I have a friend who thinks that every Craigslist Missed Connection was written for her.

Seriously. It would say, “You: Blonde with eyes. Me: Guy on the train who was looking at you. Did we connect?” And she would stretch her arms and yawn and tell me, “I saw myself in Missed Connections today. Did you?”

The truth is, I have seen myself in Missed Connections. Once. But I didn’t respond. I do have a boyfriend, after all.

So why am I looking at Missed Connections in the first place?

BECAUSE I CAN’T STOP.

Take, for instance, the case of a random m4f in Chelsea: Read More »

Lexisum is an addictive new website for all you Wikipedia information junkies out there. When you search a Wikipedia entry through Lexisum you receive a quick explanation of the topic without the clutter of the pictures, formatting, links and general mumbo-jumbo.

This is a great tool when it comes time to write finals papers, since it gives you only the most relevant information making it a solid on the fly reference tool.

Seeing that P2P and BitTorrent sites are under fire these days, I suggest going the legal route when acquiring music, like ‘borrowing’ it from friends!

Share any song in your iTunes library and download any song from your friends’ iTunes libraries over the internet with freeware application Mojo.

When downloaded, Mojo allows access to any iTunes shared music folders on computers that have the application. Downloading music, video and photos is as easy as clicking and dragging on the respective folders. To make matters even more convenient, Mojo detects which songs you already have on your computer by coloring them light grey; DRM ones are denoted in bright red.

Now, all you have to do is track down that old smug roommate who only listened to obscure punk 45s from Berlin, convince him to join Mojo and rip him off clean. Mojo: making the world a better place.

For more details you have three choices: check back here soon for a full review, read Lifehacker’s great breakdown or just go ahead and download Mojo now.

Right from the get-go, Dragon Quest Swords reminded me of Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest on the SNES, an often forgotten chapter in the FF series that was intended as a “gateway game,” one that would entice casual gamers towards the micromanaging world of RPGs.

(Or, it’s a dumbed down Nintendo Wii port of a superior game on PS2. Your call.)

Dragon Quest Swords is an ok game, and that’s where the problem lies: it had all cards stacked in its favor, from the creative minds at Square Enix to the marketing prowess at Nintendo. While it’s not a total failure, the thought of what could’ve been is sobering and frustrating.

Players assume the role of a garden-variety hero that must discover why the Queen has been acting strange (it probably has something to do with that mysterious mask she wears…). Through dungeon crawling, talking to local townfolk (only one town!) and leveling up, the game follows the same path forged by most RPGs since Dragon Quest Swords‘ ancestor, Dragon Warrior.

It’s a fun, but trivial experience. Read More »

Facebook is set to launch a highly anticipated chat feature in the next 2 weeks to allow for real time communication within the popular social network.

The program will sit at the bottom of the page showing open chat windows and number of friends online. The user can pop out the entire chat interface into a separate window to show online friend lists and current conversations which is similar to Gchat’s Gtalk feature (see screen capture to the right). The users will be able to throw online/offline status easily which is a similar feature to Away Messages in AIM. Users will also be able to clear their chat history and they “online” status will appear throughout the site.

All-in-all it’s a major upgrade for Facebook but let the backlash begin from users who feel Facebook is pushing the instant communication envelope too far.

Check out video of an exclusive demo of Facebook Chat Read More »

We’re only a few months into 2008, and it’s already turning out to be quite the year for technological breakthroughs, from Orgasmatrons to Rinspeed sQubas. With these modern marvels and more, we are well on our way into…THE FUTURE. Great job, world - keep it up.

Next on the horizon are Cyber Goggles that capture video and utilize image recognition.

From Pink Tentacle:

“Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a smart video goggle system that records everything the wearer looks at, recognizes and assigns names to objects that appear in the video, and creates an easily searchable database of the recorded footage. Designed to function as a high-tech memory aid, these ‘Cyber Goggles’ promise to make the act of losing your keys a thing of the past, according to head researcher professor Tatsuya Harada.

Awesome, awesome, awesome. At this rate, we are gonna have flying robot cars in like, four months. Keep your fingers crossed, Earth!

In 2001, we were given the greatest game ever played by humanity: Super Smash Bros. Melee. All other so-called games before Melee were nothing but bitter pretenders.

