FYI

30 years ago, a device of sheer torture was unleashed on the world in the disguise of a toy puzzle. Ok, maybe I’m being a little dramatic, but the Rubik’s Cube definitely felt like torture to me as a kid. I never had the patience to solve it. Ironically, I picked one up over the holidays and now armed with the Internet, started researching how to solve it. I almost completed it, but I put it down and haven’t yet gotten back to finishing it. Now a robot made of Legos has showed me up. It can solve a Rubik’s cube in under 12 seconds. I guess I better get back to that cube …

Who comes up with this idea? Let’s turn a dead mouse into a taxidermied USB flash drive. And then let’s give it red blinking LED lights for eyes. At least know that this is just someone’s personal creation and it isn’t something for sale … at least not yet.

A toaster that was inspired by a printer? All you really need to do is look at the picture. Go ahead. Do it now. I can already hear the LOLs. Read more about it here: http://www.likecool.com/Printing_Your_Toast–Design–Gear.html

I must wonder if this guy is telling the truth or if this is a hoax. But for such a small amount of money that he isn’t even contesting, it seems that he has no reason to make this up. Basically, he claims that by his dog chewing and pawing his Xbox controller, “Oscar” managed to successfully charge up 5,000 Xbox points, worth $62.50. If nothing else, this article should be worth a chuckle!

No, I don’t mean that Google’s web site has crashed. Did you ever wonder how Google gets all those Street View photos for their maps? They literarily have crews of drivers that roam the country, taking pictures of everything. Sometimes, they catch very interesting things – such as car accidents! So many accidents, in fact, that jalopnik.com could make a top 10 list of confusing Google street view accidents. The funny thing is that these accident pictures will stay on Google’s maps site indefinitely – until Google goes back and takes new pictures!

As time marches on and technology advances, it seems certain technologies just keep hanging around. I found an article on this topic that is both funny and informative. It really makes you think about how technology changes our lives and how things don’t always work out the way we think they will. So I thought it would be a good article to share with all of you. That and any article that brings up the Pets.com sock puppet will find a spot on my blog.

If you own an electronic device, such as an iPod, you may have decided against a protective case. You figured you’ll be real careful with it, why bother? Well, now that you can play games that use the iPod Touch or iPhone as a motion-sensitive controller you may want to think twice – especially if you have kids.

FYI, this is my own personal video and that is my daughter! I just happened to be playing around with the video feature of my phone at the time and just happened to catch this on video! As shown in the video, the iPod Touch was fine and is still functioning to this day!

Yes, you can now buy socks that are specially designed for playing video games. At first this may seem odd – how could socks be relevant for video games? However, if you read my article about the Wii Fit, you will quickly realize that having grippy socks can be beneficial for playing/exercising on the Wii Fit’s balance board. How long will it be until we start seeing the world of athletic accessories blend with video game peripherals? Has the era of associating video games with geeks come to an end? Stay tuned …

Really, the picture says it all. Very funny, if you recognize the metaphor! What could be even funnier would be a hidden camera to see how many people actually do what it says! Read more about it here.

This time, it wasn’t the kitty picture that made me want to write about this article. Honestly. It was that I also like top 10 lists and “The Top 10 Worst Inventions in History” sounded like a fun article. As a bonus, it also debunks an old myth. So go read all about it now and let me know if you disagree with anything on their list.