"This handy portable map projector equipped with GPS makes getting lost a thing of the past. All you need is a surface to shine your map on. A friend's forehead would do. Designed by Jinsun Park and Seonkeun Park of South Korea's Samsung Art & Design Institute, the Maptor is somewhat similar to this map/flashlight we profiled awhile back, but far more convenient. Not only do you not have to bother with tiresome unfolding of paper, you don't have to search for your location, thanks to the GPS function that points it out."
- April Russo (app103)
from Bookmarklet
This is kind of cool, but where exactly are the maps coming from? Via bluetooth on your iPhone (which already has maps)?
- Cristo
Yeah, maps coming via bluetooth from an iPhone would certainly be a "glaring conceptual flaw" to me. iPhone = Do Not Want. IMO.
- Ladybug Heather
But comparing the size of a projected map to the screen size on an iPhone, it might be easier to see them this way.
- April Russo (app103)
Wouldn't the maps be in the device like any other gps?
- Cody Heitschmidt
Samsung has projector phones in the market now
- Taehoon Kim
Cody, the article says they come through a connection via bluetooth. Phones already have a connected mechanism for downloading maps. April, the size of the map might be bigger, but the ability to directly manipulate it is severely reduced. E.g. how would you get directions or look at a location other than where you are currently? Also, a backlit phone screen would probably be a lot easier to see than a projected one
- Cristo
Cristo, I guess I took "Maps can be downloaded via bluetooth" to mean that new or updated maps could be received via bluetooth and "Downloaded" to the device. If that is the case.. seems like a cool little gadget. If it is just projecting from another device you must carry around, how would it incorporate its GPS to put the red "u r here" arrow on it?
- Cody Heitschmidt
Cody, it would request a map from the device based on lat/long. If maps have to be manually downloaded, then what is the likelihood that the right map will be there when you go to use it? In my experience, manually loading maps has been a fail.
- Cristo
Who cares about tropical storms...watch out for massive flooding from my drool!
- Scott of Two Countries
Well, downloading maps for storage on the device wouldn't be that bad if it was regional maps. I don't think someone living in NYC needs every street map in the world. Having maps of Paris, London, and Tokyo would be a waste if all you need is NYC or the NY/NJ/CT tri-state area.
- April Russo (app103)
Sweet! The G11 sounds really good, too. Decisions decisions…
- Alan
that ring is kicks ass! plus 28mm equiv. lens. only two negs: no HD video and no view finder. i can live without both but they are something i look for in a P&S.
- Marco
Would get this over the G11. Lack of HD vid isn't that critical yet.
- ronin
Red heads are BEST at crimes of passion. Blondes would accidentally cripple you. Brunettes are calculating... the whole intelligence factor and all. LOL.
- R1CC1
Isn't there a website where you can submit pictures of photo-stealers? This should totally be submitted. || Edit: Found it. http://thisisphotobomb.com/
- Miss Elle
...it was only after Chipper received his prints from the local PhotoMat that he realized two humans had snuck into the background of his lakeview self-portrait.
- .LAG liked that
Seriously. Would you people stop liking/commenting on this? It keeps popping up to the top of my stream and I have to stare at it again.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I have seen this a million times on myspace for years... we all have I'm sure. it is just great to comment here because then we can snag new people that are stupid enough to comment. ....you were the one who posted it Akiva. Fresh Fish for the TROLLS... hey Igor... 86 likes here means the bounty is ours. mo ha ha ha ah Fresh fish were looking at the stupid cat.
- Noah David Simon
I've got one thing you'll understand (Dr. Feelgood)/ he's not what you'd call a glamorous man (Dr. Feelgood)/ Got one thing that's easily understood (Dr. Fee lgood)/ He's the one they call Dr. Feelgood
- Christopher Harley
I've said it before and I'll say it again: if I want animation on my desktop, I'll grab a window and then whip it around the screen with my mouse.
- Akiva Moskovitz
It seems to be the only animated gif that doesn't crash my browser, too. COINCIDENCE?!
- joey
"Our goal was garden-fresh eggs ― blue- or buff-shelled ones with deep yellow yolks, tender whites, and rich flavor. So we installed a coop in a corner of Sunset’s test garden, then bought six baby chicks whom we named Alana, Ophelia, Charlotte, Honey, Carmelita, and Ruby. Even before they were old enough to lay, our flock brought unexpected delights: their antics as tiny cheeping fluff balls; their distinct personalities as squawky adolescents; the way their soft clucking made the garden seem more alive."
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
But we soon learned that there’s much more to keeping chickens than providing them shelter and food. Unlike with kids, you can’t discipline a chicken. They knocked over their food dishes seemingly for sport and nibbled junk food ― straw, wood shavings, bits of string. (We learned to keep such materials out of their pen.) Cleaning out their coop and filling and hauling 8-gallon...
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- Derrick
I would love to live in an area where I could raise chickens. Eggs are probably one of my favorite all time foods, and the thought of fresh eggs every day is awesome.
- Derrick
derrick, you'd be surprised. a lot of cities allow chickens.
- tiffany
I imagine they'd be cool in Austin, right? NOT THAT I'M SAYING ANYTHING. Or am I? *le sigh*
- Derrick
Derrick your area is zoned for chickens. I know a few people in ER who have chickens. Lots of people over here have chickens, too. There's a person on the other side of Huntington who has pigs.
- Admiral Anika
Especially right outside the city, near the lake. :-)
- Trish R
Anika, we don't have the real estate, though. We're in a duplex, but we have no real discernible yard.
- Derrick
Anika, I heard your comment in the voice of the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld, LOL.
- Trish R
My great aunt has some chickens. I went over the other day and actually saw a tiny baby chick being borned! It was awesome.. just kicking off the shell and saying hello.
- Yolanda
Trish, that's exactly how it sounded in my head as I typed it.
- Admiral Anika
Chickens are mean. They'll also eat cooked chicken. Cannibals!!!!!
- Katy S
Katy, have you HAD cooked chicken? NOM. :) This article here at Sunset talked about holding them as chicks so that they get used to people and to being handled.
- Derrick
My mom has six chickens and we get all the eggs we can eat (with 3 kids, that's a lot). I have the best of both worlds, no effort and great eggs. Then again, I do exercise her horses and loan out my husband for grunt work.
- Heather Solos
I'm amused to see this topic on friendfeed :-)
- Richard A.
Oh, I think chickens are hilarious, even if they can be mean. I took some pics of baby chicks just the other day. I saw them at the farm supply store when I went to get kibble for my kitties. And yes, cooked chicken is yummy!!!! This was my favorite picture just for the clip art on the sign: http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- Katy S
I want chickens one day, for the eggs. Akiva's not so fond of the idea but we'll work on that.
- Rochelle
Raising chickens can be a real handful. We had a coop full of them that came with the rental when we lived in Cabo San Lucas, and it was a lot of work. Also, the rooster waking us up at five every morning didn't help. :D
- Steven Perez
I wish I didn't hate chickens. Or that chickens didn't hate me.
- Alix Whitmire
This article was good, because if you just want eggs, as I do, you don't need roosters. And the hens just lay and lay. Interesting read, for sure.
- Derrick
Derrick, I think I'm scarred for life by the rooster on our farm when I was a kid who was as tall as me and hated me (and hurt me pretty bad once). Chicks are awesomely cute, though. :)
- Alix Whitmire
My relatives kept chickens in their yard. Their fridge was always full of eggs.
- Morton Fox
Mona, I have a huge domestic side to me (have you not seen my food pics?). I can't wait to live somewhere I can have three or four hens for fresh eggs (and just think of the resulting cookies, cakes, and brownies...)
- Derrick
Dude - you would totally love the bay area, farmer's markets galore!
- Mona Nomura
Some friends have chickens, but they have a huge property. The yolk is humongous though.
- Rodfather
Derrick - totally irrelevant, but wanna try out for The Amazing Race together? Casting's coming up!
- Mona Nomura
I can't imagine raising chickens in a suburban area. Together, they make a lot of noise and with shared fences, the neighbors would probably get annoyed.
- Rodfather
OMG, Mona, I love that show, but I'm SO not sporting...lol
- Derrick
I have THE WORST hand eye coordination and can't walk up a flight of stairs w/out running out of breath, but we'd be BAD ASS as a duo. I just looked on that site and Big Brother auditions are coming up too - we should TOTALLY do it LOL
- Mona Nomura
My sister has a dream of using her chicken sheds in the back of hte yard for real chickens. To me, it seems unpleasant. killing them, walking in shit, etc.
- anna sauce
I don't want to kill them, Anna, I just want fresh eggs.
- Derrick
And chicken crap helps make great compost. I get a bucket of it from a neighbor every 3 or 4 months.
- Admiral Anika
As a young pup , I worked for a commercial chicken grower, Each house had 50,000 plus each of the little cheeping fuz balls. Like a golden yellow carpet with black dots. all moving. Ahh those were the days.
- Tony C
from fftogo
You can install bug zappers above the coop. Apparently bugs are really good for chickens and result in very tasty eggs.
- Benjamin Golub
They were trying to convince me to get 3 or 4 chickens. I don't think I eat that many eggs. I mean, I could make 3 eggs for a breakfast burrito, but do I want to eat a breakfast burrito everyday? No.
- Admiral Anika
Good grief, where the hell is that? That's worse than Wellington New Zealand. Known as the windy city, you can sit on the beach at the end of the runway and watch the planes come in. Sideways.
- Gilbert Harding
It's the Princess Juliana airport in Saint Martin. It's landing pattern is so notorious that it became a mission on Flight Simulator X. The tourists love that, some even stay on the fence to get thrown back by the jet engines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Rodrigo Jaroszewski
Crikey, health and safety would have an apoplectic fit if that were in the UK.
- Gilbert Harding
"Here’s the deal about this fantastic Cargo Pick-up concept: Traffic’s bad, it’s only gonna get worse with time. To tackle inner city deliveries, is this innovative battery powered vehicle that boasts of variable track, wheelbase and load carrying configurations. It features a Compact Mode, Narrow Mode (with banking corner action) and Pick-up Truck Mode. The Compact Mode sees the Pick-up section flushed to the back of the cabin. It’s an ideal situation for small deliveries. The Narrow mode gives reduced width and higher maneuverability and as the name suggests, the Pick-up Truck Mode allows you to carry larger payloads." - more info here: http://www.asdesignltd.com/#...
- Kol Tregaskes
from Bookmarklet
20 years ago: a cheeseburger had 333 calories. Today’s portion: 590 calories.
- Derrick
20 years ago: a portion of spaghetti and meatballs used to have 500 calories. Today’s portion: 1,025 calories. This includes two cups of pasta with sauce and three large meatballs.
- Derrick
20 years ago: French fries were 2.4 ounces and 210 calories. Today’s portion: 6.9-ounces with 610 calories.
- Derrick
20 years ago: a turkey sandwich had 320 calories. Today’s portion: a 10-inch turkey sandwich has 820 calories.
- Derrick
Where are these 6' bagels? Or is a guy just eyeballing it saying, "Yeah, that's 6'."
- Admiral Anika
I recently made a concerted effort to pay attention to portion size, and yeah, we eat entirely too much food. I was shocked on what I could get by (and be filled up by) once I really started looking. I still want some cake, though.
- Derrick
For meat/proteins, the correct portion size is the palm of your hand or a deck of playing cards. For a bagel, or hamburger, it shouldn't be any larger than a compact disc. For starchy vegetables, your portion size shouldn't exceed the size of a standard computer mouse. Or you could just remember the 1/2 - 1/4- 1/4 ratio - 1/2 green vegetables, 1/4 starchy vegetables, 1/4 meat/protein.
- cecily
Another thing you'll need for successful weight loss is a food scale. Do not underestimate the power of a food scale, especially when you're first learning about portion control. For the first three months on the Well Known Weight Loss Program, I measured everything until I felt confident enough to eyeball it. I even bought smaller plates, smaller bowls, and bigger water glasses to help keep me in check.
