It is almost Halloween and it is a tradition for many to carve a pumpkin. I know my girlfriend and I have made plans to carve two this weekend. In that spirit, I found this article on some seriously legit pumpkin carvings and some that are just plain stupid. The story comes from The Chicago Tribune. If you are interested in seeing all 25, please click here to view full article. I have posted just a few of my favorites.

Penn Olson recently released this article about 20 Hilarious Twitter Comic Strips. The hilarious part is debatable but some of them are pretty funny and creative. I especially liked the Twitter Shitter…posted below.Enjoy the look.

Twitter Shwitted

Twitter Shitter

Cheers,

Adam Faragalli

Walt Mossberg wrote this article on the Blackberry Storm 2 that I found interesting. I happen to have a Blackberry Storm which I really like. It was not always my favorite device. In fact, I spent the first month  just frustrated with the OS that came with the phone. Blackberry Storm 1 from RIM came with a rushed OS. The Storm would freeze and lock up, not answer calls among a host of other issues.

I spent a lot of time on crackberry.com downloading new OS updates and themes. Over time, the phone has gotten better. Now, the nice big touch screen is great because it actually works well! I have all the apps I need and the battery life is actually pretty good.

View the BlackBerry Storm Preview Movie Here.

But, I’m excited about the Blackberry storm 2! Although I doubt I’ll upgrade, the new one looks to close the gap a little more with the iPhone. With the ability to have Wifi, this means much faster Internet at Starbucks or what have you. Although the Verizon 3G network is good, it cannot compete with a solid Wifi signal running high speed Internet. The phone will also feature more memory and an improved touchscreen.

 I thought the touch screen for the Blackberry Storm was decent. I’m courious how RIM improved the Blackberry Storm 2. Hopefully they did away with the click because after a lot of use it begins to stick, very frustrating. According to the article, “The Storm2 fixes all those flaws. The screen now stays still when tapped, providing tactile feedback electronically instead of mechanically. This allows for faster, smoother typing.”

For more information and the link to the original article, click here. Verizon hasn’t set a launch date or price for the Storm2, but it’s likely to appear in November at around $200.

Best,

Adam Faragalli

Mashable brings us this article about the Top 10 Most Watched Web Series in fall, 2009. Give it a look, especially because it contains one of my favorites, Red vs. Blue!

Red vs. Blue, season 1, Episode 1.

Douglas MacMillan over at Business Week brings us this article on Google’s 20 Hottest Tools. A cool list of many of the awesome things Google has been working on over the years. I have convered many of them, including Google Wave, Google SikiWiki and Google Patents. But this list contains some that I bet you may have not heard of including Google Heath, Google SketchUp, Google Mars, and Google News Timeline. Give the article, Google’s 20 Hottest Tools, a look over and learn more about all the awesome things Google  adds to our lives.

Best,

Adam Faragalli

Ever find yourself needing information on a patent held by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office?  I have and can’t begin to tell you how confusing and frustrating the online U.S Patent Office’s Web can be. Google to the rescue.  Google’s own Patent Search, launched in 2006, uses the full-text search capabilities it developed for Google Book Search to deliver more relevant results. Give Google Patents a try before http://www.uspto.gov/.

Best,

Adam Faragalli