Without the limitations of, you know, human bodies and gravity and all that junk, the already-crazy sport of parkour (or “extreme running“) becomes even more amazing. This bit is from a Nike ad and features a computer-animated, hoodie-wearing robot.
Then again, its much harder to actually run up a wall in real life than it is to draw someone doing it. [Vimeo via DVICE]
You can now watch HD videos wherever you go with your HD-ready laptop thanks to the new Asus SBC-04D1S-U portable Blu-ray player. This USB-powered Asus’ BD player has the max. read speed to 4.8x for BD-ROM/RE which should relieve the agonizingly slow Blu-ray disc loading time. What makes this drive special is that it has the unique glowing ‘X’ on the side. Each purchase comes with a copy of CyberLink for movie playback. [EverythingUSB]
Mozilla had made it known that today would be Firefox 3.5 day and it’s a good thing — if you’re like us, you just can’t take the wait anymore. Rejoice! Mozilla has officially made Firefox 3.5 Final available in all of its speedy, tab tearing, private browsing, Javascript gobbling, plugin-less video playing glory. Release notes aren’t yet available but the download link is live and the new build is fantastic… So, umm, what are you waiting for?
UPDATE: Just a word of warning — we’re getting reports from several Mac users that 3.5 has issues with restoring sessions/tabs after exiting and reopening the browser. By issues, we mean it doesn’t work. Windows users are seemingly not affected.
If you thought Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was action-packed, then you’ll want to check out 2012. This movie “promises apocalyptic Bentley-jumping, aircraft carrier-capsizing and falling skyscraper-avoiding stunt flying.”
Roland Emmerich’s newest disaster flick, featuring John Cusack, Amanda Peet and Danny Glover, is an epic disaster movie based on events prophesied by the ancient Mayan calendar.
[via Jalopnik]
By all means possible, we cannot come up with something cornier than a makeshift, ultra-portable toilet seat that’s made of cardboard. This may make its way to the Ripley’s list but when you take a deeper look at it, you see the sense it makes to have one of these in certain times. Such times arise when we have those grueling camping trips in hostile woods, where we’re fed some unhealthy food that makes us want to poop in the God-forsaken place. The Shit Box is a foldable, makeshift toilet seat that comes with 10 bio-degradable bags that can be used to collect your droppings. It involves a complete paper craft class procedure to fold and create the box. I wonder if you can hold back your poo for that long. The Shit Box is available in two versions, Little Jack (£15 / ~$25) and Shit Box/ Ploo (£16 / ~$26).
Named after an extinct huge shark, Razor’s new headphones must really awesome. And why not? How many headphones do you know of that can give a 7.1 surround sound! It also has a remote for adjusting the volume and a mouthpiece to use while gaming. Yup the secret is out. This is exactly what they are made for. I can clearly imagine playing Call of Duty 4 with these headphones on already! They cost $150 and I guess it is worth that much.[Slipperybrick]
The Episode 2 of Top Gear’s 13th season that was aired in the UK was really a heart stopper. The main event was the one mile drag race between two super cars – the McLaren F1 and the Bugatti Veyron. Both these cars are rare and seeing them together on a drag race is well, no chance, forget rare. The venue chosen by the team was Abu Dhabi because of the arid climate with no rain or snow and long, excellent roads with zero potholes. Well all I can say is that this is the most real and nail-biting competition ever seen on Top Gear in a very long time. I wish I was behind the steering wheel for both the cars! Sigh.
As much as we are thankful to the Russians for the vodka, sometimes they can be a little cuckoo (well, that should have been elemental in discovering the spirit anyway)… they have a thin for planes I think. Just yesterday a guy proclaimed his love for his girl by drawing a heart in the sky for her (yeah, violin background and all) and today this. It is supposed to be a Russian TU jet body attached to the second floor of this building. We are not sure what the building is but why on earth! One, why would someone want to stick an ugly looking plane nose in front of your building and two, how the heck did he or she get a hold of this thing!?
