the daily monster
Have some fun watching Stefan G. Bucher create
some really great monsters on paper right before
your very eyes. Very neat stuff. Also consider
pre-ordering 100 Days of Monsters from Amazon.
Enjoy.
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2/29/2008
2/28/2008
polar clock
PolarClock 3.0 is now available as a screen saver for
Mac and Windows, and also as a dashboard widget for
OSX Tiger.
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2/27/2008
memory man
Brad Williams, 51, is one of two people in the world
believed to have a ‘superior autobiographical memory,’
the ability to recall the most trifling details from their entire
lifetimes. An interesting little read.
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2/26/2008
I did not know that…
Something interesting I just learned about Gmail.
I like this…
When you create a Gmail account, you actually get
two email addresses. Read on.
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2/25/2008
those threatening ham radio operators
The Twilite Zone exposing ham radio operators.
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2/24/2008
2/23/2008
Don’t kick this ball
Take some soccer balls marked with flags of various
countries, some good intentions and a publicity
campaign aimed at winning hearts and minds of Afghan
children in an area of southeastern Afghanistan and
mix them all together. Sounds alright eh? WRONG!
The idea of kicking something bearing the names
Allah and the prophet Mohammed is considered
deeply offensive to Muslims.
Just what the hell isn’t offensive to Muslims? File this
one under no good deed goes unpunished and call it a
day as the article states.
Here is the ever growing list:
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hey Jude
This has to be by far (east) the best cover of
The Beatles song ‘Hey Jude’ that I have ever
heard. Enjoy.
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2/22/2008
miniwave
How often do you hear that mini is smaller than
micro? Well, here is one of very few examples.
A mini microwave, called the iwave. Cool.
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2/21/2008
be invisible to CCTV cameras
Apparently, bright infrared LEDs make you the next
best thing to invisible to CCTV cameras. I kinda like
this. Of course in the wrong hands…
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2/20/2008
gravia – things to come?
Gravia is an LED-lit floorlamp energized by people. To light Gravia,
the user places a mass approximately 48” above the ground, that,
in falling, powers a mechanism, generating electricity. Gravia harnesses
the potential energy imparted by the user, rather than relying on any
existing electrical infrastructure. The Gravia lamp will provide
approximately 600-800 lumens (40 watt incandescent) of light for about
4 hours. Very nice.
Clay Moulton won second place in the Greener Gadget
design competition 2008 with his Gravia and a patend is pending.
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2/19/2008
Newt, terrorism, and liberties
Feel like sobering up? Watch this 5 minute speech by Newt Gingrich
talking about what I and many other people believe to be true about
our near future concerning terrorists and what liberties we have left.
The future is looking a bit bleak. Time to start paying attention to the
things outside of our nice fuzzy personal space bubbles.
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2/18/2008
blueproximity – Lock your shit
This software helps you add a little more security
to your desktop. It does so by detecting one of your
bluetooth devices, most likely your mobile phone,
and keeping track of its distance. If you move away
from your computer and the distance is above a
certain level (no measurement in meters is possible)
for a given time, it automatically locks your desktop
(or starts any other shell command you want).
Once away your computer awaits its master back…
if you are nearer than a given level for a set time
your computer unlocks magically without any
interaction (or starts any other shell command you
want). Pretty slick.
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2/17/2008
oasis in the middle of nowhere
Huacachina is known as the oasis of America, where
many tourists come for the huge sand dunes and
sandsurfing. We here at admit-one say, whatever
floats your surfboard.
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