Daily Link Roundup of Gamers and Non-gamers

Lighting for LEGO Sanyo Xacti DMX-CA8 water-proof to 10 feet Knife Hooks Keep Up The Trend Of Dangerous Household Items 7-Inch LCD Monitor Tries To Make Your Wii Portable Weekend Project: Kitchen Floor Vacuum Former Home Made Moped Runs On Fresh Air RIAA's lawsuit against homeless man not going entirely smoothly Gamers More Social than Non-Gamers -- Study Wii Fit to be in short Supply Super Mario Theme Played On Wine Bottles By RC Car

Tech History Made on April 21, 1911

On this day in 1911 geeks best friend was born. Ivan Combe was an inventor, an inventor of personal hygiene products. Combe brought us Clearasil and Odor Eaters. Many a geek, dork and nerd would live a life more filled with shame if it wasn't for this man. Ivan Combe we salute you

Daily Link Roundup of Six Packs and Blockbuster

WeRobot Shirt Features 51 Robots, More Or Less Make a wearable pixel Chill Stick Disguises A Six Pack AT&T launches its own browser, Pogo. Surprise: It doesn't suck. Energy Saver Bar Turns Off Your Gadgets With A Tap Of Your Foot Rocketboom creator pulls plug on auction of Twitter account German Company Resurrects Self-Destructing DVDs Clothing designed to fight back against intentionally uncomfortable furniture Blockbuster sued over role in Facebook's Beacon ad program Hide Cords with the CD Spindle Cable Organizer 2.0 Target Speed Racer Gift Card Flash Drive

Tech History Made on April 18, 1922

On this day the adjustable wrench was patented 86 years ago. The patent was filed by someone rather unlikely, John Johnson. Johnson was in prison when he had the idea to make a wrench that would replace an entire wrench set. The jaws of the wrench could be adjusted quickly and easily. Johnson had been a professional boxer who met much controversy because he was black. Racist of the day keep talking about "the great white hope" that would defeat Johnson. That didn't happen but that didn't stop Johnson's personal life from becoming a mess. He left his first wife and his second committed suicide. Then he took to womanizing and even got in trouble for using prostitutes. He married again and fled to France to avoid jail time. It was after this that he finally wound up in prison and invented the adjustable wrench.

Comcast Does Not Want Us to Watch Lost

We have lived in our apartment for almost 2 years now. In that time our cable has been disconnected 4 times, once right after we moved and 3 times in the last month. How does this happen you ask? When our upstairs neighbors moved out Comcast came to disconnect their cable. The cable guy decides, "Hey 95A doesn't need cable either". Ironically, the upstairs neighbor didn't even have Comcast, but satellite. This is on a Thursday, so no Lost for us that night.

The next day the Comcast guy fixes our connection and explains to us what happened. He says he re-labeled our connection so this should not happen again. Good! We even have a better signal because he replaced some connections. A week or so later we get new upstairs neighbors. The Comcast guy cuts our cable so he can hook up theirs. I don't mean "cut" in the figurative sense. The dude physically cut our line. Guess what day it was: Thursday. No Lost for us again.

Again the tech comes on Friday and fixes our cable. At the time we speculated that when that tech fixed our cable he must have disconnected our upstairs neighbor's cable. We make this speculation because the next Thursday we lost our service and our neighbor had a slip from Comcast on their door (as if the Comcast guy paid them a visit but they weren't home.) We check the cable box outside and low and behold our line is cut again.

The Comcast guy comes out to fix it the next day. At least they're fairly prompt. If you haven't figured it out, we missed Lost again. So what did Comcast do for our troubles? They gave us a 3 week credit on our next bill. Not even a whole friggin' month's credit! If this happens again we're canceling our service.

I don't know if you follow Lost or not, but it's been on a "break" since Episode 8 aired on March 20th. It seems our Comcast outages have also gone on a break - perhaps until Lost comes back on next week. Oh, and it turns out our upstairs neighbors don't even have cable. Who know Comcast hated Lost so much.

