Of all the sites on the internet, this is one.
I need somebody to explain thisAnti-Groping Applithing to me, because I’m just not getting it. Snip from the article, which is trying but failing: The application flashes increasingly threatening messages in bold print on the phone’s screen to show to the offender: “Excuse me, did you just grope me?” “Groping is a crime,” and finally, …
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As I write this, I can hear my mother talking in my head. “Don’t be so hard on them. Be grateful they’re even trying something. Whatever comes out of this will be good.” Ah hell. I’m writing this anyway. Sebastian Ritzler of the Muthesius Academy of Art and Design in Germany has come up with …
Ok, I’m about to geek out, so hope I don’t bore too many. Remember back when I said I got a new phone? Well, it came time to update the part that makes it talk, so I was going to figure out how. It was a bit tricky, so I figured I’d save some people …
Wow. Here’s a new one. I just got emailed a link to the weirdest USB thingamabob I’ve ever heard of. And, you can’t just buy this little gizmo, you have to build it yourself! So what are you building? That would be, drum-roll please, a USB tird! Tird? Yup, tird. Apparently if you connect enough …
Remember that goofy USB scented oil burner? Don’t ask me how or why, but I guess the idea must have taken off, because another company is now competing with the original.
Here’s one for the other side of the coin. Now there’s a ring box with built-in LCD screen. So, if you’re an especially lazy prick, you can pre-record your wedding proposal, and let the fucking box do it for you. Hopefully, for the sake of the girl, there’s a nice sparkling rock in there so …
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Last Thursday, there was a free workshop at the CNIB in Toronto about human rights, disabilities and the workplace. I figured I’m sure there was something I could learn, so off I went. It was a pretty good trip, full of adventures, so I thought I’d write about them. Hope it won’t be too boring. …
Wow. I’m just on a ragging on things theme aren’t I? This weekend, Steve, Barbie, and I got talking about something that always made me raise my eyebrows whenever I thought about it. The practicality of the beeping baseball. Yep, I said beeping baseball. A long time ago, someone thought it would be great if …
This audio-playing vibrator is way too fancy. Let’s count all the accessories. full-function silicone vibrator with interchangeable shafts interchangeable? Ok then. 64 megabytes of Ram with built-in USB port ram? I don’t wanna talk about ram with vibrators. And ports? Oh dear. built-in microphone for voice and sound recording What in the blue christ are …
Oral B will soon begin selling a computerized toothbrush that will tell you whether or not you’re doing a good job of brushing your teeth. The brush, called Triumph with SmartGuide, sends radio signals to a display screen that you can mount on your bathroom mirror. the screen then displays instructions on where you should …
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