Technology is great! There is some stuff out there I bet you never knew existed.
How about a listening device that can penetrate up to 20 centimeters of concrete? http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.11763
You surely need a 2-pack of stretchy license plate covers! http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.16805 and crap, it looks like this kind fits only European style plates. http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.16963
And how many times have you wished you had a cell phone signal blocking device? http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.4355
If you watch survivorman, you have got to have one of these! http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12305
Of course my Asian friends all need to have a double eyelid maker. http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15212
And how about a digital Buddhist jukebox? http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.5183
I almost forgot to order me a reverse door peephole viewer. http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.17080
See where your special someone really goes with a personal gps tracker bug. http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.11314
Lord knows, we wouldn't want to hurt those pesky cockroaches. (read the reviews) http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12643
Cool! a spy tie! http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15614
Crap, you found my spy tie with you camera and bug detector pen. http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.14780
When a normal knock is just not good enough. http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.4533
OMG, sterilize your toothbrush with ultraviolet light. http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.10131
Wow, these are handy - USB powered heated gloves. http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.2820
ok, that's enough...
Monday, March 9, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
64 track cover of Micheal Jackson's Thriller by François Macré
Monday, March 2, 2009
Speech to text...
In the amazing advancement of technology, there comes another breakthrough. With the popularity of text messaging, making it easier and faster seems to be the next logical step. So now instead of fumbling with a small keypad, or worse yet a tiny number pad, you can now write your text on a screen with a stylus and text your friends with your written word. Yes you will need a fancy new PDA style phone, but what a great step forward that is!
So it would seem the next logical step after that would be to just eliminate the stylus, and turn the sender's spoken word into a text message. So there would be no typing, no writing with a stylus. Your spoken word would be instantly transmitted as a text message for your desired recipient to read on his phone.
And maybe to avoid the inconvenience of the recipient to have to look at his phone screen to read the message, maybe they will soon invent a program that will turn the text message back into spoken word and the output would then be an audible text message for the listener. It would kind of be like just talking to each other...
So it would seem the next logical step after that would be to just eliminate the stylus, and turn the sender's spoken word into a text message. So there would be no typing, no writing with a stylus. Your spoken word would be instantly transmitted as a text message for your desired recipient to read on his phone.
And maybe to avoid the inconvenience of the recipient to have to look at his phone screen to read the message, maybe they will soon invent a program that will turn the text message back into spoken word and the output would then be an audible text message for the listener. It would kind of be like just talking to each other...
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Growing up too early..
I am no expert in the field, but I have made an observation that effects kids growing up these days. When I was younger, I used to "go out and play" until I was probably 13 or 14. My brother Jerry and I would pretend we were International Government Agents and make our way stealthily to the neighborhood grocery store. (The IGA of course). We would role play and make life altering decisions in our play. We also would go to the "sandpile" and make golf ball tracks out of dirt. It would start out as a pile of dirt about 3-4 feet high that we could roll a golf ball down and around through tunnels etc. It required more important decisions like engineering and time management.
My point here is these days we expect our kids to grow up way too fast. Pier pressure and the internet don't allow a child to let their guard down and just have some old fashioned fun. By the time a kid is 10 or 11, they have to make decisions that really do effect their lives forever, not like our pretend decisions made during our play. They are worried about boyfriends and girlfriends, texting, Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and countless other things I can't keep up with. They are computer experts and can download a song from Limewire to the computer and have it on the mp3 player quicker than I can get out the Scrabble board.
I guess the old days are gone forever. The kids these days will never experience the 101 fun things you can do with a stick. You have to admit there was a benefit to being able to fail during playtime and not during real life where it may leave a scar that will last forever. I know parents have good intentions signing a child up for piano lessons, dance class, soccer and then running around every evening and weekend to get them there. It just seems to me that some of life's loudest lessons are completely silent..
My point here is these days we expect our kids to grow up way too fast. Pier pressure and the internet don't allow a child to let their guard down and just have some old fashioned fun. By the time a kid is 10 or 11, they have to make decisions that really do effect their lives forever, not like our pretend decisions made during our play. They are worried about boyfriends and girlfriends, texting, Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and countless other things I can't keep up with. They are computer experts and can download a song from Limewire to the computer and have it on the mp3 player quicker than I can get out the Scrabble board.
I guess the old days are gone forever. The kids these days will never experience the 101 fun things you can do with a stick. You have to admit there was a benefit to being able to fail during playtime and not during real life where it may leave a scar that will last forever. I know parents have good intentions signing a child up for piano lessons, dance class, soccer and then running around every evening and weekend to get them there. It just seems to me that some of life's loudest lessons are completely silent..
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Witness A Miracle..
I don't know where this took place, but it obviously went way over their heads. Sadly at the end not many applause. I would have gave a standing ovation. You go girl!
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