Croncast - 2008-01-21.mp3 Show: #453 Length: 27:14 Size: 18.8mb Format: mp3 Show us some love and leave us a review at iTunes The Resale Queen Podcast is now here! The first show went up Saturday Every Saturday by 9 a.m. CST Wasn’t painful at all was it Mr B? Yes, it was It was like every first podcast Got to get used to doing it High I’m Betsy HustleBuck Number 42 for the Naperville Dumpster divers Part of Local #42 Dumpster Divers and Junkers You should ask the people co

Group Retaliates for Online Murder of Character by Murdering Rival Group Member - in Real Life 1/21/2008 - Summary: In response to the online killing of an online character who was part of an online group, by members of a rival online group, in an online game, members of the dead character’s group retaliated by murdering a member of the rival group - in real life. Get free notices of our stories as they occur! MailFlipz subscribers cli

Essentials … that is a word we all use when we head out with our devices for an extended trip. What are the essentials that I will bring and how will I carry them? Over the years I have slowly lightened my load but there are some things that I just have to carry. At CES this year, I needed to carry a variety of items and for the most part my SCOTTEVEST does the trick but my camera requires a little extra special treatment. There are several “pieces” that I always want to have but don’t nece

Are you looking for that “special” bag to carry your laptop, UMPC, PDA or other mobile device?  If you are, then here is an opportunity for you to pick up a cool quality bag at a terrific price.  Mike Hess from Scooba Designs has a special announcement for some select websites to offer their […]

Not really, that would be sad I’m still feeling crappy, but I love my Roomba. I can lie here and die on the couch, while my carpets are getting cleaned. The cats on the other hand, don’t think it’s that cool. They like to watch it run from a safe distance above the floor. Click to enlarge Roomba, iRobot, sick

Annalee Newitz over at io9 raises an interesting ethical question when she asks, “Will we hold robots accountable for war crimes?” Here’s a bit of her post: This isn’t idle speculation. An automated anti-aircraft cannon’s friendly fire killed nine soldiers in South Africa last year, and computer scientists speculate that as more weapons (and aircraft) are robot-controlled that we’ll need to develop new definitions of war crimes. So how will justice be served in these cases? Presumably, w

Around the world cyberattacks on utility SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) systems have caused municipal and regional power outages. (And the CIA can speak definitively on this HOW?) The “darkest material ever made,” created from carbon nanotubes and able to absorb light from all angles has been misplaced somewhere. Scientists have no hope that the stealthy stuff will ever be located. Apple Computer and Facebook collaborated on an information appliance that extends the individu

One of the common things that humans hate to do besides bungy-jumping is housework. The thought of cleaning the house will simply cause the average Joe to looks for even the darnest excuse to avoid it. It is because of this that the people behind Elextrolux vacuum cleaners invented the Tribolit. The idea behind the invention is not only to relieve your home chores but also to free up your time for more quality time. Comparing the Trobolit to the traditional Elextrolux vacuum cleaners, this inv

iRobot won’t be the first company to release a consumer robotic lawnmower without the need for a perimeter wire, because LawnBott has beaten them to the punch with the new LawnBott LB1200 consumer model, dubbed the “Spyder,” which automatically senses grass via special humidity sensors, and will stop and turn around when it reaches anything other than live grass. The thing looks like a green Batmobile, features lithium ion batteries, mean looking tires, whisper-quiet operation, and simple on/of

The camera’s here, and the microphones, and they want to know-oh-oh-oh-oh. Oh man it’s been a long week. Highlights include: “Hey, where is that kid going in the middle of class?” …pause…”Oh, he’s going to puke all over the hallway.”"Professor, I have a documented learning disability. Can you sign my form so that I can have time-and-a-half on the exams?” “Sure, young student,” I say. “Part of my learning disability is that I have a math learning disability. Can I use a calculator on the