Over a year ago, I posted a joke about how wiring everybody up to a national information registry will make pizza ordering a pain in the butt. The joke’s been around in various forms for years, and it looks like the ACLU has taken the joke, made it visual, and rolled with it a bit. Funny, but sad, all at the same time.
Prius As Powerplant
This would be fricking sweet to actually have a Toyota Prius as a backup generator and battery backup for your home.
Monopoly Is Already Hard Enough
But if you want to make it more complicated, here you go.
NSA SETI @ Home
The NSA has decided to follow the lead of the popular SETI@home project and start their own SETI at Home Project: Scan Evildoers Telephone Intercepts.
And before I get deluged with comments from folks, yes, I know this isn’t a real project. Have a laugh, folks.
The Man Who Said No To Wal-Mart
While, for the most part, every business wants their products to be sold at the 3,000+ Wal-Mart stores around the country, but I can very easily see why you wouldn’t want to if you sold high-end quality equipment, and this is the story of one CEO who basically told Wal-Mart to pull his product line of Snapper lawn mowers (why you’d go to Wal-Mart to buy a lawn mower, I have no idea). Good commentary from both sides, calling him an idiot and some praising him (personally, while I don’t mind Wal-Mart at all, and he’s probably not going to win too many fans among his shareholders, I think he’s got guts, that’s for sure).
Thanks Josh for the link.
Portland’s XXX Files
This is an eerily fascinating story about Portland’s sexual addiction:
We contacted a cross-section of people in Portland’s version of “the industry”: everyone from a “regular” guy who owns his own sex machine (and claims to have “serviced” at least 75 women with it) and a male stripper wannabe who doesn’t have quite the right stuff to make it on the stage of one of Stark Street’s busiest queer bars to a trio of Portland’s most down-to-earth “ladies of the night.” And, oh yeah, one “john.”
Be sure to read the comments on the story as well. Thanks Barney for the link.
They Obviously Need Some More Parks In Urban San Francisco
Otherwise, this temporary mini-park (complete with tree and bench) that was created in a two-hour parking spot wouldn’t have been so popular.
Doom On An iPod Nano
Despite what the link says, this is not Half Life, but still dang impressive. You can read the guy’s blog on how to pull this off your self with iPod Linux.
This Will Go Nice With My Tuxedo
USB Cuff Links (complete with data storage). Link via Raw Feed
Snails Are Faster At Data Transfer Than ADSL And Pigeons
Just strap a couple of DVDs to the snail, and you’re good to go.