The built-in heads-up display is one of the crucial components that prevents us from having our sci-fi future now. After all, every good postmodern nightmare has HUDs. The Terminator’s killing power comes from a heads-up display; RoboCop and his great justice also comes via a HUD. Now, Google’s secretive Google X division is putting together […]
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The NFL Has A New Uniform Sponsor In Nike
Posted 4/04/2012 7:00 am by Ron HoganIt was going to happen eventually, but it’s not quite as strange as I expected. Nike has been champing at the bit to get their hands on the lucrative NFL uniform market, and now they finally have. Nike has unveiled their newly-redesigned line of NFL uniforms. While not every team is the same, most of […]
Read »Baylor Has A Perfect Season, Wins NCAA Title
Posted 4/04/2012 6:30 am by Ron HoganThere are some winning marks that are very impressive. When UConn passed UCLA for an 88-game winning streak, that was impressive. However, while 88 wins is good, there’s one record that no college basketball team, men or women, has ever been able to accomplish until now. While there have been many perfect seasons, in which […]
Read »The Wildcats Are Your 2012 National Champions
Posted 4/03/2012 6:30 am by Ron HoganThe final score was 67 to 59, but the game was closer than that. Right until the end, the Kentucky Wildcats just could not put away the Kansas Jayhawks. The Cats stormed out to a big lead, but every time Kentucky got the game closer to a 20+ point lead, Kansas would storm back, drag […]
Read »Ubaldo Jimenez Beans Former Teammate in Spring Training
Posted 4/02/2012 7:30 am by Ron HoganIt’s only spring, but the boys of summer are already starting to heat up. After an acrimonious divorce from the hated Indians, former Cleveland Indian Ubaldo Jimenez ended up with the Colorado Rockies. Before he left Cleveland, Jimenez had very public and very nasty arguments with teammate Troy Tulowitzki. Tulo and fellow teammate Carlos Gonzales […]
Read »Kentucky Versus Kansas For National Championship Glory
Posted 4/02/2012 7:00 am by Ron HoganTwo programs with thousands of wins and dozens of NBA players between them. A pair of history-ladened clubs meet in a historic NCAA Tournament Championship game tonight, as the top-ranked and top-seeded University of Kentucky Wildcats, led by college basketball’s best player Anthony Davis, square off against the Kansas Jayhawks, who are led by the […]
Read »Burger King To Change Over Restaurants, Menus
Posted 4/02/2012 6:30 am by Ron HoganBurger King is going to be changing. After dropping to third place in the US fast food arena and struggling to fight off rivals like McDonald’s and Wendy’s, the King has started to look like a pauper since the company went private. However, the company is busy attempting to reinvent itself and solve its problems […]
Read »Total Recall Gets A Remake, Trailer
Posted 4/02/2012 6:00 am by Ron HoganLet the summer blockbuster season begin! The first of the summer’s big sci-fi movies to get a trailer (that’s not Men In Black 3), Underworld director Len Wiseman takes on one of his toughest challenges yet. He’s the man replacing Paul Verhoeven in the director’s chair for the big-budget CGI remake of the guilty pleasure […]
Read »Half Of All US Households Have An Apple Product
Posted 3/30/2012 8:00 am by Ron HoganPeople love Apple products. From the game-changing iPod to the iPhone and the iPad, Apple has made a fortune finding niches to fill with its products. Between popularizing MP3 players to putting the smart phone into the hands of hipsters, Apple has managed to become a consumer electronics company and not a computer company. According […]
Read »Stanford Wins The NIT
Posted 3/30/2012 7:00 am by Ron HoganWithout a doubt, there are three things you can say about the Stanford Cardinal men’s basketball team this season. They were the second-best team in the Pac-12. They were the 69th best team in the country. They are the postseason NIT champions. It’s small consolation for a disappointing seasons, but the Stanford Cardinal crushed the […]
