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Virginia guitar maker Brian Calhoun devised a strategy game called Chickapig. (It features hybrid animals and pooping cows.) Now he’s getting some friends — like Dave Matthews — to spread the word.
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Apple’s yearly unveiling of new phones and gadgets just happened in California and the tech giant is enticing people to upgrade their current phones by expanding on the success and style of last year’s buttonless iPhone X. Feast your eyes on the iPhone XS, the iPhone XS Max and the iPhone XR.
Pronounced 10 S (not like “excess”), the new cornerstone of Apple’s iPhone lineup is here. Based very closely off of last year’s X model, the XS and the pumped up version, the XS Max, seem to be bringing all the conventions of the buttonless iPhone into the future. The XS has a 5.8” screen and the Max has a 6.5” display but manages it in a smaller form factor than previous “plus size” versions like the 8 Plus.
The guts here have been bumped up with a new, faster chipset that offers more power for normal tasks and faster FaceID facial recognition that’s also being touted as more secure than what was in the original iPhone X. Coming in the same space gray and silver flavors, Apple is also adding a gold option for the new phones as well as a new 512GB capacity option.
The new phones add extra battery life over last year’s X (30 minutes for the Xs, 90 minutes for the Max) and bump the camera specs up to dual 12 megapixel for shooting gorgeous pics. Coming in 128, 256 and 512GB, the Xs will retail starting at $999 and the Xs Max will retail starting at $1,099. Pre-orders for these monsters start this friday, September 14th and will get to customers starting September 21st.
Apple is doing away with last year’s iPhone 8 too, opting instead for another new, buttonless model that scales back the power and the price. Called the iPhone XR, Apple has again taken the iPhone X formula and changed things around to make it more accessible.
The XR looks familiar with its notch and wall-to-wall screen but builds it all on an aluminum chassis. Other specs include a 6.1” screen, FaceID for security, a single camera setup (so don’t expect to get the same gorgeous DSLR style pics you’d see of the dual cameras in the XS) and the same A12 chipset as the other phones.
The iPhone XR does seem to have an emphasis on style, coming in six colors as you can see in the image above. Available in 64, 128 and 256GB options, the XR has a starting retail of $749. Pre-orders start October 19th with the phone making it to customers’ hands on October 26th.
According to Apple, their Apple Watch isn’t just the most popular smart watch in the world, it’s the most popular watch overall. If that’s true then, chances are, you’re pretty familar with the way the Apple Watch looks and works already.
Apple hasn’t done anything drastic for the 4th generation Apple Watch, a disappointment since fans were hoping for a major redesign with a more traditional, circular watch face. Instead, the 4th Gen will have a smaller bezel, more options for displaying new complications and some new health sensors…and it’ll be $499.
Don’t miss the rare opportunity to stay in this chocolate cottage made from 1.5 tons of chocolate. It is only available for a few nights in October.
People don’t like Nickelback. Science has even explained why the post-grunge rockers are so universally hated. But do they hate them as much when they’re playing a staple of Metallica’s discography?
If reactions to a now-viral video of Chad Kroeger and company performing “Sad But True” are any indicator, then the answer is yes. Watch the Canadian band’s brave cover of the “Black Album” single below:
Pretty good, right? Nickelback’s drummer even rushed the opening fill, just like Lars Ulrich would! If it weren’t for Kroeger’s shoddy vocal impression of James Hetfield, one might actually mistake the clip’s audio for a live Metallica performance.
Some listeners disagreed with this writer’s opinion and lashed out on Twitter.
Nice try Nickelback but you’re still dogshit,” one person wrote in a mangled tweet. “Metallica are eons ahead of you in longevity, lyrically, instrumentally.”
Others were more positive in their 280-characters-or-less reviews.
If Nickelback’s cover isn’t your thing, check out these other bands’ live tributes to the thrash metal legends instead:
h/t: Loudwire
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Adidas has been killing it on the collaboration front lately. Kanye West’s Yeezys are a straight-up phenomenon. The Hu collection with Pharrell Williams are absurdly coveted. But one supremely-anticipated pop culture collab, first announced in early 2018, are officially on the way.
Get ready to line up to get your hands on the first two Dragon Ball Z-inspired pairs dropping on September 29th; the Gokus and the Friezas.
The orange, white and blue pair are immediately recognizable as being inspired by Dragon Ball Z’s main character Goku. The colorway matches Goku’s most famous look, the gi that Goku wears into all of Dragon Ball Z’s most iconic battles.
The sneaker, based on Adidas’ ZZX 500 RM model, is full of details that fans will spot from the show. Tattered materials are inspired by Goku perpetually getting shredded up in battles.
Subtle yellow trim reference his ability to go Super Saiyan and have more fun as a blonde. Even the Flying Nimbus makes an appearance on the side of the shoe. This one is bound to be the star of the collection, just like Goku is always central to the plot of the show.
Appropriately, the other half of this first drop features Goku’s most notorious nemesis, Frieza. The little purple and white bastard gave Goku endless trouble throughout the Dragon Ball Z series and beyond, cropping up to threaten Earth and its heroes over and over.
Pulling directly from Frieza’s own look, this pair is built on Adidas’ Yung 1 for a style that looks slightly more retro than its hero counterpart. The Friezas mix suede and other textiles and has pink trimming to perfectly match the character.
Like the Gokus, there are similar accents and details on the tongue and liner that reference the show and that fans will appreciate.
The battles between Goku and Frieza are widely regarded as some of the most important plot arcs in the show and have kept Dragon Ball a masterpiece of anime for the past few decades.
We couldn’t think of a better set for Adidas to release as the introductory drop for this collaboration and we’ll be lining up to cop these when they launch on September 29th.
You can bet we’ll be keeping our eyes out for the rest of the Adidas x DBZ pairs, inspired by Vegeta, Maijin Bu and others as they come out later in 2018.
After writing biographies of Charles Dickens and Mary Wollstonecraft, Tomalin turned to memoir. Her new work tells of her conflicting desires to have children and to lead a meaningful working life.