Pst: There's a way to get on Google+ if you didnt get an invite!

But it'll cost you about $30 bucks!

Get'em while they're hot!: http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=google+plus&_sacat=0&_odkw=google%2B&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313

No, seriously.... you're a buffoon if you buy this. Seriously.

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My first impressions of Google+

Other than the fact that I dont have any other friends yet (minus the friends who are jealously waiting for its release), it's an amazing site!

Not only is it an amazing jump from Buzz, it has great potential to surpass Facebook if people spread the word as well as they did during the Chrome Pilot Program!

The only requests would be if you could invite your facebook friends and import previous statuses to Google+.

Other than that, BEWARE facebook!

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Google take down your favorite chrome app?

This site will make the app for you (Chromebook compatible!)
http://www.chrome-apps.info/

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Mystic city appears over river in China.

That's a new one.

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Here I sit, in the middle of nowhere, with full bars.

I sit here, Chromebook in hand, and I wonder.........When will I lose service?

Props to Verizon

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Coleman lanterns are durable!

On our way camping, full speed down a CT highway, an entire bin flew off the car and onto the road. Glad bags and cups went flying, but to my suprise, our Coleman lantern survived being thrown from a car, hit by another and rolled off to the side of the road.

Never drive with anything on the roof.
Lesson learned!

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Fertile circles in the Saharah. Awkwaaaaard.

Some places are just not meant to be like this! Take a look at this picture.....

AWWWWWKKKWAAAARRRDD.

However! This is a perfect example of how much humans have an effect on the earth.

What's next? Snow in July? (That'd be sweet!)

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The Military is DUMB, Yeah, I said it, DUMB

And here's something the video didn't include: The US military spends $20 BILLION per year on air conditioning tents (Yes, I said TENTS). The best part is? That's more than NASA's entire budget!

Go USA?

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Studying....... Bleh.

Until then, Please enjoy this map of some random guy's house in Russia:

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Mugger gives back stolen phone! Because it's a crappy Nokia

Yes, I'm aware that this isn't real, but I can TOTALLY see this happening in real life!

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Friday's aren't the same without Friday

It's gone!
Goooooooooooooooooooooone!!
Is there anything else I can say?!

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Justin Beiber MUST live on; beyond humanity

And this video attempts to keep humanity's legacy (Justin Beiber's music) safe for billions of years.

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What if a stranger comes up to you and "follows" you [twitter]

Can I write on your wall? No, literally, your wall.

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So........ No one at Google checked if the name of their products were already trademarked?

Now Google's getting sued over the name of their OS and Notebooks (because GOD FORBID they used an element as a name)

As an owner of an "Epic" 4G, I can rightfully say EPIC FAIL Google, as well as the company suing them.

I still don't understand why names of things can be trademarked. Doesn't it matter what quality the product is, and not the actual name?

I don't know, it could just be me.....

Anyways, if you want to go more into detail about this:
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/159798/20110608/google-isys-technologies-chromebook-chromebox-amazon-acer-samsung-bestbuy-google-sued-by-patent-mana.htm

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Happy Late Birthday Les Paul!

This is the coolest doodle EVER! (Besides Pacman. You can't beat Pacman.....)

Anyways, someone actually played "Happy Birthday" on it here: http://www.google.com/webhp?tune=IAQIxBGgFMaIKQIxBGnJAaIqQITCGgDMGMMJ0SQTEIOOQc5VzDmA

And best of all, Google is keeping it up for another day :D Enjoy!

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"Hey Mom" "How was your day?" "I tattooed all my friends to my arm!"

She what!?!
Yes, A woman actually did this; but only as a temporary tattoo!

.......As Techcrunch said:
Imagine the pain of defriending someone (if it were real of course!)

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The Wii is a real console now?! The all new Wii U!

