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Here’s your chance to get a $5000 photographer grant

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:00 AM PST

logo2Here’s something that we don’t see very often; a chance at winning a $5000 photographer grant for people working on important humanitarian and environmental projects. This could be a great opportunity for the right person, and can definitely help draw attention to a project.

Here’s the specifics from the Photocrati Fund’s website:

What is the Photocrati Fund?

The Photocrati Fund offers $5000 grants to non-professional photographers to undertake important humanitarian and environmental photography projects. Our goal is to identify outstanding, up-and-coming photographers and give them the resources necessary to pursue projects that will have a tangible and positive effect on the world.

We will offer one grant in 2010. The application deadline is March 15, 2010, and the award will be announced in June 2010. Awardees become Photocrati Fellows for the calendar year from the announcement of their award until the announcement of the following year's award.

The Photocrati fund has assembled an impressive set of judges for the grants, including Steve McCurry, Nick Nichols, and Art Wolfe. If you want to know more about it, hit up their website for the details and criteria.

Nintendo Game and Watch: Cult reborn as keyholders (video)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 12:20 AM PST

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Game & Watch is the name of a series of (now) simple LCD handheld games Nintendo produced between 1980 and 1991. The small devices still enjoy cult status among hardcore retro gamers (just look at these prices on Ebay), which means it’s not that big a surprise that toymaker Takara decided to come up with three new keyholders that are designed exactly like Game & Watch units.

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Specifically, the keyholders resemble the Octopus, Parachute, and Chef Game & Watches (all of these games were first released in 1981). What sounds good so far has a downside: You won’t be able to play the games, but at least you’ll see sprites moving in pre-determined patterns on the screen (the keyholders are solar-powered).

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So if you’re a hardcore Game & Watch collector (and we know you are out there), you should look out for the Takara keyholders sometime in March. They will be sold only in Japan (for $12 each), which is why I suggest to contact import/export specialists such as Japan Trend Shop, Geek Stuff 4 U or Rinkya.

Here’s a short video:

Via Gigazine [JP]

CrunchGear Week in Review: The One That Got Away Edition

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

Asus getting into the e-reader game in a big way

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 07:00 PM PST

In_Gear_asus-e-readerAsus leaked some information recently about their upcoming e-reader, the DR-570. Not content to be a “me too” with the standard black and white e-ink product, it looks like they are going to be coming out with an OLED offering that might just kick the rest of the e-readers to the curb.

Details are still a little sketchy, but here’s what we do know. The new reader is currently called the DR-570, it’s a 6 inch OLED color screen that’ll run for 122 hours on one charge, and is capable of running Flash video over a wifi or 3G connection. That sounds like a borderline tablet product to me, but with some incredible battery life. What we don’t know is when exactly it’ll come out or what it’ll cost. The buzz is that we should expect it around the end of 2010, but we all know that Asus sometimes is a little optimistic with their release dates.

Thanks to Erich for the tip.

[Via OLED-display.net]

PDA Cufflinks make you a Smartphone dressed man

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 06:00 PM PST

PDA CufflinksAny one out there still wear shirts that use cufflinks? Yes? Well what do I know, as a blogger I rarely put pants on, much less wear a shirt with a collar or anything that needs cufflinks. If you dress better then me, you’re probably going to want to check these out – Smartphone cufflinks for the sharply dressed geek.

Obviously a homage’ to the Blackberry, Cufflinks.com just announced their new line of cufflinks designed for smartphone users. These are some high end accessories, with rhodium plating and blue enamel they definitely will catch the eye in the boardroom.

No word on pricing, but they will be available on Monday at the Cufflinks.com website.

The Avatar sex scene

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:50 PM PST

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First SNL did it and then reader Alex sent us this little bit of text, purportedly from the actual Avatar script. WTF indeed. Both comically NSFW items can be found after the jump.

Deleted AVATAR Sex Scene


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