Automatic Beer Launcher

I must have this.
via Gizmodo.


The Hole - video powered by Metacafe

Varsity Laser Pointer

via Boing Boing

Activiating auto-Geotagging on Flickr

Good tip on the Garmin blog "Chet's Corner" mentioning automatic Flickr geotagging.

GeoCaching -> GE Network link

Old news, but still worthwhile: Frank at Google Earth Blog mentions the Geocaching Network Link.

Tips & Tricks: Google Reader

Google Reader has made RSS addiction much harder to kick. That and the bookmarklet which they offer to instantly absorb a feed on a page, and suddenly I have 50 feeds that I have to keep up with.

Google Trends helps track which items I'm reading most. My tip is this; create a folder, named "0 Top" or the like, which you add to your more frequent feeds. This way, you can start your reading on these critical feeds, without jumping all over the folders.

Catena Wall Clock

Adero Design

Kinetic Sculture "The Source"

Caught this in an old Wired article
Video

24 vs. ATHF

Brilliant.
via Boing Boing

Arcade Classics: Race Drivin' & STUN Runner

Midway Arcade Treasures 3

I mention this one because it was a pivotal game for me. This was the first true 3D, physics-based game I had played, and at the time ('88?) it was extremely advanced. I probably dumped $50 for a couple hours when I first saw it at the Computer Museum in Boston.



This next one consumed me a couple years later. Graphics were no better, but it was a great driving game.

Appointment coach

I'm not sure if I like this or not. Conceptually it's brilliant. Practically, I think I'd turn it off the first time I was late. I mean, how will it gauge how fast I drive? And how can it know about traffic conditions, or how long it takes at Starbucks?

via Engadget

Prose Analysis

Generate your own word frequency cloud, and some other statistics.
UsingEnglish.com

For example, the Clerks monologue on the fate of the Death Star:

Total Word Count: :633
Total Unique Words: :297
Number of Sentences: :73
Average Words per Sentence: :8.73
Hard Words: :45 (7.11%)
Lexical Density: :46.92%
Fog Index: :6.31

Rollerskatin' skateboardin' robot

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