When men proclaim their love to the world, they normally do it in a very loud, resonant way. It’s like they need everyone to know that they have finally made the step and realized that the girl he loves is the one he actually wants to be living with for the rest of his life. It’s an ego thing, methinks. So one love struck pilot in Russia made a special way to express his love. He drew a heart in the sky so that the entire town (and now the entire web) came to know of it. Sweet, isn’t it?
The iPhone Dev Team released updated version of PwnageTool for Mac users and Redsn0w for both Mac and Windows users to jailbreak iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.0.
Here is our step-by-step guide to jailbreak iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.0 using Redsn0w for Windows users. We will publish one for Mac users shortly.
An important preparatory step before jailbreaking your iPhone 3G is to take a backup of your iPhone. Please refer to this post for more details.
As with any hack, please proceed with caution as jailbreaking your iPhone could void it’s warranty.
Here are the step-by-step instructions on how to jailbreak your iPhone 3G in order to use the iPhone OS 3.0 using redsn0w for Windows
Step 1: Create a folder on your desktop and name it Pwnage.
Step 2: Now download redsn0w from here or here and put it inside the Pwnage folder that you just created.
Also, download the latest 3.0 firmware from the location given below and put it in the same Pwnage folder.
iPhone OS 3.0 - iPhone1,2_3.0_7A341_Restore
Step 3: Extract the redsn0w zip file to the Pwnage folder.
Step 4: Connect your iPhone 3G to the computer and then launch iTunes.
Step 5: In the iTunes, select your iPhone from the list of devices displayed on the left. Press the shift button on your computer and then click the Restore button on iTunes.
(Restore is preferred as it won’t create any wasted space on your iPhone)
Step 7: Once iTunes has finished updating your iPhone to the desired firmware, launch redsnw0w.exe from the Pwnage folder on your desktop.
Step 8: Once redsn0w launches, click the Browse button.
Step 9: Select the firmware ipsw (that you placed in the Pwnage folder on our desktop) and then click Open.
Step 10: Once the firmware has been verified, click the Next button in order to continue.
Step 11: Make sure the ‘Install Cydia’ check box is selected and click the Next button.
Step 12: Make sure that your iPhone is plugged into the computer, and it’s switched OFF. Now click on the Next button.
Step 13: redsn0w will now guide you through the steps to get into DFU mode.
Hold down both the Home button and the Power button for 10 seconds.
Now, Release the Power button and continue holding the Home button until redsn0w detects the device.
Step 14: You will see a message that states that your iPhone is being jailbroken. Your iPhone will then reboot.
Step 15: redsn0w will begin uploading the new RAM Disk.
Once this activity is completed you will be see the message ‘Done!’, which means that your iPhone 3G has been jailbroken.
Step 16: Click the Finish button.
And when your iPhone finishes rebooting (approx. 5 minutes). It will be jailbroken with Cydia available on your iPhone’s home screen so that you can install jailbreak apps.
Please don’t forget to tell us how it goes in the comment section below and if if this guide was any help.
Update:
Based on reader comments, we wanted to clarify the following points:
[via iClarified]
The iPhone Dev Team released updated version of PwnageTool for Mac users and Redsn0w for both Mac and Windows users to jailbreak iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.0.
Here is our step-by-step guide to jailbreak iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.0 using Redsn0w for Mac users.
Windows users can check this step-by-step guide which we had posted earler.
An important preparatory step before jailbreaking your iPhone 3G is to take a backup of your iPhone. Please refer to this post for more details.
Please note that Redsn0w does not jailbreak iPhone 3GS.
As with any hack, please proceed with caution as jailbreaking your iPhone could void it’s warranty.
Following are the step-by-step instructions on how to jailbreak your iPhone 3G running the iPhone OS 3.0 using redsn0w for Mac:
Step 1: Create a folder on your desktop and name it Pwnage.
