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With the mention of the cell phone software being designed for DoCoMo handsets, I have a feeling this will be released for the Japan market, and much later, if ever for those of us in the US.

Good news:
Not nearly as multi-function, but arguably more useful is a robot that was just released in the US. Like the multi thousand dollar electolux sold in europe, the Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner was just released by the people at iRobot, and is available now at Sharper Image and similar stores. Oh, and it's only $200. PC Magazine has a review.

Also, there's been a robot available for home monitoring and general wandering around in the US for some time called the Cye. It's brain is your PC, but with their advanced kits that include a camera, you can have it do remote monitoring, etc... too. This thing is currently about $3k, but it used to be under $1k!

Anyone have an idea of the estimated price on MARON-1?

That's because you're too lazy to keep the litter box cleaned.

Dinner after work with co-workers?
With a cat, "Sure".
With a dog, "Gee, I gotta go home and let the dog out"

Weekend trip?
With a cat, "Sure, I'll just leave an extra bowl or two of food out."
With a dog, "Gee, I don't know, I'll have to see if I can find a dog sitter or if the kennel isn't booked up. It's only $20 a day".

Thanksgiving holidays at the folk's house?
With a cat, "Sure, I'll just leave a huge tub of food out and an extra litter box."
With a dog, "Damn, kennel and pet sitters are booked for holidays months in advance. I wish I planned ahead!"

I have both a dog and a cat. No doubt, Dogs are great, but don't try to pretend they aren't more responsibility than a cat.

Btw, since you obviously have a problem (and your house probably smells like cat crap) you might want to invest in one of these:
Littermaid Automatic Cat Box

This really isn't a new thing - the sharper image has been selling robot lawn mowers for a few years now. Just say the words "robot" and "internet" in the same sentence, and suddenly it becomes a slashdot article. . .

The Sharper Image beat you to it.

Now you too can look like the cyborg security guards in Cloud City.

I think you should put a Cappuccino mini-PC inside of a nice small refridgerator that runs on 12v, and drill a hole through the side and run the cables through, and then seal the opening with some expanding foam or something.

You would want to use some sort of external CD-Rom/DVD drive rather than the internal one, though, that you could replace when the salt water eats it. And of course seal your keyboard in a plastic bag or something to keep the salt water out.

Maybe, if you can find a way to boost
this up a little. ;-)

That, and you can help me in spreading the rumour that exposure to very low frequencies at high amplitude for prolonged periods of time causes impotentcy. If this rumour is properly spread to urban legend proportions, I'm sure the problem will cease. No song will be worth blasting if the fear of erectile disfunction is properly spread.

If people will believe that green M&Ms can turn people into homosexuals, they will certainly take this as gospel. :-)

I can buy it for $49.95 at Wal*Mart" stance

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It won't do XBOX or PS2 natively, but you have every other emulator that you can think of.

This test image was displayed in the same video mode as before (VESA 640 x 480@85Hz).

I'd be interested in seeing the results from the same experiment, except with a framed Despair, Inc. poster hanging on an old-skool-Mac beige or old-skool-iMac blue wall, with funky Star Trek red alert lighting (or disco lights too), and two 17" monitors at 1600 x 1200 side by side, with a third 15" montior running some spiffy Winamp visualization at 1024 x 768 to the left ome, and a funky Sharper Image thing glowing on the desk.

Or you can just do the experiment at 1280 x 1024.

Turbyne
"Guys cry over cars; men cry over boats, but real men cry over guns." - unknown

Hey if you want to be lazy and look like a dork the product for you already exists, and is about $2,500 cheaper. Get one of these babies, and the chicks will point and laugh just as if you were on a IT.

You still won't burn any calories in your 10 block trek to your office, and you'll be a menace to pedestrains. This piece of crap even weighs less than the other piece of crap! So it will be easier on your portly self lugging it over the bump in the evevator.

With the extra $2,500 you can buy lots of twinkies and ho-hos, and still have enough left to set up a 802.11b wireless network so you can use your laptop while on the head, you'll need it because of all the twinkies and ho-ho's.

http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/productv iew.jhtml?sku=BT300

They say it shouldn't be used to tell if you'll get a DUI - but I think it's b/c they don't want to get sued in the sue-happy America we live in. I think it's very useful for when friends come over for the game and have lots of beer. I don't want my friends leaving drunk and hitting someone - b/c then I get sued... This allows me to say, "Yeah, I know you think you can drive... but you're .81 so, no keys!"

Magnetic Fish

They're really cool until you realize it's not raining outside and that the tapping noise is coming from your "aquarium".

Or, if it's [a] somewhat controlled course, put the gps in the third or forth bucket, and require map/compass/altimeter to find it.

Hey, cool idea! I wish I'd thought of that. 8')

Another thought. It seems that orienteering would be a perfect activity to get computer nerds outside. Math and problem solving. Seems like the natural outdoor sport of geeks.

