Is Ice Cream Sandwich the next big thing?

In the next few months an Android phone running the operating system called Ice Cream Sandwich is supposed to be released to the public,  but maybe one unsuspecting eBay user got a rare sneak peak.

Tech site Engadget received some anonymous photos and a videos  from a tipster who ordered a Samsung Nexus S on eBay and after it arrived  noticed it didn't look like the phone that was ordered.  When he went to the "About" screen he discovered the phone was running the Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.

Engadget talks about all the technical details of the video and photos:

We can see plenty of influence from both Gingerbread and Honeycomb here, as well as four shortcuts on the bottom (a definite bump from the two found on vanilla 2.3). There is a new Google Apps icon which opens up a tray containing a number of featured services put out by the search giant, and long-pressing the home button brings up a vertical Honeycomb-style multitasking menu. The notification bar, camera UI, and other menus also have a much different look. Granted, all of this could just be a custom ROM built to emulate the latest Google dessert.  We can't be a full hundred percent certain that it's authentic. If it's not, at least we can give credit for it being incredibly elaborate..

The eBay user later told Engadget that his phone was shut off and locked remotely.

It appears that "Ice Cream Sandwich" is a weird name but the Android versions have all been named after desserts.. The first phone was named Cupcake, followed by Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread and Honeycomb. Ice Cream Sandwich(ICS) is the latest version to be released.  It is largely thought that the ICS will be a bigger step forward from the previous versions.

The Rams Steven Jackson Injured Again

The Rams will not update Steven Jackson's injury status (quad)  until Monday morning.

Jackson suffered the injury rushing for a 47-yard touchdown on the Rams' first play from scrimmage Sunday. The good news is that he was able to come in for one more carry, going for nine yards, before being shut down for good. Bad news is Jackson is as fragile as crystal vase, although Jackson has missed just one game the past two seasons, playing through multiple injuries. There's a good chance he'll be active against the Giants next Monday and always it will be a game time decision, but adding Cadillac Williams is a must if you're an owner. Sep 11, 2011

Zombie Caterpillars Attack

Scientists have identified a single gene that allows a "caterpillar-brainwashing" virus to do its deed, from a new study. This virus forces the "zombie" caterpillars to climb trees, where the attacker  liquefies its victims bodies and turns them into a dripping goo.

Gypsy moth caterpillars are healthy and happy, they go up into the trees at night to feed on leaves, and then climb back down in the morning to hide from predators during the day, they hide in bark crevices or in the soil-  according to the study co-author Kelli Hoover, an entomologist at Penn State University.
Although caterpillars infected with a baculovirus, which is a type of virus that infects invertebrates, are forced to the treetops and reprogrammed to stay there until they meet a death well worthy of a "B" horror movie.

"When they are infected, as they get sicker they stay up in the trees and die up there," Hoover says.
The virus "ends up using just about all of the caterpillar to make more virus, and there are other genes in the virus that then make the caterpillar melt. So it becomes a pool of millions of virus particles that end up dropping onto the foliage below where it can infect other moths that eat those leaves."*

*credit to National Geographic

Ormond Beach City Garbage Truck Backs Into A Small Car

An Ormond Beach Garbage Truck backing up, not seeing the white car behind him, totaled the hood and front end of the car.  Who's at falt is uncertain.  The Car should give space, and the garbage truck has a loud backing siren.  There was a lady taken out on a stretcher although high speeds were not reached, by far.  The garbage truck was going at most 5 miles an hour and backing up just as he does every day.  God forbid anybody gets hurt but I know the driver, seeing him every day at my driveway, and he has a family.  I hope he does not loose his job.  He's a very nice guy, and very honest.  Let's just hope honesty prevails on both sides and no one is out for a meal ticket.

Accident In Ormond Involving City Garbage Truck 9/8/11

Snoop Dog New Yahoo CEO?

Snoop Dog wants to be the next Yahoo CEO.  Will He?  Not yet, but is this for real?  Talk is buzzin cuzzin.

Carol Bartz was recently fired from her post as CEO of the online portal and the company's Chief Financial Officer Tim Morse was named, the temporary, interim CEO.  Snoop Dogg Tweeted: "Im takn over as tha CEO of Yahoo , after hearing the news. A message posted by a Twitter account said to be Morse's and named @NewCEOofYahoo  read: "Haha Snoop Dog, sorry that position is already filled I enjoy listening to your music on @Yahoo_Music available @music.yahoo.com. Yahoo! has not verified the authenticity of the Twitter username.
Snoop Dogg, a popular southern California hip hop performer from Long beach, continued joking , later Tweeting: "My name is alread raisn tha stock price of Yahoo uhearme!  Bout to call a board meeting!"
The rapper made a name for himself in the 1990s and is known for hits such as "Who Am I? (What's My Name?)," "Gin and Juice",  as well as his collaborations with Dr. Dre, most popular is the 1993 hit "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang."
Snoop Dogg is a popular figure in mainstream pop culture commonly associated with smoking weed and has also appeared in numerous movies and television shows, such as "The L Word," "Weeds" and "90210" and movies such as "Half Baked." In the Nineties he was and still is  the "go to " guest star for the "cool" hit tv shows or "wanna be cool" shows.  He and his family also starred in the E! reality show, "Snoop Dogg's Father Hood."  The rapper has often released music that relates to popular topics - he recorded a song that salutes Anna Paquin's character Sookie Stackhouse from the R-rated HBO vampire series "True Blood." In December 2010, he released a track called "WET" in honor of the United Kingdoms Prince William and Kate Middleton, who wed in April.

NASCAR 2011 Schedule And Results

Another exciting year for NASCAR fans check out this link for year end results including Winner, Pole, and Purse:

NASCAR 2011 Schedule And Results