Next time you decide to go out andattack a bank machine,be sure to bring a mask and goggles along to protect yourself fromthe pepper spraying you could potentially receive. South Africa’s Absa bank is currently trialing the face seasoning scheme in an effort to thwart criminals who tamper with the card slots to install skimming …
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Watch The Watch…Or the Bird…Or the Watch…Or the Bird…
A while ago, I mentioned the infamous incident with a room-mate and a talking watch, and I said that I had to tell that story at some point. I feel like telling it today. I believe it was a spring day, and we were all doing stuff to do with school or cleaning the house. …
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Booze Cruise
When that dudebuilt a driveable motorized barstoola few months ago, somebody was paying attention. That somebody is Matthias Krankl, who converted a beer crate into a 4-wheeler and took it for a spin. He might have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for those darn cops, those darn cops thathe tried to outrun …
Nokia Braille
I heard about something that, in concept, sounds cool. Nokia Labs has created an experimental app called Nokia Braille that is supposed to read text messages to you in braille. But it’s not exactly braille, it’s vibrations that would form braille letters. Here’s a video demonstrating it. Yes, he is speaking English, although at first …
That’s Not A Ramp For Scooters!
Wow. that’s some crazy drunkenness. Daniel Samplanski got so drunk that he didn’t even realize he was on the freeway! And why did he borrow his neighbour’s electric scooter? This was apparently his fifth drunk driving charge. Watch this chopped up video. Does he look pretty toasted? This brings me to a weird question. What …
Can’t Figure Out How To Re-inflate My Head Without A Trackball
I bet I can guess the next person tofall down a manholeorjog melon first into a treebefore the story hits the news. Without a doubt it has to bethis woman.So concerned was she with letting people know her every move on Twitter and lamenting the loss of her trackball that she completely missed the bank …
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OMG IM FALLIN IN2 UR P00P!!!1!
Not sure how to feel aboutthis one.The manhole definitely shouldn’t have been left uncovered and unattended, but had Alexa Longueira spent less time fucking about sending text messages and more time watching where she was going, she probably wouldn’t have fallen into it. Yes, there’s a lawsuit on the way, who still asks dumb questions …
Making Those Electric Death Bringers A Little Less Death Bringy
This is a big step in the right direction, and hopefully whatever is decided will be adopted worldwide. My only issue is with the sound coming out of these things being anything other than engine noise. Musical ringtone type noises? No thanks, too distracting. Ringtones are everywhere, and I know there’s going to come a …
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Big Loo
The other day, Steve asked me about something I had never noticed. He said, in old clips about robots, why are they pronounced like ro-bits?” I had never heard them talked about like that, so he told me about an ad for something called “Big Loo” that was some silly toy that was supposed to …
We Have The Winners!
Back a while ago, I mentioned a contest where you could win a Blackberry, complete with screen-reader. Since we didn’t right a post where we were bouncing off the walls screaming that we won, you can correctly guess we didn’t. But we found out who did. Congrats, you four lucky people you. Do any of …