Cookoo Analog Smartwatch: Isn’t That an Oxymoron?

I guess that since Pebble was so popular thanks to their highly successful Kickstarter funding drive, it’s only a matter of time before the market of smartwatches becomes flooded with new products. The Cookoo takes a unique approach by combining an analog watch with a smartphone interface.

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1930s Photos Reveal History of Greenland Glaciers

Rediscovered aerial photos of Greenland from the 1930s have allowed scientists to construct the history of the glacier retreat and advance in the area. The photos were rediscovered in a castle outside Copenhagen, Denmark, and they have allowed Anders Bjork and his colleagues to develop a deeper understanding of how climate change has affected the ice loss and glacier movements of the last 80 years.

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Gigantic Downdraft Energy Tower Planned Near US-Mexico Border

Scientists are planning to build a massive type of new power generator in south-western Arizona, which relies on evaporative cooling to create wind. It should deliver enough energy to power a medium to large city with no negative environmental impact.

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Information Flow & Digest

Since I got an iPhone last March (my first smartphone), the way that I access and consume information has changed. While I’ve had an iPad for about 5 months, I hadn’t yet gotten a 3G card from my carrier. There is a big difference between having access to the Internet anywhere and just not being able to do so. The places I go to don’t have reliable free WiFi. The iPhone 4S allows me to tether my iPad for free, because my carrier is CHT in Taiwan and they are partly government-owned, my iPad 2 still hasn’t gotten an 3G card.

Diva Plavalaguna’s Song From The Fifth Element

I saw this on the Internets over the weekend and it reminded me that I haven’t seen this movie in a couple of years. I’ve seen it a lot though, enough to know most of the plot elements. This song is hauntingly beautiful. It was sung by the Albanian soprano Inva Mula.

My Daily Tweets 05-26-27-28-12

• 34m This cold needs to go away. Slept fitfully and now I’m at work being grumpy
• 35m @lindymei tell them the ladyboys are awesome. They should come.
• 9h This Prius is miraculous. I’m getting over 50mpg from an Earth-friendly mix of smug and self-righteous. Why doesn’t EVERYONE drive one?!
• 10h Wait, was Shoshanna not wearing a skirt at the end of the episode when she assaulted Ray? #Girls #Showtime
• 10h Spring Break 2012: I’m going to Winterfell, bitches! Gonna find me a salt wife for the week… Woohoo! #GOT
• 11h I had a nightmare last night that when I turned on my iPad it was running Honeycomb. It was terrifying.
• 11h @purplelime pretty cool. I need something durable for when I zip around on my scooter.
• 11h I like long tube socks that go up until the knee, like for soccer players. The ones w holes are being reused as iPhone arm holders.
• 11h I have rarely bought socks myself bc ppl just keep giving me socks #sockwatch. Last time I bought some was 2008.
• 11h Most of my home socks have holes in them. time to chuck them out #sockwatch. They’re at least 10 years old.
• 11h #sockwatch I bought 11 pairs of socks on Friday. Went to an outdoors shop and they had a special. Went bonkers.
• 11h #RangeHQ is smelling like an old man. Menthol rub all over my chest and throat, hot tea and sore throat lozenges. #cold #summer #sucks
• 11h I need to buy a ticket to #DashBerlin and #Jupiter tomorrow.
• 11h #Vera arrived, time to watch it. #ITV It’s that episode that hasn’t been broadcast in the UK yet, ep 3
• 11h @purplelime faded blue and gray one star seekers also look cool. Depends on how much they cost locally. 2-4 pairs I guess.
• 12h @purplelime Im actually wearing really old One Stars, but the sole has faded to yellow due to age. Not good to wear to work.
• 12h @purplelime or gray star player EV. Will see when I get them at the shop. The Reforms are the gray ones with a blue line.
• 12h @purplelime The other pair might be a pro leather from Chuck Taylor as well.
• 12h @purplelime Chuck Taylor reform, in gray with green accents. Looked pretty spiffy.
• 12h Coworker had contracted the virus that’s been going around school. He’s not the first one.
• 12h Stupid coz I was already feeling sick for a while and went to the grocery store earlier
• 12h #711 had everything but honey. #familymart had jam, no honey. Guess I’ll have to live without until tomorrow
• 12h They say if you eat salad every day, you can extend your life 15 years. Great. 15 more years of eating fucking salad!
• 12h Frenchies were bred to be ratters. Spike just ran after one. I trained him well coz he heeded my call and didn’t eat or kill it
• 12h @sock_girl pumpernickel
• 12h Up high http://instagr.am/p/LLR6WONTb9/
• 12h Torture stones http://instagr.am/p/LLRt8TtTb0/
• 12h Park at night http://instagr.am/p/LLRoHnNTbt/
• 12h Building on a rainy night 5/28 http://instagr.am/p/LLRWLANTbi/
• 12h I’m in the process of updating my wardrobe, from socks and underwear to t-shirts and jeans. It’s good to be single. #SingleLyfe
• 12h Saw 2 pairs of #converse that I liked. Will pick them up this week. I’m sure @purplelime will love this
• 13h “Thor is exactly the kind of guy I’d avoid at parties in college.” —@madmann (UC Santa Cruz Alumna)
• 12h This year, I might have to get another Frenchie. Spike is turning 8 and I can’t live without one. A cute Frenchie bitch is what I’d like.
• 12h Within a couple of days, Spike’s ear infection cleared up thanks to #Surolan. I recommend it.
• 12h I actually had trouble walking him yesterday morning. Was too sick to do that properly, but I managed.
