22, May 2008
Silly People Stand In Line At Apple’s Flagship Store For No Reason

“So word on the street (literally) is that a large number of people are queuing in line outside of Apple’s flagship store on 5th Avenue in New York City (see above) — keep in mind the Cube is open 24 hours a day. Our intrepid girl-on-the-scene reports that the group…

22, May 2008
US Soldiers In Iraq Get Wicked Paintball Guns – FN303

First off, where can I get one of these bad boys?  Looks like our tax dollars are now buying beefed-up paintball guns for our soldiers in Iraq.  The new gun, known as the FN303 or Individual Serviceman Non-Lethal System (ISNLS), shoots a 6.5 gram shell containing a mixture of paint…

21, May 2008
Stripper Heel’s With Built-In Tip Jar

Strippers aren’t known for being subtle about the fact they are more interested in your wallet than you.  So why not take that a bit further with stripper shoes that have a built in tip jar.  Now the stripper doesn’t even need to bend over to pick up the tip……

21, May 2008
Dual Exhaust Flame Thrower Kit

In the old’n days you would just route a couple spark plugs back to your exhaust pipe, and because the car ran so rich (sloppy) it would ignite the unspent fuel, and shoot flames.  Oh wait… that is exactly what this kit is doing.  Folks, I would normally reward such…

20, May 2008
Fake TV To Fool The Crooks

Super smart! Crooks tend to avoid conflict, so they will obviously avoid a house with people home watching TV. Enter the “FakeTV” which simulates the effect of having your TV on. Why not just leave your TV on? Because it is an energy hog and has an MTBF and expensive…

19, May 2008
Schlage – Open Your Front Door Via The Web

Schlage announced that they will be making a Z-Wave capable door lock.  Z-Wave is a home automation standard for just about everything from lights to TV.  The Schlage Z-wave door locks will let you lock or unlock your door from you PC, cellphone, or any wireless web enabled device.  Somehow…

19, May 2008
Jet Powered Bicycle – Goes 75 MPH

Robert Maddox builds and sells real pulse jet engines that run on kerosene. He has different sizes available up to 1000 pounds. He strapped one on to a bicycle to see what would happen (granted it is only a 50 pound rocket). The rocket bike will go 75 MPH while…

19, May 2008
Sony Ericsson XPERIA

Sony Ericsson recently released some promotional video’s of their XPERIA phone… they sure are pushing the fact that it has a touchscreen…. so I am guessing that the phone might have a touchscreen. Just a guess here. In case you missed it… we have been talking about the XPERIA for…

19, May 2008
JVC Everio S Series Camcorder – One-Touch YouTube Upload

The new JVC Everio S Series camcorders are coming with some software that allows them to upload videos directly to YouTube with the touch of a button.  Sounds like a good idea right?  I respectfully disagree, this is just going to get more shaky unedited videos on YouTube.  Take 5…

16, May 2008
NANA Saver – Banana Holder/Saver?

A couple of thoughts kept swirling through my simple mind as I read this.  Eat the entire damn banana… and there are too many inventors in the world. “NANA Saver™ Banana Holder Eliminates waste so you can enjoy half now, and half later. Keeps a sliced banana fresher, longer by…