Now, after nearly seven years of waiting, wishing, speculating, and (of course) spoiling the entire game for ourselves on Japanese YouTube videos, the sky has opened and America has been gifted with Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

How can one perfect perfection? I don’t know, but it happened. Now, one could say that all other forms of recreation – including sex with girls, I’m told – cannot compare to the sublime experience of pitting Sheik against Fox on “Final Destination.”

It’s a hobby - what can I say?

This time around there are thirty-five total characters, but only two of them are actually playable from the get go. They brought in Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Snake from that Sony game. Whatever. Also, they upgraded all of the models with the best graphics the Wii can offer.

There are over forty stages. However, using any but Final Destination is cheap and lame. Don’t bother. There’s a spaceship one and maybe one in an egg or something. It’s for babies. Final Destination is available from the get-go though, so you don’t have to go through the chore of enduring any of the one-player modes. Read More »

The Internet’s favorite pastime is judging anything and everything, from music and tattoos to girlfriends and professors. So it was only a matter of time that armchair critics took the law into their own hands, and Rate My Cop fills that gap, however suspect the idea is.

Rate My Cop rates various police forces around the country from best to worst, according to users who submitted their scores. In practice, it’s no different than rating a professor - praise the best, bash the worst - but when does our need for judging go over the limit? Read More »

For Christmas I got a Sharper Image giftcard from my girlfriend’s parents. $100 is not too shabby, but at Sharper Image, that isn’t enough to get anything good. SO I have been saving up. I work at a bar up here in Highland Falls, and pull in an extra couple hundred a week flirting with more middle-aged cougars than you could find on the Discovery Channel. Then those f**kers did the unimagineable. They now refuse to honor gift cards! How in the hell can they do that!? Is that even legal?!

Here is my issue from an Accounting 102 perspective. A gift card is a liability - it is similar to debt. Customers buy gift cards with the understanding of cashing them in for merchandise at a later time. When a company defaults or refuses to pay its debts - the companies assets are distributed to those who it owes outstanding debts. I am not saying that I should be allowed to ransack a Sharper Image store for $100 worth of high-tech crap, but no more should they be allowed to keep my $100. I mean WTF?!

Either way, those douchbags at Sharper Image are having a firesale at a bunch of locations. They are even going to liquidate some products online. Be careful, they may decide to charge you $100 extra and be like - “Eh…f**k it, it’s ours now!”

Craigslist has become something of a staple in the 18-24 lifestyle. I admit without shame that my current roommates and I were set up through the website. It’s got a little bit of everything, so long as you’re smart about it.

You can’t trust everyone, of course, so remember to use your judgment, since it’s good for tons of stuff if used carefully.

You need an apartment? Want to sell your furniture? Need a date for this weekend? Looking for a random job on the side, or maybe job, period? Voila. One website has made it possible to kill about forty-seven birds with one stone, AND you get to search by city.

How convenient! Read More »

With recent automotive and sexual breakthroughs in technology, we are finally on pace to live in a true blue (neon blue) futuristic society, impending apocalypse be damned.

Mowing the lawn as a child is a rite of passage, passed down through several generations of Americans that prize green, well-trimmed grass more than raising a family To sport the greatest looking lawn is to live out the American Dream; when its condition is less than stellar, you might as well leave town before the neighborhood chases you out.

But wait! Help is on the way - solar-powered robot help.

If you have ever dreamed of a robot tending your garden (I’m sure most of you have), your fantasy is now a reality. Husqvarna has developed a solar powered robot lawn mower (!!!!) that’s virtually silent and can be programmed to mow at your discretion. Once the robot is done the task at hand (it works on a 40-minute charge), it will return to its charge base…on its own.

This is what £2,000 ($4,000) will buy you. Your move, Japan…

Watch the Robot Mower in action after the jump! Read More »

The Ferrari Enzo - currently the most powerful production car on earth, with a limited production of 399. Retail price: $1.3 million dollars.

So, what happens when you drive a car valued at $1.3 million that is known to reach speeds of 200mph (20mph faster than the take off speed of a Boeing 747)? You drive EXTREMELY CAREFULLY…or face the obvious consequences.

The following pictures are horrifying for the drivers who wrecked their Enzos, but so very entertaining for us commoners that laugh at rich people wrecking their precious toys.

Whatever - their tears probably contain little flakes of gold.

After the jump check out before and after pictures of the wrecked Enzo. Read More »