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Giant Dead Parrot Unveiled in London to Promote Last Monty Python Show

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition, never mind a giant dead blue parrot in London.

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Not something you see everyday, but if you were in London recently, you would have seen a 50 foot giant dead parrot being unveiled on London’s South Bank promoting the live broadcast of the final Monty Python Live stage show on July 20th. It’s been revealed that this famous Norwegian Blue dead parrot was created as a homage of sorts because it was the #1 Monty Python sketch voted on by the nation on British Comedy TV Gold channel. It took a team of three sculptors over two months to create the prop.

I personally thought the Spam, Spam, Spam vignette or the Lumberjack Song would be right up there as well, but the dead parrot was classic Python.

If you’ve never seen the sketch, well we just happen to have it here…

 

 

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Pictures courtesy of Taylor Herring via Flickr

Marching Band Forms T-Rex + Eats Band Member = Awesome

I don’t know about you, but I’d rather watch this sensational marching band then ever see Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction at the football game halftime show ever again. The Ohio University marching band not only forms a massive T-Rex from Jurrasic Park, but check out what they do with Superman. They not only form the “S” but actually form a telephone booth in which superman transforms from Clark Kent into the man of Steel! They also do a pretty awesome job with Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean, with lots of cannon fireworks on the two ships, but my favorite has to be the huge T-Tex that walks and ultimately swallows the drum major. Amazing!

What does the Fox really say?

No doubt that one of the most viral videos on YouTube right now is Ylvis‘ “The Fox” which was an attempt by a two comedic Norwegian brothers to create a really horrible video for their tv show’s upcoming season. Beware of what you ask for: this crap video has turned into almost 50 million views. If you have not seen it yet, oh yes, you must….

 

And if you thought it was Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow! or Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho! or Fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow!, then you would be wrong. In fact, it scared the crap out of us…

 

Our our animal reporters have found out many things about the fox we did not know:

1.) Male foxes are called Reynards or a “dog fox” or a “tod”

2.) Female foxes are called Vixens and  baby foxes are called “pups”, “kits” or “cubs”

3.) They have whiskers on their legs as well as around their faces, which they use to help them find their way

4) Their mating calls are sharp, high-pitched shrieking/screaming noises which can be quite scary. They call this “gekkering”…

5) A group of foxes is called a “skulk” or a “leash”
Now you know what the fox says…

 

Thanks to tumblr, PETA

Who is Excited About Google Fiber?

Who wouldn’t be?

Google Fiber just launched today its new 1 gigabit residential fiber network in Kansas City, MO. Internet and HDTV, folks. The network will deliver 1 gigabit connections to homes all over the city. And if you don’t think THAT is fast, then consider it is about 100 times faster than most current residential broadband connections found in the US right now.

This graph really needs no explanation, but it does show how Internet speeds in the US are just not keeping up with all the technology we are throwing on it. We simply need faster speeds to handle the new technology and all the content we want quickly.

Google states that there will not be any overage charges or caps, it will come with 1 terabyte of cloud storage and HDTV. Kansas City residents will have to pay a $300 connection fee to get the service installed in their homes, and the monthly prices are anywhere from the basic with free Internet for nothing per month, just the $300 construction fee (one time or $25/mo for 12 mo), 1 gigabit Internet for $70 per month (waive the $300 connection fee) or you can have the 1 gigabit Internet and tv for $120 a month.

Although if you are looking for Breaking Bad, Mad Men and The Walking Dead, AMC is not included on the tv lineup as of yet, along with CNN and ESPN.

The network box is similar to Apple TV and you can use your Nexus 7 tablet as the remote.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the new awesome video:

 

You can go here to pre-register and be notified when it is coming to your address.

I for one am totally stoked for this to come to my hometown of San Diego.

Are you excited to have Google Fiber?

Meet the Ladies on the Panel for our Special Event: Women in San Diego Tech Startups Part Deux

If you are in the San Diego area on August 1st – and it does not matter if you are into tech startups or not – why not saunter over to Co-Merge Workplace for an evening of inspiration, hidden voices in the tech community, some bawdy laughter and brilliant women.  We are having our second in a series of introducing incredible women who are founders of startups, engineers, programmers, CEOs or women who are in high positions at tech companies in the San Diego area and beyond.

We encourage you to support women in tech in any way you can, by attending this free event, becoming a sponsor, offering some giveaways, writing a story or blog post on this, or even just chatting it up online to encourage others to come.

If you did not get to see our first panel, here are Part 1 and Part 2 of our first panel on Women in San Diego Tech Startups and Companies.

Here’s the 911 – hope to see you there!

