Man Poses As Denny's Manager, Cooks Burger

 

Wearing a maroon tie and with a briefcase in hand, James B. Summers, 52, strolled confidently into a Madison, Wisc., Denny's restaurant ready to start his first day of work as general manager. There was just one problem- he wasn't hired for the job. 

"He claimed he was the new general manager, that he had worked for the restaurant chain for 30-years and was starting his new job - right now," the police report stated. The restaurant's manager, Tracy Brant, suggested perhaps Summers had the wrong restaurant, but the self-appointed general manager refuted the idea. Brant closed the door to her office and called the corporate office while Summers got to work on his first "official" duty- cooking himself a burger and fries. After receiving confirmation from those higher-up on the food chain that Summers was lying, Brant confronted her new faux boss mid-meal and told him that his charade was over.

When police arrived, they found Summers walking away from the restaurant. He told officers there must have been a "paperwork goof-up." He returned to the restaurant so police could hear both sides of the story. Summers' ruse was not a grand slam. Police booked him on charges of fraud, possession of an electric weapon (a stun gun), disorderly conduct and possession of drug paraphernalia. As police escorted Summers out of the restaurant, he shouted, "This is why you don't dine and dash, kiddies!" MadOne

Underground Jukebox: Hodgy, Domo Genesis And Tyler, The Creator- Rella

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Saturn's Two Largest Moons Line Up

 
Saturn's two biggest moons hang together in a stunning new photo from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The image shows the heavily cratered Rhea in the foreground, while the hazy orb of the huge moon Titan looms in the distance. Cassini snapped the shot in visible green light on Dec. 10, 2011, and it was released to the public on Monday (Feb. 13). Cassini was about 808,000 miles (1.3 million kilometers) from Rhea and 1.2 million miles (2 million km) from Titan when it took the picture, researchers said. Titan is the largest of Saturn's many satellites; at 3,200 miles (5,150 km) wide, it's nearly 1.5 times bigger than Earth's moon. The only moon in our solar system larger than Titan is Ganymede, which orbits Jupiter. 

 
Titan has a thick, nitrogen-rich atmosphere that shrouds the frigid body in a soupy brown shroud. Complex organic molecules — the carbon-containing building blocks of life as we know it — swirl about in this atmosphere. The huge moon also has a hydrocarbon-based weather system, with methane rain falling from the sky and pooling in liquid-methane lakes. Astrobiologists speculate that Titan may be one of the best places in the solar system to search for life beyond Earth.

Rhea is Saturn's second-largest moon, but it's a shrimp compared to Titan, measuring just 949 miles (1528 km) across. As the new photo shows, Rhea's icy surface is battered and pocked with many craters. Like Titan, Rhea has an atmosphere. But Rhea's is very different; it's much wispier and composed primarily of oxygen and carbon dioxide. Researchers think the oxygen comes from Rhea's surface ice, liberated from water molecules that get blasted apart by charged particles streaming from Saturn's magnetosphere. The source of the carbon dioxide, however, is more mysterious. Space.com

Solar Charger Sticks to Window to Power Gadgets

Solar chargers for gadgets are becoming more common, and convenient. There's the mPowerpad that charges multiple devices, for example. But for those that want a little style, there's the XDModo Solar Window Charger.

It's sleek and sticks unobtrusively to a window using silicone pads (basically suction cups). It's a good way to free up that cigarette lighter for plugging in other devices. (Does anyone actually light cigarettes with those anymore?) The charger has USB and mini-USB outputs. Odds are most people will use the USB since that's the charger end of most smartphone cables – be they for Android, iPhone or others. The battery inside has a 1300 mAh capacity – most smartphone batteries average around 1500 mAh, so it's pretty close to the full charge. That said, after it charges up during the day, it can keep your phone going through the night, or supplement the battery when it runs low. The output is five volts at 500 milliamps, plenty for charging anything but an iPad.

The maker, Xindao, is in Europe. You can purchase it online for about $65 but you'll have to shell out for shipping to the U.S. – about $65 as well. Technews Daily 

iPad 3 with Superfast 4G?

 

The next iPad could be the first Apple product to run on faster 4G cellular networks. In the past, people have bought 3G-capable iPads for backup in case Wi-Fi wasn't available. But if the 4G rumors are true, pricier iPads could become the norm. News of a possible 4G iPad available through Verizon and AT&T was released by the Wall Street Journal this week. 

Faster is always better in the world of tech gadgets. While speed depends on many factors, 4G can be faster than most public Wi-Fi networks and some home connections. Because video streaming and game-playing often benefit from faster connections, 4G's perceived speed advantage could move a cellular-connected iPad from nice-to-have to really-want-to-have.

 

But 4G data will cost extra. Unlike smartphones that usually require two-year data contracts, Verizon and AT&T offer monthly plans for iPads. You can buy data in a pinch, but if you don't cancel at the end of the 30-day period, you'll be billed every month until you do. Already, potential iPad 3 buyers have been salivating over rumored features, such as higher resolution displays and Siri, the voice-controlled virtual personal assistant that debuted on the iPhone 4S.

What is NFC?

Also known as Near Field Communications, this technology allows a smartphone to communicate with other devices or smart tags via radio waves. Used as a tap-and-go payment system through Google Wallet and for exchanging information between phones. NFC is integrated into such devices as the Samsung Nexus S and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Unfortunately, users can’t do much with the feature yet. But they will be using it soon. Baked into Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Google’s Beam feature uses NFC to let users do some nifty tricks, such as transferring videos, pictures, contacts, and websites by touching two Android phones together. For example, a YouTube video shared via Beam will pick up on another device exactly where it was last played. The technology does pose some security concerns, but those are being addressed. For instance, to prevent others from using your Android phone as a wallet, Google Wallet uses a PIN number that you must enter at timed intervals. Under Settings you can set the PIN timer to 1 minute, 5 minutes, 15 minutes, or 30 minutes. Technews Daily

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Dates And Cities For “This Is Dom Kennedy Tour”

• 3.21.12 Houston, TX @ WAREHOUSE LIVE
• 3.22.12 Dallas, TX @ TREES
• 3.24.12 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
• 3.25.12 Atanta, GA @ The Loft
• 3.27.12 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
• 3.29.12 New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom
• 3.30.12 Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage
• 4.1.12 Philadelphia, PA @ TLA
• 4.3.12 Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pic
• 4.4.12 Chicago, IL @ Reggies
• 4.5.12 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts
• 4.6.12 Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
• 4.7.12 Minneapolis, MN @ Fineline
• 4.11.12 Denver, CO @ The Bluebird
• 4.12.12 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
• 4.14.12 Seattle, WA @ Showbox Market
• 4.15.12 Portland, OR @ Peter’s Room
• 4.16.12 Sand Francisco, CA – Slim’s
• 4.17.12 San Jose, CA – Avalon
• 4.18.12 Santa Ana, CA – Observatory
• 4.19.12 Los Angeles, CA – House of Blues
• 4.20.12 San Diego, CA – Porter’s Pub
• 4.21.12 Tempe, AZ – Club Red

iPad 3 To Launch At March Apple Event?

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc plans to introduce its latest iPad tablet at an event in the first week in March, the website AllThingsD reported, citing unnamed sources. The event will be held in San Francisco, likely at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, which is Apple's preferred site for product launches, the website said. An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment. Apple has typically introduced the latest versions of its iPad in the first few months of the year. The current iPad 2 was introduced on March 2, 2011. The original iPad was introduced at the end of January 2010.

Apple's iPad dominates the nascent market for tablets even though deep-pocketed rivals are taking aim at the lucrative segment. Amazon.com Inc's Kindle Fire, which sells at half the cost of an iPad, has chipped away at the lower end of the tablet market. Apple iPad tablet sales doubled in the December quarter to 15.43 million units from a year earlier.

