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• Twitter flips the OAuth switch for third-parties, update your apps today

  As of today, third-parties are only allowed to connect to your Twitter account using the secure OAuth method. As a result, malicious apps cannot suck out your credentials into the cloud and legit clients cannot be compromised because they never store or send this information each time you use them.
  Another important benefit to using OAuth [...]

• Mexican carrier suggests iPhone 4 without antenna woes due September 30

  A semi-official confirmation has appeared today concerning an alleged iPhone 4 revision supposed to fix the nasty antenna issue, better known in the headlines as Antennagate. The bomb was dropped by a high-ranked carrier executive who publicly promised his company would have an improved handset on sale by the end of September.
  Mexican carrier Telcel announced the arrival [...]

• Details about LG’s E900 Windows 7 Phone revealed

  The website Android.com.pl has posted specs, images and video of the yet to be released LG E900 smartphone powered by Windows Phone 7. Some specs posted about the phone reveal that it is powered by Qualcomm’s 1.3 GHz Snapdragon processor (QSD8650). Other specs include:
  -          3.7 capacitive TFT LCD display
  -          Light sensor
  -          [...]

Dad’s Life

This parody song is not half bad.

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• Hooray, MySpace now syncs with Facebook

  If you can’t beat them, join them – that’s a convenient summary of a Monday announcement by MySpace that it is now possible to sync status updates with a Facebook profile or Page. In addition, you can also share MySpace posts like music, videos, links, and photos with your friends on Facebook. Any status update [...]

• Penny Arcade, Sam & Max, Team Fortress and Strong Bad mashed together in new Telltale project

  What does Penny Arcade, Sam & Max, Team Fortress and Strong Bad have in common? Nothing.

• Chatroulette 2.0 live and is after advertisers, problems persist

  Now that video chatting service Chatroulette has become a verified phenomenon, its owner is hoping to attract advertisers with a revamped version meant to be less about naked people and more about making money.
  At least that’s what the site’s founder, a 17-year-old kid from Moscow, is hoping to achieve. The first reactions, however, leave a [...]

Oatmeal Comic: Working from home

There’s always the up and downs of working at home.  What I enjoy most is staying up till about 4am eating pizza drinking beer, but what kind of sucks is that there are many distractions… Well, this comic explains it all!

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/working_home

PS:  Speaking of distractions, my assignment had me read 2 of The Oatmeal’s comics for guidelines on semi-colons and apostrophes.  Then I got distracted with this….

Grow Valley

Of the few actual Japanese flash games I’ve been able to find, they are simple in graphics but the gameplay is usually superb. Here’s a simple game where you get to choose which field of people you employ to an empty plot of land, and the order affects what each will do to create a community. To beat the game, each field of people will achieve a Max level of 10. Give it a try.

Grow Valley
Created by a team/person named RECRUIT

Japanese vs US Navy Recruitment Ads

Sometimes, the audio makes all the difference.

Note: You may need to click a second or two ahead for the video to actually play.

Cool LG Flexible E-Paper

Technology is just oh so cool! LG has flexible e-paper. Enki posted something like it previously awhile back. This isn’t a flexible LCD though. Expect these babies in upcoming devices! Click the image to enlarge it.

Funny Picture: How to Make a Sandwich

Because this is one of my posts, it should be obvious that this is going to be NO normal sandwich. Don’t worry though. It’s still consumable for the most part. View Picture