Archive for the 'Pretty Awesome Stuff' Category

Tough Decisions

Monday, July 17th, 2006

I just can’t decide which to buy first: shredding scissors , or lazer scissors…. oh, who am I kidding? I mean, it’s scissors with a lazer! The only problem I can see is that I don’t think lazers (or scissors, for that matter) work the way they think they do…. what with the right-angle turns the light seems to be making in that picture and all…

Optimal Illusion

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

Another slightly old topic that everybody has probably already seen, but I think it’s a cool optical illusion, and more importantly, one that I’d never seen before. It’s at least marginally more exciting than some straight lines that look crooked, I promise!

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BumpTop your DeskTop

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

This story is a few days old, but since this blog is not, I am going to talk about it now.

The BumpTop desktop is a concept for a “realistic” desktop environment. While I’m not sure this would be useful for managing more than 20-30 files, it sure looks cool, and I want to play with it. Check out the video:

…then again, maybe it’s not THAT much like a real desktop