Our favorite US swimming hottie, Amanda Beard, will be featured as the next “Go Daddy Girl” for GoDaddy.com’s new search engine campaign. She is the next in a long line of hot chicks that GoDaddy has used to hawk their service. Candice Michelle was the original Go Daddy Girl. Since then they’ve used Valerie Thompson (drag racer) and Danica Patrick (auto racing star).
Amanda Beard is the new Go Daddy Girl.
Amanda Beard showing off her new Go Daddy swimsuit.
Everyone remembers the original Go Daddy Girl, Candice Michelle. She made her debut in their Superbowl spots.
Time recently released their list of the top 25 web sites that people (we) cannot live without. So it naturally got me thinking about what sites are most important to me in my daily life.
Here is Time’s list of the 25 Sites We Cannot Live Without: 1. Amazon
2. BBC.co.uk
3. Citysearch
4. Craigslist
5. Del.icio.us
6. Digg
7. Ebay
8. ESPN
9. Facebook
10. FactCheck.org
11. Flickr
12. Google
13. HowStuffWorks.com
14. IMDB
15. YouTube
16. Kayak
17. NationalGeographic.com
18. Netflix
19. Technorati
20. TMZ.com
21. USA.gov
22. TelevisionWithoutPity.com
23. WebMD
24. Wikipedia.org
25. Yahoo
Here are the sites that I cannot live without:
* CNN - I gotta get my news fix everyday. And I read Peter King’s column every Monday.
* Tripadvisor - Best tool to use before booking any vacation.
* Wikipedia - I’m constantly researching stuff here.
* Dictionary.com - I use it numerous times a week to check my definitions and use the thesaurus.
* Rivals.com - I’m a college football junkie, so I keep up with the latest news there.
* Pandamovies - NSFW. I use this strictly for “research”.
* ESPN - I read Simmons ever week, and see what else is happening in the sports world.
August 8th was the maiden flight for Virgin America in the United States. Flights from San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York will mark the first time that Virgin Airlines offers flights within the US. So the big question now is how is Virgin America going to compete in the already crowded US airline industry?
The answer: Virgin America is going to provide luxurious features that few (Jet Blue) other US airlines offer. And they are going to offer them to all passengers, and still price their flights reasonably.
The key to Virgin’s in-flight experience is their entertainment system, called RED. It will allow travelers to choose between satellite television via Dish network, video games, internet access, on-board email, chat and pay per view movies. The chat feature allows users to chat between seats on the plane. RED also allows users to select from a list of thousands of MP3s on the plane to listen to music during the flight. They will also use RED to order food and then pay via credit card. Virgin also offers minibars on the plane that let people get their own drinks. And Google Maps is bundled into RED, for those that want to chart their journey.Each seat also provides 110-volt power, a USB port and Ethernet jack for all tech needs.
In first-class all of the entertainment features will be free. In economy class seats, there will be a charge for the services.
And the mood of the Virgin America planes is different. Each plane has special mood lighting, that will adjust from “dawn” to “blue sky” to “dusk” to give passengers a more relaxed feeling. And they offer fancy leather seats, that were designed by the same company (Recaro) that builds seats for Mercedes, Ferrari and Jaguar. Virgin planes even have music playing in the bathroom, to cover up the sounds of couples interested in joining the mile high club…or people who had a bad lunch.
A look inside the cabin of a Virgin Airlines America flight. Mood lighting gives a new experience to air travel.
So the question is when are the rest of the airlines going to be able to offer these same features? I think American, Continental, Delta and United need to step up their game to provide this level of service.
What was supposed to be a two horse race between Microsoft (X-Box 360) and Sony (Playstation 3) in the video game console market, has turned out to be an upset of monumental proportions.
Nintendo was left for dead just a few years ago, but the new Wii has been a runaway smash. They gambled by not trying to beat Sony and Microsoft at the own game (the bigger the processor, the better the game), and won. The interactive concept has taken game development in a whole new direction, while Microsoft and Sony will have to continue to bash each others heads in in the stale, traditional gaming market of first-person shooters and sports games that change very little from year to year.
Proof of Nintendo’s resurgence came a few weeks ago when they temporarily vaulted into the top 10 most valuable companies in Japan, pushing Sony down to number 11. Sony was back to number 10 by the end of the day, but the message was loud and clear.
The hype for Apple’s latest creation is unprecendented. Admittedly, I’m somewhat of a phone-snob these days.
Check out this video and see it for yourself. I’m very impressed but I also have some questions…
I’m text messaging constantly. What is that experience like without the feedback that a normal push-button gives you? I’m leaning towards bad. Does is have a QWERTY keyboard option? If not, then forget it.
I’m a Cingular/AT&T guy already, so I wouldn’t have to change carriers, but it doesn’t have 3G capability, and I love being able to surf at a pretty good clip. That alone may keep me from buying this thing. Sure it has Wifi, but I’m usually surfing on my phone when I’m out somewhere in public where there may or likely not be a wireless signal available. I only use the internet on my Blackjack when I absolutely have to, but the connection speed is extremely important to me. It’s kind of like that first time you logged on with a cable modem or DSL. Once you make that jump, you can never go back.
I think a slim profile is to be expected these days, but you’ll be hard pressed to find a phone slimmer that the iPhone. It’s slimmer than both a Blackjack and the Dash.
The biggest upside to the iPhone is it’s ability to take the place of your iPod. That makes it worth buying for most people. How many gigs does it come with onboard? If it’s 30 or more, it almost becomes a no brainer. $499 is expensive for a phone, but not for a phone and an iPod.
All the little tactile features and ability to rotate into a landscape display are cool, but I’m most concerned with the core functions.
It comes out next week. I can’t wait to play with it, but I think I’ll be waiting until generation #2, just about the time I’ll be ready to replace my Blackjack. If you get one, let us know what you think.
