October 31, 2008
SoftBank Unveils 1-Seg Tuner for iPhone
Mobile carrier SoftBank Mobile will release a 1-Seg WiFi tuner for iPhones as well as provide free WiFi Internet connection service through Yahoo!BB’s hotspot network for iPhone users, CEO Masayoshi Son said Thursday during the presentation of 16 new handsets for the winter season in Tokyo.
SoftBank will release the 1-Seg tuner, which also works as a mobile battery charger for the iPhone, in the middle of December. The expected price is about 10,000 yen. The tuner transfers movies on 1-Seg digital TV broadcasting to iPhones through WiFi connection.
The company will also provide WiFi public Internet connection service for Yahoo!BB, which is a subsidiary of the SoftBank group, to iPhone users for free from Nov 4.
Drivers Growing Frustrated with Pacific Gas Prices
Gas prices are continuing to fall all over this week — unless you buy from U.S. military base stations in Japan and Okinawa.
International declines in oil and gas prices, including a scheduled 53-cent drop to $2.75 per gallon for regular unleaded at Army and Air Force Exchange pumps in South Korea this weekend, have done nothing to sway prices hovering above $4 per gallon on Japan and Okinawa bases.
AAFES said prices at those bases will hold steady at $4.06 until at least December, when the Defense Energy Support Center re-evaluates the prices it charges AAFES.
Most AAFES Gas Prices Dip Below $3 a Gallon
Army and Air Force Exchange Service gas prices in Europe will plunge as much as 25.3 cents a gallon Saturday, bringing the cost of fuel at the exchange to its lowest point in more than a year and a half.
After the drop, prices for all grades of gas will be at least $1.13 less than they were just six weeks ago in Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. This week’s drop is the fourth straight double-digit price cut in the three countries.
Prices in the U.S. continue to fall, according to the AAA, which noted a 4.2-cent drop in prices from Wednesday to Thursday, and nearly a 12-cent plunge since Monday.
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1. Never ask a woman if she wants to have sex by asking her if she wants to have sex.
October 25, 2008
6 Amazing Non-Sex Scenes from Porn
Nobody ever said making porno was going to be easy, but some of the things they’re letting slide in the San Fernando Valley are simply too egregious to ignore. Here’s a by-no-means-comprehensive list of five of the worst offenders.
Sarah Palin’s clothing + maintenace = $150,000 in 2 months
Joe Six Pack can relate to this, of course. “If Edwards had gotten one of his legendary haircuts every singe week, it would still take him 7.2 years to spend what Palin had. Palin, in the end, had received the equivalent of $2,500 in clothes per day.”
10 Insane Book Titles - A You Ready for a WTF Moment?
10 Insane Book Titles - A You Ready for a WTF Moment?
Yokota Officials Warn About Thefts From Homes on East Side
Yokota officials are cautioning residents to secure their belongings and remain watchful around neighborhoods after four house thefts were reported last week on the base’s east side.
Maj. Chris Watt, a 374th Airlift Wing spokesman, said all the incidents occurred in garden units along Pease Drive as the residents slept. They took place between midnight and 5 a.m. last Monday and Wednesday, he added.
The 5 Reasons Luke Skywalker Is a Complete Idiot
We all know Luke Skywalker as the main protagonist throughout the original Star Wars movies and onward into the novels of questionable quality. We all grew up wanting to be him—learning to use the Force, blowing up the Death Star, saving the galaxy. But the thing is, despite all his badass moments, he actually kind of sucks. (Not my words)
Hyperbole is the currency of presidential campaigns, but this year the nation’s future truly hangs in the balance.
The United States is battered and drifting after eight years of President Bush’s failed leadership. He is saddling his successor with two wars, a scarred global image and a government systematically stripped of its ability to protect and help its citizens — whether they are fleeing a hurricane’s floodwaters, searching for affordable health care or struggling to hold on to their homes, jobs, savings and pensions in the midst of a financial crisis that was foretold and preventable.
As tough as the times are, the selection of a new president is easy. After nearly two years of a grueling and ugly campaign, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois has proved that he is the right choice to be the 44th president of the United States.