John’s Adventures on a Tour Across America: Elvis Presley, Athena & More!

As you know, John and WebBeat.TV Producer, Norm Flores have been on a road trip we’re calling the “Streaming Across America” GeekBeat.TV Tour. Now, Norm seems to be under the impression it’s the “Screaming Across America” trip, but that’s another matter entirely. Here’s a look at some of the things they’ve been doing. As you can see, they’re working VERY, VERY hard…

The World’s Largest Patio Chair

They kicked off the road trip right in our back yard, Dallas, Texas at Sunnyland Furniture to see the World Largest Patio Chair!


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Road Trip & Giveaways – GeekBeat.TV “Streaming Across America”

Streaming Across America Road Trip

Hey gang, in case you haven’t heard, John is going on a 5-day road trip with WebBeat.TV producer Norm Flores. They’re headed to New York City for the CEA LineShows. Along the way we’ll be stopping at all kinds of awesome attractions and giving away all sorts of prizes thanks to our partner, Newegg!

Want some free stuff like a Nintendo 3DS? How about a Nuve GPS or Eee Netbook PC? Keep on reading to find out how you can win!

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An Exclusive Video Tour of the DreamWorks Animation Studios

Cali Lewis and I had the rare opportunity to travel to Los Angeles for a Samsung sponsored event at the DreamWorks facility. We spent about half of the day getting updates on the state of the very impressive new Samsung television lineup, and we spent the other half getting a personal tour of the DreamWorks headquarters!

So here is something you will basically never see… photos and video footage that lets you know what its like behind the scenes at the world’s favorite movie company!
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What’s The Difference Between the United Kingdom (UK), Great Britain and England?

Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England

Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England

I know you think this is going to be a simple answer. But you’d be wrong!

Seriously, I’m willing to bet that even the Queen of England doesn’t actually know what all she’s supposed to be ruling over! Heck, I just watched this video and even I can’t repeat what I just heard.
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Leaking Naked Photos, Crotch Grabbing, and Other TSA Hobbies

TSA Full Body Scanner

TSA Full Body Scanner

If you’re an experienced traveler, you may have noticed by now that the TSA has installed the full body scanners in basically every airport in the US. It was over three years ago when I reported that “The TSA is Going to Photograph You Naked!!!“, and the mandatory scanning has now gone into effect.

“We Don’t Save The Photos.” Really?!?

Despite promises that these full body scanning systems will not save naked photos of you, recently it was discovered that 35,000 photos of naked citizens were being stored by the U.S. Marshal’s Service (another Federal agency) and over 100 of those photos were leaked.
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The Chinese Can Build 15-Story Hotel in Six days! Why Can’t We?

A construction crew in the south-central Chinese city of Changsha completed a 15-story hotel in just six days! Holy crap! When you take a look at the amazing pace, organization and precision of the work it makes you think that the US absolutely SUCKS at construction!

And by the way, the Chinese aren’t putting up crappy buildings that you wouldn’t want to be caught dead in! Just take a look at the amazing buildings Trey Ratcliff captured on his recent trip to China over on StuckInCustoms.com.

Anyway, here is the description from Yahoo News on this new building:

The work crew erected the hotel — a soundproofed, thermal-insulated structure reportedly built to withstand a magnitude 9 earthquake — with all prefabricated materials. In other words, a crew of off-site factory workers built the sections, and their on-site counterparts arranged them on the foundation for the Ark project.

Despite the frenetic pace of construction, no workers were injured — and thanks to the prefab nature of the process, the builders wasted very few construction materials. Below is a time-lapse video that shows the hotel being built from the ground up in less than a week:

BlogWorld Las Vegas Photowalk @ 7:30 pm Friday Oct 15, 2010

Hey folks, it’s that time again! BlogWorld is just a couple of weeks away, so I’m organizing another Photo Walk in Las Vegas for those of you who would like to join in.

This year, we’re going to do something a little different than last year. Since BlogWorld is being held at the Mandalay Bay, we are going to start our walk there, and head on down towards the new City Center. This means we’ll end up at Aria for those who want to go to the MashBash party at Haze.

We’ll meet at the front entrance of Mandalay Bay near the registration desk at 7:30pm and then begin our leisurely walk down the strip, stopping to capture all sorts of interesting photos! Heck, maybe we’ll even reenact the photos that got me banned from Excalibur just for fun!
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Photo: Amazing San Francisco Street Artist

My friend (and Woopra partner) Elie Khoury and I were wandering around the Embarcadero in San Francisco when we came across this nice Asian lady who was doing portrait sketches on the sidewalk. She had a client whose picture she was drawing and we were amazed as we sat and watched.

Elie and I started taking snap shots, and eventually we got this one. I thought it was beautiful and wanted to share it with you guys. Hope you enjoy!


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Things That Are Cool: Fort Carroll – Baltimore’s Abandoned River Fort

Fort Carroll is a 3.4 acre (14,000 m²) artificial island and abandoned fort in the middle of the Patapsco River, just south of Baltimore, Maryland. It is named for James Carroll (1737-1832), a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

In 1847, the State of Maryland gave permission to the United States War Department to construct a fort in the shallow water of Soller’s Point Flats to protect the city of Baltimore. Fort Carroll was important for the defense of Baltimore — before the fort was created, Fort McHenry, just outside the city, was the only military defensive structure between Baltimore and the Chesapeake Bay. The Fort was part of the “Permanent System” or Third System construction program, which aimed to defend America’s most important ports.
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