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Boeing’s Airborne Laser project might be on shaky ground as the Pentagon reassess its budget, but that isn’t stopping the company from pushing the flying-death market forward — its latest project is the fighter jet-sized Phantom Ray UAV. The unmanned combat plane is being built using tech from the X-45 experimental UAV (pictured above) developed for the DARPA-funded Joint-Unmanned Combat Air System, and it should be taking the first of 10 scheduled test flights relatively soon — the first is penciled in for December 2010, just a few months before Skynet becomes self-aware and destroys humanity as we know it.

[Via Giz Mag]

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Boeing developing Phantom Ray fighter-sized combat UAV originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 10 May 2009 08:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Looks familiar eh? If you’re a fan of leaks and pre-release innuendo then you’re already acquainted with Best Buy’s internal inventory system. According to igmac, forum jockey and self-proclaimed Best Buy employee over at SprintUser, the first Palm Pre accessories have just been entered into the system. The list includes 5 cases (3 acrylic, 1 leather, 1 labeled “Palm Pre case”) and the Touchstone charging kit which lists for a whopping $69.99 — the same price already rumored. Really Palm, $70? We’ve been inductive charging our SoniCare toothbrush for years already — the tech just isn’t that amazing anymore, magnet or not. You’ll note that the “in stock date” is listed as May 10th so with any luck we’ll soon be hearing from Mr. BlurryCam with some shots from the warehouse.

[Via PreThinking]

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Palm’s $70 Touchstone dock, other Pre accessories appear in Best Buy system originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 10 May 2009 03:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Times are pretty tough for OQO fans — the struggling company appears to be on the brink of collapse, the Model 2+ is unlikely to be produced, and now we’re hearing that main board failures on Model 2s that have shipped are distressingly common. That’s at least the word according to the OQOtalk forum, whose members are currently gathering data on the situation — and the early trends sadly reveal that the 1.6GHz model is extremely prone to failure. Of course, it’s not exactly the most scientific poll in the world, but you wouldn’t expect such harsh results from users on a fansite unless something was up. Given OQO’s current travails, we don’t know if this will ever get resolved, but let’s hope so.

[Via Gadget Mix]

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OQO Model 2s suffering from failing main boards? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 10 May 2009 03:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve already spent some time ogling over the MSI X-Slim X320 in person, but the ultrathin laptop is starting to ship out in Europe, and these are the first unboxing photos we’ve come across. Sadly it looks like retail units will be festooned with an nasty array of stickers across the palm rest, but overall it looks like MSI’s pulled off a nice little riff on the MacBook Air theme. Full set of pics at the read link.

[Thanks, Jens]

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MSI X320 ultralight escapes its box originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 10 May 2009 02:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dell finally started offering the Mini 10 with a six-cell battery just a couple weeks ago, and it looks like the first batch of orders has started to arrive. As expected, it’s a big honking six-cell battery hanging off the edge of an otherwise sleek netbook, but it should provide hours of Atom-powered XP fun. Sadly, current Mini 10 owners can’t pick one up separately yet, but we’re guessing that’ll change soon enough.

[Thanks, Peter]

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Dell MIni 10 6-cell battery gets pictured originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 09 May 2009 23:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sure, the hot buzz right now is centered on Verizon and Apple teaming up to release a unicorn-built iPhone tablet that runs on marshmallows and cuddles, but Boy Genius Report says that Big Red’s actually-real partnership with HP is about to bear fruit — the long-rumored subsidized Mini 1000 is apparently due to launch on May 17th. The specific model will be the Mini 1151NR, and if that leaked product-comparison sheet we saw earlier holds water, we’re looking at a pretty standard Atom / XP configuration with a 3G modem built in. Pricing hasn’t been locked down, but according to BGR, it’ll be just as ridiculous as every other subsidized netbook: $299 after rebate with a mandatory two-year data contract. That’s more or less $200 off standard MSRP, a discount we’re sure you’ll pay back twice over the course of the contract. Seriously, we’d much rather fiddle with a USB stick that we can use on multiple machines than spend around a grand on data fees just for a netbook — what about you?

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Verizon’s HP Mini 1000 due to launch May 17th? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 09 May 2009 21:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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I’m working on my Happiness Project, and you could have one, too! Everyone’s project will look different, but it’s the rare person who can’t benefit. Join in — no need to catch up, just jump in right now. Each Friday’s post will help you think about your own happiness project.

