Cat's litter box

i go to bed

Yes please.

 

May the 4 Gigs be with you

Fabulous Star Wars Mimobot thumb drives from ThinkGeek here.

Thanks to Mr. Star Wars.

Soft returns

Nice set of comfy pillows (not the comfy pillows) from Diffraction Fiber at etsy.com.

Mr Star Wars knows his comfort level.

Robot Suit HAL

You know, science fiction tends to consist of cautionary tales. For example, Blade Runner = a damp dystopia where the new robotic slave class revolts and causes chaos in the noodle district. Or 2001, A Space Odyessy = someone over-eggs the AI and it gets all uppity and tries to kill everyone to protect the mission. Meanwhile, a monolith simultaneously menaces and saves mankind. There's The Matrix = machines solve their energy crisis by tapping into a meat-puppet grid and give mankind electric dreams of reality. For the ones that get away, there's holey sweaters and raves under the earths blackened crust.

How about Terminator = a time travel mind-fuck about humanities metal progeny appearing naked in 1984 to destroy the mother of the (unborn) man who will overthrow the Terminators in the future. Pieces of the destroyed cyborg are found and its advanced technology is used by a company called Cyberdyne. Cyberdyne creates a defense system, Skynet, which becomes self aware and attacks humanity when they try to switch it off.  

Battlestar Galactica, Event Horizon, Tron, even Westworld. Do you see a theme here, people? Watch out for the hardware. It will destroy us all. So imagine my horror when I saw this website for Cyberdyne, makers of the Robot Suit, HAL. Seems innocent and charming now. But you wait until it's marching around by itself, ordering you to oil it with baby-grease. We'll all be living in the wreckage of our cities, under burned-out Prius' and wrapped in dun-colored rags. And I'll be the one drinking bath-tub Raki and mumbling, "I told you so."

Thanks to Mr. Me for scaring the pants off me. Again.

Simplify

What a great idea. Remotes for dummies.

Just what we never needed

My pal Jack DoucheChamp sent me this from Gizmodo. 

Our email conversation went like this:

Me: (after seeing the bra dryer) That's brilliant. Although I don't see why it would work better than throwing the bra over the shower rod.

Jack: I'm guessing this is for bras that Walmart doesn't sell you know, over 12 bucks. no offense to you or your bras :-)

Me: Mmmmm....ok. Still, it seems like a lot of effort for something that takes less than 2 hours to dry naturally.

Jack: I think the big advantage may be a super warm bra to start a cold day right.

Me: Hey, I hadn't thought of that! Now I see the possibilities.

iPhone art

The Daily Telegraph has a cool gallery about iPhone art. 

"Apple iPhone users are now able to create artworks on the move, thanks to drawing applications including Brushes and NetSketch."

Give a dog an iBone

It was only a matter of time. As seen here and passed on by Mr. Star Wars. I know what Bitey McGee is getting for Christmas.

Get some slap on*

www.eyeslipsface.com

Super super super cheap makeup ($1). I just spent $14 (plus $7 shipping).

(they also support PETA)

Thanks to Mistress Vespera for the link.

* For the Americans: slap is British for makeup. Don't want you calling the domestic abuse hotline or anything.