I have the basic handset from http://www.betterworldwireless.com/ , a pay as you go cell phone company. Whenever folks are showing off their new super slim fancy all-in-one camera-phone-tv-music-sink phones, I pull this sucker out and smile as they recoil in horror. It's about 6" long and an 1" thick and 1.5" wide approximately (a small brick), isn't too heavy, has good battery life, a green and black primitive screen that just does text and a few small icons. It looks like it's from 1984 too.
It's a good one for tech-challenged rents, or people who need a phone that can take a beating from farm animals.
What the heck happened to Big Wheels? I went to ToysRUs to get one for my daughter, and couldn't find them. Found PowerWheels all over the place, but I'd like my hyperactive kid to at least get *some* pedalling exercise. I know there's a high end one that's made by the folks who make scooters and runt-bikes...but what about the good ol' plastic tires/plastic seats kind?
I agree that this is a very very good thing!!! I have a novel that I've been trying to shove into the public domain in a formal way for literally YEARS now. There is no formal system for making something public domain. You can find out if something's copyrighted (registered) fairly easily, and there are trademarks and patents listed in searchable databases... But Project Gutenberg doesn't accept modern works to be placed in the public domain -- including my novel! Very very frustrating. I'll admit, it's not a fantastically great book - but it's a real, full novel and I do want to give it away.
I know people say 'Who in their right mind would do that?', but as someone who almost had her shirt sued off because she did fan-art based on a set of novels, I can tell you I'm doing it so that anyone who's inspired by my writing can be inspired, create from it, and never fear that some $500-an-hour lawyer is going to train their gunsights on them for it.
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I have the basic handset from http://www.betterworldwireless.com/ , a pay as you go cell phone company. Whenever folks are showing off their new super slim fancy all-in-one camera-phone-tv-music-sink phones, I pull this sucker out and smile as they recoil in horror. It's about 6" long and an 1" thick and 1.5" wide approximately (a small brick), isn't too heavy, has good battery life, a green and black primitive screen that just does text and a few small icons. It looks like it's from 1984 too. It's a good one for tech-challenged rents, or people who need a phone that can take a beating from farm animals.
What the heck happened to Big Wheels? I went to ToysRUs to get one for my daughter, and couldn't find them. Found PowerWheels all over the place, but I'd like my hyperactive kid to at least get *some* pedalling exercise. I know there's a high end one that's made by the folks who make scooters and runt-bikes...but what about the good ol' plastic tires/plastic seats kind?
I agree that this is a very very good thing!!! I have a novel that I've been trying to shove into the public domain in a formal way for literally YEARS now. There is no formal system for making something public domain. You can find out if something's copyrighted (registered) fairly easily, and there are trademarks and patents listed in searchable databases... But Project Gutenberg doesn't accept modern works to be placed in the public domain -- including my novel! Very very frustrating. I'll admit, it's not a fantastically great book - but it's a real, full novel and I do want to give it away.
I know people say 'Who in their right mind would do that?', but as someone who almost had her shirt sued off because she did fan-art based on a set of novels, I can tell you I'm doing it so that anyone who's inspired by my writing can be inspired, create from it, and never fear that some $500-an-hour lawyer is going to train their gunsights on them for it.