Kicks On The HardWood: Feburary 9th, 2012 - Jeremy Lin Breaks Out

Chris Paul in a new Jordan CP3.V PE

Derrick Rose in the adidas adiZero Rose 2.5

Evan Turner in the Li-Ning Turningpoint & Kobe Bryant in the Nike Zoom Kobe VII Supreme "Del Sol"

Courtney Lee in the Air Jordan 10 "Chicago"

Jameer Nelson in the Reebok Zig Pro Future & Blake Griffin in the Nike Zoom Hyperdunk 2011

Carlos Boozer in the Nike Zoom Hyperdunk 2011 & Johan Petro in the Nike Air Zoom Huarache 2k4 iD

Jeremy Lin (center) in the Nike Zoom Hyperfuse 2011 Low & C.J. Miles (right) in a Nike Zoom KD III iD

Andre Iguodala in his Nike Zoom Hyperfuse 2011 PE

Chris Andersen in the Converse Pro Leather 2K11

Jodi Meeks in the Nike Zoom Kobe VI & Jrue Holiday in his adidas adiZero Crazy Light PE

LeBron James and Dwyane Wade wearing new colorways of the Nike LeBron 9 and the Jordan Fly Wade 2, respectively

Dwyane Wade shooting in a new Jordan Fly Wade 2 and LeBron James wearing a never-before-seen Nike LeBron 9

Michael Beasley shooting in the Air Jordan 13 "Playoffs"

Quincy Pondexter in the adidas Crazy 8

Ty Lawson in the Nike LeBron 9 "Cool Grey"

Dwight Howard in the adidas adiPower Howard

Mario Chalmers in the Air Jordan 11 "Concord"

Iman Shumpert in the adidas Crazy 8

Dwight Howard Reviews the adiPower Howard 2

adidas adiPower Howard 2

KICKS ON CELEBS: Feb 9th, 2012 - Cassie, Amber Rose, The Dream, Kate Upton....

Cassie in the Air Jordan 13 "Flint"

Tinker Hatfield in the Air Jordan 3 "Oregon Ducks"

Rocsi in the Air Jordan 11 "Concord" & Terrence J in the Air Jordan 4 "Cement"

Victor Cruz in the Nike LeBron 9 "Christmas"

The-Dream in the Nike MAG 2011

Travie McCoy in the Air Jordan 3 Black/Cement

Amber Rose in the Nike Free Run 2 Grey/Black

B.o.B. in the Jeremy Scott x adidas Wings 2.0 "Stars & Stripes"

Drake in the Air Jordan 3 "Black Flip"

Plies in the Nike Air Foamposite One "Electrolime"

Kate Upton in the Reebok ZigNano Fly 2

Stalley in the Nike LeBron 9 "Black History Month"

Stalley in the Air Jordan 11 "Cool Grey"

Snoop Dogg in the adidas Superstar White/White

Spike Lee in the Nike Air Foamposite One "Metallic Red"

Busta Rhymes in the Maison Martin Margiella Gold Leather "Mirror" & Terrence J in the Air Jordan 13 "Flint"

Smoke DZA ft. ASAP Rocky "4 Loko"

Kicks On The HardWood: Feburary 2nd, 2012

Ray Allen passing the ball in his "Away" Air Jordan 13 PE

Al Harrington attacking the basket in a NikeiD LeBron 9

Monta Ellis shooting in the Air Jordan 13 "Flint"

Kobe Bryant wearing the Nike Zoom Kobe VII "Concord"

Dwight Howard shooting a jump hook in the adidas adiPower Howard

John Wall handling the rock in the Reebok Zig Encore

Jordan Crawford in the Air Jordan 7 "Bordeaux"

Derrick Rose in the adidas adiZero Rose 2.5

Ray Allen shooting in his "Home" Air Jordan 13 PE

Paul Pierce wearing the Nike Air Legacy 3

LeBron James shooting in the Nike LeBron 9

Brandon Jennings wearing the Under Armour Micro G Bloodline and Mario Chalmers contesting a shot in the Air Jordan XIX

Kevin Durant in the Nike Zoom KD IV

Delonte West attacking the rim in the Nike Air Max Uptempo 2 "Duke"

Russell Westbrook and Shawn Marion in the Nike Zoom Hyperfuse 2011 and the Nike Zoom Hyperenforcer, respectively

Blake Griffin dunking in the Nike Zoom Hyperdunk 2011

Solomon Jones defending in the Air Jordan 14 "Last Shot"

Chauncey Billups and Enes Kanter in the adidas adiZero Ghost and the Air Jordan 11 "Concord", respectively

Michael Beasley shooting in the Air Jordan 3 "True Blue"