What, in the name of God, are these people smoking? After PSTN, Cable Networks and Wireless Networks, uber venture capitalist Gary Morgenthaler thinks it is time for the fourth network, or what I would like to call the MegaNET What I am suggesting is nothing less than the creation of a 4th Network. The new […]
Fart Filter: Doctor Recommended – Flatulence Deodorizer(tm)… Quote: “Take Back Your Life Again! No Need to Remain Trapped in Your Home! Now you can go out in public without fear of embarrassment due to the odour of excessive intestinal gas: Flatulence – caused by any reason or condition! Say Goodbye to malodorous gas – permanently! […]
No, not that DaVinci book. I mean an actual DaVinci book. The British Library has digitized and posted images of classic books, including Leonardo DaVinci’s famous notebook of mirror writings. The site uses the Shockwave plug-in to display the book image, and let’s you zoom in to get a better look. [via Christian Science Monitor […]
Ok, I stole that headline from Gizmodo. I don’t know why, I just think it’s funny. Actually, since Jamie sent me a link to an MSNBC/MSN story about the new Palms, my brain was tuned to scan for reviews of the units. They really aren’t bad units when you read what you get. For $299 […]
Holy crap is this cool! 3D desktop; check out the movies to get a better feel for how it works. If MS puts this in Longhorn, it would be incredible. Link [via Channel9 Forums]
Comcast digital cable provides an on-screen menu to select what to watch. Very handy usually; especially the Reminder feature (Note to any Comcast people; provide more listings… go like two weeks out so I can set reminders farthur out.) The guide also provides descriptions of the shows so you can get an idea of what […]
This idiocy of the pictures and Bush “hiding” the dead returning from Iraq needs to stop. From “Curtains Ordered for Media Coverage of Returning Coffins” by Dana Milbank (Washington Post, 21 Oct 2003): Since the end of the Vietnam War, presidents have worried that their military actions would lose support once the public glimpsed the […]
This is the article on BoingBoing: Used cellphone market taking off The NYT reports on the growing US market for refurbished, used cellphones. But there is also the cellphone equivalent of the preowned BMW. ReCellular, a company based in Dexter, Mich., resells about four million handsets in bulk worldwide each year. Of the 1.5 million […]
Wrap rage? Aren’t we all becoming just a little overly sensitive? I mean, I don’t like that I have to whip out scissors to get at my headphones, but rage? I think there’s enough misery and injustice in the world to rage against. Let’s leave our consumables out of it. Wrap rage – “Extreme anger […]
God I love British politics. If only Americans were this funny. Express owner in ‘Nazi’ tirade Goosestepping Richard Desmond mocks German takeover bid for Telegraph in extraordinary outburst. [via Guardian Unlimited]