Archive for March, 2005

Foxblocker

Tuesday, March 29th, 2005

From my limited experience of Fox News (it’s hard to stand for too long), this seems like a great idea, if it was technically likely to work. FOX Blocker filters out FOX News when you put it inline on your cable input. It’s just a notch filter for a certain frequency, so it’s only going [...]

Latte art

Saturday, March 19th, 2005

Some very nice designs created in the foam of coffee cups over on flickr. Check out the lion! Heads-up by the great MAKE: BLOG.

glow brick

Thursday, March 17th, 2005

Oooh, this is nice! “glow in the dark nightlight is as simple as it gets: a light bulb set in a clear solid brick. Recharges from energy in natural light during the day – glows at night!” Yours for $45. Very nice.

Doggie style

Thursday, March 17th, 2005

Now this I like: Kaloo, the WebCam dog. I especially like the cable going up his arse – very fetish.

Skype phones

Sunday, March 6th, 2005

Now that Skype let you buy credit for SkypeOut in Spain with Paypal, rather than being stuck with Moneybookers (nothing wrong with it, per se, but hassle to add credit last time I checked), I’m looking out for cool VOIP phone sets. Maybe a headset would be simplest, but I’d like to check out the [...]

Snow!

Tuesday, March 1st, 2005

It’s bloody snowing! In Tarragona! Last time this happened, they had a book about it. (Photo clichés to come…)

Banned comic

Tuesday, March 1st, 2005

Russ suggested his readers post this comic on their blogs, to counter its banning by various papers. So I did. [Important: it's cropped to fit - original is available.]