Victor Ryden

"BSoDs, yeah, those are harder to catch unless you make sure your signage app is bug-free and memory-leak free. Virus alerts, on the other hand, are another story. Seriously, virus alerts? You shouldn't be using this machine for anything else besides displaying this banner, so where the hell did the virus come from? Either the machine's already been infected (a big possibility) or somebody's going to broadcast his Gmail login for prospective customers of Restaurant Basha." - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet

"The National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications in Hungary has put together a helpful real-time map of global disasters. In this detail, you can see a series of earthquakes that hit Greece, Turkey, Kazakhstan, and Russia today, as well as an explosion in Norway and a flood in Finland." - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet

Yesterday the Japanese announced the first space beer. Now the British are claiming the first teddy bear astronauts, who were photographed in space from a home-made vessel with two digital cameras, a flight computer, GPS, and radio. - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet

The four cuddly astronauts travelled on board the spacecraft for two hours and nine minutes, reaching the 19 miles high mark powered by a latex weather ballon made by the Space Flight club at Cambridge University. They were wearing special suits made by school children, which saved them from freezing at -63.4º F. No, I'm not kidding. The team was investigating what materials would protect the furrynauts better. - Victor Ryden

Total shop job. Kidding.This is cute. - Anika Malone

nice! - Peter Efland

"Look, we're not going to go and get all sappy about Logitech shipping it's billionth mouse. After all, we still prefer our fingers for pointing and keyboards for quick navigation around the ol' computer. Still, a claim of one billion served is always notable, be it computer peripherals or hamburgers. Logitech's very first mouse was the Logitech P4 introduced in 1982. For the very first mouse ever, you'll have to contact Douglas Engelbart, its inventor." - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet

"One of the things that I'm going to have to work through is how to break through the isolation, the bubble that exists around the president," Obama said. "And I'm in the process of negotiating with the Secret Service, with lawyers, with White House staff ... to figure out how can I get information from outside of the 10 or 12 people who surround my office in the White House. Because one of the worst things I think that can happen to a president is losing touch with the struggles that people are going through every day." - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet

"Those coolhunters over at Oobject have uncovered another gem of engineering: the floating crane. Because the cranes require a massive superstructure and a relatively shallow hull, designers have to approach them pretty much the opposite way they approach typical ship design. They weigh many thousands of tons, and yet somehow manage to lift thousands of tons, too—engineering that truly borders on magic." - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet

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Who wouldn’t want bullet shaped ice cubes? - Byrdie's title didn't come thru. - Victor Ryden

"I’m sure you remember the pin art toys, where you could press any thing you wanted into it and it’d create a pin sculpture of it. They kept you entertained for at least a few minutes and if you ever found one unguarded you could leave the always mature sculpture of your middle finger. Well now someone has created a clock that features the same design as the pin clock. It uses the pins to create that time. Which makes this a poor clock for your bedroom since it won’t illuminate throughout the night. However, it’s still cool." - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet

"Nordic-looking blondes can be particularly terrifying to look in the eye. Take a deep breath, then hit Play. If you can get through the first 30 seconds without curling up in the fetal position under your desk, you're home free." - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet

Why does that looks like the rats of Nimh? - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★

"Turns out, according to two academics on the NYT Op-Ed page, there is little scientific proof that this reduces energy consumption. It also turns out that this practice could be wasteful, a bit annoying, and a lot of people, including Obama, want to get rid of it." - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet

Are there official statistics for that, April? Sounds like an urban myth to me. Considering the fact that DLST doesn't actually change the number of daylight hours in a day... just the "working shift" in them... - Lindsay Donaghe

Note that the original NYT article says only that eliminating DST is in sync with Obama's energy thinking, the next article suggests that Obama should ditch DST and BoingBoing says that Obama will ditch it - broken telephones game? - Bora Zivkovic

"An infinite number of mathematicians walks into a bar. The first one orders a beer. The second one orders half a beer. The third one orders quarter of a beer. It continues that way until the bartender interrupts and says: "You guys are all a bunch of idiots" and pours two beers." - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet

"I am a major tea addict, but one serious issue I have with tea is the teabag." - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet

"I've been staring at this ad for hours and I still can't really figure out who Japanese company Wish Room's Man Bra (or, as Seinfeld fans would probably call it, The Bro) is for." - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet

"One of the nation's largest rebate processing firms, CPG (RebateStatus.com) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. What does that mean for you? Well, if you happened to mail-in a rebate form with a company that CPG works with, your check may be in limbo because they don't have the money to cash it." - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet

Still up as of now. - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet

Had to watch bits of it twice to convince myself young Scotty wasn't calling the Enterprise satan XP - Soup

"Every webcam girl worth her salt knows that there's nothing sexier than the “oh my, is there a breeze in here causing my hair to be all windswept” look, which makes this new accessory from Chinavision absolutely genius. It's a 1.3mp webcam and fan, with both pieces mounted on separate adjustable arms. And in case you need more lighting to really make it seem like you're starring in your own 90s girl group music video, it comes with two extra white LED lights as well." - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet

"Serve yourself up a piping hot doughnut in less than a minute! It’s almost as fun to watch the Dough-Nu-Matic as it is to eat the donuts! The Dough-Nu-Matic automatically forms, fries and drains delicious mini-doughnuts in under 60 seconds. After your donuts are finished top with your favorite sprinkles, frosting or powder! Sure you could just go to your local donut shop - but why?… when you can enjoy warm and delicious doughnuts at your fingertips! Just add dough, sit back and relax…. Dough-Nu-Matic’s on the job!" - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet

Wow! - Rodfather

"Attendees can get some pretty cool swag at big conventions, but I have yet to see a product as functionally hysterical as this sperm-shaped USB drive handed out at the American Society For Reproductive Medicine's (ASRM) 2008 conference. I'll tell you what—whipping this thing out at while using your laptop at Starbucks should prove interesting." - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet

pffft I bet it slips into the USB port and then does nothing except light a ciggy and turn on the TV. - WorldofHiglet

Just what I need. A reminder that, after ten years of PC support, I've probably touched a PC with...er, gonna stop, now. - MiɳiMagɘ (AlwaysMiniMage)

"It is perhaps the coolest gadget in the universe after the lightsaber. It’s the Starship Enterprise. And the new reboot of the popular Paramount science fiction series is getting its flagship ride “pimped” for JJ Abrams vision of what Starfleet looks like." - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet

Ooooh! pretty pretty shiny shiny! - Tad, TV's Patrick Duffy

"The geniuses at Pixar have a new movie due out next summer called Up, and the first full trailer for it just hit the web. It's about a 78-year-old man named Carl Fredricksen who travels the world via his house and a bunch of balloons." - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet

"Right now the Japanese are preparing to go ga-ga over the beaujolais nouveau, a traditional wine from France that goes on sale at midnight on the third Thursday of November, which is transported in huge quantities to Japan by air cargo." - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet

"The Christmas ads are already hitting the airwaves, so it's only fair that we bring you this LED circuit board menorah way too early too. There are few surprises with this 5.5-inch tall by 9-inch wide menorah, other than the geek factor that comes alongside celebrating eight crazy nights with a motherboard and some LEDs." - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet

"This watertight, multicolor LED housing sits in a bath and changes hues according to water temperature. Simple and a lot more effective than a simple faucet mounted sensor that will not compensate for cooling off periods. But not as simple as dipping your toe into the water" - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet

"USB drives are extremely useful when you need to inconspicuously tote around important files. However, it's a known fact that tons of data is lost by people who misplace these teeny memory sticks. That's why I think this Clothes Pin USB concept is a pretty good one. Just don't forget to unclip it from your clothes before doing the laundry!" - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet

"how could anyone resist? Pinch. On. Squeeze. Off. Pinch. On. The whole night could be whiled away with its comforting glow and tactile soft translucent silicon-based rubberyness." - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet

"Food-Themed Onahole: Okay—a sex toy had to make it on this list somewhere, so I found a device that satisfies and stimulates on two levels: sex and food. Onaholes are a line of masturbatory aids that are becoming increasingly popular in Japan. Some of the newest versions resemble various food and drink products on the outside, but still provide pleasure and release on the inside. The devices come in all shapes and sizes—from beer cans to bottles of green tea. The version pictured above is designed specifically for people who really...really like Cup Noodles." - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet