This former Facebook and PayPal Art Director is Building a Tsunami-Proof Escape Pod

Chris Robinson was always very attached to Fukushima. That was where he met his wife, back when he was still living in Japan in 1991. After a tsunami struck the region, Robinson learned that most of the places he's to been to have been wiped out.

After watching the destruction on TV, Robinson didn't want to be caught unaware like many in Japan were. His answer to that dangerous situation is a 22-foot, 10-foot wide and 8.5-foot high tsunami-proof capsule.

The designer sketched the plans for the pod on his computer before spending the next two years building it. After completing the capsule, it will sit outside his house, easily accessible when the waters start rushing in. In the meantime, Robinson is thinking of renting it out via Airbnb to those who want to spend the night in it.

Calibur11 Xbox Vault

Does your new gaming console need an armor? Calibur11 Xbox Vault adds an extra layer of protection plus ventilation for your console and a nice hatch to hang your control pad, kinda like a spot for boxers to hang their gloves after a fight.

Perhaps it might seem frivolous to get a vault, but most geeks do have date nights with their Xboxes and not their exes. And for such nights who doesn’t need protection? After all your Xbox may cost you $500 and one soda spill is all it takes to end all that fun.

New Online Casino Slot Spanish Eyes at Lunacasino!

Bite that rose and do a tango with Lady Luck in this new online casino slot game Spanish Eyes at Lunacasino!

  
Online slot machines has never had this level of savor and romance before.  But thanks to another iteration of SkillOnNet Games—the latest of which is online casino game titled Spanish Eyes, the heat of this Hispanic-themed slots will get your blood rushing and turning the reels in a tasty tango of triumph.

This slots game has 3 X 5 reels, with Hispanic music instruments running across the reels.  A woman in flamenco dress stands beside the reels, ready for action like a coiled spring—strength and grace held in check.  A player can activate up to 25 lines in this exciting online casino game, allowing for higher chances of winning the right combinations.
 
The Senorita symbol serves as the wild symbol in Spanish Eyes... get five of these and you can win as much as a 10,000 multiplier for your bet.  Flower symbols serve as the scatter symbols whose appearance can bestow players with 12 Free Spins!  The main bonus feature as well as for every win that occurs during these free spins gives the wager a three times multiplier—per win, so imagine the possibilities!

There’s also a Click Me bonus feature that helps trigger more wins; it’s in turn triggered by the appearance of the senorita symbol on reels one or five.  When the Click Me feature gets activated, try and gain a prize by clicking the right senorita symbol onscreen.  One can win a hundred times the wager bonus in this manner, or a pick again that keeps the player moving on to pick the right prize.

Spanish Eyes can be played with all 25 lines activated, with costs ranging from 1.25 coins to 125 coins maximum—whether in demo play or real cash mode.   Spanish eyes also offer players a respite from what could be a repetitive process by offering a gamble button left of the spin button.  Clicking this button will allow you to try to double your winnings by guessing the colour of the card that is placed facedown.  Losing the bet makes you lose what you have gained after the last win.

Online casino gambling guru Lunacasino gives players a 50% bonus when you enter the code EYES into the coupon option.

Lunacasino, named after the Roman goddess of the moon was launched in 2012. Licensed by the Lotteries and Gaming Authority Malta, the site is available in 21 languages.   Make a visit to the Lunacasino site and tour its endless plethora of offerings, from slots games, table games like poker and blackjack, live games, 3D games and more!

Last but not the least, experience this new game that can bring out the Latino in you!  Try and play Spanish Eyes and win your prizes passionately—make sure to type in the bonus coupon code EYES!

Thank God for MorningHead!

Who wants a MorningHead? This is just the perfect way to start your day if you're too lazy to shower or a tad late for work.



Getting rid of bed hair is now way too easy!

No mess, no fuss and best of all, you look good! Almost like taking a REAL shower.
 


Where can I send one to Rihanna? She has the worse case of bed hair ever!

 

Liquid Image: Explorer Series 8MP Underwater Video Camera

Liquid Image is taking a hands-free approach to underwater photography with its own take on wearable technology. Take that Google Glass!

This scuba mask is fitted with an HD camera and can go down under up to 40 meters (131 feet). Like swimming with a GoPro cam on your forehead :)

The Explorer Series 8MP Underwater Video Camera has a built in to a snorkel mask for easier hands free underwater photography. This mask is great for swimming, snorkeling, and family fun



Don't forget to say Hi! to Nemo :)

Eight New Slot Games from SkillOnNet Offered by LunaCasino

I have a love and hate relationship with fruit machines- there are days when I get triple cherries and days where I simply luck out. These days I find my thrills on slot apps on my iPhone- and who says you can’t win anything online? I racked up enough credits to spice up my slot gameplay and there are places like Luna Casino where you can have a lot more fun and you can keep spinning far longer which simply worth your buck.

LunaCasino has new 8 awesome games from SkillOnNet Limited, a renowned B2B software developer. The stylish 3D games are now game-ready for users on LunaCasino.com alongside its 90 games roster. 

"Good new games are what players want and good new games are what we give them. SkillOnNet’s aggressive release policy of one game per week is holding up, with eight new titles in the last eight weeks driving more revenue and attracting new players," says Michael Golembo, SkillOnNet VP Marketing on the new slot games.

Upbeat and improved sound plus comical themes are sure to entertain online players, also in the eight game line-up is the 3D favourite called Flip Flap. Players are expected to match up funny faces for awesome prizes with the chance of multipliers to up the winnings by 20x, so much win on this one. The rest of the seven new slot games are amazing as well with their remarkable graphics and one-of-a-kind themes that would appeal to a broad range of online users.

"Wherever possible new SkillOnNet slots receive extra promotion and offline exposure and the release of Flip Flap is a good example of timing the launch to coincide with the Easter TV activity running now in Denmark. With its truly fresh and imaginative design this online casino slot game is already proving to be a winner!"

LunaCasino is a major gaming website with over a hundred slot machine games, blackjack, poker, roulette and other popular casino games, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week online via computers and other internet ready mobile devices such as laptops, tablets and smart phones.

Dropbox Updates its iOS Apps

Dropbox has been my dumping ground for everything that matters lately. Everything from photos, office files, docs and family videos, access Dropbox using a desktop or mobile and share them easypeasy. And today the file storage behemoth announced that it made an important upgrade on its iOS application.

Glad to see these new features:

• Ability to save uploads directly to existing or new folders.
• You can now browse photo uploads in chronological order
• Also a new interface redesign, now overhauled with icons Dropbox looks pretty much streamlined. 

Dropbox for iOS is free to download and pretty much compatible with every iDevice.

Apple Versus Samsung: Patent Wars Have Begun

These mobile tech patent wars are almost ridiculous as asking- who invented and reinvented the rectangle?


Apple is bitching Samsung is miming whatever tech and aesthtic they're churning out, stealing designs and user engagement programming in their wares. Samsung tells Apple to shut up that its ideas are modified rehash of what's out there already which Apple absolutely did not first create. Meanwhile, Samsung screams theft at Apple for pilfering a few of its wireless tech and that they should be paid instead.

Both companies pre-date each other, competition maybe head-to-head, but they should stop bitchin' and keep innovating, they can keep the cycle of borrowing and improving ideas from each other. Both companies should grow up and stop psyching each other out. 

Microsoft ‘Surface’ Tablet PC

Apparently, Microsoft is not dead. Its Microserfs have been busy on the sidelines while letting Apple dominate the electronics market for more than decade, even way past Steve Jobs' demise.

Now Microsoft, the sleeping giant is in the running again. Microsoft, being the closest giant that can go head-to-head with Apple in terms of computing and electronics have moved into the game by introducing “Surface”, Microsoft’s tablet to compete with iPad. So is it even charming and visually alluring as an iPad? Or just like anything from Microsoft of yore, does it still look a bit evil? Windows and Macintosh OS, iOS and Windows for phones- new mobile rivals to the end. The Microsoft ‘Surface’ Tablet PC is 9.3 millimeter thick, weighs around 1.5 pounds and runs on Windows RT operating system. The debut version is expected on fall 2012 to coincide with the release of Windows 8.

