I don’t even know what to call this look. Jenna-anime? 

Emarketer predicts that there will 108 million people creating user generated content by 2012:

The number of people who create so-called “user-generated” content will rise from 77 million in 2007 to 108 million in 2012. More baffling yet, the ranks of people who consume this content will only rise from 94 million in 2007 to 130 million by 2012.

“US Internet users are creating and consuming user-generated content in record numbers,” says Paul Verna, eMarketer Senior Analyst and author of the new report, User-Generated Content: In Pursuit of Ad Dollars, “across an ever-expanding range of online content that includes video, audio, personal profiles, avatars, photo sharing, Wiki entries and product reviews.”

Beyond written blogs, established media outlets like CNN and MSNBC, as well as startups like video aggregator YouNewsTV, are empowering consumers to submit video clips and still images of unfolding events.

“Since many of the growing numbers of Internet users creating social media are also consuming it, this is a content chain that feeds on itself,” says Mr. Verna. “There is a seemingly infinite demand for content, and there are legions of Internet users armed with laptops, cell phones and digital cameras ready to deliver.”

That’s a lot of “fat kid with light saber” videos…

Some people might find it shocking that 58% of music in the US isn’t paid for but hey - that means 42% of music IS paid for in the US!

Try not to pee your pants, boys… I present to you the Alton Truck Company Ford F-650 SUV. For $200k you, too, can have this bigass tank.

Ain’t she a beaut? 7 doors, Caterpillar 7.2L C7 ACERT engine with 230 hp and 660 lb.-ft. of torque. Hardwood floors, custom captain’s chairs, wireless computer stations and a 42-inch plasma TV inside. F*CKWITHIT!

This is the final straw for Heidi Montag. The girl doesn’t even have a proper website, yet she’s all gung-ho about a singing career and now a fricken clothing line, which I’m sure she launched just to be a bitch to L.C. It comes as no surprise that her line is full of FAIL. It features a paper-thin tank tops that are too short, some shiny black hot pants with a 1 inch inseam, flimsy t-shirts with a dated and unoriginal looking logo of a heart with wings. I swear, if I see anyone rocking this gear, I’m going to weep out of pity for their soul.

This just goes to show, life’s not fair. Even no-talent assclown cyborgs with big tatas can get paid. That’s it. I’m going to get a boob job. Wanna invest in my breasts? I hereby promise to only do smart things with them.

From thinkfashion.com:

There’s just one problem. The clothes are terrible. Heidi’s line is a combo of trashed-up stripperwear and beachy-blah t’s and minis – a strange mix, but nothing we don’t see every Saturday when we hit the Old Navy then follow up with a lap dance at the local strip bar.

From New York Mag’s Fug Girls (who are hilarious, btw and you should really read the whole thing for some quality worktime chuckles):

This is the worst fashion line in the history of fashion lines… No self-respecting grown woman should allow herself to be seen in these garments.

Luckily, it’s possible no one else is interested. Not only were we alone in visiting Heidiwood, we were the sole shoppers at that Anchor Blue, period, exposing us to the naked curiosity of the employees. “Are you a … fan of Heidi?” one of them asked. We murmured something unintelligible, much like the previous day when we called to confirm the clothes’ arrival and the store clerk said, “Are you … um … interested in the Heidi Montag stuff?” He might as well have enquired, “Are you eating glass?” But the store’s emptiness ultimately saved us — with customers nearby, we’d have lacked the guts to open the dressing-room doors.

If you find a *good* review of this clothing line, please post a link in the comments.

Forget flying cars, time travel, cures for cancer, energy conservation, Gb’s of info implanted in your brain, NOW IS THE TIME FOR SEXBOTS!!!!!!!1, says David N.L. Levy, author of Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relations.
Here’s some quotes:

“Love and sex with robots on a grand scale is inevitable.”

Hmm… why?…

“Love with robots will be as normal as love with other humans, while the number of sexual acts and lovemaking positions commonly practiced between humans will be extended, as robots teach us more than is in all of the world’s published sex manuals combined.

Levy claims that just as we love our cars, our computers, our iPods, it is quite probable that we will also fall in love with sexbots, despite the lack of emotional intimacy. No doubt, women have taken to battery-powered sexual enhancement products as never before. So robot-sex is just a natural extension of a vibrator. Grateful for the immense physical pleasures attained from their robot-induced orgasms, women will be enthralled with their virtual lover’s love-making skills.

Waitaminute. I don’t think that’s a proper comparison. A good one would be like the bimbo that you had fantastic sex with and didn’t really care about. He/She was just hot, but nothing compared to the one that broke your heart, right? One point for love!

Men, on the other hand, will lust after sexbots for purely physical reasons. They may, however, use the sexbots in exploring their feelings on a deeper level.

PSH! Ya. Right. Have you ever heard of a guy exploring the Internet for love advice after jerking off to bangbus.com? I predict men would rather explore the possibility of their sexbot making them a pastrami sandwich.

How far off are we from making lifelike sexbots with artificial skin and everything? Not far, my friend, not far at all. In fact, Korea’s Axis is already making them. They’re called Honeydolls and they go for about $7,000 a piece (of ass!).