Look at Apple hijacking students to work on the iPhone 5

Are we reverting back to the stereotypical Nike sweatshop factories? Perhaps Apple is leading the charge on this one. News has leaked out that thousands of Chinese students have had their semesters suspended so they can work at a Foxconn plant producing the iPhone 5.

After the plant couldn't find enough workers to produce the new phone, the took to Huai'an in the Jiangsu Province of China. Students here were removed from their schooling, driven to the factory, and paid minimal wages to produce the product. Working 6 days a week at up to 12 hours per day, they are making a whopping $244 per month. That breaks down to making just about $0.85 an hour. A student posting under the anonymous name of MengniuIQ84 stated that authorities had ordered the students to work, but without the consent of the factory or parents.

This is absurd, and I thought waiters making $2.45 an hour was crazy. I would love to hear what Steve Jobs would have said about this news.


Source: www.Shanghaidaily.com

Is Rob Ryan really Raiden from Mortal Kombat?

I don't know what made me think of this, but once I looked up both pictures, I'm almost positive that Rob Ryan used to be Mortal Kombat's Raiden. The picture of Raiden is from 1995, and now we see Rob Ryan 17 years later. With the 17 years comes the added weight, the facial hair, and the wrinkles. While the gray hair cannot really get much more gray, it's there nonetheless. Even the facial expressions are strikingly similar here. The more I look, the more I believe it.

My verdict: I'm completely sold on this. Rob Ryan definitely was Raiden. Case closed. If the Cowboys get some bad breaks from this point on, I expect some lightning to spark from his eyes. Who knows, maybe that's just what the refs need to get the calls right.. a little fear from Raiden.

Rajon Rondo: NBA All-Star and.. fashion intern?

Coming off a disappointed series against the Miami Heat in the most recent playoffs, many expected the "new" Big 3 of Rondo, Garnett, and Pierce to be working like crazy this off-season to exact revenge the following year. With the Celtics adding and dropping multiple players, I personally expected to see these 3 mentoring the newcomers in their winning ways. What I DIDN'T expect was to see Rajon Rondo taking a fashion internship in New York City with GQ Magazine. If you could have placed a bet on this at the end of the season, the odds would probably have been something like 1,000,000 : 1.

I do realize that there are two main parts to an NBA game: looking good on the court, and looking even better for the post-game interview. Some pros can kill the post-game look, where as some just make me laugh. Maybe Rondo is trying to gain some inside information on the upcoming fashions so he can out-do Dwayne Wade and Lebron James's ridiculous looking glasses. Here's hoping that Rondo kills it on the floor, and changes the post-game look forever.

Airpane! officially funniest movie ever. About time!

"I am serious, and don't call me Shirley." Thank god! This has been one of my all-time favorite movies across all genres of films. How can you not like this movie? Leslie Nielson (RIP) is pure gold in this flick. Almost everyone in the movie makes you laugh at one point, even Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Just the fact that Kareem is in this movie, playing a co-pilot pretending not to be Kareem, is awesome. I would always fight for the integrity of this movie, and now I actually have some evidence behind it!

A panel was assembled to watch all of the films that would be considered as "funniest ever." This panel then recorded how many laughs from the audience were generated, and proceeded to calculate the LPM, or Laughs Per Minute. Airplane recorded a LPM of 3. 3 laughs a minute over the entire movie? Pure comic genius if you ask me!



They proceeded to rank the top 10 movies, they are as follows:
1. Airplane - 3 LPM
2. The Hangover - 2.4 LPM
3. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad ! - 2.3 LPM
4. Superbad - 1.9 LPM
5. Borat - 1.7 LPM
6. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy - 1.6 LPM
7. American Pie - 1.5 LPM
8. Bridesmaids - 1.4 LPM
9. Shaun of the Dead - 1.3 LPM
10. Life of Brian - 1.2 LPM

I've got to be honest, I'm surprised that the entire Naked Gun series isn't on this list. Leslie Nielson can simply do no wrong. If you haven't seen Airplane, you seriously need to get your head out from under that rock and watch this.

Joey, you ever been in a cockpit before? You ever seen a grown man naked?

Aaron Rodgers is rocking a 'stache now?

Okay, I really admire people who can rock amazing facial hair.. whether it be a full beard, handlebar mustache, or even a serious pair of mutton chops. But the one thing I cannot respect is the "chico-stache" we see Aaron Rodgers rocking in this ESPN interview. He goes from the rugged, scruffy look that many wear to this? He looks more like an Aaron Ramirez rather than an Aaron Rodgers. On a scale of 1-10, I give this look a respectable -5. Please bring back the scruff or just nix the 'stache completely!

