Looking to make sure the alcohol in your drink is not some cheap swill? The Rotgutonix is a chemical sensor which will detect the quality of the alcohol in your glass and determine if there is ‘rotgut’ – aka adulterated alcohol. Because when you spend $10 dollars a glass, you want to make sure [...]
I’ve got a whole nest of wires feeding from behind my computer, behind my desk and into the dust bunny filled crevice where my power surge protector resides. The last thing I need is to have to duck under the desk, risk hitting my head on the sharp corners, and fish through the entangled black [...]
I recently stumbled upon this lovely invention, which provides a partial solution for a frustration that I have – why do the governments of the world think that they have the power to influence the time and the number of hours of sunlight that I see? I’m talking about Daylight Saving’s Time, a practice that [...]
Millions and millions of users are choosing to use Google over other search engines, namely Yahoo! and Microsoft Live Search. In particular, Live has taken a pretty severe beating for being too confusing and in general, just not distinctive enough to convince searchers to move away from Google, which has its users locked in with [...]
The high school I went to didn’t have microwaves in the cafeteria because that would take away business from the overpriced lunch slop du jour. As a result, I had last night’s cold leftovers basically every day.
Not that I minded the leftover part, mom’s cooking is excellent. But unless I packed a salad or sandwich, [...]
My brother pointed me to this funny little thread on BoingBoing. Basically what they’ve done is create the “Gadget Tribes of Technology,” which are tiny pixelated mannequins representing the different tech types that exist in our culture. Observe:
It’s pretty humorous and apparently quite contagious. Though most of the ones up currently have [...]
As I have already claimed the number one gadget on my Christmas list, I thought I’d start sorting out some alternatives for those who wish to try to win my favor for the holidays.
If you haven’t noticed, I love robots. I love them sooo much that I occasionally refer to them as “ro-bits,” because [...]