Daily Link Roundup of Cyberdyne and Comcast

'Bed Fan' keeps you cool under the sheets Tiny 'Tweezers' Can Pick Up, Move Individual Cells How-To: Make A Sawn-Off USB Thumbdrive Cheap Calls! Truphone Raises £16.5 million In Series B Cyberdyne Building Factory To Construct Consumer Power Exoskeletons The Decline and Fall of Tech on Digg Smooshy stylus for the iPhone / iPod Touch A new reason to hate Comcast Oklahoma Leaks Tens of Thousands of Social Security Numbers, Other Sensitive Data Psystar’s Mac clones: The pics - But is the company even real?

Tech History Made on April 17, 1790

On this day in 1790 we lost a great American, Benjamin Franklin. Franklin was many things, one of which was an inventor. His three greatest inventions were bifocals, the lightning rod and the"Franklin" stove. He never patented his ideas, leaving anyone the ability to utilize them as they saw fit. Franklin was 84 when he passed on.

Aviation History Made on April 16, 1912

On this day in 1912 the first woman flew solo over the English Channel. This was not the only first for Harriet Quimby. In 1911 she became the first woman to receive a pilot's license in the US, second woman in the world. Women had piloted before but none had been licensed. A month after getting her license Quimby became the first woman to fly a plane at night. Her stunt of flying over the English Channel went unnoticed due to the Titanic disaster. Quimby did not get the oppurtunity to do something greater because she died in an aviation accident 3 months later.

Daily Link Roundup of Body Suits and Egyptians

Nissan Body Suit Makes You Feel Old - I'm old. I need to go feed my cats. Tungle launches meeting time broker USB hub spider Test: Fring Brings VoIP To iPhone With Mixed Results Twitter Saves Man From Egyptian Justice USB Mouse Hubs - This will eat your USb hub spider. Chumby hackers go to town Monster Cable Threatens Blue Jeans Cable, Gets Ass Handed Back

Daily Link Roundup of Bawls and Mobile Webs

The arms race escalates between spammers and CAPTCHA Forte Fully Automatic CD & DVD Duplicator Shopping cart with robot legs and tendrils of flame Turn Your iPod Touch into an iPhone Potty Training Brick Makes Your Pooch Want To Pee Comic Panel Comments on the Sad and True Evolution of Man and TV Is the Mobile Web Dead? Some Mobile Entrepreneurs Say Yes The Wireless Child Tracker A long evening with Bawls' high-caffeine G33k B33r 'Remember Ring' Sears Important Dates Into Flesh Fantastic light-emitting wallpaper by designer Jonas Samson Wanna Go To Chotchkies, Get Some Coffee? Vehicle Communications System In Your Pocket

Tech History Sunk on April 15, 1912

On this day in 1912 the Titanic sunk into the icy depths taking over 1,500 passengers with her. Hailed as unsinkable the Titanic's bottom resembled an ice cube tray. An iceberg hit the front of the ship which allowed water to rush in. Quickly the water overflowed into the the next section. This continued until the boat sank. Many mistakes were made and learned from. This unbelievable loss change Maritime laws and rules. More importantly it brought us an awesome movie and song.

Tech History Made on April 14, 2000

On this day in 2000 Lars Ulrich ruined music sharing for everybody. Ulrich, the drummer from Metallica, filed suit against Napster. Thus began the messy, unfair punishment of music sharers across the country. Thanks Lars.

Daily Link Roundup of Woz and Legos

Shuttle Releases HD DVD/Blu-ray Compatible Mini-PC The Woz talks about creating the computer of his dreams DIY Tile Phone Concept Excites People Who Love Stray Parts Cheap and Easy Velcro Ties Bowl with spoon-rest Rocketboom Founder Puts His Twitter Account On Sale God Uses Firefox? Logo Forms In Space! Weekend Project: Transistorize Your iPod GrandCentral Offline: If You Wanna Be A Phone Company, You Can’t Go Dead The Lego People Must Be Stopped: MP3 Player G-Dog Robot Kit Is Robosapien’s Best Friend

Daily Link Roundup of Robots and Robot Poop

KUKA WiiBot Plays Tennis, Will Stab You Doomi Helps You Get Things Done Wireless Paintball Turret Offers Home Perimeter Defense, Peace of Mind Find the Perfect Cell Phone Plan at BillShrink TiVo Execs Hack American Idol Results Do Business Like a Mafioso Every Robot Poops Use Jott to Keep a Medical Diary Digitized Post-It Notes for Alzheimer's Patients Nix noisey hard drives with elastic

Tech History Made on April 11th 1939

On this day in 1939 "truth serum" was patented by Volwiler and Tabern. "Truth serum" or Pentothal relaxes a person without unconsciousness. They name "truth serum" is inaccurate, Pentothal does make one truthful but rather lowers ones inhibitions. So you can still lie if someone uses truth serum one you. Makes a lot of conspiracy theories look silly, doesn't it?

