We are all guilty of hitting the snooze button once in awhile.  Or, if you're like me, you hit it every morning like you're hitting King Hippo on Mike Tyson's Punch-Out (NES).  Recently a new app for iOS aka iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch came out that could make us all feel a lot better about sleeping in and hitting that ever so popular snooze button.  It's a rather simple app.  It's an alarm clock with a snooze button. Nothing more, nothing less.  The big difference with this app is the fact that every  time you hit the snooze button you donate 25 cents to a non-profit charity.  So lets just say you stayed up really late studying and you end up hitting snooze 4 times.  Before this app was made available, you might have felt bad for slacking off.  But with this new app you might be able to argue that it is socially irresponsible not to sleep in an extra 45 minutes.  Using this new app could easily cost someone 50 cents a day.  This could either help someone find a way to donate to a charity in a fun way and make them feel good about helping others out, or it could help some people get out a bed quicker if they don't want to donate that day.

So the app is called Snooze and is brought you us by a company called LetGive Inc.  You can click the link to learn more about the charities and more how this actually works.  Or you could just go to Apple's app store and download Snooze now and start donating right away.  Although I haven't actually downloaded the app, I've found somethings out from the companies website that I feel they need to change about this app.  First, it doesn't look like you actually get to choose which non-profit you will be giving to.  It is clear that it will be going to one of the charities on their list.  It says something about giving it to a featured charity.  So I'm not sure if that means you get to choose or they choose for you.  Either way, you're donating to a good cause.  Someone who tries this out please share your comments on weather you can or can't choose.  Second, and this is the bigger deal to me, it doesn't donate right away.  Rather, it periodically tells you how much you should be donating based on the number of snoozes you hit and then asks you how much of that actual amount you want to donate or not donate at all.  The reason I think this is a bad idea is simple.  If after 2 weeks I owe 20 dollars, I may be inclined to only donate 2 dollars or none at all, but less likely to donate the entire 20 dollars.  I think the program would have more teeth as well as make more money for the non-profits if it in-fact made you donate the moment you hit snooze.  I feel that would be much more interesting and more meaningful.  One more thing of note, is the company that put out this app is a for-profit company.  Now I actually don't think that's a big deal since they said that on average 93 cents out of every dollar goes to a non-profit, that's an amount that I feel is acceptable.  None the less, I felt I should make you aware of the fact, because I'm aware some people only donate to non-profits and don't like a middle man.  In this case, I honestly feel that they are providing enough service to warrant a small fee.  With that aside, I hope they continue to make improvements to the app and hopefully many people will benefit from all the zzzzz's of the world.  Sweet Dreams!!!!!

Taylor Patterson is a regular reviewer here on screamingnerds.com

O.K. Nerds... If you could have any super power... what would it be?  The power of flight?  Super-strength?  The ability to turn anything you look at into a Twinky ( they are delicous ) ... It can be anything.  Comment below and let us know... we won't judge ( unless you say the power to see through walls.  Pervert)

I thought I would post some links to the products I am talking about today on the radio.

Now with smart phones being so common, it's hard to not want to take in information all day long, and as gross as it may be, one place I love reading my Iphone is on the John.  I usually try to visit quick sites that are full of short but useful or funny information to pass the time ( and pass something else, if you know what I mean...sorry).
   
I have compiled a list of my favorite quick and easy sites to visit while on the toilet.

5.  www.fmylife.com

This site is hilarious.  Bad things happen to all of us, and thankfully there are people who want to share their daily mishaps for us to laugh at.

NOTE:This is the only site on my list that sometimes has some questionable material.  You can set filters or only visit the cleaner subjects which is a nice touch

4. www.straightdope.com

Cecil Adams is pure genius.   If you have not heard of the Strait dope,  check out this site.  Basically it's a really smart dude who answers any and every question.

3. www.failblog.org

Again, other people's pain is our gain.

2.  www.engrish.com

I know the Engrish sensation is so 2004, but hey, a classic is a classic.

1. www.stumbleupon.com


This site will ensure you that you are never bored while dropping the kids off at the pool.  Seriously,  so many great new websites to judge with the ever so powerful thumbs up or thumbs down.


Scott is a regular writer here at www.screamingnerds.com and also at www.showtimeshowdown.com

So here's the deal, Apple officially offers more apps to the world than anyone could care to count.  At first it was pretty cool to see apple list off the thousand of apps that have been made for iOS.  At first is was the thousands, then the tens of thousands and now that they are in the hundreds of thousand of Apps they can offer us, it's like, okay, we get the point, you've truly got "An App for That."  The biggest problem with having so many Apps is it's impossible to sort through them all.  I've decided that I'd help people find some of the cool apps that people don't hear too much about.  I'll be doing App recommendations as well as App reviews from time to time.  Recommendations will usually be that hidden gem of an App that I feel are defiantly worth trying out.  Reviews will often times be a straight forward simple review of the more popular Apps in the App Store.

With the rumors of the Iphone 5 going crazy, the folks over at Cnet have an ongoing one stop list.  I highly recommend checking it out

Cnet's Iphone 5 Rumors

               Whenever I hear that someone is doing another remake of something from the 80's I get a little naucious. I have watched my childhood smeared around like poop being rubbed off of a shoe too many times. From the new super-kiddy Ninja Turtles, to the giant crap of a movie that G.I.Joe became, and even more recently they brought back Voltron and squeezed all the cool out of it. Let's just say I was not super excited when I heard they were bringing Lion-O and gang to a "reboot" of Thundercats this summer on Cartoon Network (the very same network that crapped out the new Voltron).
Now as for where I stand on the original ThunderCats. I will not go as far as to say I'm the biggest die hard fan of the original. I liked it a lot as a kid and have fond memories of it, but in watching it as an adult, it has not really aged as well as I imagined it would. From the midly slow pace, to that annoying cat-nanny, Snarf. Other than it's great nostalgia, it's not the my all time favorite 80's cartoon out there. I'm not saying it's not still worth watching, but I'm more of a Bravestarr man if I have to be completely honest.
                   So how does the new pilot compare to the original? So far all systems are go! The premiere was pretty great. The animation does side a bit on classic anime style, but that not nescarily a bad thing. It's crisp and vibrant and really well drawn. They have taken some liberties with the plot, which in my opinion all work pretty well. For one, Snarf is more of a pet and does not talk at all (thank you!), and with out really spoiling anything that is not revieled in the first five minutes, Pantho starts off dead,I don't think he actually is however, but that's how it starts. I also like that Lion-O looks more his age. His immaturity is much more fitting in this new body of his.
                 It's hard to tell from just just one episode if this is going to be a good series, but the pilot did so many things right. From the great animation, to the cinematic score and the well done , if not a bit predictable plot. So far I can proudly say "ThunderCats ho!"

ThunderCats is on Cartoon Network on Fridays at 6:30 pm Mtn. Time

Scott is a regular reviewer here at Screaming Nerds and also reviews movies at www.showtimeshowdown.com