Get ready for some Kinect competition! (Because we all know the Playstation Move is pretty much a complete copy of the original Wii)

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Oooooooo. I'm REAL scared: Webian OS

Gizmodo claimed this is a threat to Chrome OS. REALLY.

Enough Said.

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Hey French! GENIUS idea! Put solar panels in space otherwise wasted! Who knew!

How come no one ever thought of this before? Seriously. Well done French........ Well done.

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Chromebook Update! The Screen

Just a quick update, the screen hinges are becoming a bit loose, not so much that it is a threat to the computer's functionality or look, but it worries me. I've heard that this is common on CR48's, a true sign of excessive use of the device (a true tester!)

Just wanted to share!

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The Chromebook Easter Egg: Explained!

Now, we all know that this egg was first discovered here: http://wellsb.com/post/6161876985/how-i-cracked-the-cr-48-easter-egg (An explanation of how he found it). 


But now, the people behind this have given a full explanation of the Egg, including all the .sys, .hal and .exe's!

"There's another message encoded in the image. The hexadecimal numbers are the ASCII representation of this text:

"Greetings from the Chrome OS x86 firmware team. This message is brought to you by Randall, Bill, Vadim, Gaurav, and Kelly. Also by the letter G and the number 42. If you've enjoyed this gadget, please join us at http://www.chromium.org to help make it even better. We now return you to your regularly scheduled program, already in progress. No animals were harmed in the production of this message. Apply only to affected area. Cape does not enable wearer to fly. Contents may have settled during shipment. Use no hooks."

And for the filenames:

firmware.exe      - We are the firmware team, after all.

wfrichar.sys      - [email address] is me.

rspanglr.sys      - [email address] is the Cr-48 firmware tech lead.

HeartAu.sys       - The starship Heart of Gold, from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

DevNull.SYS       - /dev/null is the special bitbucket device on *nix systems

goglplx.SYS       - The Googleplex is what some people call the Google corporate headquarters

mstrclas.SYS      - Those who rule the firmware are the Master Class!

MstrShak.SYS      - Master Shake, from the TV show Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Vega.SYS          - Originaly vga.sys (a video driver); I thought of the car from Chevrolet

Nova.SYS          - Another old Chevy

Gremlin.SYS       - Yet another old car, this one from AMC

TARDIS.SYS        - From Doctor Who, of course

Jupiter2.Sys      - From the old TV show Lost in Space

CAMRA.SYS         - The Campaign for Real Ale

wntrmute.sys      - The AI Wintermute, from William Gibson's Neuromancer

rdaneel.sys       - R. Daneel Olivaw, from a bunch of Isaac Asimov's novels

eschaton.sys      - I'm thinking of Charlie Stross' SF novel Singularity Sky

sundiver.sys      - The novel by David Brin

hal.dll           - The HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey

STARBUG.SYS       - The shuttlecraft from the BBC sitcom Red Dwarf

kryten.SYS        - The android from Red Dwarf

lister.sys        - The slacker/hero from Red Dwarf

HOLLY.SYS         - The computer from Red Dwarf

SERMOUSE.SYS      - Serial mouse driver, I believe

PARMOUSE.SYS      - So of course there must be a parallel mouse driver

MTYMOUSE.SYS      - Mighty Mouse! Here I come to save the day! (a cartoon from my childhood)

DngrMouS.SYS      - Danger Mouse, another mouse-themed cartoon

mkymouse.SYS      - Some other cartoon mouse of some sort...

mnemouse.SYS      - ... and his girlfriend.

HNdlNqry.sys      - The spaceship Hot Needle of Inquiry, from Larry Niven's Ringworld series

serial.sys        - The serial port driver

cereal.SYS        - The cereal port driver

browser.sys       - Chrome OS has a browser, right?

bowser.sys        - Jon "Bowzer" Bauman

shanana.sys       - Sha-Na-Na, the band that Bowzer sings in

zzzztop.sys       - ZZ Top, a band I like better

bsod.SYS          - This screen

enufstop.SYS      - Enough! Stop!

croskrnl.exe      - If the kernel has a name, it would be CrOS.

