Author: Gabrielle Taylor
CompuBeaver PC mod
Your eyes do not deceive you. This is a fully functional mini-ITX computer inside a stuffed beaver. Why? Well, according to the system’s maker, Kasey McMahon, the CompuBeaver is where “nature, technology and science converge.” As a Canadian, I…
25 ft Economy Model Inflatable Outdoor Movie Theater
If you've ever wanted to set up your own drive-in movie operation and have a spare meadow to plunk down a 25 ft Economy Model Inflatable Outdoor Movie Theater, $15,000 will get you rolling. Comes with a high-end DVD…
Distributed Proofreaders: Preserving History One Page at a Time
Taking the concept of distributed volunteerism one step further, Distributed Proofreaders asks you not just to donate your spare computer cycles, but your spare brainwaves, in service of preserving documents that have gone out of copyright. By proofing just…
A shoe, some USB, a dance
Just the thing for skivey Friday morning: a dancing USB shoe. Normally I have something witty to say, but really, the tongue in the video speaks for itself. [GT] Dancing USB shoe [via Zedomax]…
Jack In the Box Bittorrent robot
You, of course, never use Bittorrent for anything other than perfectly legitimate purpose – downloading public domain recordings of Chaucer readings perhaps. But those can get pretty big, in which case you need a Jack in the Box, a…
China declares war on MMORPG addiction
Citing concerns about young people plunking themselves in front of computers and not budging, China is using anti-addiction software to limit how much people under age 18 can play certain MMORPGs. After three hours' play, scores just start decreasing….
Geek (squad) sneaks peek, lawsuitiarity ensues
Sarah Vasquez of Walnut, California, went over to Best Buy, asking for computer repair. Best Buy sent her to their subsidiary, Geek Squad. Geek Squad sent over Hao Kuo Chi, who started the work. Somewhere in there, Chi left…
Goodbye, Blue Monday: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. dead at 84
Having recently experienced brain damage during a fall, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., top American science-fiction author, has died at the age of 84. Author of such works as Slaughterhouse Five, Cat's Cradle and The Sirens of Titan, Vonnegut explored space…
Get your blood up with the The Circulation Booster Mobile
Circulation problems can cause anything from the minor discomfort of pins-and-needles, to the life-threatening blood clots of Deep Vein Thrombosis caused by cramped postures during long air travel (or sitting at your desk too much – my own brother…
Good versus evil foosball table from 20LTD
On the white side: Santa Claus, Sir Thomas More, Bobby Moore, Dr. Jekyll, Christopher Robin, Francis of Assisi, Flash Gordon, Mother Teresa, Mary Poppins, God and Mohandas Gandhi. On the red side: Vlad the Impaler, Lucifer, Caligula, Mr. Hyde,…
