The beautiful poignancy that can be elicited from putting a zombie in a penguin suit and playing some string music over the top. Instead of this flesh-eating undead maniac installing fear or mockery in us, we feel sorry for his dumb ass. Because, if he’s in a penguin suit he must’ve had some lame-ass job before he was turned into the waddling dead.
After posting some downright amazing sales numbers earlier today, free adoption of the iPhone 4S’ most important addition has reached its own milestone. One out of every three Apple devices across the iPad, iPhone and iPod lines is currently running the new iOS 5, at least among those devices that qualify for it. That’s the iPhone 4 and 3GS, the iPod Touch’s third and fourth generation, and all current models of the iPad.
The new tokidoki hipster Barbie, on sale now for $50, has pink hair, a heart and crossbones shirt and leopard print pants. She's also got a chest tattoo.
Seeing a bird crash into a bunch of pigs makes this little tyke absolutely lose his mind. Truthfully, I make the same sound every time. Don't judge me.
Why is Apple’s Siri assistant a female? The Toronto Star asks Clifford Nass, a Stanford University professor and expert on human and artificial intelligence interaction, and the basic understanding is that Siri is a female because many years of research has shown that people often associate females with stereotypical assistant and clerical duties. This stereotype fits in nicely with Siri’s general purpose of shouting out reminders, giving directions, and organizing one’s calendar. The article goes into the whole human vs machine connection slightly more in depth, but at least now you know why Siri is female and why it will suit the general population better that Siri is a she rather than a he .