Read »Amazon Founder To Recover Apollo 11 Rocket Boosters
Posted 3/29/2012 8:00 am by Ron HoganIt’s been over 40 years since man first walked on the moon thanks to the brave astronauts of Apollo 11. Now, an important artifact of the race for space has been discovered some 14,000 feet below the surface of the earth. Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is planning to find and recover the F-1 rocket engines […]
Read »Hospital Accidentally Cuts Off Baby’s Finger
Posted 3/29/2012 7:30 am by Ron HoganWhen baby Selena had a fever that would not break, her mother took her to the Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center in Tampa Bay, Florida, where doctors treated her high fever and administered fluids via an IV. When it was time for Selena to go home, a nurse when to remove the IV and cut […]
Read »Elderly Orlando Couple Driven From Their Home By Spike Lee
Posted 3/29/2012 7:00 am by Ron HoganSpike Lee is a good to great director of movies, but he’s got a problem. A lot of times, Spike Lee says things without thinking. He talks. A lot. And he’s not exactly the most accurate person when he speaks and especially when he posts to Twitter. Once again, Spike Lee’s quick tongue has gotten […]
Read »Ron Burgandy Announces “Anchorman” Sequel On “Conan”
Posted 3/29/2012 6:30 am by Ron HoganAnchorman is a comedy classic. The pairing of Will Ferrell with frequent co-collaborator Steve Carell and Paul Rudd? Genius. The whole movie is as hilarious now as the first time I saw it, maybe more so. As it turns out, I’m not the only one who wanted more of Ron Burgandy’s over-the-top antics, and Ferrell […]
Read »Mega Millions Jackpot Hits A Record $476 Million
Posted 3/29/2012 6:00 am by Ron HoganFor whatever reason, the multi-state Mega Millions Lottery just seems to be hitting higher and higher jackpot numbers. It wasn’t all that long ago when Mega Millions hit $335 million, but that’s chump change compared to the current high the jackpot has hit. The current Mega Millions jackpot will be a staggering $476 million dollars […]
Read »Alicia Silverstone Chews Food For Her Son
Posted 3/28/2012 7:30 am by Ron HoganCelebrities do some weird things, especially when it comes to parenting. For example, there’s Alicia Silverstone and her son, 11-month-old Bear Blu. According to Silverstone herself, she and Bear have a weird eating ritual they do. Alicia Silverstone chews food, then spits it into her son’s mouth. If you’re grossed out by this, you’re not […]
Read »Apple Vs. Australia In iPad HD Row
Posted 3/28/2012 7:00 am by Ron HoganApple has a history of blaming its problems on other people. Remember when the iPhone couldn’t make phone calls due to design flaws, and Steve Jobs said the problem was the way consumers were holding the phone and their evil left-handedness? Well, Apple is at it again, but not in America. In the continent/country of […]
Read »Magic Johnson And Friends Buy The Los Angeles Dodgers For $2 Billion
Posted 3/28/2012 6:30 am by Ron HoganEarvin “Magic” Johnson was a great basketball player, but he’s probably an even better businessman in his retirement years. Since retiring from basketball due to contracting HIV, the man known as Magic has made millions of dollars in various business ventures, and now he’s putting that money to good use. An ownership group led by […]
Read »Plane Passengers Tackle Pilot After Mental Breakdown
Posted 3/28/2012 6:00 am by Ron HoganThere are a lot of things that pilots can do that can endanger passengers and crew. There are things from simple accidents like coffee spills, to fatigue from long hours and even in-cabin accidents that can put lives at risk when you’re traveling at hundreds of miles an hour, but for the passengers of JetBlue Airways […]
Read »Miss Universe Canada Disqualified For Being A Mister
Posted 3/27/2012 7:15 am by Ron HoganDonald Trump’s Miss Universe pageant just seems to be a breeding ground for controversy. Usually, that’s because The Donald has said something crazy or offensive, but not always. For example, take Jenna Talackova, the Miss Universe Canada representative from Vancouver, British Columbia, who was recently disqualified. As it turns out, Miss Universe Canada was actually […]