Facebook Smartens Up with Plans of Launching Its Own Smartphone

Is this news you would actually 'Like'? Facebook will unveil its smartphone by 2013.

According to The New York Times, Facebook has been busy recruiting the best engineers to work on the FB smartphone hardware. Known as the social network’s 3rd try to develop a decent smartphone. This timely news comes as the Goog has recently acquired Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Facebook obviously doesn't want to be left behind so it has up its ante into the smartphone hardware business. It has enough funding in its coffers to do what the Goog does and venture on profitable hardware tech.

Would You Strum This gTar?

Strum away feisty fingers because Incident’s now-famous gTar, which was launched both on the Disrupt Battlefield stage and on Kickstarter, has made upwards of $120,000 on Kickstarter since its launch.
Kickstarter is a great place to launch a product. Remember the Pebble smart watch, which saw over $1 million in funding in its first 28 hours on the site, and surpassing $3 million well over a month before their stated goal?

The gTar by Incident makes the steep learning curve of this popular musical instrument a bit easier and a lot of fun. The developer trumps that their new twist on guitar playing features only 3 stages of difficulty, rather than the much-frustrating traditional single difficult learning level. All thanks to the Apple iPhone and one smart app, this electronic guitar basically guide users through thr rhythms of a guitar. All that for $450 though!

Sony’s PlayStation Vita 3G

Heralding the arrival of the Sony’s PlayStation Vita 3G, the $300 Wi-Fi model takes the portable gaming experience up a notch. Here are a few of the essential points of the PlayStation Vita:

•     Front and rear camera
•     Motion sensors
•     Built in GPS
•     3G connectivity with data plan
•     Five-inch touch screen
•     Rear touch panel
•     Dual joysticks on both ends

The PlayStation Vita has everything you need such as input devices and flexible controls. Fantastic games for diehards is definitely promising and in the future of the Vita 3G.

The retail price though is outright higher than their brand rivals such as the Nintendo 3DS. The 3DS comes in at $170, but goes without the 3G connectivity and less graphical juice where the PlayStation Vita is king when it comes to "per pixel" power. Though one could manage decent gaming with an iPhone, its nothing compared to the fun with the PlayStation Vita 3G. Sony also offers the PlayStation Vita in a model without 3G connectivity for $250, which is a great move to show some gamer love, but still much more pricey than the market competition.

Mobile Commerce: Paying with your Smartphone

I use my iPhone a lot, a good amount of time browsing and shopping online. I have yet to try square and other mobile payment schemes mainly because I have this paranoia with credit card scams in general. What's stopping hackers into getting on my iPhone and shopping away? And gosh, the idea of my iPhone getting stolen and being used around the place just freaks me out.


The big tech developers are not giving it enough attention though M-commerce is obviously on the rise, consumers today not only love to purchase via their portable phones, they don't leave home without and rely on their mobile for just about everything. There’s space enough for a big improvement when it comes to the mobile shopping experience – consumers definitely want a streamlined and less buggy payment processes. The by-line is they want their credit lines safeSo what's the appeal of paying through let's say with your iPhone at a retail location? Its just handy! A new mobile payment solution would benefit large merchants such as Wal-mart, Costco, Bendels and Target. Though I like the idea of mobile shopping in general, I don't feel yet the technology for mobile commerce has a safety net for consumers. So for now I'm sticking with plastic and paper for my shopping convenience.

Nikon D7000

Nikon D7000
Camera Body Weight: 780g


Best Buy Features:

• 16.2MP APS-C Sensor
• 1080P at 24 FPS video with mic jack for external microphone
• ISO 100-6400 (25,600 extended)
• 39-point AF Focusing (with 3D tracking)
• New 2016 pixel metering sensor
• 132 x 105 x 77mm
• 30-1/8000th of a second shutter range
• Twin SD card slots
• 3 inch 921k dot screen

AF Tracking is the main feature of the D7000, the AF being one of its impressive aspects.  Perfect for photographers into the action.