A few days ago, I posted about how watching the movie “Twilight” made me more determined to keep my resolutions to be tender and romantic. After I looked at my list, however, I realized that I’d never made a specific resolution to “Kiss more, hug more, touch more.” So I’ve added that to my ever-growing list of resolutions.

It’s easy to see that kissing, hugging, and touching would boost the tenderness in your romantic relationship. However, physical expressions of affection can strengthen all sorts of connections.

In her fascinating book The How of Happiness, Sonja Lyubomirsky discusses a study in which students were assigned to two groups. One group was the control; one group was assigned to give or receive at least five hugs each day for a month – a front-to-front, non-sexual hug, with both arms of both participants involved, and with the aim of hugging as many different people as possible. The huggers were happier.

Another study showed that women who got hugs several times a day from their husbands had lower blood pressure than those who didn’t get hugged as often.

Interesting fact: to be most effective at optimizing the flow of the chemicals oxytocin and serotonin – which boost mood and promote bonding – hold a hug for at least six seconds.

Along with hugging, playful and affectionate touching makes you feel closer to the people important to you. And touch is important even with strangers — studies show that subliminal touching (touching so subtle that it’s not consciously perceived) dramatically increases a person’s sense of well-being and positive feelings toward you, the toucher. For example, research shows that when restaurant servers touch their customers, they increase their tips by more than 3 percent.

I haven’t come across any research that examines the effects of kissing, but I think it’s safe to venture that lots of kisses will make you happier.

Expressing affection (in whatever way you express it) makes a big difference in relationships. For instance, people are 47% more likely to feel close to family members who frequently express affection than to those who rarely do so.

But there’s another reason to express affection. One of my most important Personal Commandments is to Act the way I want to feel. We think we act because of the way we feel, but often, we feel because of the way we act. By acting in a loving way, you prompt loving feelings in yourself. It’s much harder to be angry or annoyed with someone when you’re kissing or hugging or touching.

Be careful, however, to keep those physical expressions of affection appropriate. During a radio interview after I posted about Happiness Myth #7: Doing “Random Acts of Kindness” Brings Happiness, the host mentioned that he’d been walking been walking down the street when a guy announced, “Free hugs!” and gave him a big bear hug – a random act of kindness which did not result in happiness in that case. And the non-sexual nature of your full-frontal, two-armed hug might be misinterpreted, if you’re not careful.

Do you find that touching, hugging, and kissing boosts your happiness? Have you found any strategies to make sure you don’t forget this aspect of relationships?

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On Wednesday, U2 lead singer Bono will read a poem on BBC radio that he penned for Elvis Presley. It’s entitled “Elvis: American David,” and while the network is playing it up as “unique” and “purposefully quintessential,” the rest of the British press–which got a hold of a copy–is panning it. And that’s putting it mildly.

Tim Dowling at the British newspaper The Guardian, wrote of the poem,

“[a] disregard for the traditional rules of capitalisation is maintained throughout. This may echo the unconventional orthography of ee cummings, or he may have composed it on his phone.”

Christopher Hart, a particularly rankled reporter for The Mail Online, responded to the news with his own poem about Bono:

‘Bono in your sunglasses, even when it rains, Bono in your private jet while the rest of us take trains, Bono with your tax affairs safely overseas, Bono, oh will you shut up, please.’

Even U2 ghost biographer Neil McCormick, an old friend of Bono’s, wrote in The Telegraph,

” I am used to defending Bono. I have taken on all comers considering his talent…his ego…his charitable and political activism..and his music. But I must admit, his Elvis poem has had me stumped.”

My favorite criticism came from a professor of modern English Literature whom the aforementioned Guardian asked to dissect Bono’s poem. His comments quickly declined from the substantial to things like ” I’m getting really fed up with this so-called poem,” “Blah, blah, bloody blah,” and “Beats the sh*t out of me what this could mean.” Again, that’s a professor.

The poem does, at times, read like a series of Chuck Norris facts–”elvis changed the centre of gravity,” “elvis invented the beatles”–and it might remind you of private Bubba from Forrest Gump waxing poetic about shrimp. But does it deserve all the criticism its getting? I tried putting on my teacher’s hat and finding some good in it. Here’s what I came up with:

1) There are a few good lines.
2) It’s better than Jewel.

