Plugged into a USB port, the key-pressed ferris wheel does nothing but wildly spin in parallel with fingers tapping off a wild rapid-fire staccato of letters upon the computer keyboard. For $30, I want one. Only Humbert Humbird’s insistent glare from the top of the computer monitor — my own polychromatic, consumerist hawk, reminding me of the pecuniary responsibilities, vis-a-vis another beak to feed — has prevented me from clicking the “Add to cart” button. No one gives the ol’ stink eye like a parakeet, although I suspect he would probably enjoy perching on it while I blogged.
Key-Press USB Ferris Wheel [Brando via Foolish Gadgets]
Remember when you’d go to the mall and they’d have a table of crap sitting out front of Spencer’s Gifts? One of these was always among that junk. Not USB powered of course, but the premise is the exact same. Weird. That was like 20 years ago too.
If it was only maybe $10 it’d be immensely satisfying to smash.
Is there a way to turn off the music?
If it were silent, I could dig it.
But if I had to listen to that music for more than a few minutes, someone would have to die.