Ever hear of a fire tornado? Neither had I until I saw this video. Nuts. Mother nature flexing her muscles.

Back to the Future? Power Laces 2.0, self-lacing shoes are nearing production. Not bad for $50.

Do you like it? Personally not feeling it. It doesn't stick to any lines, it's all very busy and lacks any fluidity.

Rent this place...for a week. Casakimball, a 20,000 sq. ft. vacation home on the Atlantic Ocean.








Beautiful. And if you happen to have $25k burning in your pocket and don't want to give it to me... Head over to http://www.casakimball.com/

Samsung will be launching the Galaxy Tab on Sept 2, a 7" android powered tablet. Will it be an iPad killer, strong competitor, or flop?







Depending on the price point, I'd heavily consider buying one. Froyo offers flash support, something the iPad cannot offer. Also, front facing camera is a selling point. We'll see shortly.



Specs:

DISPLAY

Type: Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Resolution: 1024 X 600 Pixels
Color: 16M Colors
Size: 7.0 Inches

CAMERA

Primary Camera: Yes, Front-Facing Videocall Camera
Video Player: MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264/H.263 Player

BATTERY

Type: Standard Battery, Li-Po 4000 MAh
Talk Time: (Maximum)
StandBy Time: (Maximum)

MUSIC & SOUND

Music Player: MP3/WAV/EAAC+/AC3/FLAC Player
3.5 Mm Audio Jack
Ringtone Formats: Vibration; MP3, WAV Ringtones
Speaker: Yes

DATA & CONNECTIVITY

GPRS: Yes
EDGE: Yes
3G: HSDPA
Wlan: Wi-Fi 802.11 B/G/N
Bluetooth: Yes
USB: Yes

INPUT

Touch Screen: Touch

PLATFORM

OS: Android OS, V2.2 (Froyo)
CPU: ARM Cortex A8 Processor, 1.2 GHz Processor
Operating Frequency: 2G: GSM , 3G: HSDPA
Java: Yes, MIDP 2.1
GSM/CDMA/Dual Sim/Triple Sim: GSM

MEMORY

Internal Memory: 16 GB Storage
Cards Slot: MicroSD, Up To 32GB,
Phone Book: Practically Unlimited Entries And Fields, Photocall
Call Records: Practically Unlimited

OTHER FEATURES

Games: Yes
GPS: Yes, With A-GPS Support
Browser: HTML
Messaging: SMS(Threaded View), MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Miscellaneous: Voice Memo/Dial/Commands
Organizer
Document Editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
Accelerometer Sensor For UI Auto
Picasa Integration
Google Talk
YouTube
Gmail

 Almost entirely made from carbon fiber. Head over to bit-tech and check it out

http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=188719

 Check out these pictures Scott Hansen posted on his blog at iso50. Love the colors.

http://blog.iso50.com/2010/08/26/ibm-system-photography/

After the Ben Collins fallout, it appears we may be seeing a new Stig on Top Gear season 16! Will he wear white???

http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/en/play/s/977031d-70810/

 A user over on bimmerforums by the name of stack24 posted these pictures of his gorgeous alpine white e39 m5 rocking 19" BBS LMs. Take a look, and give him props.

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1516847

Check out this awesome updated Double Rainbow video

 Chris Johnson? 

Adrian Peterson?

Drew Brees?



Can't deny Chris Johnson enormous numbers last season. He's my guy this year.

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