Best I could do. Here’s an excerpt so that you can judge for yourself.

elvis son of tupelo.

elvis mama’s boy.

elvis the twin brother of Jesse who died at birth and was buried in a shoe box.

elvis drove a truck.

elvis was recorded at sun studios by the musical diviner sam phillips.

elvis was managed by colonel tom parker, an ex-carnie barker whose last act was a singing canary.

elvis was the most famous singer in the world since king david.

elvis lived on his own street.

elvis liked to play speed cop.

elvis had a monkey named scatter before anyone.

elvis wore a cape at the white house when he was presenting nixon with two silver pistols.

elvis was a member of the drug squad.

elvis wore eye make up, just hangin’ out.

elvis wore a gold nudie suit and trained his lip to curl.

elvis was macho, but could sing like a girl.

You can read Bono’s entire poem here (if you still want to).

It’s Mother’s Day, and I would like to honor my beloved mother, by using the word mother in a sentence as often as possible. No, not that sentence. The next one. I am taking this moment to pay tribute to Anna M. Jarvis, the mother of Mother’s Day, who in an ironic twist of fate was never a mother herself. Did I write ironic? I don’t honestly see it that way, but rather it was precisely because Ms. Jarvis did NOT become a Mrs. nor a mom, that she devoted her life’s work to persuading the nation (and 43 other countries) to officially revere mothers and in doing so, carved out a 24-hour time slot in which we get to feel like we haven’t done enough.

Anna was tormented by not doing enough for her Mom. In 1907, a few years after her mother died (and left her a tidy inheritance), she created and led the “Mother’s Day Movement,” and began one of the most organized and successful letter-writing campaigns in history, reaching out to influential businessmen, religious leaders, newspaper editors, mayors and eventually to governors of every state. Within seven years, a resolution was passed by both houses of Congress for a national observance of Mother’s Day. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation calling for a “public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country,” setting aside the second Sunday in May, which also commemorated the anniversary of Anna’s mother’s death.

As it was her mother’s favorite flower, and she was in charge, Anna declared the carnation the official Mother Day’s emblem. Florists quickly began to reap the benefits. Soon confectioners and card companies wanted a piece of the action, and the holiday got commercialized to such an extent that Anna Jarvis could hardly recognize it. “This is not what I intended,” Anna wrote in letters to hundreds of newspapers. “I wanted it to be a day of sentiment, not profit.” She spent the rest of her life (and life savings) in desperate battle against those who didn’t demonstrate the proper piety and respect for what she considered a holy day, and died penniless and alone.

Anna M. Jarvis was born in 1864 in the rural community of Grafton, West Virginia, and she grew into a tall, attractive, redhead, eager to find her way in the world. She had watched her mother put aside pleasure and ambitions for the considerable duties of motherhood, and Anna wanted more out of life. At 27 and unmarried she took a bold, modern step and moved away from home to live in Philadelphia, working first as a stenographer and then as a writer for the advertising department of an insurance company. As to why she didn’t wed, a family friend said, “she had a disastrous love affair when she was young. It left her shocked and disillusioned, and thereafter she turned her back on all men.” (My theory is, she wanted a career.) After years of living on her own, Anna moved her widowed mother to Philadelphia. In 1905, she went into a period of “pathological mourning” when her mother died, creating an alter of dried flowers, and talking about little else.

I asked my therapist friend why Anna was so obsessed. “In a word,” he said, “guilt.” When my dear mother was still alive (did I mention that she was one of the greats!) I used to procrastinate before calling her on Mother’s Day, for fear that I hadn’t done enough. The first misstep was moving to San Francisco, which put me three time zones away, so my call would land at her New York doorstep in the afternoon. I would always send a card, but a card wasn’t flowers (e.g. carnations) and on the rare occasion when I got it together to mail a gift, I wasn’t there in person to deliver it. Once, when I timed a visit to coincide with Mother’s Day, that effort also fell short because, I figured, my ultimate misstep boiled down to not having a husband or children.

Now that I understand Anna Jarvis, it all adds up. Mother’s Day was created by a talented, entrepreneurial woman, who felt terrible about not following in her mother’s footsteps. She spent an operatic life trying to make up for it, and embedded in her glorious, global tribute, the essence of never doing enough. But we all keep trying, as we should, because our mothers deserve it (especially mine).