Google Glass Won’t Let You Look at Porn

So it turns out Google Glass has potential for more than just floating images of flight times, snapshots, and calendar schedules. The wearable computer with a head-mounted display, which is still in the developmental stages at Google, almost received it’s first porn app by MiKandi on Monday. An adult app…

15 Must-Attend Summer Events in Arizona

Vacations are nice, sure. But when money is tight and work schedules even tighter, it helps to have some in-town entertainment to break up those long days of summer. Here are our top picks for summer events in and around the Valley. See Also: Seven Free Summer Yoga Classes in…

Weekly Freebie: Adults’ Night Out at Arizona Science Center

Each week, Jackalope Ranch brings you a free event, workshop, or you-name-it happening in Phoenix. Because sometimes the best things in life really are free. This week’s freebie: Adults’ Night Out. Sometimes it seems like kids get all the perks — their cereal boxes come with prizes, their dinner menus…

Alexsandro Palombo’s “SMURFASHION” Makes Marc Jacobs Blue

If your love of high fashion runs only as deep as your childhood nostalgia for The Smurfs, well congratulations. This edition of Morning Buzz was created just for you. Alexsandro Palombo calls himself “the father of Fashion Satire.” The artist and designer is also the creator of the popular blog,…

Grumpy Cat Lands a Movie Deal

Take that film degree and stick it where the sun don’t shine, because Arizona’s own Grumpy Cat (a.k.a. Tardar Suace) just landed her first movie deal. See Also: Our Nine Favorite Faces of Tardar Sauce, The Grumpy Cat from Arizona The Grumpy Cat Does the Harlem Shake (Sort of) The…

Line Work

Calle 16’s The Hive has become such a staple in the Phoenix art scene that on any given Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday, you can pretty much count on finding some cool eye candy. The gallery, studio, and now coffee shop hybrid serves as a multifunctional space for working artists,…

Sister Act

There’s no denying that society has a fascination with the unusual. From the original red-and-white-striped tents to the circus that is now reality television, people can’t pass up the opportunity to watch little people operating a tractors, hillbillies competing in beauty pageants, and conjoined twins tackling the day-to-day ups and…

Politics As Usual

We are suckers for drama — housewives drama, runway drama, and anything with hair-pulling and/or name-calling — and you can bet your ass-like behavior that our eyes will be glued.But our absolute favorite source of drama? The government, of course.In James Graham’s acclaimed play, This House, we follow the manipulative…

“Hipster or Homeless” Makes Judging Others a Game

Chances are good that, at some point, we’ve all wondered, “Is that person homeless or a douchebag?” It’s a fine line, folks — and the lack of jobs, prevalence of mismatched flannel, and the cans of cheap beer are not helping make the distinction. Now, a website is making light…

Seven Free Summer Yoga Classes in Metro Phoenix

Say what you will about Phoenix summer, it is by far the cheapest season to be a local. When temperatures rise and tourist season falls, Phoenix natives reap the benefits of free pool parties, cheap hotel stays, and all forms of discounted outdoor activities. Case in point: yoga. Here are…

Hustler to Realease Porn Parody of HBO’s Girls

For those of you falling into withdrawal while awaiting the 2014 season three première of Girls, we have good news. Banking on the success of the hit HBO show, Hustler has decided to make porno entitled This Ain’t Girls XXX, because apparently we hadn’t seen enough naked Hannah already. See…

Cat Bearding: The Ultimate Feline-Human Bonding Experience

Let’s face it, with Beard Nation alive and growing, and cats being the indomitable rulers of the Internet, it was only a matter of time before the two found each other across the worldwide web. See Also: SkyMall’s Late Spring 2013 Catalog: The Good, The Bad, and The Bananas Human…

Human Doll Cloning: 3D Printing a Mini You Costs $1,300

There’s plenty of reason to be wary of 3D printing technology — what with the arrival of 3D printed gummy avatars, fetuses, and most terrifyingly guns. But a Japanese start-up is giving the whole world an entirely new reason to shudder. Human. Doll. Cloning. See Also: We’re Doomed: Robot Therapists…

Beardvertising Brings Ads to Beards

In case you haven’t heard, the mustache look is out (thank God). In its wake, facial hair fanatics have turned to the more rugged (albeit less summer-practical) trend of Beard Nation. With untamed face foliage garnishing the landscapes of indie rock concerts, bike shops, and coffee bars nationwide, media masterminds…

Bank Bends

Let’s be honest; yoga is not a poor man’s sport. By the time you’ve purchased your matching lycra ensemble, your polyurethane-coated mat, and your limited edition tie dye Yogitoes towel, you’d bend over backward to find a class that fits into the rest of your budget — in other words,…

Make Waves

We know very few people who get excited about flag day (and even fewer who know when it is), but throw out the words “flag party,” and suddenly people start listening.The Caribbean American Phoenix Carnival Cultural Association of Arizona, also known as CAPAZ, is bringing back its Caribbean-style carnival this…

We’re Doomed: Robot Therapists Are the Future

The world of The Jetsons or a Brave New World? Scientists have developed a new form of robo-therapist that may revolutionize the mental health field. Her name is Ellie and she is the brainchild of psychologist Al Rizzo and computer scientist Louis-Philippe Moerncy at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies…