Gtab!

In these tech-savvy times, a new generation of journalists is keeping up with today’s trends for the mere purpose of convenience. A journalist’s tools have evolved from pen and paper, to laptops, and now to blackberry and android phones and tablets. For those who have been hermits for the past few years, a tablet is not the solid substance that contains medicine. In the now generation, a tablet is a wireless personal computer that can be really helpful to journalists in taking notes with the use of a digital pen, stylus or touch screen keyboard. It also has other features like taking photos, the use of internet, and thousands of applications whether for office use, messaging, or simply to provide entertainment.

Samsung came out with their latest tablet called the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Journalists do need this 10.1 inch, light weight, portable PC instead of bringing heavy laptops to their beats, press cons, and wherever their assignments lead them to. The tab is available in two models: a 16 GB and a 32 GB model. I recommend journalists to use the 32 GB model because the tab does not have a memory card.

The G-tab runs on Android Honeycomb 3.1, which is the latest version (for now), and it has almost 100,000 applications. A journalist does not need that many apps anyway; honeycomb can serve enough apps that one needs in reporting or editing news.

Journalists can be updated with news via news apps that Honeycomb offers such as Pulse news, CNN, and many more. Nowadays, news stories can be sent in various ways like sending it through facebook, twitter, email, etc. and honeycomb offers TweetComb, TweetCaster, for twitter, and Friend Me for facebook. Most news writers are currently using Gmail when they email a news story. The Gmail app for Honeycomb does wonders for regular Gmail users.

Two built-in cameras are also available in the G-tab, journalists can settle for taking photos or shooting videos with it if they forget to bring a camera. Other office apps available in the tab are Quick Office Pro HD, Droid Scan Pro, Spring Pad, Due Today, etc. Tool apps also include Astro File Manager, Screenshot ER, etc.

Yes, you can bet your balls that journalists sure have it easy these days with these new gadgets. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 seems impressive; it can certainly help journalists with their work.

What's Dunn is done

The loveable, crazy hilarious jackass we had grown to be fond of, Ryan Matthew Dunn is sure to be missed by many. Nobody could have anticipated that out of all the death-defying, extreme stunts he did, it was a common car crash that took the 34-year-old’s life. He smashed his Porsche around 2:30 a.m. last June 20, 2011 in Pennsylvania-- well hey, that’s what you get with drunk driving. To put things into a lighter mood, let us look back on the crazy shiznizz that Ryan Dunn had ever done in his whole bearded jackass career that made us gasp and laugh the T out of shi.

Dunn was best known to be one of the pranksters/skateboarders of Jackass, a show where they pull pranks on one another and perform hazardous stunts. He had starred a series of the movie along with Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, and other Jackass boys. Dunn was known for his fearlessness by being always on the go for the stunts, proving that he had always lived his life to the extent—and more.

In honor of Dunn’s awesomeness in his whole daredevil career, let us first stop and recall his poo dive stunt back when Jackass was still a television series. Who could ever forget Dunn, who only wore tighty whities, plunged into a tank of sewage? As awesome as Dunn was, he basked into the foul glory of his stinky stunt and just said, “exhilarating… my skin is silky smooth!”

And now we look into Jackass: The Movie where Dunn went to a doctor to complain about a pain. The X-ray showed that a car that was inserted in a well-lubricated condom was in his anal cavity. It was priceless to see the nurse’s and doctor’s reaction. It’s official that he isn’t a backdoor V anymore.

Next in line is a bit excruciating to watch. A super glue back wax was in the Jackass 3D movie where Dunn’s co-stars covered his derrière in super glue, making him the wax strip for the hairy back of his co-star, Phil. Aside from the struggle that comes with agonizing pain, plus some bushy back hair that would stick to your butt, this back wax procedure is certainly cheap.

Dunn is also known for his BMX stunts, and another stunt to remember him by is the time when he rode a bike straight to a garden filled with cactus! Also, another stunt involves Dunn riding his bicycle on a skate ramp and goes into an extravagant crash, and tops it off with mustard squirted all over his face as he lays defenseless.

Here in this stunt, Dunn was donning a silly, outrageous fighting outfit and only to be ass-whooped by an Asian female kick boxer. You gotta admire his balls for happily accepting his defeat by a girl though.  

In another of Dunn’s mad stunts, he glugged down a whole bottle of Jose Cuervo tequila in a matter of 35-40 seconds. Effin yeah, that is how you chug it, douches.

Yes, Ryan Dunn certainly had his own mad brand of genius. Whether some might say his whole career was stupid, a whole lot of others would say he was a freaking genius. The next time we go for a round of tequila, we will definitely drink to you, Ryan Dunn. We salute you!