Detroit Lions sign “Kickalicious”

April 26, 2013 in Football, Sports

The Detroit Lions of the National League have signed Internet phenom Havard Rugland to a three year $1.485 million contract. Rugland has recently been in the limelight after uploading his “Kickalicious” video on YouTube. The 28-year-old kicker from Norway has never played American style , but that hasn’t stopped the Lions from taking a leap of faith on the talented lefty. Havard will compete for the starting job during Lions training camp in Allen Park, MI against former San Francisco 49er David Akers. Akers was added to the roster on April 5th after long-time kicker Jason Hanson announced his retirement.

The video below is the sole reason Rugland captured the attention of NFL scouts. The “footage” cannot be put into words. Check it out!

 

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Have you ever wondered what your dog would have to say?

April 9, 2013 in Just Plain Funny, Technology

During my daily routine of scanning the boundless absurdity of what has become the world wide web, I came across a website that I felt compelled to share with the readers of NewsFlask.com.

Have you ever wondered what your dog was thinking? Or, even what he would say to you if he had the ability? That seems normal, sort of. But take that thought and stretch it a step further, a big step. When you’re off busy at work and enveloped in your humdrum daily life, have you ever dug deep into gratuitous thought about what your dog would have to say to you via a casual, mid-day text message? Well, neither have I. But the folks over at TextfromDog have, and they’ve put a tremendous amount of time into scripting how these text-based conversation would go. Their site’s descriptive tagline is, “My dog sends me texts. I post them here. Yeah, it’s weird.” So yeah, that just about sums it up. The results are pretty damn , and raunchy at times, so proceed with caution.

 

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SXSW Festival Offers Homeless Hotspots

March 16, 2013 in Music, Politics, Technology

The South by Southwest festival continues to grow year-by-year and possibly ranks among the most popular arts and tech festivals of modern times. This year’s SXSW event is now making news for a revolutionary idea that has put haters in a moral debate.

A charitable marketing program, that is paying homeless individuals at the event, has triggered a worldwide debate on whether it’s a ‘just’ cause or a disgraceful display of technology that illustrates humans’ never-ending downgrade of moral values.

BBH Labs, the innovation unit of the international marketing agency BBH – who is the main contributor to this idea – have thirteen volunteers from a homeless shelter. These volunteers carry around hotspot devices, business cards and wear T-shirts bearing their name and their purpose - “I’m Clarence, a 4G Hotspot.”  The homeless people were then instructed to visit the most densely packed areas of the conference and offer their wireless service. They were paid $20 a day, in addition to donations from customers who took advantage of the wireless service.

As a lover of great human morals, which my mother beat into me with a wooden spoon, all I could do was laugh when I heard this news. I believe this to be a unique and cheap way to advertise, which should have no repercussions as long as the volunteers are okay with the job description. I mean, at the end of the day they’ll have enough money to at least eat dinner, or……drink it.

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Timothy Bradley Beats Manny Pacquiao

June 10, 2012 in Boxing, Sports

In an upset for the ages, California native Timothy Bradley beat Manny Pacquiao Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Most people who watched the fight scored the match 11-1 in favor of Manny Pacquiao, but the judges felt otherwise – awarding Timothy Bradley victory by split decision.

Saturday night’s fight marked Manny Pacquiao’s first defeat since losing to Erik Morales in March of 2005. Pacquiao landed an average of 52% of his power punches his last three fights, but managed to connect on just 39% against Timothy Bradley. Thirty nine percent should have been enough as he out-landed Bradley in power punches 190-108. 

Manny Pacquiao has snapped a 15-fight win streak and has fallen to a record of 54-4-2 despite the fact he out-landed Bradley in total punches 253-159 (+94). Timothy Bradley has now improved to a perfect 29-0. 

All the statistical numbers seemed to lie in favor of Manny Pacquiao Saturday night. Your guess is as good as mine as to why Timothy Bradley was awarded the split decision victory.

Rumors are already hitting the mill regarding Pacquiao’s future in the ring. Will he retire? Or will he fight Floyd Mayweather Jr? Time will tell.

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Apple Now Most Valuable Company in the World

March 29, 2012 in Technology

stock (Symbol: AAPL) hit a new high today of $503.83 a share – peaking its market capitalization at $465 billion – making it the world’s most valuable company. Apple and Exxon Mobile (Symbol: XOM) have been trading position as most valuable company since last summer. But this latest rally has Apple valued around 17% more than Exxon Mobil (est. $400 billion). Just since the beginning of the new year, Apple stock has grown almost 25% from roughly $403 per share. On January 4, 2012, Apple reported a net income of $13.06 billion for the year’s fourth quarter, nearly doubling its profit from the same quarter the previous year. Sales were up $46.3 billion – 73% from the previous year.

Since the passing of Apple co-founder, chairman and CEO – Steve Jobs – on October 5th of 2011, many were skeptical of the company’s immediate future. This latest rally, which really started around the beginning of December, should help put investors at ease. 

Apple continues to be the most innovative consumer electronics company in the world. The company sets no technological limits, intriguing investors while at the same time making potential suitors weary of such recent robust performance. Five short years ago, Apple stock traded in the vicinity of $82, which is prompting everyone to wonder just how high the shares can go? Is it too late to get a seat on the gravy train? I thought it was a year ago when the stock was traded at $350. Oh well, Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems. Right?

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