This is a letter that was given to Reddit user leanentrep by a senior citizen after he taught them how to use the Internet. It reads:
“Thank you with all of my heart (and more, if possible) for the wonderful gift of music you have given me (obviously haven’t quite mastered the intricacies of Word yet). I spent all last night searching YouTube and “subscribing” to stuff I hadn’t heard in years except in my mind (as well as some comedy routines that never fail to crack me up). Again, with all my heart (I could use one of those little emojis right about now!).
P.S. And I even get to WATCH them!! How could I ask for more!?!
P.P.S. And there are several versions of many of them—be still my heart!!”
From the good-hearted sauce himself-
“I teach seniors at the senior home how to use computers and the internet,” reads the caption. “When I came in today, one of the ladys [sic] used MS word to write me this letter.”
Oooh like a cup of hot cocoa on a rainy day, right? Be still OUR heart! We’re off to watch some Youtube and be grateful.
Wanna talk like the kids from Silicon Valley? Either the place itself or its mirror, the TV Show?
Check out this new website by Silicon valley-ers Matthew Hui and Kilim Choi*, two 23-year-old UC Berkeley graduates who decided that this shizz needs to be written down for posterity and reference and for people to poke fun at and laugh at themselves for.
It’s called Silicon Valley dictionary, and you’ll find it here. Beginning as a joke, it’s burst into super popularity right now and includes words and phrases like ‘No Money Mo’ Problems’ , (An expression often used by startups who’re running out of their funding) and ‘Shallow Alto’ (Another name for Palo Alto, denoting how shallow and superficial many (but not all) of it’s inhabitants are.)
Check it out!
*Choi has since stepped down from the project and was replaced by Zeeshan Javed, another friend of Hui and a Computer Science graduate from Berkeley.
Over at UC Berkeley, there’s some dudes and dudettes who are hell bent on discovering what the eff is up there above us – we’re not talking angels here, rather, aliens.
One of those dudes is a Russian billionaire named Yuri Milner. He made his fortune investing in certain big name scompanies like Facebook and Twitter and now he’s spending (some of) it in an effort to find intelligent alien life. $100 million of it, to be precise. Wowza.
This money goes straight to the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence research centre in Berkeley that has been looking for aliens since its inception in 1961.
Milner has called the project Breakthrough Listen and will be the largest scientific search for extraterrestrial life, in the expanse of the universe that will be studied, as well as the depth and detail of the data that will be collected and shared with the public.
How big is big? Well, beginning next year, and for the next 10 years, they’ll study the nearest million stars, nearest 100 galaxies, and the entire Milky Way galaxy and its billions of stars—a celestial expanse 10 times wider in scope than any previous research endeavors.
What’s really cool is that all data collected from the project will be made public for anyone to see, and Breakthrough Listen will offer a platform to developers to build applications to better analyze the celestial data.
So, you can swipe for love, sex, friendship, dog friendship, and now, some might say the ultimate swipe is here! That’s right. We’re talking Tinder for Food.
Finally the words delicious and yummy can be used with some integrity in a swiping app!
Something that kind of brings the ‘why didn’t I think of that’ feeling from within, the app is named Tender. Created by 3 peeps from the College of Charleston, the app is simple yet brilliant. Focused on cooking rather than eating out, you begin with, quite simply, food porn. If you swipe right, you save and get access to the recipe, and if you swipe left, it’s in the garbage with you yucky recipe for stinky poo food.
You can also filter results to your liking such as drinks, dessert, chicken, vegan, seafood, pork, beef, and vegetarian.
Virtual reality is an emergent and super exciting industry, with top dogs like Google, Facebook and Microsoft (among others) competing for first and best place in a field that will grow immensely to awesome, if science fictiony levels in the coming years.
If you haven’t seen what it’s all about – check out the video’s below which shows you an example of some of the top VR tech products already here or shortly coming to the commercial market.
Hint: if you’re wanting to test out the whole VR thing- get Google Cardboard. It’s really cool, and a steal at around $4 – $25. Check it out here and on Amazon.
If you or someone in your family or friends circle suffers from serious food allergies – you know this shizz ain’t no joke. Especially considering how many children are affected and how unpredictable protecting them can become – this is something that understandably a lot of people are working towards eradicating.
Even if it’s not a serious allergy- lower allergic reactions are not pleasant, and we don’t have time for that!
The wonderful folks over at 6Sensorlabs are such wonderful people. They’ve come out with a portable sensor, called NIMA Sensor, that can detect toxins in dishes, warning those with allergies before it’s too late.
Shireen Taleghani Yates and Scott Sundvor both struggled with food allergies, so they’re building something to help the hordes of people suffering along with them. At the moment, the sensor exclusively detects gluten, but will soon be able to detect dairy, eggs, and peanuts as well.
To use, you simply add a food sample to the pocket-sized test pod and in two minutes the sensor will display if there is any trace of gluten in your dish. Viola!
Everyone had their eyes and ears firmly placed on the part of the third quarter Apple earnings report that would tell the world exactly how well the newest Apple product – the Apple Watch – is selling.
Apple is smarter than that, though. Combining the Apple Watch into the ‘other product’s’ category made it so that no specific numbers on the Watch sales were made available.
They could be roughly gleaned, though. The other products category, which includes the Apple Watch, the iPod, the Apple TV and accessories like headphones, had $2.6 Billion in revenue this 3rd quarter, compared to $1.7 Billion in the same quarter last year.
The Apple Watch, of course, was not part of the revenue in that quarter last year, leaving many to speculate that the almost $1 Billion dollar difference was directly due to Apple Watch sales. Those speculating however must also take into consideration that iPod sales were down from last year.
CEO Tim Cook also made sure people knew that Apple Watch sales during it;s first 9 weeks of availability were higher than that of the original iPad and iPhone when they were first released, and that June sales of the Apple Watch were up from April and May, signifying rumors of decreasing sales were false.
Some in the tech arena are still pessimistically watchful (… get it?) of the Apple Watch and it’s sales and success potential, however Apple is full steam ahead, with now over 8,500 apps for the device, and a new OS coming out in the Fall.
From the Sauce himself, Tim Cook:
“We believe the possibilities for Apple watch are enormous.”
There is a rapper named Prince Harvey, hailing from Manhattan, who, a little while ago, had the mad skillz needed in order to make a rap record, but didn’t have the tools to make it happen. His computer died. His Hard drive died. Through his grief, he saw a shining symbol of hope and promise: The Apple logo.
Perched above the Soho Apple Store in Manhattan, the Apple logo shone, glowed, really, telling him that everything was going to be alright.
And so it was. Prince Harvey got himself inside that store and with the help of a pair of rule-bending Apple employees and the occasional random customer, Prince Harvey spent four months recording vocals and backing instrumental tracks . Impressive, non?
The name of the album? PHATASS – Prince Harvey At The Apple Store: SoHo.
Rapping, singing and humming into the display computers, hiding files in the Trash on the display computers, emailing himself, using thumbdrives, 5 days a week for 16 weeks. The result? One complete rap Album, PR worked in.
Apparently there’s a Black Friday in July, and guess what? IT’S TOMORROW!
Y’all need to get your butts online to www.bestbuy.com this weekend for their ‘Black Friday in July’ promotion to see some serious discounts on a range of products.
What kind of deals? Well, let’s look at an example – iPads.
iPads are rad. Wi-Fi only iPad Air 2 models will sink from $499 to $374.99 (16GB model). The 64GB model is priced at $474.99 instead of $599, and the 128GB model is available for $574.99, down from $699. Discounts are available on all colors of the Wi-Fi iPad Air 2.
Some more examples?
The 2.2GHz 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro with 16GB of memory and a 256GB SSD is available for $1,749.99, a discount of $250.
128GB iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models from Sprint are available at a $100 discount with a two-year contract.128GB iPad mini 3 – $449.99 (Save $125)
Free Jawbone UP2 activity tracker with Sprint smartphone purchase
$75 free Gift card with GoPro Hero4 camera
Save $10 to $250 on portable Bluetooth speakers
$50 free gift card Sith Xbox One Console
Free PlayStation TV system ($79.99 value) with PlayStation 4 purchase
It all begins on July 24th and runs through July 25th online only, however new and existing Best Buy members can get early access to the deals online beginning RIGHT NOW. Signing up is free! What are you waiting for?
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August 10, 2015 4:48 am | 
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