• 12h 13min until I get ep3 of #Vera on #ITV. Time to walk Spike while there is no rain.
• 13h Actually, #Continuum wasn’t bad. I’m hooked. Anything with possible future tech will interest me. Plus #RachelNichols is hot.
• 13h It’s too bad that they didn’t use #worldlines and proper theories of quantum physics, not this time travel one worldline BS.
• 13h 8 years until 2020, seems like the #cyberpunk revolution is further off, maybe like 2030 or later.
• 13h #camonille #spearmint tea is so good. Makes me feel 10x better.
• 13h That and #smartclothing, #smartarmor, etc. Funny how linked weapons no longer work when they’re outside their net.
• 13h I guess it makes sense that the main difference between ppl is #wetware, brain-machine interface, etc. #continuum
• 13h #Continuum is confusing. Do you root for the Corps or the terrorists trying to destroy the system? My gut says the terrorists. Corps suck.
• 13h Being sick sucks balls. And I don’t have any honey for my lemon/peppermint tea.
• 13h I want to inject caffeine into my blood stream directly. Drinking too much coffee makes me pee too much
• 14h #Continuum starts off interestingly
• 14h My photo from last night’s 75th Birthday of the Golden Gate Bridge — a great night! http://goo.gl/xweic
• 14h Your voice sounds like a bag of dying babies #Girls #Showtime
• 14h I will be your crack spirit guide #Girls #Showtime
• 14h It’s like wearable taxidermy #Girls #Showtime
• 14h They are fawning all over him like he owns a Home Depot #Girls #Showtime
• 15h Thai shrimp mushroom soup http://instagr.am/p/LLBYsRtTUk/
• 15h McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Dendrophilia and Other Social Taboos: Hired Help.: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hired-help#.T8NpWl6tK4o.twitter
• 15h McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: The Treaty of the Laundry Room.: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-treaty-of-the-laundry-room#.T8NsLT8bmkI.twitter
• 15h #Columbia #OmniFreezeIcce was pretty comfy today, as were the #Teva mush shoes.
• 15h Bream Gives Me Hiccups: Restaurant Reviews from a Privileged Nine-Year-Old: Sushi Nozawa.: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sushi-nozawa#.T8NmQvLqXuc.twitter
• 16h In Focus – The American West, 150 Years Ago – The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/05/the-american-west-150-years-ago/100304/ via @in_focus
• 16h In Focus – One Year Since the Joplin Tornado – The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/05/one-year-since-the-joplin-tornado/100303/ via @in_focus
• 16h Natasha Poly Plays A Sexy Siren for Antidote’s Icons Issue http://fashiongonerogue.com/natasha-poly-antidote-ss-2012-jan-welters/ via @fashgonerogue
• 16h Shot by Pierre Dal Corso, Ashley Smith Glitters for the June Issue of Numéro China http://fashiongonerogue.com/ashley-smith-pierre-dal-corso-numero-china-june-2012/ via @fashgonerogue
• 16h Seiji Fujimori Captures Summer Swimwear for Marie Claire Spain June http://fashiongonerogue.com/caroline-corinth-seiji-fujimori-marie-claire-spain-2012/ via @fashgonerogue
• 16h In Focus – Earthquake in Northern Italy – The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/05/earthquake-in-northern-italy/100302/ via @in_focus
• 16h Sophie Vlaming Excites in May’s Grazia France, Shot by Richard Bernardin http://fashiongonerogue.com/sophie-vlaming-richard-bernardin-grazia-france-may-2012/ via @fashgonerogue
• 16h Fresh Face | Yamilca Ortiz by Matthew Priestley http://fashiongonerogue.com/fresh-face-yamilca-ortiz-matthew-priestley/ via @fashgonerogue
