Wow, people are getting weirder and weirder about what they choose to drive to the bar. Dennis LeRoy Anderson decided his mode of transport would be a motorized La-Z-Boy chair. What a sweet-sounding chair though. Proctor Deputy Police Chief Troy Foucault said the chair was powered by a converted lawnmower with a Briggs & Stratton …
Category Archives: gadgets
Digital Boxes May Become Accessible!
Ever since digital cable took off, I’ve wished there was a way for me to interact with the onscreen menus that allow you to do a lot of the things that make digital cable so cool, things like using the TV guide, ordering things on demand, all that good stuff. Now, someone has started making …
Bangk Machine
The other day, Steve mentioned that South African bank machines were pepper spraying folks who try to tamper with them. Now I read that the cash boxes in Belgian bank machines will implode if forced open. Wacky stuff. Too bad that little nugget of info wasn’t told to the pair of gangsters who tried to …
>Some Dvorak Tutorials
>Yesterday I said I was looking for some Dvorak tutorials. It appears I have found some. These aren’t half bad. Check out some of the sentences one can construct with just the Dvorak home row: Tina is on hiatus insteadThe statue is sent to Santa AnitaThis session is tedious on the tendonsThat Thai dish is …
Going Dvorak
This blog post is going to take me forever to write, partly because it has given me a lot to think about, and partly because I’m a fool and am trying out the Dvorak keyboard. The other day, Randy Cassingham talked about his love of the dvorak keyboard. He talked it up so much that …
I’ll Be Back In A Minute, I’m Just Going To Run To The Bank For $40 And A Face Full Of Capsicum
Next time you decide to go out andattack a bank machine,be sure to bring a mask and goggles along to protect yourself fromthe pepper spraying you could potentially receive. South Africa’s Absa bank is currently trialing the face seasoning scheme in an effort to thwart criminals who tamper with the card slots to install skimming …
Watch The Watch…Or the Bird…Or the Watch…Or the Bird…
A while ago, I mentioned the infamous incident with a room-mate and a talking watch, and I said that I had to tell that story at some point. I feel like telling it today. I believe it was a spring day, and we were all doing stuff to do with school or cleaning the house. …
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Booze Cruise
When that dudebuilt a driveable motorized barstoola few months ago, somebody was paying attention. That somebody is Matthias Krankl, who converted a beer crate into a 4-wheeler and took it for a spin. He might have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for those darn cops, those darn cops thathe tried to outrun …
Nokia Braille
I heard about something that, in concept, sounds cool. Nokia Labs has created an experimental app called Nokia Braille that is supposed to read text messages to you in braille. But it’s not exactly braille, it’s vibrations that would form braille letters. Here’s a video demonstrating it. Yes, he is speaking English, although at first …
That’s Not A Ramp For Scooters!
Wow. that’s some crazy drunkenness. Daniel Samplanski got so drunk that he didn’t even realize he was on the freeway! And why did he borrow his neighbour’s electric scooter? This was apparently his fifth drunk driving charge. Watch this chopped up video. Does he look pretty toasted? This brings me to a weird question. What …