Interesting Drug

Get Your Own R2: “

I know you’ve been waiting for this—don’t deny it. Finally, R2-D2 can be yours, in your own home, and for only $119.95. Fully functional, R2 can roam around and obeys over 40 voice commands (please refrain from asking him to project Obi-Wan please). He also plays children’s games like tag with an IR sensor that can be set to detect motion (which can also be set to sound an alarm for a watchdog effect). Available at Hammacher Schlemmer.

Star Wars R2-D2 Robot Replica On Sale [i4u]

R2-D2 Robot Product Page [Hammacher Schlemmer]

Could Alzheimer’s be a form of diabetes?: “Could Alzheimer’s be a form of diabetes?
Well, I’m not looking forward to taking those insulin shots….via Medgadget“

Firefox 1.5 released: “The wait is over : Firefox 1.5 is out, to be found on the brand spanking new mozilla.com.”

I Beta Tested Your Girlfriend Tee: “

Luke, if I buy this for you, will you wear it? (In public brother, in public.)

T-Shirt [TShirtHell]

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Widget Watch: The Rijkswidget: Today’s widget is for all you artsy types. The Rijkswidget is a Dashboard widget that displays one work of art per day that resides at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Flip the widget over, and view the name of the artist who created that particular piece, the year it was produced and a brief write-up. Finally, click a link on the widget’s back to go to an informative page on the museum’s website.

There’s a Konfabulator version available as well. Viewing these masterworks on such a tiny scale hardly does them justice, but it’s still nice.

WayLay: “The five stages of no Internet access.”

10 Things Every New Mac Owner Should Know at PaulStamatiou.com: “”

Cool Punch in a band you like, this site will find you other bands you’ve never heard of that you will like: “(Pandora)”

Weird Available at Amazon.com: A fist-shaped dildo (technically SFW): “(Amazon.com)”

Hong Kong’s tribute to Bruce Lee: “A statue of kung fu legend Bruce Lee is unveiled in Hong Kong, as another one of him is vandalised in Bosnia.”

Amusing Ladies and gentlemen…. welcome to the Phallic Logo Awards: “(Some Freudian)”

1980’s games: “
An ocean of video games from the 80s, all free. If you’re into pixilated blobs and music that could make the Pope stab a kitten, this is your Valhalla, freak.

DOS Games Archives: “Here’s one of many resources for finding DOS games. If you have an old PC laying around, or looking to do something with one, these old games could make a great little gamer machine and will bring back a lot of memories.[via] Link.”

So Should I Just Throw Out These Carnations?: “Hobo: What’s the best in the nation? Hey you, what’s the best in the nation?
Guy: The best what?
Hobo: In the nation. What’s the best in the nation?
Girl #1: The best what in the nation?
Hobo: You know, like country.
Girl #1: Oh, you mean what’s the best country?
Hobo: Yeah. Nation.
Girl #1: The United States!
Hobo: Wrong!
Girl #2: Red Sox nation!
Hobo: Wrong!
Guy: Nigeria?
Hobo: Wrong! The best in the nation…the best nation is a donation! Gimme a nickel.

–2nd Avenue & 7th Street

Overheard by: Carmen Nobel

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Roger Waters keen on Pink Floyd reunion: “The bassist fuels speculation that Live8 was no one-off”

Cool The top 10 martial arts movies of all time: “(About)”

Pong clock plays one round of Pong every 60 secs: “Cory Doctorow:

The Pong Clock from Buro Vormkrijgers plays games of Pong that last for exactly one minute each, with alternating sides winning. The clock in the middle keeps time/score.
Link (Buro Vormkrijgers site, 10MB Quicktime video)
(via Digg)

Update: Hijinx Comics sez, ‘It actually scores the time, with
the left side only scoring once per hour and the right scoring every
minute.’

Greedy Grateful Dead widow burns down online show-library: “Cory Doctorow:
A reader writes,

Archive.org has been
forced to take down over 1000 soundboard recordings of
the Grateful Dead by Jerry’s wife and a few (perhaps
one) remaining member of the band.

‘For years, Archive.org has served as the repository
for the Grateful Deads copious electronic recordings.
Now, the site will be limited to streaming
‘audience-recorded’ shows.

‘The reaction from the very large global Deadhead
community has been very interesting, sociologically.
People are confused, angry, depressed, grateful for
the time they had, and more.’

Link

Cool Really cool picture of Saturn’s “Death Star” moon with the rings behind it: “(NASA)”

10.4: Capture DVD screenshots via a Dashboard widget: “I’ve found that using the Capture widget (Developer’s page), in addition to its advertised functions, allows you to capture screenshots from a DVD.

Here’s how:

Pause DVD the desired frame.
Invoke Dashboard.
Make sure you h…”

40 million and climbing: “The rate of HIV infection worldwide is still on the rise, with Asia particularly at risk, the U.N. reports.”

Banksy: Crude Oil exhibition: “
Watch a Channel 4 newscast covering the opening of Banksy’s Crude Oil exhibition in West London’s Notting Hill gallery, in which the entryway is carpeted with a sea of rats for his victims patrons to cross.

Banksy: Crude Oil Exhibition [kabakuba]
Via Kabakuba

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