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We tried McDonald's super-engineered shake straw
As part of this year's St. Patrick's Day promotions, McDonald's is debuting a highly engineered, hyper-exclusive straw dubbed the "Suction Tube for Reverse Axial Withdrawal," or STRAW for short. It's only available on two days, February 24th and March 1st, with a scant 2,000 of them spread across the entire country. We managed to get our hands on one, however, and put it to a chocolate-minty test.
A few apps on sale for St. Patrick's Day
Erin go bragh-se the App Store today, because there are a few cheap games out there for the holiday! Real-time strategy/action mashup Legendary Wars (as seen back at Macworld) is on sale for just 99 cents. Stoneship (another Daily App choice) is also on sale for just 99 cents, as is the award-winning Osmos. Comixology has a few Green Lantern and Green Arrow comics on sale for just a buck each -- good deal if you've got a new iPad 2 to read them on. EA (surprise!) has games back on sale, including Scrabble, Tetris and its MMA title. Lifelike Cards HD is also on sale for just a buck. Putting apps on sale for holidays seems to be the growing tradition on the App Store, so there are probably a few more out there (and I'll bet a few developers will start up their sales this weekend after seeing these out this week). If you see something good, let us know in the comments below! And from all of us at TUAW, have a safe and happy St. Patrick's Day!
Sprint re-launches LG Rumor, this time with more green
Between the Scoop and Rumor spectrums, Sprint has managed to find a color that LG's affordable text machine has yet to feature: green. The features carry over from its black and white stablemates -- yes, including the lack of EV-DO -- but the green model gets to revel in the clever St. Patrick's Day tie-in, which Sprint really plays up in its press release. Some of our favorite groaners: "Sham-rock it out with the built-in MP3 player" "Take pictures of...a Leprechaun sighting using the 1.3MP camera" "Check your stock quotes to see if you are 'in the green'" "Avoid getting pinched for not wearing green just by carrying the new Rumor by LG" Yeah, you get the idea. Get the latest Rumor shade in a box of Lucky Charms in the Sprint store of your choosing for $49.99 on a two-year contract after rebates.[Thanks, Ryan G.]
Happy St. Patrick's Day fellow fanboys
Today, St. Patrick's Day, is the one day where we mourn a great man by the name of Saint Patrick by drinking a whole bunch of green beverages. With alcoholic (or not so alcoholic) drinks in hand, we gather with friends and family to have fun, chat it up, and take it easy. And we can't think of a better day to relax and jump on Xbox Live or go over to a friend's house to play some video games. It's no coincidence that one of the Xbox 360's main colors is green, but don't you find it odd that those green TMNT just came to the XBLA? Gaming with friends on St. Patrick's Day just makes sense. But no matter what you do today to celebrate Saint Patrick and those green leprechauns, be sure to have fun and stay safe. Now ... bottoms up fanboys!
