Happy New Year 2010, Everybody

This will be my last blog posting of the decade, people. Have a safe and wonderful New Year. Be careful out there. The world is full of assholes. Considering that I spent the first 4 days of 2009 in a Miami correctional facility, this year can only get better. Peace and chicken grease. -Woz

Bronx Zoo Monkeys Trying To Eat Jell-O

Think you might be too drunk to drive tonight? There's an app for that!

I don't condone irresponsible levels of alcohol consumption - at least not without a plan for how you're getting home - but we know that it happens sometimes. Fortunately, you're likely to have your phone with you when you're drinking, and there's a new, geeky way to determine whether you've had one too many to drive safely. Yes, my friends, there's an app for that: R-U-Buzzed.

It's not a breathalyzer attachment for the iPhone, as cool as that would be. No, R-U-Buzzed is just a calculator based on your height, weight, and what you've had to drink that night. If you're sober enough to put that information in, the (free) app will tell you whether you can drive safely. Ok, I get that this seems pretty useless. Someone who really can't drive safely probably can't operate an iPhone app, either. On the other hand, even seeing the app on your home screen might remind you to call a cab. In fact, the app can even call a cab for you, if you live in Colorado. If you don't, it at least offers links to cab numbers in your area. Be safe on the road this New Year, readers. There's still no app for the jaws of life.

HP Printer Ink Costs Almost Twice as Much as Human Blood

We knew printer ink was expensive, we just never bothered to put it into perspective before. And now we don't have to, because somebody else already did, and the comparisons are pretty eye-popping.

In a graphic comparing the "relative price of different liquids," a single mL of HP black ink #45 runs about $0.70. That's nearly twice as much as a mL of blood, which according to the data runs less than $0.40. It's also almost 14 times more expensive than Penicillin, which runs a little over $0.05 per mL.

So there you have it. Assuming the numbers are accurate, penny pinchers may be better off pricking their finger and refilling those empty ink cartridges with their own blood (please don't try this). Of course, there's always generic ink, which while usually significantly cheaper than "genuine" ink from the printer's manufacturer, have also been known to clog print heads.

Daddy's Girl

WiFi for passive-aggressives

When even leaving a note is too direct… you folks with wireless networks still named “linksys” or “belkin” are clearly missing out on a priceless opportunity to piss off your neighbors.

 

Why One Wife Now Chooses To Shop Alone

10 Gadgets That Defined The Decade

As 2009 winds down and we try to come up with new and clever ways of referring to the early years of this century, there's really only one thing left to do: declare our ten favorite gadgets of the aughts and show them off in chronological order. It's arguable that if this wasn't the decade of gadgets, it was certainly a decade shaped by gadgets -- one which saw the birth of a new kind of connectedness. In just ten years time, gadgets have touched almost every aspect of our daily lives, and personal technology has come into its own in a way never before seen. It's a decade that's been marked the ubiquity of the internet, the downfall of the desktop, and the series finale of Friends, but we've boiled it down to the ten devices we've loved the most and worked the hardest over the past ten years. We even had some of our friends in the tech community chime in with their picks on what they thought was the gadget or tech of the decade -- so join us for a look back at the best (gadget) years ever!

►FULL STORY courtesy of Engadget

Bummer, Billy

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2009's Best Free Apps & Utilities

►FULL STORY Courtesy of Maximum PC

Facebook Nerd Argument

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World Trade Center time-lapse video

I never saw this video of the World Trade Center collapse before. Sad, but interesting nonetheless.

Fight on New York City 6 Train

First of all, I want to make it clear that I in no way think this video is "funny." I'm just posting it because it amazes me that this fight could go on for as long as it did without any intervention at all. Somebody filmed 5 minutes of this. No help. And where are the police? And the conductor just closes the doors and the train keeps on rolling? And this happened on CHRISTMAS DAY. The only person trying to stop the fight unfortunately ends up bloody by the 3:14 mark. So messed up.

The A-Team / Star Wars mashup

I guess I don't like Dinty Moore Beef Stew anymore

Only In New York City...

I guess that's why they call it the F Train? Looks like someone's getting off at this stop. I hope that thing gets steam cleaned once in a while. (The train car could probably stand a good scrub too.)

Megan Fox in Men's Style magazine