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Ah, the pressure of finding the perfect costume. No time of year creates more costume-related stress than Autumn, and with Halloween just days away, the need to find an original/witty/attractive ensemble is increasing exponentially. However, this year, the App Store\’s Halloween section makes costume planning a little less ghastly. Halloween Costume Generator is a treat I picked from the App Store goodie bag, and adds some much needed humor (and good ideas) to the dreaded and time-constrained costume hunt.

Ah, the pressure of finding the perfect costume. No time of year creates more costume-related stress than Autumn, and with Halloween just days away, the need to find an original/witty/attractive ensemble is increasing exponentially. However, this year, the App Store’s Halloween section makes costume planning a little less ghastly. Halloween Costume Generator is a treat I picked from the App Store goodie bag, and adds some much needed humor (and good ideas) to the dreaded and time-constrained costume hunt. 

Right off the bat, Halloween Costume Generator gets you in the mood with it’s Halloween inspired graphics and background music. From there, you designate a gender (couple themes are also an option), the type of party you are attending (between bar hopping, work party, or kids’ party), and the mood you are feeling for the costume (ranging from frisky to bold to conservative). Once you have made all of these selections, you press Get My Costume! and your work is cut out for you.

Though some of the costume generations are pretty obvious or typical choices, it does provide some definite gems (ex. Youtube). At the very least, the ideas presented are enough to get your creative wheels turning, and give you some good laughs while you’re at it. Logistically speaking, the costume generation is accompanied by an image and tag line, the materials needed to create it, how to rock it, interesting tidbits about the costume so you can get more into character (for example, did you know there was a Bollywood version of “Thriller”?), group costume options (where applicable), and a theme song. There are also options to search Google Images for more visual inspirations, to e-mail the costume to yourself, or to add the idea to favorites so you can return to it after some internal debate.

There are only a few things that could be added to this devilishly smart app to make it absolutely wicked. I was expecting more event and mood options to choose from initially (however, don’t fret, there are costume ideas aplenty) — you’d think options like college parties, trick-or-treating, haunted houses, pretty, shocking, hilarious etc. would make it to the assortment. I also think the app would benefit from a link to buy the costumes online (when possible). Let’s face it, just because we have a costume idea does not mean we have the materials, drive, time, and/or creative juice to put it together from scratch (although props to the developers for encouraging scrappiness). Also, it could be a business deal in the making for the app developers.

Those minor details aside, Halloween Costume Generator is an app to have. At the very worst it  provides you with some chuckles, a way to kill time, and some good Halloween cheer, and at the very best it makes you the life of the Halloween party (or any costume party, for that matter). Do yourself a favor this Halloween, give yourself a creative break and let Halloween Costume Generator take care of the nitty-gritty.

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Capesurfline has created an iPhone game app called Mission Mars, in which you will be part of an alien invasion (ostensibly, you are a Martian invading another alien planet). Your task is to fly a…

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Former Chairman of the FCC Michael Powell (son of General Colin Powell) and investment banker William Hambrecht plans to join the AOL board of directors once the company spins off independently. Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) currently owns AOL as part of a $164 billion merger that took place in 2000.

The nine directors that will be part of AOL after the spin off also includes CEO Tim Armstrong. Michael Powell currently works for Providence Equity Partners LLC. Providence Equity is currently one of the major investors in Hulu too.

Hambrecht founded WR Hambrect + Co., an investment banking company that works with many Internet companies. Hambrecht has been working at the investment bank since about 1998.

Frederic Reynolds (retired CFO of CBS), Richard Dalzell (former Amazon.com exec), Karen Dykstra (Plainfield Asset Management partner), Patricia Mitchell (President/CEO of the Paley Center for Media), James Stengel (management consultant), and James Wiatt (former CEO of William Morris Agency) will also be joining AOL.

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DJ Hero is a video game that was made by FreeStyleGames and Activision. The game features a turntable with buttons that acts as the controller. The objective of the game is to “scratch” and mix music when in order to match the beats. There is music and avatars in the game featured that include Eminem, Jay-Z, DJ Shadow, Z-Trip, DJ AM, Cut Chemist, J.Period, Grandmaster Flash, DJ Jazzy Jeff, and Daft Punk. The game is actually dedicated to DJ AM who passed away earlier this year.

Eminem and Jay-Z both worked as consultants for the game. In return the gaming companies dedicated an edition for the two rappers called the Renegade Edition. The Renegade Edition features unreleased singles and tracks by the two rappers. Above is a video of Eminem behind the scenes discussing the game.

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Improv Everywhere is a group of people that hit the streets to perform musicals or other random acts that gain the attention of the public around them. In most cases, Improv Everywhere is filmed and has videos uploaded on YouTube. These videos often become viral gold. The latest is viral video is Grocery Store Musical.

The Grocery Store Musical video is about one week old and it already has almost about 1 million views. On Facebook alone, there has been over 60,000 views in about a week.

The Grocery Store Musical featured six undercover actors that burst into song at a grocery store in Queens, New York. The video was filmed using hidden cameras in lipstick and other wearable devices. Enjoy the video and let us know what you think of it in the comments.

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