What The Jorge?A Little Entertainment Junk For Your Trunk

December 19, 2008 (Computerworld) Lenovo Group Ltd. today announced the release of a ThinkPad laptop that takes the “desktop replacement” category of notebook PCs to a new level.

The ThinkPad W700ds appears to be the first laptop ever to sport two LCD screens — a 17-in. primary and a 10.6-in. secondary screen.

The souped-up “mobile workstation,” as Lenovo calls it, also comes with customers’ choice of quad-core Intel Core 2 processors and Nvidia Quadro mobile graphics CPU with as many as 128 cores. It also comes with as much as 8GB of DDR3 laptop memory and a pair of hard drive/solid-state drive bays for up to 960GB of storage.

It’s all in an 11-lb. brick — five times the weight of netbooks, such as the Asus Eee 701, and at least double the weight of typical laptops — that is encased in the ThinkPad’s trademark ebony exterior.

“This is the nitro-burning drag racer of ThinkPads,” said Craig Merrigan, vice president of global consumer marketing at Lenovo, in a briefing this week.

The W700ds is expected to be available in January starting at $3,600.

What the Jorge? would a dual screened laptop do to help anything? I used a dual screened computer when I was working as a Receptionist because the phone system was computer operated, which is a legit excuse to use dual screens. What other professions is there that could effectively use dual screens? Especially something as potable as a laptop.

I’m not personally one to pamper my dogs and get them things for Christmas, because face it, they don’t know it’s Christmas! If you got them treats and toys any day of the week, they will be happy either way. However, if you have ridiculously overly-sensitive pets like I know my medium sized mutt is, I am going to look like I have nothing better to do for Christmas but to spend time wrapping a pet supplies for my pampered pooch.

For instance, a dog gift basket. It sounds ridiculous, I know but some people get this stuff for their dogs for Christmas:

Mystery Doggy Bag, Medium/Large Dog (DCHD2)

All Mystery Bags are made of assorted premium toys and treats. Regular Jeffers Price $46.47, Thanksgiving Price $24.95. While Supplies Last. Only 150 Available.

Your Price : $24.95

Physics Professor Gaurav Khanna along with Principal Investigator Chris Poulin from UMass Dartmouth assembled a public guide to putting together a supercomputer with a well known game system.

Khanna took 8 donated Playstation 3’s and made a super computer that he used to solve “complex equations designed to predict the properties of gravitational waves generated by the black holes located at the center of the galaxies.”

A who’s a what-sie?

Want to try to make a PS3 super computer of your own using the guide? Try the PlayStation 3 Buying Guide for great deals.

Information found at: PhysOrg.com

As if those warm and comfy UGG boots weren’t ugly enough, they weren’t as ugly as Crocs. Yet Crocs were just as comfy. I guess you can’t have comfort and fashion at the same time anymore.

You can get the best of both worlds and have Cruggs….a combination of Ugg’s and Croc’s.

It’s like if Clay Aiken and Michael Jackson made a baby, it would not look right, but people will still love it.

Now all the celebrity socialites in LA can wear these things in the 100 degree LA heat, and look fugly.

Photo from: On Common Ground

No it’s not a new video game for the Wii.

At a press conference in Baghdad with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, President Bush had to play duck when an Iraqi journalist showed Bush how he felt about his policies by throwing both of his shoes at his head.

“This is a farewell kiss!” the man yelled in Arabic before throwing the shoes. This is most likely Bush’s final visit as president to Iraq and what a goodbye present did he get!

There are a ton of funny t shirts out there. They always look good in a photo opp, celebrities wear them to make a statement when paparazzi follow them for a photo, it tells the world what you have to say, without ever really saying it…

With the Holiday season coming up, here are a few humerous Holiday shirts to brighten up the yultide season:

The University of Florida recently did a research and found results that show that “Telephone counseling may be just as successful as face-to-face counseling in helping people maintain weight loss”

This sounds a lot easier than trying the latest and greatest diet pills such as Ephedrasil Hardcore, which the name itself doesn’t make it sound so fun either.

234 obese women between the ages of 50 and 75 years old whom lived in rural areas in northern Florida were studied. They finished a 6 month weight loss program and the women lost an average of 22 pounds.

One year later some of the women were counseled over the phone and the rest were counseled face to face. Results showed that the women counseled over the phone regained less than 2.5 pounds average weight. The women who were counseled in person regained an average of 8 pounds.

Out of all the fat burners that are being sold and reviewed on the internet, this one is by far the oddest:

Diet Soap.