B0Fh              - The IT hero in a series of stories by Simon Travaglia

NIGHTMAREGREEN    - A really Bad Thing from the Laundry series of SF novels by Charlie Stross"

Very well done guys! 

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Hey Bill Gates! Cheapskate! You ruined the web!

You just HAD to use a knockoff font huh!

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Improv Everywhere's latest video: The Mute Button

If I saw this in the street, I would join in, right then and there. Great job guys!

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The New York Times' article on Chromebooks is RIDICULOUS

" There’s no “desktop;” there’s no hard drive."
Yeah.....Wrong. Completely.


"O.K. I mean, I’m sort of with you here, but walk me through this."
Who writes professionally like that? A 6 year old?


"If you do not have a Google account, you can log in as a guest."
OR MAKE A NEW ACCOUNT


" There are no other programs or applications to use."
I dont know what screen you're looking at, but I have a nice 32 apps......


"So, with these netbooks and laptops that cost the same or less, and weigh the same or less, and come with screens bigger and smaller than Chromebooks, I could still do all those cloud-based things you were talking about, but I could also have a full-fledged computer as well?

Yes. So I would want a Chromebook because…? Good question.

They REALLY dissed Chromebooks here, and I don't blame them for one reason: Chromebooks cost WAY too much. I have owned 4 netbooks and each has proved to be a powerful device. Netbooks can even run Mac OS X at normal speeds! But the focus of these devices isn't iMovie, or COD; it's the web. 

So shout out to Sam Grobart, great job on the article! [NOT] I can't wait for your next article about how the news doesn't investigate in their topic. Oh wait, you already wrote it.

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Geocaching (Not geocatching, as I thought for the first 3 months)

If you haven't already heard, there are THOUSANDS (just look to your left a few pixels to see) of hidden treasure boxes places throughout the world that you can find, take something out of, and replace with something else - trade hunting, if you will.

All you need: A smartphone!

There could be one in your neighborhood, because there was one in mine, and.........come on, the population is in the few thousands!

Sorry for the terrible screenshot, Chrome OS doesnt have a selection screenshot YET :D

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The most Ghettotastic city...... EVER: Reloaded

The Kowloon Walled City:



I am really upset this complex was torn down in the early 90's, because I wanted to see this for myself. I mean, LOOK AT THAT! ................And people said the South Bronx was ghetto, PFFT!

Check out the Wiki page, for that's unfortunately the best post on it I could find....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon_Walled_City

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Google's CR48 egg cracked!

Nice find! Just type xyzzy on boot!



For a better shot and an explanation of how it was found:
http://wellsb.com/post/6161876985/how-i-cracked-the-cr-48-easter-egg

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The wise words of Samsung................

What else is there to say.....

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It's OK everyone! The Colbert Report has some helpful tips on "Cellphone Safety"

Note: An unpaid intern MAY be required

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General Blog Update: HEY

So some unusual things have been happening on my blog lately......

A: Who's the funny guy who created an ad.fly to my site?!
Look: http://adf.ly/50856/jcoinster.blogspot.com/2011/06/hey-cr48-users-googles-hiding-something.html
TSK TSK!

B: And why are so many people from Russia visiting my site?
(Yoyoyo Russians!)
C: Why does my site come up when you search "enjoyable peeing"?!?!

This has been a JCoinster Update.

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The British really are crazy. An Ice Cream Tru.......Boat?

That's right! The British have amazed me yet again........
I wonder how their business is on a rainy day.

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HEY CR48 USERS! Google's hiding something from us!

.....And apparently it's been 6 months!

Says it all on the forum:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome-notebook-pilot/hGf-vdxGGEA

But what is it?

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The News Doesn't Check ANYTHING! - This is proof

This institute did not exist. Just Saying.

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