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Entries from May 2005

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May 26th, 2005 · Comments Off

Sandy loves pearls!

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Don’t try this at home!

May 26th, 2005 · Comments Off

Yikes!  I know some folks from Hemel Hempstead…  Sounds about par for the course eeh Randy?

During this week of renewed Star Wars mania, the BBC is reporting that two Lucas geeks and potential Darwin Awards nominees are now in critical condition after trying to videotape their own [...]

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Expand Your HTC’s Hardware Buttons With AE Button Plus

May 26th, 2005 · Comments Off

I tried this on my PPC-6600 and it seems to work just fine. :)

“AE Button Plus for HTC’s Himalaya (O2 Xda II, T-Mobile MDA II, i-mate PDA), Alpine (O2 Xda IIi and similar) and Magician (O2 Xda II mini, T-Mobile compact and i-mate JAM) extends the functionality of [...]

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Roomba gets a sidekick: Scooba makes mopping obsolete

May 23rd, 2005 · Comments Off

 

iRobot, deities of all things floor-cleaning and robotic, have introed a new sibling to the Roomba robotic vacuum/child herder. The Scooba is designed for some industrial strength cleaning action on your tile and linoleum floors, which it achieves by first vacuuming up [...]

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Ringtone dancer!

May 23rd, 2005 · Comments Off

This is…. well.. Creepy.

Why? Because it’s Fun Friday, that’s why. Beware: totally obnoxious audio ensues, following that read link. We apologize for all of this in advance, but we were just so, um, moved that we had to pass it on.
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Das Keyboard

May 18th, 2005 · Comments Off

Add this to my list of Things I Want But Can’t Afford.  Looks cool

Back when I read Neuromancer once a month, I always loved the idea of Case’s unmarked cyberdeck. Well, now you too can have a super keyboard even if you can’t have Molly’s [...]

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Brian Vickers in our parking lot

May 18th, 2005 · Comments Off

Wow! A real NASCAR dude in our parkinglot!

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Take Your iPod Underwater

May 17th, 2005 · Comments Off

I don’t surf, but I do like to sing in the shower!  But I *still* don’t have an iPod yet… :’(

On Tuesday H2O Audio announced the first commercially available waterproof case for full-size iPods. The company says the product is completely submersible — meaning surfers, water skiers, [...]

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Brighthandle glows green to indicate unlockedness

May 16th, 2005 · Comments Off

This would be cool in bathrooms in order to avoid the embarrassing “Come in…” when you encounter a locked bathroom stall…

Leave it to the Nordics with their techno-furniturism — a couple of Swedes have invented the Brighthand door handle, which has an acrylic tip that glows [...]

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Piggly Wiggly simplifies payment to the touch of a finger

May 16th, 2005 · Comments Off

I saw this over the weekend and I think it’s cool.  From what I can tell, they don’t keep a picture of your fingerprint, just a CRClike number based on your finger.  They have been testing it for a while near the coast and things have worked well.  I will enjoy [...]

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