“Cat has camera on collar so we can see what he does”
Let’s hear it for miniaturization — it’s the cat-cam! I’m waiting for someone to come up with a live wireless video feed from a cat’s collar. 🙂
Archive of entries posted on June 2007
“Just add water – students invent alcohol powder”
Why does it not surprise me that it was students who invented this? 🙂 No doubt the laws will catch up with this kind of thing eventually. Governments don’t like people working around their laws.
“Car drives into Long Island, N.Y., mall”
A mall with a drive-through?
Ordering Checks, a User Interface Gripe
Does no company understand how to create a usable user interface? I just tried to order new checks. Since this is the first reorder I’ve ever done with this company, I decided to do it by phone, instead of by fax or mail (the other two options). I called up, thinking that someone would talk …
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Paris Hilton Released After Three Days In Jail
Am I the only one who’s cynical about the rich and famous being given breaks that the rest of us would never have a hope of? On the plus side, she does get a fashion accessory that few other Hollywood stars can boast of: an electronic ankle bracelet to let police track her whereabouts during …
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“Dance Dance Immolation. Exactly what you Think it is.”
On the subject of interesting (and dangerous) sports…
And along the same lines…
Perfumier concocts Paris Hilton chokey scent. About as tasteful as the aforementioned game.
“For Paris Hilton, ‘The Prison Life’ is all games”
It isn’t often that I can combine my love of computer technology with GoddessJ’s enjoyment of pop-culture icons and what is going on in their lives. This game manages it, though it still fails to get a good-taste rating.
“Anti-spying undergarments”
Do-It-Yourself infrared scanners that can see through clothing, and underwear designed to block it, possibly by “chilling your nether regions”? Is this really a problem, even in Japan?
Food Fight!
Last one for today, I promise. I received a major treat for my fifteenth birthday: my mother took my family and a couple of my friends to a new place in town called Chuck E. Cheese’s, a pizza joint with video games galore. Because it was a birthday party, our pizzas were brought out by …