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 …
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Add New Hardware Now!
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 …
Is Brushing Really that Hard Or Are We Just Trying To Keep Some Inventors Busy?
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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Ready, Aim, Fire Hazard
Finally, there’s a good use for theUSB stress panic buttonthat you bought a couple of months ago. You can use it to calm your nerves or maybe even signal for help when you set fire to your home or office with your brand newUSB cented oil burner! Seriously, does nobody bother to think anymore?
Talk About Technical Support
Um…er…what is this? Well, I’m quite aware of what it is, it’s a keyboard. It’s a functioning keyboard. It’s also a bra. Ok then. My only question is why would you want that? Actually, I have another question. If you did in fact want that, why would you want it in USB?
Your Kid, Is In The, Car!
Wow. After all this talk about kids getting left in hot cars, there are actually devices designed to warn you you’re leaving your kid behind. I love it. The parent is essentially on a leash. If they don’t take little Johnny with them, it knows this by a weight senser under a car seat or …
I Just Called To Say I’m Thirsty
I think we’re getting into SMS tea kettle territory with this one. A group of postgraduate students from New York University has developed a service [presumably for people who are too stupid to figure things like this out on their own] that will enable plants that are either too wet or too dry to phone …
Have a Holly USB Christmas
Wow, USB gadgets are making a further descent into tackyville. You can now get a His ‘n’ Hers USB gift set. Wanna know what’s in the men’s set? A mini vacuum cleaner with brush, why in hell you would wire a vacuum up to a computer I don’t know, a desk lamp, a cup warmer …
Meet George Jetson
There are so many questions I have about this story. Where do I begin? How in hell is something that is 1 foot tall weighing 200 pounds? I cannot imagine how you could pack so much weight into such a small space. No wonder when it is low on power, it returns to its dock …
Hello? Is This Thing On?
Writing this, I wonder if anyone’s still reading. We both screwed off for a good long time. 15 days? eek. Have we ever done that before? I’m too lazy to scroll through the archive and check. But I think it’s pretty rare. So rare that Ann Adams, the sweet lady that she is, wondered if …