A wild Zangoose appears!

A sexy Zangoose appears!

At first, when the internets went crazy for this girl, Jessica Nigri, I honesty thought that she was a 1 costume person.  So, I really thought her 15mins was up.  Well, reset that timer because even more photos of her have surfaced, but this time as another Pokemon character named Zangoose.  If you want to see more photos of this costume, go past the break.  Also, if you didn’t see her famous rendition of Pikachu in a yellow miniskirt and tail costume from Comic con 2009, visit this post.

Update: 2 more photos of this wild pokemon

Update 2: 2 more photos. Not of pokemon, but something different.

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It still works

In a post from MacRumors.com, people have discovered that the 3.1 beta disables tethering.  This has made a couple of people nervous about wether or not they should update to 3.0.1 to prevent the infamous SMS hack or deal with it to keep their internet tethering capabilities.

Well, I took the plunge and I’m happy to report that internet tethering still works.

Back at Comic-Con, Viz Media and Naruto were holding an open tournament using this game. None of the players have played it before since it hasn’t come out yet.  Winner received a brand new Wii system.  I stayed for the whole competition and enjoyed almost every battle.  There were somethings that have yet to be polished though.  Mainly the in-game sounds .

Now, at the tournament, no one used the Wiimote and Nunchuck combo.  All players opted for the classic Wii controller.  I’m not sure why fighting game developers would want to program for the Wiimote and Nunchuck combo.  It doesn’t add much to the game and just seems like a waste of effort, in my opinion.  If it’s for the sense that you are actually doing that super move, then I know of only young kids would try and do it.  But yet, I bet they would get confused anyways.

NARUTO Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 comes out for the Nintendo Wii system November 16, 2009 for $39.99.

Block the Haxor!

The patch to solve the SMS vulnerability of the iPhone firmware up to 3.0 is live and available in iTunes. So get on and download the patch (some 280Mb!) before some joker hijacks your phone. Currently Redsn0w is not able to jailbreak it but it seems like just a verification error. Hopefully we’ll get an update for that soon, till now, update to protect yourself or run the risk (although pretty minor) that someone might hi-jack your phone.

Genres: Action, Mystery

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The streets of Shanghai are alive with the sights and sounds of a great festival. Minoru Minorikawa, a journalist, and Maria Osawa, a photographer, have flown in to cover this event. In parallel to their soon-to-become active lives, an assassin drops her target from a rooftop, apparently miles away. A battle between this assassin and a terrorist group know as the “Snakes” rolls onward in a collision course with the other.

Separately, a CIA convoy escorts the captured Snakes leader, Alphard, to a detention facility. Her sister and allies spring her in gouts of flames and blood. Noting that the assassin they have been seeking, named Canaan, has been found in Shanghai. The inner workings of their organization are hinted at, but are never completely spelled out.

As the two stories collide we are shown that Canaan and Maria have met before and are actually good friends. Maria’s pictures, however, get her into trouble with the Snakes. She has uncovered something that undercurrents every aspect of this series, but we are not yet treated to an explanation. A flashback informs us that a terrorist group had spread a bio-toxin of which Maria was the only know survivor (by way of her father’s research toward a vaccine).

The Snakes strike out at Maria and Minoru who are eating at a restaurant after the initial events unfold. Thanks to a REALLY spirited cabbie, the two make a successful escape and are eventually saved by Canaan. The Snakes switch targets and Canaan leads them away. Upon returning to their hotel rooms, Maria and Minoru find their places wrecked and film stolen.

This series has a great opening and a good style; the pace is fast and has action throughout. A minor drawback is the amount of data we are asked to recall as we continue toward a (hopeful) epiphany of the what and why in the story.

Overall Hook Rating: B

Mike Crowley is an artist that uses two of a geek’s favorite tools.  The first tool is Adobe Illustrator and the second is LEGO bricks.  So, what happens when you put both together and sprinkle in some Star Wars? You get some of the best sketches I’ve seen in quite a long time. Btw, he used Illustrator… with a mouse.  No Wacoms here, buddy.

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Everyday, I’ll try to post a summary of three non-geek articles I read today. This is my vain attempt at trying to spread awareness of these types of issues.

WHO
Policemen and their families

WHAT
Were hit by a car bomb

WHEN
Yesterday

WHERE
Barracks in northern Spanish city of Burgos

WHY
Unclear

FTA
Watch video

More: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJfL-4ct_zU

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Now that the debate about climate change is truly raging and more and more people are coming down on the side of climate change being real and bad (just look at the increased extreme weather people are experiencing), people are starting to think about the side effects of climate change. Rising sea levels are one of the predicted consequences of global warming caused by melting of the polar ice caps (that’s the ice on the land not in the sea mind). Therefore one of the lowest countries in the world, the Netherlands, which has been battling with the water for centuries, has had to start thinking about dealing with this progressive threat to their land. Should Waterworld ever happen, then Koen Olthuis of Waterstudio in the Netherlands could be one step ahead with a series of new floating apartment complexes.

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Jessica Nigri dressed as a very sexy and very hot rendtion of a Pikachu in a yellow mini skirt at the San Diego Comic-Con 2009.  I’ll just leave you with a quote from a redditor.

“She turned my magikarp into a gyarados.” – bigwangbowski

More photos after the break.

Update: So, apparently people found her Facebook page.  I’ll admit, I’m one of the many guys that went there, but for good intentions.  Just wanted to tell her about this post.  She replied with a “Thank you.”  But when I tried to replied back, I noticed her profile is gone.  I guess either she deleted it or locked it down so no one can find it.  I guess that’s what happens when you wear this to a nerd convention. Oh, btw, I added 5 more pics that have surfaced on the nets. Enjoy ;)

Update 2: MOAR photos at the bottom.

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Nothing much more to say about this video.  If you don’t understand what is going on here, just move along.