So I’m at Frys Electronics this weekend and heading to the check out, I notice this one short aisle that has these little electronic kits in plastic bags. Basically, they contain a circuit board and all the parts you need to create little gizmos that do things like turn on the lights when it gets [...]
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Side Effects
You know what I love? I love when you see a commercial for a prescription drug, and they say that one of the side effects is increased instances of [name of the disease you took it for]-related deaths.
Revenge is a Dish Best Served …
At our Christmas party this year, we did a white elephant gift exchange. One of my bosses brought this USB rocket launcher, basically, a nerf dart gun, powered by USB. Still, pretty darn cool. Turns out she got it at thinkgeek.com. I had never heard of the site, but when I checked [...]
GadgetFest ‘09
Today, I went to GadgetFest, a small technology expo sponsored by a local technology group and held at my work, Qualcomm. It was a bit of a letdown. It sort of reminded me of going to a really small science fiction con, where you walk around the whole place in 20 minutes, and [...]
New iPod Nano
There’s a new commercial out for the next generation iPod Nano with video:
It dawned on me that every time I see this commercial, it gets exponentially more annoying. It’s only a matter of time before it undergoes gravitational collapse under the weight of its own obnoxiousness. But on the bright side, it just might [...]
iPhone Apps
I have a great idea for an iPhone app. I want an iPhone app that will mute the TV, whenever a commercial for an iPhone app comes on. I would pay the extra money for an iPhone. I would buy the app. I would spend all of my free time sitting in the [...]