>the Tesla Coils Are Charging Up, Igor, Throw The Switch

>Here comes more people playing stuff that’s not designed to be played.Ouch. this guy connected himself to a tesla coil and made creepy music. Um, that sounds painful. I mean, I wouldn’t know, but… And this set of tesla coils did the dance of the sugarplumb fairies. These folks have way too much time on …

Jeepers, Creepers, Where’d Ya Get That Peepo?

When I first read about Peepo, my reaction wasn’t exactly glowing. Now, as it floats around my head, I wouldn’t trust it with my life, but I would love to get my little hands on one to test. The basic premise is it’s another GPS solution, but it’s specifically a GPS for blinks with guide …

>Gadgets and Gizmos I Go Gaga Over

>A little while ago, I signed up to the Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday newsletter. The thing is neat because you get updates about stuff when the stuff is pretty new, and there are a lot of links crammed into that newsletter because he gives only brief descriptions about each link, so you can zoom …

That’s Not A Barstool!

Ann Adams managed to find a video of the motorized barstool. thank you, Ann, you rock. As a very large aside, does anyone know who does this big comedy skit about Ikea and how you can never find your way out and if you took out a compass, you’d go nuts because there’s no north, …

>Next He’ll Be A Cyborg!

>Remember back when I joked about the thumb drive that looks like a thumb? Well, here’s one that isn’t a joke. Jerry Jalava, a bigtime software-developer and hacker, lost part of his finger in a motorcycle accident, so surgeons built a USB key into the prosthetic finger they gave him. So when he needs it, …

Ok, who Omelet-Burped In Here?

I’ve been meaning to post about this burp gas-filtering device for the last couple of days for two reasons. I could use that silly title and make an inside joke, and I could laugh at the text quoted by the folks atWeird Universe where I found it. This is the description they quoted. It serves …

We’re Goin’ To the chapel, And We’re Gonna Get Ugly

How is this fair at all? I mean, all 3 of these folks sound like real prizes, but I still think the dude kinda got screwed. Here’s how it all went down. Warren T. Roberts had the apparent misfortune of meeting and marrying Katherine at the end of 2006. It didn’t work out so well …