New Wave of Smartphones

Every year as we approach the holiday season, handset makers and carriers want to cash in on big spending. September is a good time to start, as the kids are heading back to school or off to college. Verizon recently released the Samsung Galaxy SIII, which set the bar high for many upcoming phones. Since Google purchased Motorola Mobility, the two have coordinated to make a few enticing Android phones. I won't do a complete overview of each phone, but the summary should be enough to decide whether the phone is for you or not.

Motorola recently launched three RAZR models: the M, HD, and HD MAXX.

1. RAZR M: the cheaper of the three phones (listed at $99, a steal compared to most smartphones), but you get what you pay for. The M has lesser specs than the other two models, but for that price, a lot of people will be willing to skimp on some hardware to save the money. the M has a dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 processor, 1GB of RAM, but only 8GB of storage. However, you can always buy a micro-SD card for relatively cheap money, so that's not too bad. The M has a 4.3 inch Super AMOLED display, with 960x540 resolution. While the resolution is not great, it's still decent with such a large screen. The 8MP camera is up to any other phone's standard, but the secondary VGA camera is obviously a downgrade in quality. The M has 1080p video recording, which seems to be the norm nowadays, but is still very good of course. It is not listed as having LTE, but we should assume that it will, as not having Verizon's 4G LTE is wasting time and money. It's got a solid battery size at 2000 mAh, but you'll find that it won't last through the day if fully charged in the morning. It's also a slim 8.3mm, but one would think it would be even thinner with the lacking of top-quality internals and a smaller battery than the other RAZR models.
2. RAZR HD: it has the same processor and RAM as the M, but a much better display wielding a 4.7 inch Super AMOLED HD with 1,280x720 resolution. It also has an 8MP camera, but a better secondary at 1.3MP compared to the M's VGA. It does come with CDMA/LTE and global capability, although that has a fee for the startup. It weighs 20g more than the M, but has a 2,530 mAh battery, which, combined with the larger screen size, makes total sense. A surprise about the HD though, is that it is only .1mm thicker than the M...seems like a valuable tradeoff to me.
3. RAZR HD MAXX: it is basically the same phone as the HD, but, similar to the difference between the Droid RAZR and the Droid RAZR MAXX, the HD MAXX has a much heftier battery. Same as the RAZR MAXX, the HD MAXX utilizes a 3,300 mAh, for longer usage. While the bigger battery can be helpful so the user doesn't have to recharge as often, it also makes the phone .9mm thicker than the standard HD and 11g heavier. That may not seem like alot, but .9mm is a sizeable amount when comparing to around 9mm total.

Of these Google/Moto phones, I would say the HD MAXX is the best value. Personally though, I would opt for the HD, as it has everything I need and has the slim body and weight I want.

Nokia has also released a solid phone, although I personally prefer both Android and iOS over Windows Phone.

The Lumia 920: it is one of the initial WP8 phones, but Nokia has fallen off the map quite a bit lately, so we'll have to wait for a review to see how good it really is. It comes with a 4.5 inch HD+ display, a dual core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 processor, and an 8MP rear-facing camera that can record 1080p video. The screen comes with a WXGA 1,280x768 resolotuion, which is very good in comparison to other current smartphones. The battery is a somewhat low 2,000 mAh, but there will be some excellent portable power sources coming to market relatively soon. So until then, keep a charger with you.

There is also rumor of a 5-inch HTC handset TBA soon, which we will evaluate upon it's official press release.

Until then, it looks like you should go with the trusted Galaxy SIII, the RAZR HD, or wait for another phone to come out soon (iPhone 5 perhaps?).


source: Engadget.com

Chad Johnson has officially lost it

We all know Chad Johnson (Ochocinco) for his crazy antics and his huge social network presence, especially on Twitter. However, after his breakup with Evelyn Lozada, this is something that I never could have imagined him doing. Johnson headbutted Lozada in the car after she confronted him about a receipt for condoms. Shortly after, their 41 days of marriage was no more after Lozada filed for divorce.

I don't know what could have been going through Johnson's head that made him think, "Oh, a tattoo on my leg of her with her name underneath it would SURELY win her back." Well Johnson gave Lozada a headache in the car, and now it seems he will just be giving himself his own headache when the media jump on this one. Just stick to tweeting next time.