• 16h Behati Prinsloo Named the Face of Seafolly for Summer 2012 http://fashiongonerogue.com/behati-prinsloo-named-face-seafolly-summer-2012/ via @fashgonerogue
• 16h Hilary Rhoda in Sporty Beachwear for Vogue Spain, Shot by Miguel Reveriego http://fashiongonerogue.com/hilary-rhoda-vogue-spain-june-2012-miguel-reveriego/ via @fashgonerogue
• 16h Nadja Bender by Alexander Neumann in ‘Gold Dust’ for Fashion Gone Rogue http://fashiongonerogue.com/nadja-bender-alexander-neumann-gold-dust-fashion-rogue/ via @fashgonerogue
• 16h Peter Lindbergh Captures Julia Stegner, Toni Garrn, Katrin Thormann http://fashiongonerogue.com/peter-lindbergh-julia-stegner-toni-garrn-katrin-thormann-vogue-germany-june-2012/ via @fashgonerogue
• 16h Louise Donegan Goes Poolside in Zoltan Tombor’s Grazia Italy Shoot http://fashiongonerogue.com/louise-donegan-zoltan-tombor-grazia-italy/ via @fashgonerogue
• 16h Captured by Alice Rosati, Sofya Titova is Cowgirl Glam for Gioia http://fashiongonerogue.com/sofya-titova-alice-rosati-gioia-magazine-2012/ via @fashgonerogue
• 16h Martha Hunt Sparkles in Free People’s Occasion Line of Dresses http://fashiongonerogue.com/martha-hunt-free-people-occassion-lookbook/ via @fashgonerogue
• 16h Jeez, this is taking a long time. Going through a couple days worth of starred items in GReader.
• 16h [straight] …Men don’t want to look at naked men http://blog.thaeger.com/2012/05/24/jbs-mens-underwear/
• 16h @yiiee I know. have to block the drawers on my IKEA desk each day or they end up opened. She goes through my drawers.
• 16h Doutzen Kroes Wears Sexy Swimwear for Vogue China’s June Issue http://fashiongonerogue.com/doutzen-kroes-vogue-china-june-2012-solve-sundsbo/ via @fashgonerogue
• 16h Kate Upton for Beach Bunny 2012 Bronze Collection | FreeYork En http://freeyork.org/en/fashion/kate-upton-for-beach-bunny-2012-bronze-collection via @freeyork_net
• 16h Josephine Skriver is Enchanting in Tush Summer 2012, Shot by Markus Jans http://fashiongonerogue.com/josephine-skriver-markus-jans-tush-summer-2012/ via @fashgonerogue
• 16h Fresh Face | Sara by Cecilia Duarte http://fashiongonerogue.com/fresh-face-sara-cecilia-duarte/ via @fashgonerogue
• 17h @yiiee opening the drawers of my desk in the living room. Every freaking time.
• 19h #ironsky was pretty funny. A lot less of a B movie than I expected.
• 19h Grade 2 Julia’s toy http://instagr.am/p/LKkqrVtTek/
• 22h http://i.imgur.com/Bhngh.gif
• 20h New shoes and shirt at school. http://instagr.am/p/LKbrrAtTcd/
• 20h Rainy day at work http://instagr.am/p/LKbXc5NTcZ/
• 22h Kids told me that grade 1 Barry pooped his pants twice last week.
• 23h Finalement, c pas Ystad mais Gstaad #oss117
• 23h Reading and skimming through feeds is so much more pleasant on my iPad and iPhone.
• 23h Those #teva mush frio lace shoes are extremely comfortable. Paid $50 for them. Good buy
• 23h Boss called me in again to sub for a “sick” teacher. That’s 3 times in 3 work days.
• 28 May World’s heaviest primates: morbidly obese humans. After that: gorillas at 485 lbs.
• 28 May Facebook’s IPO “Disaster” http://bit.ly/KfGUP
• 26 May Spread the red square everywhere: Why solidarity with #Quebec students is crucial http://bit.ly/KDyb59 #ggi #loi78 #maplespring
• 28 May My story about China’s black market kidney trade: http://gu.com/p/37zn5/tw via @guardian
• 28 May Clouds 5/28 http://instagr.am/p/LJ-3MntTQ_/
• 28 May Greenery cut to look like Mickey mouse http://instagr.am/p/LJ-stoNTQ0/
• 28 May Spent all day kind of sick in bed. Strangely feeling a lot better now but it’s bedtime again
