Robots have become a big thing in the past few years. Some of them are even becoming useful in many ways. But who cares about useful when you got 5 robots that you don’t want to see in your worst nightmares. (via Digg)
Borat Scores No. 1 Opening, Gets Sued By Mahir
Good news for Borat fans – the Borat movie (“Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”), took the number 1 position in US and Canada box offices last weekend. You can read about it in this BBC article.
Normally I wouldn’t mention it, but Borat just got sued by someone who just featured as #24 of PC World’s 25 worst websites list, namely Mahir Cagri of IKissYou.org. I guess Mahir took Borat’s “sew the jew” initiative seriously. (via Slashdot)
Windows Vista
So much is being said these days about Windows Vista, Microsoft’s new version of its operating system, which will be released at the end of this month, that I decided I have nothing to add. Hopefully, I won’t upgrade to Vista any time soon and my next desktop will be a Linux machine. I wouldn’t have written all this unless this promotional video for Windows Vista hadn’t showed up. I have 3 words to sum it up, and I quote: “Coming October 2003”. (via Digg)
The 20 Funniest Computer Geek Humor Bits of All Time
If you’re a computer geek, this collection will probably make you laugh. (via Digg)
Banana Guard – I Always Wanted To Protect My Banana. No… Seriously
We haven’t had a stupid gadget for ages, but the makers of BananaGuard decided to lay upon us their latest invention… and it’s only $6.35 US. (via Gizmodo)
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Can anyone tell why the title of their website is “ClearSpeed – Why Acceleration?” ? I can’t. Maybe the BananaGuard can’t stand high speeds.
Bush on “the Google”
When asked about Google, Bush replies that he has used “the Google”. You can watch it here. Google could never have asked for a more hilarious promotion. It’s a real gem. (Thanks to Doron for the link)
How to know your kid is a hacker
“Generic GM sedans cruise your neighborhood” is one of my favorites is this 31 items list. (via Digg)
History lessons – Trojan horse video
So what did we learn from history? If someone was to drive up to your gates a big wooden Trojan horse, would you let it in? (Thanks to Doron for the link)
Is that a TV set on your head…
or are you just happy to NOT see me?
Funniest line in the article describing this “gadget”:
We assume the head tracking feature is afforded by the fact that it sits right over your head.
(via Digg)
Geeky License Plates
I just love it when geeks go wild, but I would never put a license plate on my car saying “Mr. Geek”. Check it out… geeky license plates. (via Digg)