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Maxim magazine celebrated its 100th issue by building a 75-by-110-foot billboard featuring its cover image of Eva Longoria, billed as "TV’s Sexiest Earthling." The billboard doesn’t tower over a highway, however. It’s flat on the ground so that it can be seen from a satellite and posted on Google Earth.

The cover is made of a vinyl-mesh screen and reads, “THE ONLY MAGAZINE BIG ENOUGH TO BE SEEN FROM SPACE — AND ONLY IN VEGAS!” A barely dressed Eva Longoria, star of ABC’s “Desperate Housewives,” graces the 75-by-110-foot display just outside Primm, near the California state line.

The cover is part of several days of events celebrating the magazine’s 100-issue milestone, including poker and golf tournaments at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel-casino, a Maxim public relations representative said this week.

Erika Yowell, a spokeswoman for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, told the Las Vegas Sun that her agency is involved with the promotion because the magazine’s readers are a good target audience for the city.

Maxim is one of the “lad’s magazines” that feature scantily clad, but not nude, young female celebrities.

via msnbc.

Good guys at techeblog bring you the “Top 20 Strangest Gadgets and Accessories” that they have come across in recent time. Check out the strange inventions.
Here are some picks. Head over to techeblog for the rest.

Portable Cardboard Speakers

MUJI, best known in for their innovative yet simple products, has come out with speakers made of cardboard and a few electronic components They ship unfolded in a clear plastic pouch — fold them up and they’re ready to use. Now that’s what I call portability. MoMAstore has them available for puchase now at $42 USD.

The Baller Cheating Pen

Did you always dream of a pen like this? The Baller Pen features a retractable 6.5″ sheet which can be written on. On the UV coated front side, you are able to use fine tip markers/sticks while the back side is erasable which makes it perfect for writing on with pencils.

Wood LED Clock

When turned off, this clock looks just like a regular block of wood. Once powered up, the LED lights display the time on this still regular looking block of wood. Time adjustment knobs and a “power adapter” jack can be found on the back. These wooden clocks are made by Japanese company Takumi and are available now from Dynamism at the price of $379.00 USD.

Radio Toaster

With “The Only Radio Toaster” you can not only prepare toast but also listen to FM radio at the same time. The toaster is housed in a slick silver brushed-metal case and features an electronic sensor which automatically adjusts the toasting time based on its internal temperature (this will come in handy since i’m not a morning person). Also included are multiple toasting settings, easy-to-read radio controls, and built-in cord storage to keep your kitchen “clutter-free”.

SatuGO - Bouncing Digital Camera

This nifty little bouncy ball type gadget is actually a digital camera that snaps 3.0 Megapixel images when bounced. The SatuGO is notable in that it includes 1GB NAND memory and sports a timer/flash so it can also be used as a webcam. Just plug it into your computer’s USB port for quick and easy recharging. No word yet on pricing or availability.

via techeblog.

Latest episode of ‘South Park’ was revolved around the boys getting into a fight and going on a trek to Hollywood because of the Fox show ‘Family Guy’. South Park Studios says:

"Cartman and Kyle are at war over the popular cartoon, ‘Family Guy.’ Kyle loves ‘Family Guy’ and hates Cartman. The two boys embark upon a mad chase across the country and the fate of ‘Family Guy’ lies with the first boy to reach Hollywood."

Suffice to say that if Matt Stone and Trey Parker are talking about ‘Family Guy’, it’s not gonna be real flattering. They’ve been pretty open about their disdain for the show and Seth McFarland. This quote is from Wikipedia:

"When questioned about the meanest thing anyone ever said to them, Stone replied ‘When people say to me, God, you guys have one of the best shows on television. You and Family Guy. That fucking hurts so bad’, to which Parker agreed: ‘Very well said. It’s such a kick in the balls.’ "

In fact almost everyone in town looks down on ‘Family Guy’, which is generally thought of as clever but basically just a composite of other peoples work. It’s like a Puff Daddy song, just samples of stuff other people created patched together. The most egregious example being Stewie. The blog familyguysteals puts it like this: "It may seem odd that Stewie looks and sounds absolutely nothing like the rest of his family, but not when you remember that Seth McFarland steals other peoples ideas. He doesn’t even have the decency to alter them the slightest bit. The cartoon (below) is called Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth, and it was drawn in 1996, three years before the premier of ‘Family Guy’. Artist Chris Ware created the character in 1991. In 1999, Entertainment Weekly magazine wrote this:

Comic-book fans have been buzzing about a certain familiarity they’ve noticed recently: namely, that Stewie, the football-shaped-headed child who loathes his mother and invents diabolical weapons on Fox’s Family Guy, bears a striking resemblance to a comic-strip character: Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth, a football-shaped-headed child who fears his mother and invents things to escape from her."

The old God wasn’t really working out, so Matt and Trey are my new gods, and if they tell me to hate ‘Family Guy’, I’m gonna hate ‘Family Guy’. Obviously the show is clever and well done, but so was my plan to put the brain of a Great White shark inside a 60 foot robot. Oh sure, now I realize it was a bad idea.

via wwtdd.