- cecily
Oh, and re: cake - angel food cake with syrup made from fresh strawberries, balsamic vinegar, mint and black pepper is as close to a guilt-free dessert as you're ever going to come. It helps that it tastes pretty darned good, too.
- cecily
Of course, now it's time for me to follow my own damned advice again. *sigh*
- cecily
C, when I do cake, I'm doing CAKE. O_O I'm thinking wedding cake (but just a tier). ;)
- Derrick
I started by getting smaller plates/bowls and putting away the big ones in an unused closet. They are tucked away in case I need them as serving dishes, but I'm too lazy to just pull them out for cereal or snacking.
- Amber, Random Time Lord
D - it helps to live somewhere where people wouldn't know good cake even if someone hit them in the face with one.
- cecily
This series should have finished with before-and-after pics of the average American. =)
- Andrew C
I wonder what exactly was the thought process that lead him to explore the house while wearing the bag on his head.
- j1m
I couldn't stop laughing at him every time he walked past that gap in the wall.
- Admiral Anika
@j1m I tried it just now and can't figure out how you could spend hours with a paper bag on your head. I lasted about 30 seconds, boring
- Daniel Dulitz
@Daniel, it's most interesting if you go outside and walk around town with it on your head. (ps: kidding! kidding!)
- j1m
This is one of the best videos I've seen in a while...Cute kitteh.
- Alex Scoble
We all know that fruits and vegetables are good for us, especially fresh ones, and when they are in season. However, dried fruits have theirs own indisputable health benefits, too. There are many delicious dried fruits out there, and you can find five of my favorites below.
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
from Bookmarklet
I eat raisins almost every day. Good stuff.
- LogEx
Dried apricots and dried cranberries FTW! The local healthfood store has bulk dried fruit bins and I like making my own trail mix from 'em
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
"Polyglot 3000 is an automatic language identifier that quickly recognizes the language of any text, phrase or even single words. It is available for Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP."
- Shankar Ganesh
from Bookmarklet
"The Terrafugia Transition "roadable aircraft" - the nearest thing to a flying car yet built - has made its first test flight. Terrafugia says that the flight took place on March 5, and will hold a media briefing at 1430 UK time. Meanwhile pictures of the flight are available on the company's website: http://www.terrafugia.com/photoga...."
- Kol Tregaskes
from Bookmarklet
We're in a time of pioneers of new models in journalism. Time will sort the Lewis and Clarks from the Donner Parties.
- Alan
Not one is willing to ask a question that may offend because all of them are afraid of 'losing access.' It's a softball party all day every day.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
"There is something beautiful about this English breakfast, photographed by Daniel Krieger in Maidenhead yesterday morning. I feel tubby just looking at it. While the spread of yolk-popping eggs, fried bread, sausage, beans, chips, and a tomato can seem like a mess of things—plus the toast squeezes in there, "wait for me!"—it looks so clean and methodic. Krieger says it's one of the better English breakfasts he's had, but get this. One of his favorites is at Chip Shop in Park Slope, Brooklyn, which he believes actually rivals this one."
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
Something about the beans and the pink breakfast meats just don't... do it for me :\
- Mona Nomura
i prefer an irish breakfast. blood sausage ftw!
- Carlos Ayala
I gather, then, that traditional Mexican breakfasts don't float your boat, then, Mona? :D
- Steven Perez
I agree with Mona. Something about this offsets me.
- Mike Nayyar
hee hee ... you guys are so suburbanized ... :D
- Steven Perez
Ya - the only Mexican breakfast I've had are breakfast burritos and soooomething tells me, that ain't traditional. ;)
- Mona Nomura
But the pink breakfast meat taste just like bacon! I love English breakfast :D Carlos, I didn't know blood sausage was part of an Irish breakfast, I had it in London, though.
- Alan
actually, the irish and the english breakfast are basically one in the same. we can include the scottish and welsh breakfast too. the english also serve blood sausage. they call it blood pudding.
- Carlos Ayala