Cell phones used to have cool features like built in walkie talkies and hidden keyboards. Now they all look the same and do the same thing. Was it all worth it? Check out these cool features and decide for yourself.
Motorola i850
Pros: It’s literally indestructible and it has a built in walkie talkie. Plus, every Motorola comes with a free belt clip.
Cons: You have to stand on one foot and face east to get service. It can only store like three photos. You can’t silence the walkie talkie feature.
LG Env2 Pros: Bam! Full flip out Qwerty keyboard.
Cons: The battery life is about 45 minutes. The “9” button on the front doesn’t work.
Blackberry Curve 8330 Pros: It has Blackberry Messenger, a chat service so exclusive that only three other people have it.
Cons: It sends about three butt dials per hour, and it takes about 30 minutes to download an email. Trying to type is a nightmare.
Samsung Juke Pros: It doubles as an mp3 player, fits in your pocket, and the clock is reasonably accurate.
Cons: I’m not sure if this can actually make a phone call or not.
Samsung Alias: Pros: It comes pre-loaded with Fall Out Boy’s tier 2 album “Infinity on High.”
Cons: Every key has both a number and a letter on it so you never know exactly what you’re going to get. The average lifespan of this phone is about two weeks.
Had an epic three-year adventure in Colorado after college.
Holds an MBA from Wake Forest.
Has two awesome kids.
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But really the coolest thing about my mom is her unique ability to connect with people. She knows how to have a full conversation with a toddler, what to write in a birthday card, and how to treat all people with respect. And she NEVER lets any of my blog posts go without a comment. Happy Mother’s Day.
My friends and I can’t argue about sports, so we had to get a little bit creative. What’s the best household appliance? Read our arguments and cast your vote below.
1. George Foreman Grill, as presented by Evan.
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2. Bidet, as presented by Becca.
3. Wine opener, as presented by Liz
4. Washing Machine, as presented by Ryan.
What else are you going to do? Wash your clothes in a polluted river? Get mugged at a sketchy laundromat?
5. Old School Beer Fridge, as presented by George.
Capacity: 48 frosty bois and 12 diet cokes.
Reliable workhorse, will always come through for you.
Retail value: $40, but you can probably negotiate it down to $20.
6. Coffee Maker, as presented by Carter.
What’s the first thing you do when you wake up? Think about coffee. It’s always there for you to get your day going.
7. Air Fryer, as presented by Zach.
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This wasn’t a planned competition– It just kind of happened with my friend group, the Revolution. Here are my rankings but I need your vote at the bottom!
1. Zach, who’s about two weeks away from joining the rock bank ZZ Top.
2. Carter. “A beard trimmer? What’s that?”
3. Ryan, whose mom says she loves his facial hair.
4. Matt, who looks like he just went to Burning Man and won’t shut up about it.
5. George, who has the same amount of hair on his face and his head.
6. Thomas, who could totally join a biker gang if he wanted to. And he has a cute dog.
7. Evan, who can’t wait to start his freshman year of college.
8. Sean, whose mustache might be on a few neighborhood posters.
9. Andrew, who looks like he should be bagging groceries at Whole Foods.
**P.S. I really liked the mustaches. Unfortunately these guys were participating in a beard competition they didn’t even know about.
Over Christmas, my sister was looking for an apple pie recipe. My mom found this book, “Yummy Apple Recipes” from Erin’s first grade class. I’m no expert but some of these recipes don’t look quite right… In fact, some of these might be dangerous. Here are some of the pages from that book, ranked from “most worst” to “least worst.” I even tried making a few…
1. Erin’s Apple Pie: Ingredients: There are only three ingredients?? I’m concerned.
Instructions: Confusing… It says to “Cook it in the oven at 12”??
Is it edible? No! It tasted like scrambled eggs on top of a cooked apple.
2. Kendall’s Apple Honey Ingredients: What?? The recipe calls for “20 bumble bees”?? (I used honey instead).
Instructions: On par for a first grader… “Smoosh the apples.” Lol.
Is it edible? Yeah, it was okay. Just okay.
3. Sarah Katherine’s Apple Cookies Ingredients: These seem to be the right ingredients but the wrong amounts. It turned into a liquid mess so I made pancakes instead.
Instructions: Close, but no.
Is it edible? Somewhat. With some work, apple pancakes is a great idea.
4. Megan’s Apple Milkshake: Ingredients: Raw eggs and flour in a milkshake?? That’s a no from me dawg. Instructions: Please don’t make this at home.
Is it edible? No!
5. Colin’s Apple Cider: Ingredients: There’s more sugar than water??
Instructions: No way this would blend.
Is it edible? Maybe if you want diabetes.
6. Brooke’s Apple Ice Cream: Ingredients: The recipe calls for 3 apples and 2 gallons of sugar?? This should be called Sugar Ice Cream.
Instructions: To be brief, this isn’t how you make ice cream.
Is it edible? I wouldn’t recommend it, no.
7. Mackenzie’s Apple Popsicles
Ingredients: She wants to use frozen milk as a Popsicle base?? Instructions: Unfortunately, these Popsicles are never going to freeze in the refrigerator.
Is it edible? I guess….
8. Ryan’s Apple Men (Not me) Ingredients: Apples and pretzels.
Instructions: It’s kind of dumb… but it worked.
Is it edible? I don’t know why you would eat this, but you could.
9. Logan’s Apple Juice
Ingredients: Basic. Instructions: I’m impressed at the level of detail. Evidently, “11 minutes” is the perfect amount of time to chill your apple juice.
Is it edible? Yes!
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Spoiler Alert: The majority of these videos are from middle school when I was trying to teach myself how to play the guitar.
“We Hungry.”I probably quote Fast and Furious 2 a lot more than the average person. This clip got saved to my homepage somehow, and now whenever I need some motivation I just remember, “like I said… we hungry.”
2. “Canon Rock” by MattRach. My ninth grade history class had a “Renaissance Fair” and Justin and I were in charge of playing music at the event. Our teacher said we had to play “classical” music, so my plan was to start out with Johann Pachelbel’s “Canon in D Major”, and then turn it into an epic three minute guitar solo like the video below. Unfortunately, I couldn’t make it past the 34 second mark below despite watching the video 100+ times.
3. “At Home Core Workout” by Ashley Conrad. Maybe a bit of a stretch to put this on my most watched list…
4. “Star Spangled Banner” by Jimi Hendrix. The notes itself are fairly easy to play, but I couldn’t ever match the feelings Hendrix put into the song. And for that, this guitar solo is a piece of history.
5. “Steve Vai vs Ralph Macchio Epic Guitar Battle” from the movie Crossroads. I always imagined playing this at the high school talent show, but again it never happened. Metacritic rated the movie 55/100, but this guitar battle was 100% awesome in my book.
6. “Dixie” by ogershock. Since I never mastered the guitar I thought I’d give the banjo a shot. The song is no longer “politically correct”, but I still like this version for the fast picking and bluesy tone. His mellow tone seems to acknowledges the end of an era and time to move on.
7. “You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told)” by The White Stripes. Mainly, don’t miss the guitar solo at 3:11.
8. “Cliffs of Dover” by Eric Johnson. It started out with an obsession with Guitar Hero 3, and then moved on to the live version.
The big "R" in Ryan 