If you don’t know Stan Lee, imagine Marvel without most of its characters. No Spiderman or Hulk or a bunch of X-Men, you just won’t have the Marvel universe any more.
Some art gallery in LA has done a exhibition, for some reason or other. Lets skip all the factual crap and get straight into it. Most of the pictures look incredible, and you should definitely check it out. There are a couple for people with special taste, but have a look anyway, you will like it.
For the gallery go to Stan Lee Tribute Artwork.
I can consider myself a lucky man, after finding this delightful fellow to come along and fix up the bugs of old. What bugs you say? If you have ever clicked one of my tags in the past months, you would have noticed that you only found articles that weren’t in the shorts section. That was annoying to say the least, considering that majority of the articles on the site are published under shorts (because I am to lazy). That bug is fixed, but has created other bugs that will hopefully be resolved in the coming week. If you happen to notice a bug that annoys you, can you please post a comment or send me a private message. Thank you and have a great day.
It seems I have a case of writers block. There was a time on the old Unobtainble.info blog that I could write many articles a day and feel happy with what I had done. Not so much anymore. There are certain pressures of being a father and also being a Boyfriend/Husband, that require time. This doesn’t mean I want the new Technience to die, that isn’t it at all. I am just taking a sort break to regather myself and to be a damn great father.
On the other side of thing, the people who developed the new theme, were quite frustrating to deal with. I decided to go over the seas to find a developer, who had promised a lot of work for a little money (I am not a rich fellow), and there are features they just never got to work, though they said they would have in working before they finished. They have turned the fault onto me, and therefore I am working on trying to fix a few things.
It seems as my number of readers dwindle into nothingness (could be the title of a emo song), I will work away and hopefully regain the almost greatness of the unobtainable.info page. Till then I hope you all a very Merry Christmas, and off course, a very happy new year. Hopefully this isn’t the last piece of writing you will read before the new year, but if it is I will see you all son.
For the people who never saw the cool Citroen add with the car (C2) that turns into a robot does a dance and then back into a car, you really missed out. Seems a group of Chinese really liked it, considering they turned it into a sort of reality. It doesn’t move but man does it look cool.
The project supposedly cost $US8000 which isn’t much to get a 14-foot tall, 1,320-pound monument. All it needs now is a big Autobots logo on it and we have a true masterpiece. The original video can be found here.
For more info, dance over to the Autoblog Blog.
I like to give you guys a heads up on reviews, especially seeing I recommend reading even the worst of reviews before buying any new toy. Below is a list of all the reviews I have stock piled this week, with a exert from each.
- First up we have the Samsung YP-T10 Review by the guys over at AnythingButiPod. They believed “the T10 is a good player with a really nice line up of features” and “may not be for everyone”. Not bad for a Nano clone.
- Mobility Site did a massive, gigantic, monstrous review of the interesting HTC Advantage X7501. There are a ton of images and the conclusion they came to was “for business users wanting a powerful mobile device for staying connected with the office and still be able to maintain phone connectivity, or mobile tech enthusiasts wanting a top-of-the-line Windows Mobile device, this would be an excellent unit”. I still prefer a true UMPC.
- Pocketables have done a great review on the new OQO Model 02, which is a tiny little UMPC. They said “the Model 02 is an amazing upgrade to previous models and definitely steps up and delivers on all of its pre-release promises” and only really didn’t like the fact that there was no stylus included in the non Windows XP Tablet edition models and the crappy battery life. The article may contain trace amounts of poetry.
- AnythingButiPod did it again with a great review of the Archos 605 Wi-Fi. They said “605 could be ‘the ultimate PMP’, but it needs a complete overhaul of the interface, making it more usable to the average consumer” and “definitely much less user friendly than what is on the market, but that said, it will make a very nice match for the portable video enthusiast”. Sounds like I’m waiting for the next generation.
- AnythingButiPod have too much time on their hands and have reviewed the SanDisk Clip, which is like a Shuffle, but with a little screen. They liked it saying “its price of $40 and $60 MSRP I can easily recommend this to beginners as well as seasoned MP3 player users as a spare” and “the Clip has found a permanent home in my gearbag”. What happened to the all rounder?