Daily Link Roundup of Staches and Paros

Identity thieves slash prices Pneumatic exoskeleton makes lifting a breeze I Saw The Future Of Social Networking The Other Day BumpTop 3D Desktop Yahoo Goes Scorched Earth Fly without booking a flight Just What the Heck is Twitter, Anyway? A Necklace Comb For Your Stache Imagine A Writer For The Onion Doing Greeting Cards. Now Read Below. Paro therapeutic service robot coming to the USA and Canada

Tech History Made on April 10, 1849

On this day in 1849 a small device was patented that we all have used at some point in our lives, the safety pin. They say necessity is the mother of invention, Walter Hunt didn't need a safety pin he needed money to pay a debt. So within 3 hours he developed the safety pin out of a single piece of wire. It vastly improved upon the hinged models of the day and he sold the patent the same day. Hunt is an interesting fellow who developed many things: a forest saw, a gong for fire engines, a hard coal burning stove, a road sweeping machine, a paper collar for a shirt, an ice plow, bicycle improvements, a knife sharpener, a streetcar bell, and an advanced sewing machine. In 1849 Hunt also developed a repeating rifle. Despite all his great ideas the one made in a fit of desperation is how he will be remembered.

Daily Link Roundup of Tail Communicators and Wheelchairs

Amazon Gives $50 Credit to HD DVD Player Purchasers Your Dog Wants An LED Tail Communicator Getting Yourself Fired, the Easy Way Pedal Powered Wheelchair Seems So Wrong A word of caution Man repeatedly calls late wife's voicemail Zac Browser for Autistic Children Functional Dollhouse Television Luxury Gas Masks USB Smart Cable Cellphone Strap Not Inaptly Named

Tech History Made on April 9, 1806

On this day in 1806 I. K. Brunel was born. Brunel was and engineer who helped with change many modes of transportation in Britain. Brunel directed construction of the Thames Tunnel when he was only 19 years old. A bridge he constructed in 1859 carries trains over the river. At 26 he was appointed engineer of the Great Western Railway. His biggest accomplishment came in 1958 with the launching of the Great Eastern a ship. The ship had six boilers, six masts, a propeller and two paddle wheels. The ship was so large it had to be launched sideways. The ship was used to lay cables across the Atlantic ocean, which it did 4 times over in its 30 years in service. Unfortunately Brunel did not live to see its accomplishments, he died in 1959 of s stroke.

Daily Link Roundup of Braille SMS and Gold Keyboards

Braille Cellphone Could Allow SMS For The Blind Isolé IDP-3050 Power Strip Automatically Shuts Off When You’re Not Around CCTV cameras move crime a few feet down the sidewalk -- study Zip-Ang Handmade Gold Keyboard Cyborg Insects Off The Drawing Board, Into The Air Custom Super Mario underwear New Flash Drives From Super Talent Are Super Tiny The Nerdcycle : Exercise while surfing the net Foreclosures Shown On Scary, Encroaching Heat Maps Biometric Authentication: Thumbprints Out, Vein Scanning In?

Tech History Made on April 8, 1953

On this day in 1953 that first major Hollywood studio debuted a 3 D movie. Smaller outfits had been producing 3 D movies for decades. The film shown for the first time today was Man in the Dark. The audience wore glasses with multi colored lenses that played with depth perception of the viewer. Despite the neat glasses the movie was not that good. The grand roller coaster scene was not very exciting and 3 D or not the plot fell short. It did however kick off the 3 D movie era.

Daily Link Roundup of accodians and Street Views

Make Your Own Temporary Tattoos from Your Printer - Great way to test out an idea before it becomes permanent. Accordian retracting USB flash drive - GENIUS! No cap to lose. Who Says Print is Dead? Local Blog Finds Success Offline DIY etching tank Capturx Digital Pen Turns Jotted Notes to Text Snakes, Rovers and Googly Eyes: New Robot Masters Take Many Forms Pittsburgh couple sues Google over Street View Buy a 'Surface' Computer, but Not From Microsoft! FIRST robotics competition Pizza.com domain name fetches millions - One of the few who got lucky with a domain purchase years ago.

