So, these are on sale today on Gilt and I’m just floored by the balls these people must have.  And I’m floored by the gullibility of the people who buy this.  I mean, somebody must be buying them or they wouldn’t be in business right?  Anyways, apparently if you put these on your face you won’t get pimples and it will reduce wrinkles, depending on which one you use. Officially:

“Using superior technology developed by NASA, the Baby Quasar works by stimulating the natural production of collagen in the skin, thereby diminishing the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and enlarged pores. Extremely effective in firming and toning the skin and increasing blood flow and circulation, the Baby Quasar uses 24 LED’s in four discrete wavelengths of red and infrared light.”

This is pure bullshit.  And even if it wasn’t and by some miracle the light from LEDs did something beneficial for my skin I’m not going to pay $500 bucks for it!  I’ll just go rub my face in the christmas lights!  Cmon people, this isn’t the 1920’s!  Actually the 20’s were better, at least they were advertising for things that worked – Coke! Delicious and refreshing! (Yeah it was, cause it had cocaine in it), Stay slim with your very own tapeworm! (hey, you will actually lose some weight.  In fact, I’m gonna go get some tapeworms right now and start my new business!  “Lose weight by meeting my little friend!”)

I was reading reviews before we purchased it, and found that there are lots of people who are really down on Amazon. I suspect it is just because they are scarily massive. Someday I might regret saying this, but I cannot help but root for them because they started small but through a combination of luck, good timing, and shrewd business strategy, have built an empire – it feels like good old fashioned American capitalism, which certainly won’t cure world hunger, but it’s nice to know it works every so often.

Also, I bet someday we will look back at Jeff Bezos as one of the most notable entrepreneurs of our generation; in fact, there are probably already MBA courses analyzing his every move as we speak. In a recent shareholder meeting, he was quoted as saying, “Advertising is the price you pay for having an unremarkable product or service.” Probably not entirely true, but his arrogance is endearing.

On an unrelated note, I was trying to find a funny review I read last night slamming Amazon for not releasing sales figures* and I came across a blog that you may already know about, but that had some cool stuff. It’s called Geeksugar, and it appears to be some sort of offshoot of Popsugar. They have a combination of geeky, techy gadgets and girly fashion stuff, including these cool little travel speakers.

*The quote was something like: Amazon, on their self-proclaimed remarkable Kindle sales: “The good news is, we’ve sold every Kindle we made. The bad news is, we made 5.”

Have you tried this yet?

Well, I selected a photo from my camera, and there was no “add photo” sort of command but when I viewed the preview, it said there would be a picture attached, so I guess the final version is really best viewed online still.

So far, it works okay – I can see posts and comments and view pages, but I can’t see any pictures, all I get is a jumble of code as a placeholder. Maybe I have to play around with it a bit. Overall, I think it will be really useful for reading posts and adding comments when we’re away from the computer!

No, I’m just kidding, that’s the exact same photo edited by the TiltShiftGen app!

I bet you knew that, didn’t you?

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And here’s an adorable picture of my cat, edited with the ColorSplash app. ColorSplash allows you to de-saturate an image to black and white and then color back in just the areas you want.

On that note, should we be concerned about how much time we spend playing with our phones? It’s not even really a phone anymore, it’s a hand-held computer that occasionally takes calls. And to be perfectly honest, I like mine better when it’s not taking calls at all so I can sit quietly and make Bloom and Trope music.

(i did not take this pic btw)

Unlike the myPantone post I did earlier, I have yet to find a clever use for this app, aside from trying to look busy and unapproachable while I wait in line at the grocery store.