50 Horrible Parking Jobs

From: http://haphappy.com/

 

We’ve all been witness to bad parking jobs at the local supermarket or your neighborhood library, but rarely do you encounter people quite this bad or selfish with their parking acumen. These are the drivers you’re going to want to avoid for sure. Or at least make sure you’ve got a good insurance policy. These fails are almost as bad!

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Behold, the PlayStation Phone: full Xperia PLAY specs, details released

By Ben Kuchera

From  http://arstechnica.com/

 

While the iOS ecosystem may have evolved slowly into a gaming powerhouse, Sony is hoping to quickly push its gaming platform onto phones with the upcoming Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY. This the "PlayStation Phone" that has been rumored to exist for a very long time, and the details are finally here. The Xperia PLAY is coming to the United States this spring on the Verizon network first; the price remains unannounced.
Still, just look at it: a cell phone that plays games well and has actual buttons! Be still our beating hearts.

The hardware

The system features a four-inch capacitive multi-touch screen running at 480 by 854 resolution, and you'll be able to play 3D games for an estimated five and a half hours. There will be both black and white hardware at launch. Here are the rest of the specifications:

• Size: 119 x 62 x 16 mm
• Weight: 175 grams
• Phone memory: 400 MB
• Memory card support: microSD™, up to 32 GB
• Memory card included: 8GB microSD™
• Operating system: Google™ Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
• Processor: 1 GHz Scorpion ARMv7

Games will be delivered through the Android Marketplace, and the system will ship with Asphalt Adrenaline 6, Bruce Lee, Star Battalion, The Sims 3, and Tetris preloaded, along with a "legendary" PlayStation title. "More than 50 additional titles from top franchises at leading game publishers will be available for purchase at launch," the announcement states.

Sony is also very excited about the buttons on the device, calling them "dedicated gaming controls for real console quality gameplay, including four-way directional keys, recognizable ABCD keys with PlayStation iconography, left/right shoulder keys, and two analog touch inputs for joystick action."

Sony is promising 60fps playback of these games with the built-in Andreno 205 GPU, and over five hours of gameplay isn't bad. This is the phone that's really going to show off what Sony's PlayStation Suite is capable of, and may even make iPhone gamers jealous of those built-in buttons.

Seriously, have we noted that we like the idea of a phone with gaming controls?

This should give the Android platform a nice push into the world of gaming, and we're looking forward to getting our hands on a handset as soon as possible. Still, the pricing on games is going to be key, as iPhone games have carved out a strong niche with touch controls and low prices. Sony needs to be realistic about the cost of these titles, even on a new device.

Sheen: No On Crack, Yes On Chocolate Milk

by TMZ Staff 

Charlie Sheen got a standing ovation Thursday after delivering a stirring, anti-drug speech to the UCLA baseball team -- "Stay off the crack. Drink a chocolate milk."

6 Greatest Places on Earth to Buy Vinyl

Written by Jason Policastro

From:  http://matadornetwork.com/

Amoeba Records is sacred ground. Photo:  rick

Despite the odds, vinyl is making a comeback. Music stores are stocking records again, even Best Buy. But what are the true vinyl ‘institutions’?

Amoeba Records, San Francisco

Amoeba’s sheer scale might be unmatched on this list. Not only is their LP collection impressive, but it includes the nearly extinct 78 format, as well as freshly pressed 45s from all over the world. Every genre is represented and kept up to date with new releases and flushed with rarities. Truly impressive.

Gramaphone Records, Chicago

Photo:  vhf

Known as perhaps the greatest house music shop on earth, Gramaphone maintains and caters to professional DJs.
Their store stocks all sub-genres of dance, as well as DJ equipment like needles and turntables. Gramaphone is a landmark in the house music scene.

Wah Wah Records Barcelona

If you asked a vinyl freak to paint a picture of their ideal record shop, you’d get something that looked a whole lot like the awesomely named Wah Wah Records in Barcelona’s Raval neighborhood. They stock both classic LPs and the latest dance records, and the stock is continuously evolving.

Vinyl Junkies, London

Vinyl Junkies has the latest and rarest records. Professional DJs can often be found digging the stacks, but the store’s relaxed atmosphere makes all customers feel welcome and it enjoys a good reputation in dance music circles.

Fat Beats, New York

[edit, Feb. 2010: Apparently, Fat Beats is now closed.]

Photo (and feature photo):  pheezy

Fat Beats is legendary for east coast hip hop heads. Strangely, the shop is almost hidden from pedestrians, located on the second floor of a nondescript building on Sixth Avenue.
A flight of stairs leads up to one of the most impressive hip hop collections on earth, from new releases to old school tracks and battle records. When I stopped in there was a DJ cutting in the corner.

Hard to Find Records

Birmingham, UK
Hard to Find has broken down their collection into every possible sub genre, and has fully stocked listening stations with snacks, sodas, and couches near a wall of turntables. They also cater to the professional dj, and allow for in-store demos of their gear.

Speed Limit Enforced By.............. [Sign]

They don’t mess around in this place, do they?

Watch Topher Grace Re-Enact BTTF, Ghostbusters And More In This Take Me Home Tonight Video

Author: Josh Tyler
From: http://www.cinemablend.com/

Take Me Home Tonight is not a parody movie, in any sense. Instead it’s a period comedy set in 1988 starring Topher Grace, Anna Faris, Teresa Palmer, and Dan Fogler celebrating the last night of their youth. It’s definitely not a parody movie, but the following video may make you wish it was.

We’ve just gotten our hands on a Take Me Home Tonight music video, in which the cast hangs out in a club rocking out, only to decide that instead of dancing they should re-enact the most iconic moments of nearly all the most iconic movies of the 80s right there on the dance floor. The video is less than four minutes long but in that time they manage rather accurately to pull off all the most iconic and identifiable scenes from more than thirty movies. Include in the sequence is a pretty spot on Michael J. Fox impression by Topher Grace and cameos by ALF and Michael Biehn.

You’ve got to see this. Watch and see how many movies you can name: 



There's a chance this may end up in the end credits of Take Me Home Tonight when it shows up in theaters on March 4th. It's a good time, seems like a smart move to me.

In the meantime, how many movies being parodied did you recognize? Here’s a list of the film's I spotted while watching:

• Alien
• Say Anything
• Dirty Dancing
• Ghostbusters
• Weird Science
• Ghost
• 16 Candles
• Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
• The Karate Kid
• E.T.
• Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
• When Harry Met Sally
• Poltergeist
• Top Gun
• Splash
• Teen Wolf
• Back to the Future
• Risky Business
• Indiana Jones
• The Shining
• Weekend at Bernie’s
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High
• Rambo
• Big
• Cocktail
• Fletch
• Flashdance
• A Nightmare on Elm Street
• Friday the 13th
• Twins
• Terminator (guest starring Michael Biehn!)
• Little Shop of Horrors
• The Blues Brothers
• The Breakfast Club
• Fatal Attraction
• Caddyshack
• Norma Rae
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off
• Can't Buy Me Love