Plus, cool electronic toys. ;}

I think you're on to something here. I wonder if User Friendly would sponsor such a geek orienteering contest. There was a series of strips there on the gang heading outdoors, but for the love of Dust Puppy, I can't find it again. Geez ....

blessings,

I think Apple's long-term success will depend on its ability to sell niche-market computers... as if they don't that already!

Seriously, if they intro this handwriting laptop, do they have the manufacturing savvy to make a profit on a less-than-large amount of sales?

blessings,

Here's some ideas for the geeks in us:

1) A Happy Hacking Keyboard. A throwback to the Sun Type 3 keyboards, 60 keys, compatible with Macs and PCs.

2) Victorinox Cybertool. Already suggested by many of you, the ultimate pocket knife to have around for us techies.

3) Pretty much anything from thinkgeek.com. Great products, get the shooter glasses and play the unix drinking game :) Plus, they sell stuffed Tux penguins.

4) Shirts from copyleft. Great ones there.

Other nice gifts ideas from Sharper Image and Hotbox. Check out the infinity puzzle at the latter, seems very interesting.

Here is a simple list:

Please, Do not buy me:
1. clothing and undergarments. I wear one pair of pants and one /. shirt and buying me crap from the GAP is appreciated but far from needed.
2. the newest Pop music CD the man said at the record store I'de love. I'm sure the Backstreet boys are fine singers, but that'll just be one more coaster in my bin of AOL cds.
3. any food or drink without either: caffeine or alcohol. Let's be realistic. It's either highly caffinated pop/cola or beer going down my throat.

But I would love:
I can get clothes on my own: Buy me toys. Suggestions:
1. Nakamichi's® SoundSpace 8. I like tunes. Anything from The Sharper Image will be most adored.
2. Legos. Any amount, kind or style will be enjoyed on many dull saturday mornings.
3. Now, if you simply can't resist the urge to buy me apparel, then shop at Copyleft or Chaser.
4. Buy me any computer from VA Linux and I'll be a happy man.
5. I need fuel. An espresso/capiccino machine would be really nice. There are some decently priced ones and if you a some money to spend, I would love a pretty nice one.
6. Finally, a nice 62" wide screen tv that fits in my pocket would be nice, and its only $899.

Here is a simple list:

Please, Do not buy me:
1. clothing and undergarments. I wear one pair of pants and one /. shirt and buying me crap from the GAP is appreciated but far from needed.
2. the newest Pop music CD the man said at the record store I'de love. I'm sure the Backstreet boys are fine singers, but that'll just be one more coaster in my bin of AOL cds.
3. any food or drink without either: caffeine or alcohol. Let's be realistic. It's either highly caffinated pop/cola or beer going down my throat.

But I would love:
I can get clothes on my own: Buy me toys. Suggestions:
1. Nakamichi's® SoundSpace 8. I like tunes. Anything from The Sharper Image will be most adored.
2. Legos. Any amount, kind or style will be enjoyed on many dull saturday mornings.
3. Now, if you simply can't resist the urge to buy me apparel, then shop at Copyleft or Chaser.
4. Buy me any computer from VA Linux and I'll be a happy man.
5. I need fuel. An espresso/capiccino machine would be really nice. There are some decently priced ones and if you a some money to spend, I would love a pretty nice one.
6. Finally, a nice 62" wide screen tv that fits in my pocket would be nice, and its only $899.

Here is a simple list:

Please, Do not buy me:
1. clothing and undergarments. I wear one pair of pants and one /. shirt and buying me crap from the GAP is appreciated but far from needed.
2. the newest Pop music CD the man said at the record store I'de love. I'm sure the Backstreet boys are fine singers, but that'll just be one more coaster in my bin of AOL cds.
3. any food or drink without either: caffeine or alcohol. Let's be realistic. It's either highly caffinated pop/cola or beer going down my throat.

But I would love:
I can get clothes on my own: Buy me toys. Suggestions:
1. Nakamichi's® SoundSpace 8. I like tunes. Anything from The Sharper Image will be most adored.
2. Legos. Any amount, kind or style will be enjoyed on many dull saturday mornings.
3. Now, if you simply can't resist the urge to buy me apparel, then shop at Copyleft or Chaser.
4. Buy me any computer from VA Linux and I'll be a happy man.
5. I need fuel. An espresso/capiccino machine would be really nice. There are some decently priced ones and if you a some money to spend, I would love a pretty nice one.
6. Finally, a nice 62" wide screen tv that fits in my pocket would be nice, and its only $899.

US $75

They also have more along the same line:

http://www.sharperimage.com/Search.jsp?keywords=kn ife

US $75

They also have more along the same line:

http://www.sharperimage.com/Search.jsp?keywords=kn ife