Read »Tim Duncan Scratched From Game Due To Age
Posted 3/26/2012 8:00 am by Ron HoganTim Duncan is an NBA legend. He’s not flashy or acrobatic–after all, he’s The Big Fundamental, known for his consistency. His other team mates might get all the attention due to personal-life wife-stealing drama or their bat-killing prowess, but not Duncan. He just shows up, plays basketball, and leaves. At least, that’s what he normally […]
Read »The Hunger Games Shatters Box Office Records
Posted 3/26/2012 7:30 am by Ron HoganPeople have been looking forward to the opening of The Hunger Games since the trailer first debuted back in November. As it turns out, all the waiting for opening weekend has turned out to be a good thing for both the movie and its fans. The Hunger Games debuted with the largest opening weekend of […]
Read »James Cameron Goes To The Lowest Spot On Earth
Posted 3/26/2012 7:00 am by Ron HoganJames Cameron is a crazy man. The brilliant director, who gambled big on Avatar and ended up making one of the most successful movies of all time, has an obsession with the ocean. Between Titanic and The Abyss, the dude just loves the ocean for whatever reason. This love of water extends to his personal […]
Read »The Final Four Match-ups Are Set
Posted 3/26/2012 6:30 am by Ron HoganIt’s not the Fantastic Four, it’s the Final Four. As the 2012 NCAA Tournament draws to a close, more and more teams have fallen by the wayside to defeat, and only four teams remain standing. The class of the SEC, the University of Kentucky. The class of the Big East, the University of Louisville. The […]
Read »Braves 3rd Baseman Chipper Jones To Retire At The End Of This Season
Posted 3/23/2012 7:30 am by Ron HoganIn a month, Chipper Jones will be 40 years old. At the start of the 2012 season, he will have spent 19 years as an Atlanta Brave, and he will have been in the Braces organization since they drafted him in 1990. He’s been an anchor at third base for most of that time, barring […]
Read »Starbucks Gets Into The Energy Drink Market
Posted 3/22/2012 7:30 am by Ron HoganStarbucks is not content to just sell coffee to commuters. Starbucks is a company that is looking to grow beyond its traditional business and diversify its stores with multiple revenue streams, in addition to expanding beyond stores into the grocery market. Starbucks is adding to its alcohol business and its digital distribution platform by moving […]
Read »Tim Tebow Becomes A New York Jet
Posted 3/22/2012 7:00 am by Ron HoganApparently yesterday was a pretty big day for football news. Not only did the Bountygate punishments come out, the NFL’s most popular player also switched teams. When Peyton Manning signed with the Denver Broncos, you knew Tim Tebow would have to go somewhere else to play his unusual trade. What nobody expected was that Tim […]
Read »Saints Coach Sean Payton Suspended For A Season
Posted 3/22/2012 6:30 am by Ron HoganThe New Orleans Saints are known for their prolific offense, but it’s their defense that’s in the news this morning. When former New Orleans Saints and current St. Louis Rams defensive coordinator Gregg Williams was caught running a bounty scheme during his time with the Saints, the NFL was not pleased. Non-contract bonuses, such as […]
Read »Time’s Top 140 Twitter Feeds For 2012
Posted 3/22/2012 6:00 am by Ron HoganOne of the best things about Twitter is the fact that it is an evolving medium. In fact, Twitter is changing every day, right before our eyes. Last year’s top 140 Twitter accounts to follow will never be the same as this year’s top 140 Twitter accounts to follow, and that’s part of the joy […]
Read »Southwestern Mexico Hit By 7.4 Earthquake
Posted 3/21/2012 7:00 am by Ron HoganThe thing about the Pacific coast is that people often forget about the earthquakes that take place outside of California. For both the Asian side of the Pacific rim (New Zealand, Japan) and the American side (San Francisco, Hawaii), the risk of earthquakes is very real and very dangerous. Take, for example, the recent 7.4 […]
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