- Lastly we have a review of the Fujifilm’s FinePix S8000FD digital camera by the grand people at Photography Blog. They said “the Finepix S8000fd represents Fujifilm’s best attempt yet to fuse the advantages of compact and DSLR cameras together, rivaling the latest entry-level DSLRs” and “the Fujifilm Finepix S8000fd is therefore both our current ultra-zoom camera of choice, and a viable alternative to a DSLR camera”. Fujifilm have done it again.
Remember to thank these guys for taking their time to write these amazing reviews for you guys and girls.
For all the Apple fanboys (and girls) in Australia, there is now another reason to visit Sydney city (other then to show off your iPhone). Soon a new Apple official retail outlet will be located on the corner of King Street and George Street (where the old Westpac use to be), which should be opening around the middle of 2008.
Also you might like to know that they are already advertising for staff, so if you don’t mind sitting around another 9+ months then it might be a decent career path. You would also be located next door too a McDonalds, which closes the deal for me.
On a unrelated note, the location they chose is close to the centre of Sydney city, making it a great location. The only issue I find is that I know the owners of the electronic shops along that road very well, and they all sell Apple gear (Georges Electronics, CCC Camera House, Paxtons etc). Me wonders if this will hurt there says or create more interest in the area. What do you think?
For more info, click over to the SMH Website.
Good news for all you Aussies like Mwah (me for those who don’t speak idiot) who also can’t afford the $AU999 PS3. It is now confirmed that Australia will also get the new 40GB model, which other then being cut down by a bit, will also be a few hundred dollars cheaper. Though it isn’t cheap enough yet to compete with the Wii or X360, it will sell for $AU699. I think it is still about $100 overpriced. Should hit shelves on the 11th of this month (October).
For more info, waddle over to the Kotaku Blog.
Yes I am a Star Wars nerd. I love everything to do with the Star Wars universe, and even wrote my religion down as Jedi on the last Australian census (a long with the other 100,000 people). Mark Ecko, of around 50 clothing brands, has been given permission from George Lucas to play with some Star Wars designs, and the hoodie he has come up with is pure art. Of course if you don’t like Boba Fett then you won’t like the jumper at all (everyone loves Boba). Only limited edition unfortunately, so expect them to be rare and so very expensive.
For more info, and more pictures, click over to the OhGizmo! Blog.
There are usually no excuses for laziness, but over the last few months of neglecting my poor old website I have come up with a few.
Firstly I have done some moving. I am now a resident of a quiet little area called Nelsons Bay. It’s located around 200KM’s from Sydney, which gives me a nice buffer been me and my family (if distance makes the heart grow fond, then I will need at least another 200KM’s).
Secondly I now have a beautiful little baby girl. We decided to name the little wonder Pearl after a dream her beautiful mother had (I swear I am not a suck up). She is a little over 2 weeks old and is proving already to be a hand full. Having a child is a beautiful experience that I would only wish upon my worst enemies (and closest friends).
Now I have the excuses out of the way lets talk about the future of this little blog. In the past people will remember this site as the very ugly unobtainable.info, which I had created all on my very own with the little web development skills that I had at the time (which was very little). Now thanks to my new friend Srikanth, and his crack team of coders and designers at Ask Graphics, I have this much prettier and accessible site. This new site can do more, load faster and even give spectacular foot massages.
One of the larger changes you will notice is the domain change from unobtainable.info to the new technience.com. I found unobtainable to be a great name and domain but it really didn’t have anything to do with technology or science now did it. You would have probably already guessed it (because this site is focused at the smart crowd) but the new Technience domain, actually means Technology ‘n’ Science, which makes a lot more sense.
Now we have a new name, a new identity and a clean pair of pants (also thanks to my beautiful woman) we can start a fresh with the latest technology, science, gaming news plus any other wacky stuff I can come up with. Also if you are lucky maybe even a few guest writers (who can actually write thank god).
So to tie all my rambling up into a neat little package (which is smaller then a PS3), you can expect the regular updates of the old unobtainable, in a much easier to look at layout. Hope you all enjoy and thank you for coming.