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May 29, 2007

Little Joseph Candle Holder

My housewarming present for when Lacy moves into her own place.

Candle holders shaped like the heads of tiny creepy children and the wax drips over their faces.

May 28, 2007

Atomic Food Containers

Now that I'm in my new place, why not buy me a handy housewarming present?

Useful AND geeky!

May 25, 2007

This Week

No new essay this week. I've been happy and depressed and sleepless and well-taken-care of. And I have a Wii.

Elsewhere this past week:

On the Pop Blog:

That's it I guess. Have a good weekend!

May 18, 2007

Movements

It's done. I'm in my new home now. It's weird and oddly quiet.

On the Pop Blog:

Time Projecting Red Laser Pointer

I think the ultimate geek toys are ones that use high technology to do things that are effectively useless or at least more inconvenient than conventional methods.

Case in point: the Time Projecting Red Laser Pointer which beams the current time to wherever you point it.

Completely useless, really. It's hard to improve on the concept of looking at your wrist to tell time, and yet...I really want one.

May 17, 2007

Nifty Watch

Here's a cool watch from Tokyoflash where you tell the time by where a rotating polyhedron crosses a grid line.

Impractical, but also very cool.

May 16, 2007

Clocky

Remember me mentioning Clocky, the alarm clock invented by a MIT student that runs away and hides, forcing you to get up and find it to turn it off?

The commercial version is now available.

Doomsday Hub

Okay, anyone who has heard me mention my desire for an Evil Lair knows that I must have a Doomsday Device to go with it.

This one doubles as a 4-port USB hub! Excellent!

May 15, 2007

Zombie American

I'm new to Funny Or Die, so you folks might have seen this already, but it made me chuckle.

Zombie-American Chapter One

There's a second episode.

Also: The Zombersons

New Spice

Another amazing Old Spice commercial with Bruce Campbell. I love that man.

May 14, 2007

eStarling 2.0 Wi-Fi Photo Frame

You can email photos to it, you can set it to read an RSS feed, it can pull up random Flickr images based on your keywords. This may be the best digital photo frame I've seen.

May 10, 2007

Here We Go

The big move is nigh and I'm losing my mind. Join me in the MADNESS!

And recently:

On the Pop Blog:

And also: If you are not on Facebook, WHY NOT? Join now and friend me.

Bot Love

Interesting article about how military folk emotionally bond with their robotic equipment. Not a surprising idea, but the degree is incredible.

May 07, 2007

The Cure is Worse Than the Disease?

Natural Viagra: Brazilian Spider Bite Causes Hours-Long Erection

...in addition to pain, high blood pressure and discomfort that sends them to the hospital.

May 04, 2007

Rebit

Huge complaint from most average Windows users is that it's too hard to back up your hard drive.

Well the Rebit claims to be dead simple. Like plug it into a USB port and leave it. Anyone out there know if it any good? Might actually get one of these. And another for Mom.

May 01, 2007

First of May

Don't forget everyone! It's the First of May!

(5.7 MB mp3 file - not work friendly, so wear earphones or listen at home)

From Jonathan Coulton, of course!