- Anima Causa Feel Seating System – in case your bean bag is just not good enough.
- Vein-reading keyboard – spooky, but it’s for your own security.
- PortForward – a site to help you setup any router or firewall. Check out their routers section. (Thanks to Yochai for the link)
- Funny user interface oddities – although I already wrote about The Daily WTF site, these are extremely funny.
- A guide to the best alarm clocks – Read it and sleep. (via Digg)
- Screenshots of Office 2007 user interface – if you don’t know what the Ribbon is already.
Today’s link-a-palooza
- Reading the fine print, episode 2 – “Marketing writes the big print; lawyers write the small print.” Couldn’t have said it better.
- Performance Anti-Patterns – for software developers. A summary of the article points can be found here.
- Thanko USB Boss Switch Underfoot – I definitely need one of those… a hidden boss key.
- Free Software List – look before you buy something commercial. (via Lifehacker)
- DeskTask – software to put Outlook information straight on the desktop. I’m not such a heavy-weight Outlook user, but it looks very nice. (via Lifehacker)
- manybooks.net – a site with many free e-books. (via Digg)
- Light up animated Pac-Man bicycle wheels – must-have item for geek bikers. (via Digg)
- New features in C# 3.0 – a summary for C# developers. The summary does not include LINQ, though. (via Digg)
Today’s link-a-palooza
- IBM will not use Windows Vista, but will move to Linux desktops – I wonder if this is just marketing hype or the real thing. (via Digg)
- Simple ways to make yourself far cleverer – a seven days plan. Let me know if it works :) (via Digg)
- Students create plant that “glows” when thirsty – gene modifying fun. (via Digg)
- Pill Takers Cup – a nice low tech gadget to help you take your pills. (via Gizmodo)
- Top 10 Geek Watches – if you’re into that kind of stuff. (via Gizmodo)
- Practical Tips For Boosting The Performance Of Windows Forms Apps – for .NET developers.
Today’s link-a-palooza
- Inject Your Code to a Portable Executable File – an article about code injecting into a Windows executable or library file. Long but interesting.
- Techbargains – a website for bargains in the US.
- Windows Vista won’t get a backdoor – in case you were worried.
- Training toilet paper – to train kids on how much paper they need. (via Gizmodo)
- The Simpsons live action video – of the opening sequence.
Today’s link-a-palooza
- Zorb – New extreme sport or new stupid toy?
- Electrical outlets that can turn – So simple, yet so smart.
- Microsoft introduces StepUI user interface – control your computer by DDRing.
- The Next Net 25 – CNN covers the 25 startups that are reinventing the web. A good read if you want to know about cool online services. (via Download Squad)
- Microsoft will introduce a search engine better than Google’s in 6 months – or so they say. (via Digg)
Today’s link-a-palooza
- Quantum physics double slit experiment – a video explaining the strange phenomenon. Very interesting. (via Digg)
- Why Windows Vista Won’t Suck – a lengthy article explaining the new features of the next version of Windows, along with the meaning of these features.
- null at vtext – what happens when you choose an email address that causes all lost SMS messages to get to your cell phone. (via Slashdot)
- Speaking? Tips – tips for when you’re speaking in front of an audience. (via Lifehacker)
- Windows Vista Voice Recognition – 13 minute video. (via Digg)
- Get a free USB drive from Microsoft – answers are 2, True, True, True. (via Digg)
Multi-Touch Interface Video
There has been a lot of hype lately regarding multi-touch user interfaces, which are the natural advancement of touch-screens: they react to multiple touches at once instead of just reacting to a single touch point.
I admit that when I first heard about multi-touch user interfaces I didn’t think it was a big deal until I saw this video demonstrating what you can do with such an interface.
The Pee Tree, The Urinal Game and MAPSU
Men are such beasts… they think it’s soooo hard to pee sitting down that they actually create new ways to manage to pee standing up. This time a so-called “gadget”… I give you The Pee Tree, a public urinal shaped like a tree.
Immediately I wondered what MAPSU will have to say about this preposterous new invention. I mean – what if someone misses the tree trunk?
The second thought that occurred to me was that such a urinal kind of takes out the fun out of The Urinal Game, so they better not actually produce fake trees like that.
Anyway, what if you’re peeing on this tree and a dog comes along and wants to do the same, only he’s not so much aware to the direction and stream of its own urine as much as you are?
Useless gadget of the day – the Sahara Dry Ear
If Gizmodo calls the Sahara Dry Ear, which is supposed to dry your ears for $100, a “useless piece of shit”, then this one must enter my endless list of stupid gadgets.
Thumbthing One Hand Reading Aid
Reading with one hand holding the book open can be tough, especially if it contains over 500 pages and you’re in the middle of it. Thumbthing is a low-tech gadget, which elegantly solves this problem.
(via Gizmodo)