Chumby: Information Appliance

Yeah, I have one of these things. It displays RSS feeds, handles multimedia, etc. As an alarm clock, it's overkill. This thing could be useful in lots of places, at least until they place touchscreen terminals in every room in the house.

Another opinion: A Night With Chumby

Everyday Engineering

Starts out with a discussion of "windscreen". Funny story: a few years ago, a English colleague cracked his windshield, but couldn't figure out how to replace it. Why? His internet and yellowbook searches were based all based on "windscreen", not "windshield".



Always remember : "If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it." - a version of Murphy's Law

Futher reading: Why Things Bite Back: Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences

Soccer is Good for You

Soccer is good for you, fitness-wise. It's better then jogging.

"When a group of couch potatoes underwent three months of soccer training, they became leaner, fitter and healthier than a similar group that jogged[.]"

Go on, bend it like Beckham [via Sideline Views: Big surprise ]

"Tragic Event Forces Man To Spend Rest Of Life Confined To Office Chair"

Tragic Event Forces Man To Spend Rest Of Life Confined To Office Chair

WILMETTE, IL—The impact of Fahey's employment was so crushing that it has since left the former high school track star paralyzed in front of his work computer.

Too true.

It's ****ed Up? What to Do...

Handy flow chart to determine if something is *ucked up.

Flowchart: Is it f*cked up? What to do, if so. - Boing Boing