It has been featured on well known TV shows such as  Prime Time, A Current Affair, and Hard Copy. Of of 12 customer reviews, it was given 5 stars. So what makes this “diet soap” so much more unique than the Irish Spring sitting in your shower?

AOQILI Diet Soap is a made from the elixirs of undersea plants. It can be used with sensitive and and the healing and fat burning assets of seaweed has existed for over 400 years in the East. It provides natural skin care and contains numerous kinds of outlying elements,vitamins and minerals. If used over time, the body appears slender if taken with a diet.

For such a small horse, it sure it making big news!

Meet the smallest horse to be born in Bliss at Riverdance Stud Farm in Victoria, South Australia.

The currently unnamed horse is a whopping 15 inches, equivalent to the size of ‘a week-old lamb.’ Miniature horses of her breed are normally born between 20-23 inches but this “little horse that could” is expected to grow 24 inches.

The town is currently holding a contest to give the horse a name before Christmas. No english saddles for this little girl.

Photo by Newspix / Rex Features, News information from Daily Mail UK

Jerry Mitchell will direct PEEPSHOW, a new modern burlesque show set for the Planet Hollywood Hotel in Las Vegas, to begin previews March 30, with an opening set for April 18, 2009.

Not familiar with Jerry Mithell? He was a Tony Award winner for his choreography of La Cage Aux Folles, and was also held Tony nominations for his choreography of Hairspray, Legally Blonde, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Never Gonna Dance, and The Full Monty. He also directed Legally Blonde.

PEEPSHOW was created specifically for the “adult playground of Las Vegas with a highly stylized combination of sexy striptease and celebrity. ” The cast will star Mel B of the Spice Girls playing Peep Diva, and Kelly Monaco, winner of Dancing With the Stars, (Season 1) who will play Bo Peep.

Sounds interesting huh?

So with the economy completely going down the tubes, not many of us normal, hard-working people can pick up and go to the vacation destination of our choice. Well here’s a great deal for those that are saving up for their vacation the good old fashioned way…with Orlando vacations.

Families of four, or more, have the chance to save BIG on the newest Orlando family vacation package from the Residence Inn Orlando SeaWorld/ International Center. With unbeatable rates starting at $516, the package also includes four tickets to SeaWorld Orlando.

Voted number one in the “Best for Families” category by TripAdvisor, this Orlando, Florida hotel near SeaWorld lets guests enjoy an array of family-friendly amenities including a heated outdoor swimming pool, game room and sport court.

The SeaWorld Orlando Vacation package includes: — Deluxe accommodations for four nights

    --  Tickets to SeaWorld Orlando for two adults and two children (one child
        ticket per adult, up to two)
    --  Complimentary amenities including hot breakfast daily, parking and
        high-speed Internet access
    --  Rates from $516-$1,436
    --  Valid through December 31, 2008

Info from Market Watch

Last week in Southeastern North Carolina in the Outer Banks, a manatee that reportedly was found dead.

The dead manatee reportedly was seen in the Alligator River over the weekend, even though the animal’s body has not yet been found. Statistically, a manatee can’t survive very long in water colder than 68 degrees. Recent water temperatures in North Carolina have been around 55 degrees.

In recent years, manatee’s have been visiting North Carolina frequently with sightings mostly in Southeastern North Carolina. The same situation has been occurring in Florida.

If you spot a manatee, it is recommended to watch it from a safe distance and not to feed it.

A professor at Utah Valley State College named Ron Hammond has quit using textbooks in his classes and curriculum. Because he doesn’t agree with what’s written in the pages? Nope.

Because they’re too expensive.

It’s about time teachers understood how much those stupid college text books really cost. I remember paying $80 for a math book I used in one class, and even then barely used. Not to mention, the prices for books has probably gone up since I’ve been out of college for a few years. I’m going back to college this year so with the price of everything else going up, this year is going to hurt!

“I think it’s immoral because of the cost of it,” Hammond told the Central Utah Daily Herald.

So instead of using the overprices, unnecessary textbooks, Ron Hammond assigns journal articles and other reading materials that students can obtain from the library or download online.

If all professors did the Ron Hammond method, would save students (on average) $900 a year, according to the Consumerist. Now that’s something worth learning about!

My Dad would love this Palin Pumpkin, seeing that he is deeply Republican. Me? I vote on whoever can make the best Barack O’Lantern, or Leg-Obama. When I see works of art in their finest, it moves me to vote!

I think the one thing that would make this Palin Pumpkin complete would be to stick a voicebox in there and have it replay all of Tina Fey’s “Saturday Night Live” comedy skits. Or better yet, just use Sarah Palin’s speeches, they will end up sounding the same anyways…