Entries from November 2006 ↓

 I want a pet dinosaur… Stuff finding cures to incurable diseases and saving lives and all, what geneticists SHOULD be doing trying to make pint sized dinosaurs for us. In the meantime, I’m happy to bide my time with a mechanical AI one: this little fellow is called Pleo and “is capable of expression. He can feel joy and sorrow, anger and annoyance. When Pleo is tired, he will become drowsy and go to sleepóeven dream. Two or more Pleos will recognize one another. Be careful though. They can transmit colds to each other. Achoo! Pleo even sneezes!”. There are some pics of a prototype at www.notcot.com, this is probably my favourite because you can get some sense of it actually having personality. AMAZING!

There’s a tattoo making kit for kids on the market, they are washable and I think it looks pretty fun, but it’s got a bit of a “Shock Horror” reaction from some as if it will encourage kids to real tatts. It was picked up by BoingBoing on the weekend and since then the Amazon link doesn’t work anymore, so I’m wondering if they pulled it. The Kmart link was still working at time of writing.

Open up your very own pretend play tattoo parlor. This easy-to-use tattoo maker kit includes an electronic tattoo pen and funky stencils. Using soft, safe pulsating action, the tattoo pen creates realistic, washable designs with dramatic effects. Requires two AA batteries not included.

In the attempt to make Zune appear cool by association, some talented artists have been commissioned to do some lovely pieces: https://www.zune-arts.net/. My favourite is a the tale of a little girl and a robot redeemed by music by Bent Image Lab (the background music is brilliant, “Dirty Laundry” by Bitter:Sweet. You can listen to it on their MySpace). Tokyo Plastic also do a very cute little video.

And finally, an animal video – this time a Japanese TV experiment on which cat can carry the heaviest fish:

It’s been such a busy month! I was procrastinating this morning and I read this:

I hate when a week goes by and i haven’t written in my blog. Most of the time, it’s because i’m too tired, don’t know what to write, procrastinate, etc. but this time i was just too busy to steal time for my beloved blog. (a crafty vegan: Meet the Improved Craft Corner)

I thought how I do love my little blog, but she is very neglected at the moment and it feels awful. I have a big deadline next week and then hopefully everything will be back to normal and I can go back to blogging regularly again. I’m determined not to let get Christmas preparations/celebrations make me TOO busy. That’s the hope anyway…

Multiplication isn’t THAT difficult, but if you are bored with the usual methods, here’s a visual way:

Easy Mental Multiplication Trick – video powered by Metacafe

I’ve linked to xkcd before and will again… (you have to click on the link/image to get the whole comic).

This guy swears he can’t play, he’s used video cuts to simulate it. I think he must have some musical talent though: Amateur

If you have a look at my Reading Now widget in the righthand column, you’ll notice a high proportion of vampire stuff at the moment (3 of 7 listed and another is a book on witches), so I guess I’m on a bit of a supernatural trip. Found this YouTube video today and I love it. It’s set to Rob Zombie’s Living Dead Girl which has the most hilarious lyrics. This makes the Underworld movies look so much better than they actually were and the song isn’t as stupid as it might have been on its own:

Looks like it has been pulled, it could have been this one. There’re a few remixes now.