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quick question
via Urban Word of the Day by (author unknown) on March 23, 2008
A question that usually requires a long answer. A close relative of stupid question and rhetorical question.Joan: I have a quick question for you. How do you solve for "x" in this complex differential equation?Bob: Uhhhhhh...
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All in One PC Packed Inside a Keyboard
via Chip Chick by Ali on March 23, 2008
Probably the ugliest looking keyboard I’ve every seen and what looks like it could be a shell from an old Commodore 64 keyboard back in the day, this “All in One PC” or what better known as the ZPC-GX31 from Cybernet, stuffs all the guts of a computer into a keyboard chasis. The computer sports an Intel Core 2 Quad CPU, 4MB of DDR2/667Mhz RAM, 1GB LAN and DVI interface, 4 USB ports, Audio...
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Recess in the Spirit World
via ECTOPLASMOSIS! by John Brownlee on March 23, 2008
Although Mrs. Buttermer’s fourth grade class had suffered through their teacher’s profane (but boring) necromancy lessons in lieu of a rainy day’s recess before, the true import of the experiments only ever revealed itself to the lunkish class daydreamer, Chet, far too special and swollen-tongued to report on his findings and finally earn that much elusive ‘A’.Recess [James Jean Art]
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Five days of Disney.
via Slate Magazine by Seth Stevenson on March 23, 2008
Soon after checking in to my hotel room, I discover a mouse in the bathroom. Three mice, in fact. One is imprinted on the bar of soap. One peers out from the shampoo label. And a third, on closer inspection, is a washcloth—ingeniously folded by hotel staff to create two protruding, terrycloth ears.[more ...]
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Toilet-mounted washing machine for less water wastage
via Shiny Shiny by Alex Roumbas on March 23, 2008
I am a little obsessed with eco-friendly prototypes, convinced as I am that the next indispensable yet environmentally sound product is going to hail from this wealth of, frankly, nuttiness. Such a one is this toilet-mounted washing machine which decants the water from your laundry into the toilet tank to be reused for flushing.
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Best of the Sidebar: The Green Email & Site-to-Site-to-Site-to-Store
via The Daily WTF by Alex Papadimoulis on March 23, 2008
... I placed my order using Walmart's Site-to-Store shipping method," Brian wrote, "the website estimated two weeks to deliver the product to my local Walmart store." "It seemed like an inflated estimate, but apparently they could foresee the route UPS would choose for the package. In Google Map terms, that'd be this ... Brought to you by the Non-WTF Job Board:
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Hyperbolic Knitting
via CRAFT Magazine by Becky Stern on March 23, 2008
Daniel prefers needles to hooks, and knitted these hyperbolic ruffles. He had a quick pattern up for them, too!From the pages of CRAFT:Hyperbolic Baby Pants[Read this article] [Comment on this article]
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Click here for the secret to quick easy weight loss
via Of Two Minds by (author unknown) on March 23, 2008
That's right - No exercise - No Dieting. Just sit you your couch and EAT EAT EAT!For $29.95 We'll come to your house and introduce this friendly parasite to your digestive system.Once you've lost all the weight you need to you can just have expensive and painful surgery to remove your cute new pet. You can then keep him in a little jar and show your friends how much he's grown...
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