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It's at Amazon.com (UK).  And it qualifies for free shipping!

Via Gizmodo.

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Here is one way to get rid of bees on your swing set.  Perhaps we will read about this guy at the Darwin Awards soon.  Warning: some profanity is used on this site.

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Merry Christmas to all who read this blog!

I hope Santa brought you everything you wished for.
 

Christmas was never the same aboard the USS Hallmark.

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Thank you, Time Magazine, for this award!  I feel it's well deserved due to the average of five minutes a day I spend on this blog!  You were right to award this honor to "You," I mean me.

You might be tempted to say that "Hey, they also gave the award to me, because they said 'You.'"

You'd be wrong.

Nope, the award is all mine.  This isn't a "Who's on First?" routine where we get to say, "Who is Time's Man of the Year?"  "You."  "Me?"  "Yes, you, but also me."  "How can you win the award when I did?"  "Because they gave it to all of us."  "But 'all of us' plays third base.  And he didn't win Time's Man of the Year award."

I did.  So there.

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The ASIMO robot seems to have trouble going up and down stairs. Remember that if we are ever attacked by midget robots.

ASIMO Falls Again.

You gotta love the darkened lights and big screen at the end of the second one.

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In spite of all of the damage caused by the Wiimote, including this latest one, I still want to get one.  I might have to put a Lexan shield in front of my TV, however.
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iMbarrassment - noun - The state of being embarrassed by your iPod.

As all iPod users know, to adjust the volume you spin the virtual control wheel.  There are no moving parts, just pressure sensitive pads that detect circular motion.  I use the feature to adjust the volume while leaving the iPod in its soft case or my pocket.

Today I had the iPod in my breast pocket.  For whatever reason I was having trouble adjusting the volume through my shirt.  I spent a good ten seconds making small circles on the iPod... in my shirt pocket...

...which is over my nipple.

Did I mention that I was standing in a public place?  I was.

Here's a tip: rubbing your nipples in public gets you strange looks, even if you really are just adjusting your iPod.  Taking a closer look at the iPod control wheel may reveal the real inspiration for the iPod's award-winning user interface. 

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It's already been proven that Segways are only used by nerds and losers.  Now Segway users want to prove that they are clueless as well.

Here is Silicon Valley, home of the nerd, people want to use their Segways on hiking and biking trails.  I think these people need to RTFM the meaning of hiking and biking.  I mean really, what would be the point?

The city of Los Gatos has already banned Segways on part of the trail system.  Good for them!  To me it's fairly obvious that motorized vehicles, of any kind, do not belong on these trails.  Feet, bikes, skateboards and inline skates are all fine since they are self-powered.

The exception, of course, is motorized wheel chairs, and that's fine.  They should be allowed, but as a specific exception.  The Segway folks are trying to sneak in using that same exception.

Nice try.

First of all, way to go, exploiting the handicapped for your own lazy needs!  At the risk of speaking for a group of people to whom I don't belong, I would bet that if someone confined to a wheelchair could walk on those trails, they would.  I doubt that they would stand on a device that screams, "I can stand, but I'm too lazy to walk!"

It wouldn't surprise me to learn that the Segway people want to park in handicapped parking spots to unload their Segways from their cars.  Wouldn't want to break a sweat.

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