We’re suckers for a good bit of tilt-shifting. So when we saw this video of a Jackson Hole ski resort as seen through the eyes of a giant, we got enormously excited.

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It’s the considerably-heralded return of Katy Perry’s multi-talented rack! Refreshing from squirting out whipped cream on the set of California Gurls, she returns spurting pyrotechnics for Firework and manages to heal the entire world. Don’t test this at household, children. Allow me get this straight. I adoreKaty Perry Firework mp3 download. It’s euphoric, life-affirming, inspiring and sounds incredible yelled out drunk in moments of extreme happiness. I fully assume it to develop into one particular of those songs that will get overplayed at American graduations, considerably like Natasha Bedingfield’s Unwritten, and I don’t care if Perry sings it like she’s straining from her final breath.

Yes, it’s nice to see Perry in fact sporting garments for a change, and rather fetching she looks also, even if we’re worried about the scorching triggered by the firework-shooting chest Micro Niche Finder. And yes, Budapest looks lovely with bangers going off all about the spot and it helps make a pleasant change to see anything in a video clip that is not a soundstage or America. But please, do we really think performing a card trick is going to scare off a bunch of muggers?

Elsewhere, we see a chubbster stripping off and jumping in a pool, a cancer-ridden child wandering bare-foot all-around the grounds of a hospital SEO Forum and a woman perpetuating the horror of childbirth by seemingly giving birth to explosives. It’s all cliched, manipulative, heartstring-tugging things and it appears to be to be operating offered how a lot of people are apparently bursting into tears at the sight of it.

But right here at Teen nowadays, we’re sadly produced of a lot more cynical, steely-eyed things and our only damp eye was triggered by the imagined of there being loads a lot more fascinating footage of dancers in Budapest left on the cutting area floor (you know we’re suckers for a tremendously-choreographed dance program).

So while we nevertheless adore Firework, in spite of that ‘boom boom boom/moon’ rhyme, the video clip isn’t performing anything for us. Forgive us for preferring music movies that glimpse a lot more like music movies and less like charity campaigns. But experience totally free to let us know how heartless we are in the feedback under.

A few years ago, I was in Paris during the summer, and it was so intolerably hot that I needed to stay in for the middle of the day. My friend Mike, whose family I was staying with, was also there, and just as tired of the heat. We resolved to put our MacBook Pros on an ad hoc network and play through Quake — you know, instead of visiting the Louvre or something. And I recalled then just how awesome that game is.

We played through most of the original episodes. Some years before that, I had played through Quake II during a lull in real releases. And of course I played Q3A when it came out. Now that I think of it, I seem to have played the entire series in reverse.

Anyway, the point of all this is that the Quake series is really, really awesome in the classic-FPS sense. No stupid invisible walls or mission objectives. It’s just you versus a legion of reanimated dead and terrifying Shamblers. Seriously, you’ll enjoy every second if you haven’t played these already, and you can get them all on Steam for $15 at the moment. You can play them original style, or you can get Tenebrae or another mod and play those suckers in HD.

Boys have always liked their toys, and this has never been as true as it is today, where people have more free time than ever before. They say the devil makes work for idle thumbs, and gadgets and technology have (arguably) kept males out of mischief better than anything else you can buy. Here are 3 of the latest and greatest boys toys to hit the market, and any men reading will likely want to get their hands on them straight away.

Swiss Army Phone. Cell (mobile) phones have evolved beyond recognition of the last 10 years and boast some pretty impressive features these days. That said, a Korean phone is set to take this one step further and add a whole lot more physical tools also.  According to the makers it will include a knife, bottle opener, pen, compass, scissors and even an electric razor, making them ideal gifts for men.

Glass Cleaning Robot. Very few men enjoy doing housework or cleaning the car, which is why any gadget that will do it for them is very popular. This gravity defying robot secures itself to glass via vacuum suckers and has sensors on it that make it change direction when it runs out of glass. This means that you can leave it alone and it will clean the whole piece of glass using rotating cleaning brushes. The robot is only about the size of a computer mouse, so it’s a perfectly portable little thing. These gadgets also make great gifts for her, because let’s face it, women like to be lazy sometimes as well.

2-Way Video Shades. Shades that have mini TV screens in them, allowing you to watch videos or play games without a TV have been around for a little while now. What is a new invention thorough, are glasses that not only have internal monitors, but have outwardly-pointing monitors as well.This comes in very handy when in a class room or a meeting when you want to watch a bit of TV without anyone knowing. You can watch The Simpsons on the screens pointing inwards and project a video of your eyes, alert and blinking to everyone on the outside world. Genius!

If a hard drive is going everywhere with you, it’s a smart move to get one of these ruggedized ones. I recently reviewed LaCie’s 1TB Rugged XL, and while I found it to be less than a rock, it was more sturdy than your average drive and more prepared for the everyday issues one runs into. These A-DATA SH93 models, however, are fully rugged, conforming to MIL-STD-810 ruggedness parameters, meaning it can be dropped while running and can survive under a few feet of water for up to 30 minutes.

That’s right, now you can take your drive into the shower with you. It’s really more that you don’t have to worry about losing all your backups if you spill coffee on it, but the limitations are good to know anyway. Personally, my advice is to have your regular in-PC hard drive, a large backup or two that stay on your desk, and then a 2.5″ drive to carry around with you. And if you’re going to be carrying it around, may as well make it a rugged one, right?

They’re available in 250, 320, 500, and 640GB versions, but there’s no pricing info yet. I’d guess you’re looking at at least a $50 premium on similarly-sized drives. I’ll see what I can do about reviewing one of these suckers.

[via GearLive]