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Jack Zylkin has designed what he’s calling aUSB typewriterbecause…because…ahh hell, I’ll let him explain it. The USBTypewriter™ is a new and groundbreaking innovation in the field of obsolescence. Lovers of the look, feel, and quality of old fashioned manual typewriters can now use them as keyboards for any USB-capable computer, such as a PC, Mac, …
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Martin sent this on Monday, and if I hadn’t been gone to a conference for the next two days, it would have been up sooner. Oh well, here it is. It did give me a bit of a chuckle. Here’s what might happen if two speech synthesizer voices went on a date.
The conservative government has once again made an attempt atintroducing new legislation to update Canada’s copyright act.In some ways it isn’t nearly as crappy as previous versions, but there’s one major problem that needs fixing before it hits the House of Commons. Included in the proposal is a section forbidding people from breaking any digital …
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Ok. I can’t see what’s going on here, but does this steering wheel-mounted iPad look safe? How can he say you’re not distracted at all? Yes you are! Just because your eyes don’t physically leave the level of the road doesn’t mean you’re less distracted. Your mind is paying more attention to the riveting newspaper …
I just saw a video of something called the Robospanker. I’m sure the intentions are probably some kind of sex game, but I’m getting horrible visions of what this thing could cause when in the wrong hands. I know anything can do harm when in the wrong hands, but this sounds like it would be …
If there’s anything the business world is good at, it’s creating problems that nobody has, convincing people that they have them and then selling them something useless with which to solve them. Today’s example of this statement in action comes in the form of the EZ Cracker egg cracker and separator. Yes, no more messy …
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How cool is this? Jen just sent me an article about a neat new doohicker specifically for iPhone users. It’s being made by Bernard Maldonado, ya know, Mr. Solona. Basically, it’s a tactile overlay for the iPhone! If it works the way it should, it would make more people want to be iPhoners. Heck, if …
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Wow! How often does that happen? The teacher tries to humiliate someone, and the class ends up getting a speech from a diplomat! It all started with an errant phone call to Logan Svitzer, who was sitting in high school history class. His phone just kept ringing and ringing! The teacher got mad, marched over …
If you kill someone and then use their cell phone to tell their family they’ve moved, a. make sure the person usually texts, and b. if you receive a text back from the dead person, don’t run to where you’ve stashed the body to make sure it’s still there. I’m sure Paul Edwards is regretting …
Wow. You can get busted for drinking and driving, even if you’re driving a Barbie car designed for toddlers. Apparently it doesn’t even go as fast as a scooter. This brings up a weird question, and I can’t remember if I’ve asked it before. Can you get a DUI for driving a wheelchair drunk? I …