So, being Feverish I like to augment the pain of illness with the pain of exceptionally violent, bloody cinema - I think it has something to do with reminding myself that it can always be worse. Dribbling through my movie collection my antennae went up in jolly recognition when I espied a couple of familiar images in that piece of filmic mastery, Saw IV: Yep, that’s a PackBot. Here’s a little interesting tidbit forwarded from Ariel Waldman about what David Lynch, auteur terrible, thin
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Some agriculture and coal should be taken off of the table. From Fast Money, Guy Adami joined Cramer. Adami told us to jump on Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI) around $85. He also pointed to Trinity (TRN), Wabtec (WAB) and Greenbrier (GBX). TRN was called the “quintessential late cycle stock.” Last Cramer told us that iRobot (IRBT) is “not for him.”
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You’re my Home Base I recharge when I see your face Know how to avoid your stairs But can still clean anywhere Baby, I’m a refurb, true But you treat me like I’m new So when your floors don’t gleam I’ll always zoom out to clean When there’s too much dust I’ll make it better Told you I’d patrol here forever Said I’d clean up and I meant that Even if it ain’t popular with ya cat When it gets dirty in the summer Know that we still have each other I’ll be your iRobot Roomba Schedu
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Market highlights for next week: Hewlett-Packard reports earnings Posted Feb 15th 2008 5:26PM by Eric Buscemi Filed under: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Wal-Mart (WMT)Monday, February 18 Markets closed for Presidents’ Day holiday. Tuesday, February 19 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) to report Q4 results before the market opens. Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) to report Q3 results; conference call at 8:00am. Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) to report Q1 results; conference call at 5:00pm. iRobot C
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Shameless, Illegal & Not Possibly Profitable: Browsing QuickSilverScreen.com 15 Feb 2008 Posted by Shelly Palmer — Add Comment When it comes to file-sharing, piracy, bootlegging or whatever name you like to call the act of infringing on other people’s intellectual property (IP) rights there is a general rule: Those with more time than money, steal — those with more money than time, buy. Although it is a gross over-simplification of a very complex issue, it has certainly held true for
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The smartest thing to do before running into the closest Pier 1 and registering for everything you want, is plan a day with your soon-to-be new mate and walk around your home and look at the things you NEED. You may want those perfect wine glasses, but if you really need new dishes- you might consider finding those first and making sure the ones you want hit the list. We’re finding more and more couples trying to stay away from the oh-so easy kitchen gadgets and heading towards more ‘couple fr
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I’d heard of the robotic roomba type vacuum cleaners for carpets and floors indoors. Yesterday while reading This Old House, I saw a blurb about robotic lawn mowers. You set them outside and they do all the work for you, providing you have the cash to buy one. Sadly, I don’t. If you Google robotic lawn mowers, you can get an idea of their prices and what each type is capable of. They’re quiet, lightweight, batterey powered, so all you have to do set up a perimeter (much like on 24) and press th
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For the one you love…in pink. TASER International is advertising its latest personal protection device, the C2, as the perfect Valentines Day gift for the style-conscious partner. Leopard and camo print are available.The TASER C2 is a self-defense electronic control device. Electronic Control Devices (ECDs) use propelled wires or direct contact to conduct energy to affect the sensory and motor functions of the nervous system. The TASER C2 uses a replaceable cartridge, containing compressed nit
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Your iPod may never need charging again. Nanotechnology researchers are developing the perfect complement to the power tie: a “power shirt” able to generate electricity to power small electronic devices for soldiers in the field, hikers and others whose physical motion could be harnessed and converted to electrical energy. Dare we call it the iShirt? Previous related posts: Physicists win iPrize Latest iPod accessory: iSuit Latest iPod accessory: iRobot
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With this post is a reminder to often check out 3 quarks daily, a group blog for those who like to have their brains prodded. I read the post that linked to this soon after I had a look at some photos that my amateur photographer daughter had been playing with, using some trial software. The item is about “computational photography” and is about innovations in digital cameras, but the concept includes innovations in software a well. This landscape photo of here, for example, she transformed t
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