Killer robot? Converted Roomba shoots AirSoft projectiles but is no Roombo via Digg
Let’s call this the first milestone on the way to galaxy-wide Cylon Roomba domination.
The origin of “OK” via Digg
OK = “Oll Korrect”, but there’s a deeper story behind that.
Marv
Google Fight via DL.TV
Ok so you wanna know who’d win Battlestar vs. Enterprise but you don’t have time to catch Sci-Fi Smackdown, well now you can just ask Google Fight.
Want some interesting results? Try these:
TV vs. the Internet
Boys vs. Girls and Men vs. Women
And, at the risk of inflating an already over-inflated ego…
Scott Sigler vs. Tee Morris
Top 59 useless facts via Digg
Ok, so some of these are obviously bogus. Marilyn Monroe did not have six toes on either foot, nor is the dragonfly lifespan a single day. But there are one ore two real nuggets of truth, like the tidbit about how dynamite is made from peanuts.
Graph : 2nd Cousin Twice Removed? – What Does That Mean? via Digg
Just in case you ever need to explain your relationship to a long lost cousin, here’s the official rules. Just for the record, Chuck Tomasi and Kreg Steppe are “separated at birth” 🙂
Marv
Whoop Whoop Whoop (*claxons) – Dive! Dive@! Dive!
Welcome to Trucknorama!
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Fun With Words: Contronyms via Digg
These are words which are their own antonyms, such as
“strike” – hit / miss (as in baseball)
“custom” – usual / special
“clip” – fasten / detach
Obelisk Chairs via Digg
Imagine if you will, four chairs and a table fitted so that they fold into a really big football. Coated aluminum frame to provide durability. It’d better work or that’s a $9000 eyesore in your living room.
Marv
Son of Super Mario via Boing Boing
The map left by his uncle Luigi made the sewer system easy to navigate. The inscriptions on the pipes were vague. What was world 1-1?
And the question on everyone’s mind? Who is his mom?
Marv
Fighting the good fight, never backing down, and always looking ahead…
Ah, the things that we wish we were doing.
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World’s smallest R2D2 via Digg
Fits in the palm of your hand, and might possibly fit in that old X-wing model you have stashed in your closet. Comes with a light saber remote control.
The Chork (Chopstick / Fork) via Digg
If there was anything sillier than the spork, it would have to be the chork. It is not even a training wheel device. By using his instrument, you might as well paint a sign on your forehead saying that the technology of two straight sticks is far beyond your dexterity. My mom can’t pump her own gas, but even she can handle chopsticks.
Marv
Google Alert – Technorama could be bad for your social status!
Show Notes for 166
Thanks to Dean Jensen of My Life and Times, The Soho Podcast, and Hanbell Podcast with the idea for today’s intro.
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PHOTOS: 4 stories of Donkey Kong, made from 6,400 Post-Its! via Digg
This is the best use of those pesky monitor stickers I’ve ever seen. I bet if you look close enough, you’ll see someone’s password scribbled on one of them.
Furniture inspired by Scrabble via Digg
Beer bottle Christmas tree via Digg
Hmm. Is this from Charlie the Beer Guy’s house?
Gallery of Portraits created with COFFEE, not paint via Digg
These pictures remind me of those old fashioned sepia photos. I wonder if the prints for sale have any coffee in them. There wouldn’t be much point otherwise.
Marv
Once…Twice…Three times a Technorama….
Once again we try to make sense out of this weird wired world, and all the feedback we have gotten.
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