Step 2: Now download RedSn0w from here and put it inside the Pwnage folder that you just created.
Also, download the latest 3.0 firmware from the location given below and put it in the same Pwnage folder.
iPhone 3G OS 3.0 - iPhone1,2_3.0_7A341_Restore
Step 3: Extract the redSn0w.app application from the resn0w zipped file in to the Pwnage folder.
Step 4: Connect your iPhone to the computer and launch iTunes.
(Restore is preferred as it won’t create any wasted space on your iPhone)
Step 6: Navigate to the Pwnage folder on your desktop and select the firmware ipsw. Click the Open button to continue.
Step 7: Once iTunes has finished updating your iPhone to the desired firmware, launch redsnw0w.app from the Pwnage folder on your desktop.
Step 8: Once redsn0w launches, click the Browse button.
Step 9: Select the firmware ipsw (that you placed in the Pwnage folder on our desktop) and then click Open.
Step 10: Once the firmware has been verified, click the Next button in order to continue.
Step 11: Make sure the ‘Install Cydia‘ check box is selected and click the Next button.
Step 12: Make sure that your iPhone is plugged into the computer, and it’s switched OFF. Now click on the Next button.
Step 13: redsn0w will now guide you through the steps to get into DFU mode.
Hold down both the Home button and the Power button for 10 seconds.
Now, Release the Power button and continue holding the Home button until redsn0w detects the device.
Step 14: You will see a message that states that your iPhone is being jailbroken. Your iPhone will then reboot.
Step 15: redsn0w will begin uploading the new RAM Disk.
Once this activity is completed you will see the messages ‘Done!’, which means that the device has been jailbroken.
Step 16: Click the Finish button.
And when your iPhone finishes rebooting (approx. 5 minutes). It will be jailbroken with Cydia on the SpringBoard.
Please note that this guide only jailbreaks iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.0, you will need to install UltraSn0w via Cydia to unlock iPhone 3G.
Please don’t forget to tell us how it goes in the comment section below and if if this guide was any help.
[via iClarified]
Beginning with software like Adobe Photoshop, graphic designers have seen numerous advancements that have made their work into child play. To add to this long collection of brilliant hardware and software developments, we have the Color-picking Pen that is capable of reading RGB values from your computer (just like the color picker tool in Photoshop) with the help of a camera and RGB sensor. These RGB values are later used to mix up an ink color that matches it, using the RGB cartridge, thus enabling users to draw with the exact same color that they see on their screen. This pen greatly bridges the gap between digital art and the canvas. It allows artists to pull out salient features of both fields.
[Popsci]
Reader Matt liked the look of the Minimalist OS X desktop, so he ported the whole thing over to Windows using Rainmeter. Now he’s sharing the configuration for everybody to enjoy.
The very simple desktop uses only a few components to create:
- Wallpaper by Woodztream.
- Rainmeter with scripts for RAM, CPU, Weather, Date/Time.
Hit the link for the downloadable Rainmeter configuration file. Great job, Matt!
Want to make your own customized desktop? You can get started creating your own killer desktop with the easy-install Enigma 2.0 package, and then join up with the Lifehacker Desktop Customization Google Group to collaborate on ideas and contribute code snippets and advanced techniques.
Once you’ve created your own beautifully tweaked (and hopefully productive) desktop, post it over in the Lifehacker Desktop Show and Tell Flickr Group complete with a description of the programs and tweaks you used (and preferably links as well!), and we just might feature it here.
The Formula Three Wheeler racing vehicle concept from designer Christopher Pollard intends to reshape the world of racing with a completely new genre. The concept takes cues from motorcycles and cars, so we guess its racing series will be sort of a mash-up between MotoGP and F1. As its name suggests, the F3W has three wheels; a tilting mechanism allows its body to bend at corners to get the center of gravity at a more favorable position, it wheels however, do not bend stay full on the track to maintain optimum surface area contact with the road.
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