‘Devil In A New Dress’ – Kanye West by aarona

Apple hosted their media event today and announced a number of new products and updates. For a summary of those announcements, see our previous coverage:

- Apple Announces All New iPod Models: Shuffle, Nano, and Touch
- Apple Introduces Updated Apple TV
- Apple Releases iTunes 10 With ‘Ping’ Social Networking
- Apple Announces Pending Released of 4.1 and 4.2 Preview

Here are some notes and observations about today’s announcements.

- The iPod Classic is still for sale but with no changes.
- According to the tech specs, the new iPod Touch’s back camera takes still photos at a disappointingly low 960×720 resolution.
- The new Apple TV is running an A4 processor. Previously it used a low end Intel chip. This means the Apple TV is certainly running an iOS variant that made to look like the previous interface.
- Apple’s iTunes 10 Open/Minimize/Close buttons are vertically oriented (see screenshot above)
- The impressive game demo by Epic Games is now available on the App Store as a free download.
- The new iPod nano has no camera and apparently can’t play video any longer.

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By: Ben Mathis-Lilley

The United States national hoops team cruised in two games this weekend against Croatia and Slovenia, winning by a combined 50 points. We dutifully took some notes, but there wasn’t much to be learned about the team in those games, which were pretty much over by halftime. Not so with today’s contest against Brazil, which took the Americans down to the wire, missing a chance to tie the game on free throws with three seconds left.

There are, of course, two ways of looking at this result. One, obviously, is to conclude that the U.S. just isn’t that good; with Nene and Anderson Varejao out injured, Brazil featured only two NBA talents (Leandro Barbosa and soon-to-be-Spur Tiago Splitter) and still gave the Americans a tough game. The Yanks got blown up on defense in the first quarter, allowing 28 points. On offense they probably made a few basketball coaches go blind with all the contested shots and sloppy passing. (The team ended up with 21 turnovers to nine assists.) It wasn’t just an off day, either; the Americans genuinely look tentative out there. Their problem isn’t so much that they rely on one-on-one moves and pick-and-rolls to create shots; after all, in Derrick Rose and Kevin Durant they have two of the most unstoppable one-on-one players in the world, and there are plenty of dominating offenses out there that aren’t built from complicated sets and Bobby Knight ball movement. (The Suns, the LeBron Cavs, and John Calipari’s Memphis teams, for example, key off penetration by perimeter players.) The U.S.’s problem at this point is that the other four guys on the floor don’t know what to do when the ball-handler is making his move. They’re not spacing the floor or cutting to the right spots, and this leads to a lot of deflected desperation passes and shots by guys with hands in their faces.

Which brings us to the positive way of looking at this game: a U.S. team that’s still gelling on offense and experimenting with lineups took a tough punch in the first quarter, from a team that may well medal in this tournament, before turning the screws and keeping their composure for a tough win. The team’s defense in the second half was excellent, while Kevin Durant and Chauncey Billups kept their heads amid the turnover hurricane on offense, getting off good shots and drawing fouls. (Though it should be pointed out that Durant was responsible for seven turnovers.) This game indicates that this team is capable of beating any other squad in the tournament even playing badly; if they simply avoid so much player mixing-and-matching in the early going and at least don’t get any worse from a shooting and turnover perspective, they’ll probably still take gold.

So, you know, things could go either way. But then again, it was much easier to write that negative take than the positive one, and the Americans’ only two games left before the knockout stage are against Tunisia and Iran — not exactly the kind of crucible that will force them to focus on offense. But then again, no other country has been dominant yet, either, with Spain having lost to France, and Greece not having played a game yet at full strength.

In conclusion, we’ll stick with our pre-tournament prediction of “whatever Fran Fraschilla says.”

Monday is back and you hate it and so do I but the weekends wouldn’t be as fun without Monday.  Fortunately for you though like clockwork we have our feature model of the week Ms. Emma Joy check out her full feature inside!

BAKARE: What is your name and where are you from? 

SJ: My name is Summer Joy and I live in gorgeous Venice Beach CA

BAKARE: How long have you been modeling?

SJ: About 5 years

BAKARE: A lot of people don’t actually enjoy what they do… Do you enjoy modeling?

SJ: Oh I love it! I love meeting new people, traveling and being able to transform myself into a different girl for the day based on the theme of the shoot

BAKARE: What do you like to do in your leisure?

SJ: I love to ride my beach cruiser, hike, stand up paddle board and anything outdoors

BAKARE: Where is your favorite place to go out in San Diego?

SJ: I like the downtown area! so much to do and see

BAKARE: Single and ready to mingle?

SJ: Yes single and hoping to meet the right person one day!

BAKARE: What do you look for in a guy?

SJ: I look for someone who has the same interests, who is athletic, likes to travel and not to much into the club scene

BAKARE: What is the worst pick up line a guy has ever used on you?

SJ: Well being my first name is Summer the worst line was Hey Summer can I spend some summer time with you! 

Just a couple teasers from our recent garder belt photo shoot.  Check them out!

Kanye West featuring Raekwon & Justin Bieber – Runaway Love (Tagged) by Hypetrak

Here’s a new development after formally announcing his plans on releasing a five-track album with Jay-Z titled, Watch The Throne. No official word if this will land on that project, but it is the 1st release under Kanye’s new “G.O.O.D Music Fridays,” in which he promised to release a song every Friday until Christmas. Check out Mr. West’s new record, “Monster” which also features a star-studded lineup of Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver.
Kanye West featuring Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver & Nicki Minaj – Monster by Hypetrak

Finally Friday is back upon us! Here is whats going down in and around your lovely town of San Diego!  Its the last Friday of the month so you know what that means its critical mass time!  If not check out the FREE Monkey’s in Space concert at the 4th and B!  If none of those sound appealing here is whats going on around the club scene:

Nicki Minaj Ft Will.I.Am-Check It Out by ImFlashy