• 28 May Je préferais forniquer avec un porc un vendredi de Ramadan! #oss117
• 28 May Sleeping happy #frenchie http://instagr.am/p/LI-HGptTXj/
• 28 May Tu as tué mon frère a Ystad! #oss117
• 27 May So #Safe is basically about some triads using a #mentat to run their numbers? #dune #jasonstatham
• 27 May @lindymei I know WTF? I’m Hindu raised in Europe and quebec.
• 27 May Why are all these girls inviting me to church?
• 27 May Sort of rainy 5/27 http://instagr.am/p/LIpZFBNTbe/
• 27 May This was my weekend, how was yours? http://instagr.am/p/LIl962xO0p/
• 27 May @purplelime they are really thin. I played w one on the weekend and it feels like half the width of my iPhone
• 27 May The earthling is a black man, possibly angry #ironsky
• 27 May Very green leaves on this tree http://instagr.am/p/LHvyD4NTZX/
• 27 May They finally got rid of the transplanted trees that didn’t survive http://instagr.am/p/LHvqshNTZR/
• 27 May Building 5/27 http://instagr.am/p/LHu8LutTY6/
• 27 May @lindymei @jesswu720 I thought Internet people were all rabbits
• 27 May Overheard description of dancing to dupstep: “It’s robots turning into snakes.”
• 27 May @lindymei no I speak some Spanish, so it wasn’t that. I was just tired.
• 27 May This was another vegetarian day for me. I don’t know why. Had chick peas cooked in tomato sauce w pita.
• 27 May I think I was so tired last night at #Luxy that I was hearing gibberish from ppl around me. Language was no longer making sense.
• 27 May I’d like Ryan Reynolds to use cock-juggling thundercunt in each of his movies. #SafeHouse.
• 27 May “You so dirty”, esthetician to a TW girl I know who is getting a tan from all this sun.
• 27 May You monosyllabic responses bore me.
• 27 May Mainly, I like Ryan Reynolds for the line cock-juggling thundercunt. #Blade2
• 27 May Having a big outdoors shop near my home and work is a really bad idea.
• 27 May Bought some Columbia Omni-Freeze Ice shirts yesterday. I’m hoping they will freeze my ass off next week at work.
• 27 May #MIB3 was OK, but tonight it’s going to be #SafeHouse. Too tired to do anything else.
• 27 May I guess this week, Saturday was the day I caught up on missed sleep
• 27 May @lindymei i was indeed! so weird, i always think people on the internet aren’t real people
• 26 May You have to solve 7 diophantine equations in 9 variables to figure out my intent when I retweet. In other words, they’re not endorphins.
• 26 May Thoughts given away to strangers come back through time decades later like comets return to the sun.
• 27 May Building 5/26 http://instagr.am/p/LGOhc3tTfB/
• 26 May New shoes: teva mush trio lace canvas http://instagr.am/p/LFs9vZNTfV/
• 26 May I hate it when people die because I get so fat #Episodes #Showtime
• 26 May Our brains are just hard drives of actions and memories. #Eureka #Zane
• 26 May 3 ppl told me that they liked my clubbing glasses, I said thanks including some in-my-face-grinding girls. I was really distracted.
• 26 May She was grinding on his back while he checked his smartphone.
• 26 May I saw a girl grind her crotch on her boyfriend, sitting on that same stage. It was somewhat odd.
• 26 May Whilst taking to a girl last night, two others were grinding their bums in my face on a little stage. Very distracting.
• 26 May Neighbor’s new ride http://instagr.am/p/LFNL1JtTW_/
• 26 May The exhaust of life http://instagr.am/p/LFNH0TtTW-/
• 26 May Cloudy, muddy and breezy today http://instagr.am/p/LFM1cbNTW2/
• 26 May Grass is always greener http://instagr.am/p/LFMe_wtTWx/
• 26 May Building 5/26 http://instagr.am/p/LFL_uStTWv/
• 26 May My Daily Tweets 05-25-12 http://wp.me/pWvW-72f

