Daily Archives: May 12, 2008

Bicycles, all you need to know

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Rob Beschizza

Jamie Zawinski sells beer, does battle with unix derivatives and rides bicycles. He has posted to the Internet his collected wisdom regarding the latter subject. “City bikes” and “road bikes” are designed for some Jetsons-slick hypothetical future city that I’ve … Continue reading →

The future of funerals: melting bodies with lye

Posted on May 12, 2008 by John Brownlee

An article on Newsvine nicely illuminates its readers on the future of corpse disposal: melted in a vat of lye into a brown, feculent sludge, then flushed down the toilet. Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried … Continue reading →

Eye-Fi Explore adds geotagging and Wayport hotspots

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Joel Johnson

Next to the Flip Video Ultra, the one white-and-orange geegaw that had people yapping rapturously this year has been the Eye-Fi, the SD card that added Wi-Fi to any camera. It was cheap, it worked well, and it added features … Continue reading →

Online encyclopedia of all Warner Bros. cartoon ACME brand products

Posted on May 12, 2008 by John Brownlee

Although exiled from memory now, there was but one name in gadgetry to be trusted from the 1930s through the 1960s: the storied and indefatigable inventing house of ACME Products. Who can forget their many technological triumphs? ACME Brand Dehydrated … Continue reading →

Dave’s Adjustable Hot Sauce lets you dial in the pain

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Joel Johnson

Inside “Dave’s Adjustable Hot Sauce” bottle are two chambers, one filled with scorching hot sauce fit only for braggarts and masochists, while the other holds a mixture barely hot enough to merit the name. Click the dial at the top … Continue reading →

Video: Bizarre light bulb commercial from Thailand has just enough monsters

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Joel Johnson

This commercial from Thailand, featuring a variety of what I presume are traditional monsters in Thai culture, is really fantastic. I can never get enough television featuring motile, glowing internal organs floating free of body but still attached to a … Continue reading →

Japanese ciggie vending machines demand ID

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Rob Beschizza

Japanese tobacco-smokers must get themselves a special puffing passport if they wish to get their fix from the nation’s ciggie vending machines. From Wired: “The legal smoking age in Japan may be 20, but schoolgirls in need of a nicotine … Continue reading →

Why Apple isn’t releasing a handheld gaming device: because they’re not dumb

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Joel Johnson

Apple is getting ready to launch a portable gaming device this year. Many of you already own it. It’s called the iPhone. The Register is running a rumor piece that posits that the iPhone 3G will be announced before WWDC, … Continue reading →

Morning Tech Deals Highlights

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Joel Johnson

• Wireless Prepaid Data – AT&T is now offering all-you-can-eat data plans on its GoPhone pre-paid phone service for $20-a-month. [Dealnews] • Kids MP3 Player – SanDisk Sansa Shaker 1GB MP3 player (expandable) for $20, shipped. I played with one … Continue reading →

Hydro-4000 fuel injection device; Boing Boing Huckster Dismantling Squad: Assemble!

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Joel Johnson

A device called the “Hydro-4000″ claims to inject hydrogen into your car’s engine, synthesized from water using power from your car, to increase the efficiency of the combustion in the chamber. A local news crew in Florida tested the device … Continue reading →