot
The awesome hype that helped push the Padres over the Dodgers… the Navy SEAL team parachuting into Petco Park. We did almost have it last night too but we stranded our runners at 3rd and first. Good luck tonight guys! #BeatLA http://youtu.be/F5DuMCFfhdo
Perhaps not surprisingly, the top children’s cereals all feature a character with a downward gaze.
Every time I go grocery shopping, I'll now be well aware of what my little Norah is looking at. I'll make sure she's on my shoulders when we go through the cereal aisle!
via [FiveThirtyEight][1]
That last sentence summarizes it perfectly. This might be it folks, my last car! If you didn't already hear from the previous unveiling at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show, it Mercedes new C-Class is touted to be, "Larger, lighter, quicker, more elegant, more spacious, more powerful and more luxurious than the current sedan." So if you're looking at buying a 2014 on a heavy discount, just wait a few months! You won't regret your baby S-Class.
It was the early 1980s when German automakers began introducing their aspirational four-wheeled ladders, and there are still three sedan Leitens to choose from depending on what you want your ladder to say: there's the C, E, S, the 3, 5, 7 and the A4, A6, A8. The point of any ladder, though, has always been to climb – the only reason you stepped on the bottom rung was because you intended to get to the top, or at least as close as you could muster.
That might change with this car, the 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class. It might be so good that there's no need to climb any higher.
via Autoblog