The Event:

August 1st, 2012 – 6-pm – Special Event: Women in San Diego Tech Startups Part Deux (Panel)

Co-Merge Workplace – 330 A St, San Diego, CA (Map)  Parking info: Where to park around Co-Merge

Signup here! Geek Girl San Diego

 

The Idea:

What’s it like to work for a Tech Startup?

What’s it like to be a Woman working for a Tech Startup or Tech Company in San Diego?

We are honored to have some of the coolest Geek Girls in San Diego to answer these questions and more for you!

 

The Agenda:

6:00pm – Networking, Mingle with Sponsors, Demos, Beverages

7:00pm – Introduction of Sponsors, Panelists, VIPs

7:20-8:30pm – Panel Discussion

8:30- 9:00pm – Q&A, Giveaways and Closing Remarks

 

Our awesome Sponsors!


 

The Panel:

Liz Gasser, Sr. Director, Business Development, Qualcomm

Liz Gasser is senior director of business development for Qualcomm. Gasser is responsible for developing business strategies for new technologies and platforms that Qualcomm is seeking to commercialize through its global market development and Qualcomm Labs groups.

Prior to this role, Gasser led strategic business development for Qualcomm Internet Services, where she focused on new business, partnership, and innovation opportunities. She drove the acquisition of Xiam Technologies in 2008, reinforcing the group’s ability to deliver more engaging and contextual mobile experiences.

Before coming to Qualcomm in 2006, Gasser spent five years at Openwave Systems, where she held a variety of roles in business strategy, product marketing and product management. Prior to Openwave, Gasser worked as a management consultant in both San Francisco and London engaging with companies on go-to-market strategy, deregulation, and market due diligence.

Gasser holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in economics from Cambridge University.

 

Fallon Chen, Engineer,  Bands in Town

Fallon Chen is a data engineer at Bandsintown, where she writes and manages the data gathering software and event database behind the Bandsintown apps. Prior to joining Bandsintown, she was a part of the DBS Kernel Research and Development Group at Teradata.Fallon holds a master’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of California, San Diego, where she studied the performance of distributed anonymity systems under the guidance of Dr. Joseph Pasquale.

 

Juliet Oberding, Founder (CEO) Predictably Well and Startup Attorney

Attorney with 20 + years experience in complex litigation, intellectual property advising start- ups through Fortune 500 companies. Experience leading teams and managing settlement negotiation in large, multi-party, complex litigation. Founder of Oberding Law, a law practice focusing on business and intellectual property. Professor of Intellectual Property at University of San Diego. Mentor and local facilitator for the Stanford Tech Entrepreneurship online class by Chuck Eesley. Startup Weekend Mentor. AT&T San Diego Apps Challenge Popular Choice Grand Prize Winner. Co-author with Terje Norderhaug of the first published academic article to discuss the challenges to intellectual property law posed by linking and inlining on the web.

 

 

Anjali Cameron, Founder, TripLark

Anjali Tuljapurkar Cameron is the founder of TripLark, which aims to save travelers time and energy when they plan travel. Anjali has over 6 years of marketing experience and worked in consumer marketing for Yahoo! prior to founding TripLark. She holds a BA from Brown University and an MBA from Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Follow @TripLark on Twitter for the latest TripLark travel plans and company updates.

 

Kimberly Spillman, Member of Technical Staff, ViaSat

Kimberly Spillman has B.S. and M.S. from UCSD in computer science.  She has over ten years experience in a large variety of work settings including work abroad in England and Australia, government contracting, private enterprise, startups, extremely small companies, mid-sized and large companies, working as the only woman in the office, and working with several other female engineers.  She has been co-organizing meetups for the San Diego Artificial Intelligence study group, San Diego Hackers and Founders and San Diego Python Users Group.

 

Introducing: Social Media Saturdays!

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Of course you do, right?

Because Social Media has become more intrusive in our every day lives and more information than ever is bombarding you from all sides.

We know you need help, and we can help.

 

So ask yourself this:

  • Are you in need of some accelerated learning in Social Media for your business?
  • Is this chart above overwhelming and you want to just cut through it all and use Social Media without stressing out?
    Is Saturday the perfect day for you from your busy week?
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Then you need to come to this accelerated learning seminar:

5 WORKSHOPS – 1 DAY – 100% KNOWLEDGE AND FUN

Facebook – Twitter – Pinterest – LinkedIn – Google+ – Instagram – HootSuite – TweetDeck – foursquare – Yelp – YouTube and more

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First come – first serve: limited to 25 people.

Check out our schedule HERE !

Any questions? We got answers! Call or email us

 

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