It’s like stupid gadgets season or something. I guess it’s just because of the upcoming Christmas. Today we have an automatic vibrating soap. This item goes to position 1,653,208 in my must-absolutely-have list, right after BananaGuard.
Windows Command Prompt Function Keys
Do you use the command line in Windows? I hardly do, but some people prefer to do stuff from there instead of doing it with the mouse. The Windows command line, cmd.exe, has some useful function keys. So, the next time you want to go back in the command history, don’t forget F7. (via Lifehacker)
No wonder Windows Vista took so long…
…the sounds alone took 18 months to create. I am not making this up. You can read about it in MSNBC.com.
You can listen to them here. Also, check out the comments in the Slashdot article. They’re hilarious, e.g. “That’s a bit like a car manufacturer worrying about the color of the seats while the breaks are still leaking.” (via Slashdot)
Windows 1.0 To Windows Vista Pictures
Here’s a nice compilation of pictures of all Microsoft Windows operating system versions, starting from 1.0 to Vista. Very nostalgic. (via Digg)
It only took 16,777,216 comments…
to break down Slashdot. Actually, they were semi-prepared for this, only made a small mistake which caused a 3-hour outage. (via Digg)
Salary Secrets And Myths
One of the blogs I read is Get Rich Slowly. This blog handles money issues, frugality and many aspects of money management. Although it’s more relevant to US residents, it has great tips and information about handling money. Anyway, here’s a good post about salary secrets and myths, which is pretty much true worldwide.
5 Robots You Don’t Want To Mess With
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)
Speed Spray?
When I saw this “gadget” (I really don’t know how to categorize this product) my thoughts went from “this is so stupid” to “can this actually work?”. Anyway, you can decide for yourselves if the WiFi Speed Spray is something you would use. (via Digg)