Tech History Made on April 7, 1964

On this day in 1964 IBM released its behemoth System/360. The mainframe computer involved these components: CPU, control unit, display terminal, printer, data-cell storage, drum storage, disk storage and DASD control unit, tape storage, a tape control unit, card reader-card punch combination, console station and console typewriter. The idea was that a small affordable system could be purchased and upgraded as needed. This worked because all 6 computers and 40 components of the System / 360 worked with all past and future IBM products. IBM invested $5 billing dollars into development. The investment paid off, by 1966 at least 1000 were sold a month a $2.5 million or more a pop. It is funny to think that a $600 dollar laptop of today is runs faster than the million dollar machines of the sixties.

Daily Link Roundup of powerXtenders and Car Phones

Weekend Project: Telekinetic Pen - I found this on 4 different sites. Guess that means its cool. Roombas Supposedly Effective At Exterminating Ants Fishtank Friday: Glowing USB Fishhub - Not real fish OhGizmo Review: iGo powerXtender - We have an iGo charger in the car, saves a lot of space. As expected, MySpace unveils new music service Motorola Reintroduces "Car Phones" Barcode art Craigslist Launches Official Blog Selfy The Self-Making Bed - For the truely lazy. Mini Tritium Glowing Keychain Is Good For 10 Years The Only Valid Measurement of Code Quality - Click to find out.

Tech History Made on April 4, 1975

On this day in 1975 Bill Gates and Paul Allen formed a partner ship. That partnership went on to become Microsoft Corporation. Gates was 19 and Allen was 22 but youth did not stop their endeavors. They developed MS-DOS 1.0 for use on IBM's personal computers. The company's stock did not go public until 1986 and has grown 140 times the original value. Whether you love them or love to hate them Microsoft is a huge part of computer history.

Daily Link Roundup of Picollators and Beeblebroxs

Picollator - Find related images be looking at the actual image not keywords. Use a digital photo-frame as a second display - Awesome idea but not an easy project. Zaphod Beeblebrox-inspired teddy bears from Douglas Adams fan-club - We want for our dog, one more head and one more arm for her to trip off. Cook Better with Your Microwave than Your Stove - For you bachelors out there. Microsoft busted by Indian government for avoiding royalty tax by saying that it sells -- not licenses -- its software - HA HA! Bluetooth Sunglasses Keep You Hands-Free While Looking Cool - Very nice shades. Jabra Headset Screens Your Calls - LCD screen helps you know whats going on in there. AT&T Buys "Surface" -- Won't Advertise iPhones Beam your name on your neighbor's house - This could be great for that neighbor you hate. I am talking about you Jimmy :). Phonofone II iPod Passive Amplification Speaker - Look like your kickin old school. PowerCube makes going green easy, but weighs too much

Tech History Made on April 3, 1973

On this day 35 years ago the first cellular phone call was made. In those day if you wanted a mobile phone you would of needed a radiophone in your car. The radiophone was cumbersome and its supporting equipment weighed 30 pounds. Martin Cooper of Motorala first call with the cellular phone was to Bell labs research chief Joel Engel. Bell labs had the idea of cell phones in the late 40's and competed through the 60's and 70's with Motorola to make the idea real.
The first cellphone, DynaTAC (for DYNamic Adaptive Total Area Coverage), was 2 1/2 pounds, 9 inches long and contained 30 circuit boards. After a 10 hour charge you could have 35 minutes of talk time. By 1983 Motorola developed a marketable cell phone. The 1 pound DynaTac set you back a cool $3500. By 1990 there were 1 million American cell phone subscribers. Today you would be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't have a cell. Many people have abandoned land lines all together. Which is easy to see considering the lightest phone is only 1.41 ounces and every carrier has a free phone with 2 year contract.

Where have we been?

Well we have made a discovery. Did you know that if you are bent over and sneeze that it is possible to throw your back out? It is possible and it happened to me last Monday. I spent 2 days laying in bed unable to work. My chiropractor has me straightened out and I am finally caught up with the rest of me life. So back to posting I go. You will see our daily posts today and forever more.

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