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It joins these wonderful architectural accomplishments:

http://swedish.wunderground.com/data/wximagenew/p/pjgeraci/188.jpg
http://www.usp.nus.edu.sg/writing/folio/vol2/duck_side.jpg
http://i-eclectica.org/wordpress/wp-content/my images/architecture/architecture2/piano house 1.jpg
http://dvice.com/pics/shoe_building.jpg
http://dvice.com/pics/japan_upsidedown_house.jpg

I'd love working in the building, myself. I can imagine each time I cross over the big gap between the most offset buildings. Each time I did this, I'd need to go up a level to the walkway and cross over a bunch of unused space which will provide more external surface area, thus making cooling more expensive. I'd just love it. People wasting my time on something inefficient is what I live for.

But why a bar code? Why not a bug? Or a CD ROM? Or a finger pressing an ANY key?

I think this is a great idea!

A corresponding story:
I think I am the only one in my family who actually hates sitting down for dinner because either 1. no one ever sits down for dinner at the same time, or more importantly and more relevant 2. everyone turns to watch whatever is on the TV at the moment, even if their back is to the TV they'll take a bite and turn around to watch while continuing to chew their food. (And before anyone tries to cry foul and point out the obvious, yes, I have mentioned my extreme distaste for their actions more than once, but they don't listen)

I am usually the aloof and solitude type, but I would love to sit down to dinner and have a full conversation with my whole family and be interested in what is happening with everyone else's lives and have others be even slightly interested in what I'm doing (since I'm off at college except for about three or four weeks out of the year). That never happens though. They'd all rather be watching Who Wants To Be A Millionaire or Dancing With The Stars or Desperate Housewives (yes I'm a guy living in a house with too many women).

You wonder why families seem to be so much more dysfunctional and broken nowadays? Well it's no illusion. Families are more discontent and broken nowadays because society is falling to the pits and worrying more about possessions, money, and kissing their bosses' ass than worrying about their families, loved ones, and the things that truly matter the most in life.

This also goes along with those people who take "vacations" yet take their smartphones with them and never really disconnect from the office and their work while they're supposed to be relaxing and enjoying time off from work. I never want my cell phone to do anything other than make phone calls. Like this phone: http://dvice.com/archives/2008/04/claritylife_pho.php Hell, I'd be happier without a cell phone.

I am disgusted with society today, but major props to these people for trying to do something right by the world and society.

http://dvice.com/archives/2008/05/mystery_lineup.php

"By the time we got there, the lineup was gone, but a couple of helpful Apple blueshirts told us what was what: It turns out that the lineup wasn't for the widely -- and wildly -- rumored 3G iPhone. The store got a shipment of current iPhones this morning, apparently a rare occurrence these days, and when word got out, some touchscreen-hungry folks got in line to snatch up the few that came in."

The internets made my brains a bit too corrupted: I can't even watch this image from the article without thinking "Hey, two girls, one cup"

Ok, I am signing up for some shocktherapy right now.

I would like to point out the icon in the upper right of the page. It reads "Powered by Sci-Fi" and has the Sci-Fi channel logo.

Something gives me good reason to believe this is a graphical artist's concept and nothing more.

I'm reminded of Sci-Fi's viral marketing videos of a woman in an airplane seeing a UFO ...

Be sure and check out this video review of how the Pleo responds to torture...

http://dvice.com/archives/2007/12/pleo_post.php?p=1&cat=undefined