Technorama

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KREG!
Sorry it’s a little late.

Podcast: Download

Map of the Inside of the Millennium Falcon via Digg

Here’s a handy map in case you ever got lost while on board, or even if you just needed to know where the bathroom is.

5 Strange Vending Machines You Don

Coolest Ping-Pong Table Ever! via Digg

A 60″ diameter pipe with a table tennis net stretched around the inside surface, creating the craziest ping pong environment outside of a video game.

Pac-Man bathroom wall tiles via Boing Boing

Just the thing you always wanted to see when on the throne.

Something went incredibly wrong in the translation via Digg

She says, “Go ahead and look at the menu – it’s in English.”

“Oh Really?”

I’ll take the Cowboy Legs with the Rurality Salad and a side of Retchup.

Marv

A video of a burning candle at both of its ends… via Digg

Watch the candle as it burns from both ends while balancing on a pin inserted through its center of mass.

The best diagram ever to fit on an index card via Digg

Not sure how I should write this one up, but it’s quite a piece of geometric philosophy.

Marv

Faux Klingons in the White House via Digg

Following hot on the heels of Rep. Wu’s Klingon’s in the White House rant, Jon Stewart solicits comments from Leonard Nimoy and George Takei regarding the latest Congressional cat fight. Favorite quote:

“George, I’m sorry to interrupt you, but I have Leonard Nimoy on hold right now…”

“I see…do you realize that by our sixth film, I had become a Captain while Spock had become marginalized?”

Windows bento via Digg

A Japanese box lunch decorated as a laptop running Windows.

Marv

How to Make a Starship Enterprise Out of a Floppy Disk via Digg

A not-too-shabby cubicle toy that you can build with just a 3.5″ floppy disk. Crew and dramatic theme music not included.

Your Boss Really is Clueless via Digg

A serious study of how people in positions of power do not empathize with other people and thus do not “get it”. Those who have held powerful positions are more impulsive and oblivious to others.

Marv

Show #154:

# A look back at the Univac
# A car in a time capsule for 50 years
# Kreg’s on a rant
Show notes for #154

Podcast: Download

Bender Casemod via Digg

Hmm, made from scratch and it took 4 – 5 months. Who’d be interested in this?

Stonehenge didn’t stand alone via Digg

A cremation mound and standing stones found within a couple of miles from Stonehenge suggest a network of monuments in the surrounding area around Stonehenge.

Jedi Master Yoda – Origami Figure (Step-by-step pdf instructions) via Digg

Try this you must…no, wait there is no try. Make this you will.

Marv

Email only… and most of it isn’t related to the last show.

Podcast: Download