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My Daily Tweets 05-25-12

• 2m Hate Loose Earbuds? Try These Easy DIY Earbud Modifications http://wp.me/pWvW-72d
• 3m iPhone Idostand Swings Both Ways – Landscape and Portrait That Is http://wp.me/pWvW-72b
• 6m FYLM Foldable Speaker: Ultimate Portability http://wp.me/pWvW-729
• 11h Spend one day in silence. If you need to speak, mouth the words. Voices clutter the panting dog; the strain of bees. Listen.
• 10h But remain strong! Go out with renewed sense of purpose! Hug a fox! Kiss a fish’s lips! Spoon with the mighty grizzly.
• 12h How did you sleep, Tildren? With your eyes open, so you continued to learn? Theremiah moistens mine with quiet licks during slumber.
• 9h 1h left #joshwink #luxy http://instagr.am/p/LEEI2htTSY/
• 11h Sort of a 90s kind of sound #joshwink #luxy http://instagr.am/p/LD3BX4NTcL/
• 13h Give up your lunch today. Instead, cover your flesh in fresh molasses and sit in the sun. Nurture the indulgences of birds, insects-provide.
• 12h Very different from the usual music I hear here #joshwink #luxy http://instagr.am/p/LDz1n8NTa3/
• 12h 1h into a 3h set #joshwink #luxy http://instagr.am/p/LDzuBVNTa0/
• 13h Made it in time #joshwink #luxy http://instagr.am/p/LDs9WWtTX2/
• 13h Late night lights http://instagr.am/p/LDoFkGNTVS/
• 13h Building 5/25 http://instagr.am/p/LDnmf0NTVG/
• 15h Close up on the caramel on my macchiato http://instagr.am/p/LDeiE9tTQG/
• 15h Caramel on my macchiato http://instagr.am/p/LDeaiFNTQD/
• 15h Would like to take a nap but that’s impossible since I need to leave in 30min. All that I can do is to drink some stimulants and chill
• 15h Think I might have misread a cue from a girl, but in the end I’m sure it’s going to be fine
• 15h No run tonight bc Im pretty tired & Ill b leaving soon 2 see #joshwink at #Luxy Need 2 drink an energy drink. Wonder if Ill make it till 4am
• 15h Got shoes, tech t-shirts to wear in this sweaty weather, #rivertracing shoes, plenty of summer socks.
• 15h There’s a reason I dont go to outdoors shops that often. It’s bc I spend money in them. Went to buy #rivertracing shoes and spend $300 usd
• 15h This will be the 3rd night in a row that I’m getting about 4h of sleep. Tomorrow morning? River tracing on #Wulai
• 15h Hide in the darkest room of your home. When someone opens the door to find you, say nothing-greet them only with the glow of your wide eyes.
• 21h It isn’t such a headache now that I know exactly why I should learn trigonometry. ATTACK THE SOLAR SYSTEM!
• 22h Remind me that you are alive. Wake me from my sleep and shake me till my skull throbs. I want to feel your rage; your vigor
• 22h Dying light of the afternoon http://instagr.am/p/LCs4bJtTSA/
• 23h Her mom is strange so my co-teacher is wondering how she will tell her mom that her daughter was cheating.
• 23h Apparently, grade 2 Sylvia has been cheating during the weekly spelling tests. Caught her red-handed today. She’s writing lines
• 25 May I sit in a puddle, and pluck every spine from a hedgehog. He waddles away unencumbered. The year is 1783. I have created the guinea pig.
• 23h Three on the sunlight http://instagr.am/p/LCjC1xtTfl/
• 25 May John Kerry’s $7M yacht. Nancy Pelosi’s $23M Napa Valley winery. Al Gore’s $9M Malibu Mansion. Only Democrats can empathize with the poor.
• 25 May Lots of kids sick today, puking all over the place.
• 25 May Of course I have received splinters. I do not remove them. Small branches emerge from me and bear fruit in the shape of my face.
• 25 May @jesswu720 haha, I guess I don’t really use them but I guess they are good to harden ur feet for running
• 25 May Tiles POV http://instagr.am/p/LCPh5btTY1/
• 25 May Inlaid stones in a path to massage feet http://instagr.am/p/LCOvQetTYZ/
• 25 May View from a courtyard in xinjhuang http://instagr.am/p/LCOLnLtTYC/
• 25 May Teaching and tutoring http://instagr.am/p/LCOGGEtTX_/
• 25 May Big building in Sanchong http://instagr.am/p/LCN-PmtTX6/
• 25 May Pretty tired today
• 25 May Another hot day 5/25 http://instagr.am/p/LB58qctTc9/
• 25 May Why do you insist on running with two legs? Do not believe the propaganda. Learn to run ferally, on all fours. Never be late again.
• 25 May “I have a background in mathematics, and have been doing some counting.” More hockey philosophy http://nplusonemag.com/nhl-playoff-update-2-the-consolation-of-philosophy
• 25 May My Daily Tweets 05-24-12 http://wp.me/pWvW-726

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Hate Loose Earbuds? Try These Easy DIY Earbud Modifications

There’s nothing more annoying than going for a run or being out during an errand with your favorite pair of earphones, and having to constantly fiddle with them so they stay put. In my experience, specific types of earbud covers are needed to prevent earbuds from popping out. Here are some easy ways to making them stay put from a DIY perspective…

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iPhone Idostand Swings Both Ways – Landscape and Portrait That Is

he perfect iPhone stand is hard to find, especially since there are so many choices out there and not all of them are that versatile. That’s why industrial designer Allan Ospinadeveloped the Idostand, which is basically a case that doubles as a stand, working in both portrait or landscape position.

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FYLM Foldable Speaker: Ultimate Portability

Speakers come in all shapes, sizes and colors, but this is one of the first that I’ve seen that completely folds down flat, making it extremely portable, especially if that’s the kind of thing you need to share your tunes. FYLM is the perfect size to fit in a bag or notebook and it won’t take up much space.

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