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Green Bay Packers Win Super Bowl XLV
Congratulations to the Green Bay Packers for winning Super Bowl XLV by defeating the Pitsburgh Steelers in front of the second largest crowd to ever watch a Super Bowl ever. It was a close, down to the wire game but unfortunately it will probably be remembered more for the horrible Black Eyed Peas half time show, Christina Aguilera screwing up the National Anthem and the 400 fans that got screwed out of their seats due to poor the NFL not getting their seats set up in time for the event.
Don’t Let Apple SCREW Your iPhone!
According to iFixit CEO, Kyle Wiens, Apple is now using a tamper-resistant screw on its products, including iPhones and laptops. Now what does this mean to you? It means it will become more difficult to repair your Apple products on your own.
Apple is switching to a new “Pentalobe” screw to prevent owners from opening up their Apple products. But how does this new “Pentalobe” screw prevent you from repairing your Apple products? Well because the “Pentalobe” screws are fairly new, this usually means the repair tools are both rare and harder to obtain, unlike your every day flat head or Phillips screw drivers. Check out the image below to see how the Pentalobe screw compares to the Phillips screw and others.
(Image courtesy of iFixit.)
Now down to the getting screwed part. Apple’s newest policy will certainly piss off a few people. If you now take your iPhone 4 into an Apple Store for any kind of service, the employees are now instructed to replace your previous Phillips screws with the new tamper-resistant screws. If you don’t have an iPhone 4 at the moment but are thinking aout buying one in the future, there is a good chance it will have the new type of screws as Apple has switched production to use these new pieces. Other Apple products currently use these new screws but not all, expect that to change within the near future.
What to do if you get screwed?
Some aftermarket companies have already created their own kits to solve this problem. iFixit now sells an “iPhone Liberation Kit” which includes a Pentalobe driver, a regular #00 Phillips screwdriver and two replacement Phillips screws.
So if you take your iPhone or laptop in, keep an eye on your screws and don’t get screwed!
Drink of the Week
Mango Sucker
Bottle of Smirnoff Ice Mango Flavor (malt beverage)
Add a few drops of Tabasco inside.
Add salt right to the top off the bottle.
It tastes just like a spicy mango sucker.
Every one I’ve that trys it falls in love.
In London – Mexican Ambassador Eduardo Medina Mora was infuriated by “insults” made by presenters of the popular TV motoring show “Top Gear.” He has written a furious letter to BBC bosses to complain about “offensive and xenophobic” comments made by presenters Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson and James May during Sunday’s episode of the cult show, which has been sold to television channels around the world.
“Why would you want a Mexican car? Because cars reflect national characteristics don’t they?,” said Hammond as they discussed the Mexican sports car, the Mastretta.
“Mexican cars are just going to be lazy, feckless, flatulent, overweight, leaning against a fence asleep looking at a cactus with a blanket with a hole in the middle on as a coat.”
To add insult to injury the comedic trio attacked the ambassador personally stating,
“That’s why we won’t get any complaints about this because at the Mexican embassy the ambassador’s going to be sitting there with a remote control like this,” said Clarkson, pretending to slump in a chair, snoring.
It is uncertain if the personal attack was “the straw that broke the camel’s back” but what is certain is that the ambassador did complain, demanding the BBC order the presenters to make a public apology.
“The presenters of the program resorted to outrageous, vulgar and inexcusable insults to stir bigoted feelings against the Mexican people, their culture as well as their official representative in the United Kingdom,” he wrote.
“These offensive, xenophobic and humiliating remarks serve only to reinforce negative stereotypes and perpetuate prejudice against Mexico and its people.”
“It is not a matter of taste but of basic principles.”
The BBC said in a statement:
“We have received a letter from the Mexican Ambassador, and shall respond to him directly.”
Top Gear is well-known for its edgy banter and its hosts are no strangers to controversy. Hundreds of viewers complained in 2008 about a joke made by Clarkson about murdering prostitutes.
Here is something a little different from our usual selection. Gym Class Heroes: Clothes Off
Directors of Top Gun and Gladiator – Brothers Tony and Ridley Scott are working together on a new television series, called “The Drivers,” It will focus on 1950s and 1960s Le Mans racing. They have also bought the rights to Wallace Wyss’ book ‘Shelby: The Man, The Cars, The Legend’.
In a statement, Ridley Scott said: “I grew up in the north of England at a time when Stirling Moss was a hero. Everyone wanted to be a racing driver.”
“This is a hugely ambitious project and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tell the story of these iconic and legendary men who risked everything to win at Le Mans. It’s an epic story of courage and ambition and a history of racing which has never been told on such a grand scale,” he added.
This promises to be good and we can’t wait. If there’s one thing America has lacked for too long, is to break out of its NASCAR shell with a compelling form of popular entertainment centered on cars that doesn’t involve Miller Lite, cartoons, or “rice.”
With larger-than-life drivers like Carroll Shelby, Jim Clark, John Fitch, Sterling Moss, Phil Hill, and many more to draw on, not to mention the worst catastrophe in racing history in the 1955 Le Mans crash sparked by an unfortunate confluence of events between Mike Hawthorn, Pierre Levegh, and Lance Macklin with Juan Manuel Fangio close behind, there’s no shortage of material to work with.
It’s Mad Men with added testosterone and oversteer – you want to watch this. To paraphrase Maverick, ‘we feel the need, the need, for speed’. And so forth. Release date, show spot & further details remain under raps. Be assured that we’ll keep you posted as the series progresses toward air.