I thought I’d blogged this before, but apparently not: Flo Control, a page about an electronic kitty door that uses image-recognition software to determine whether the cat is carrying any “presents” in its mouth (and, if she is, keeps the door locked).
That’s one way to avoid squishing mice between your toes in the middle of [...]
More evidence of the incredible time-wasting power of the Internet: I logged in to my online tech writing class to see if anyone had ideas for an assignment (we’re supposed to write instructions for how to use an imaginary product), and the instructor had posted a link to Totally Absurd Inventions.
The stupidest one I’ve [...]
So I hadn’t heard of this fitness chain called Curves until recently, when we went to visit some friends in Seattle. One of them has a membership there. Apparently they’re a fairly unintimidating, women-only gym, which sounds cool. Except that it’s apparently owned by a pro-life dude.
In 2003, [Curves owner Gary] Heavin [...]
Today’s amusing spam subject line: “Re:Homes for half off urinary”
My sweetie, as she sometimes does, just asked me to iron something for her while she’s in the shower, and handed me a skirt. Which is made of hemp. As it turns out, there’s no setting for “cannabis sativa” on my iron.
Technology marches onward: check out this piece about swarming robotic traffic cones (they can shut down lanes on a freeway, and if they get hit by a Mack truck, you haven’t just splattered a highway worker) and a monocular see-through laser display that projects images directly onto the retina. Rock on.
(First link via [...]
Today’s issue of The Onion had this brilliant bit in it:
Bush To Iraqi Militants: ‘Please Stop Bringing It On’
WASHINGTON, DC—In an internationally televised statement Monday, President Bush modified a July 2003 challenge to Iraqi militants attacking U.S. forces. “Terrorists, Saddam loyalists, and anti-American insurgents: Please stop bringing it on now,” Bush said at a Monday [...]
So I’ve occasionally seen a little animated image on my LiveJournal friends page which reads “the hedgehog can never be buggered at all.”
“Hmm, that’s odd,” I’d think to myself, and go on. Well, I just saw it again and I was curious enough to consult the oracle at Google. Turns out it’s a [...]
Justin sent me a link to this amusingly-named website: JohnKerryIsADoucheBagButImVotingForHimAnyway.com
Posting a few links so I can actually (gasp!) close my browser:
iStumbler, a WiFi discovery app for OS X
1001 uses for used bike inner tubes
I didn’t get this for a few seconds, but then it hit me. From The Onion:
Cheney Wows Sept. 11 Commission By Drinking Glass Of Water While Bush Speaks
That campaign finance reform law is clearly doing some good. The graffiti in the bathroom read:
“‘Stop the killing!’ -I am an anarchist and I approve of this message.”
So my sweetie is sitting on the couch next to me reading a directory of sustainable products (or as she points out, a “green yellow pages”). Apparently said directory is having a “fake ad” contest, because she suddenly says, “Hey, I think I found the fake ad!”
But no! Turns out there really is [...]
It would have been pretty difficult to miss the interview with Neal Stephenson on Salon’s home page this morning. Slightly easier to overlook was the review of his latest, “The Confusion.” Both were definitely worth the time it took to read them.
Hm. If this little line-counting add-in for Visual Studio is to be believed*, I can crank out about 475 lines of source code on a day, even in an unfamiliar language. Yay me! I still didn’t get my homework assignment completely finished, but fortunately, this teacher grades rather generously.
* (Ah, it’s a [...]
I pray to whatever gods there are that I never actually have to use this appalling mess of a language on a job. I refer, of course, to C++, a bigger pain in the arse than which I have never seen. I have no problem with object orientation in general and get along [...]
Just posting this so I can close some Safari windows: this company resoles Ecco shoes. I paid $140 for a pair of shoes that (a) were marvelously comfortable, easily the nicest dress shoes I’ve ever owned, and (b) wore through the soles in about a year. Sucky.
As told to 60 Minutes by Bob Woodward, Prince Bandar (Saudi Arabian ambassador to the US), in addition to receiving information from the Bush administration for which he was not authorized, “has promised the president that Saudi Arabia will lower oil prices in the months before the election - to ensure the U.S. economy is [...]
How To: Paint Your Floors and Not Screw it Up
The wire article headline read “Jackson asked to help free U.S. captive,” and my head spun with visions of a elite commando squad of pale moonwalking GIs in aviator shades and camoflauge leather.
Of course, it turns out they were actually talking about Jesse Jackson in a more diplomatic role:
The Rev. Jesse Jackson will contact religious [...]