Archive for the 'Fun' Category

Gadgets: Einstein Hollow Face Illusion

UK shop Grand Illusions that provides all sorts of illusion gadgets has an object called “The Einstein Hollow Face Illusion.” This is one of the most amazing optical illusions we have seen. Watch the video on their web site to see it how it works. The image follows you as you move around the room.


Humor: Want Faster Data Transfer?

John Walkenbach has done it again and created some more quite funny web site parodies at j-walkblog. The ones we still like most is the Bill Gates Inbox and the WiFI spray ad (see image below). Most of the parodies are interactive (like the California experience) or are small web sites. Note: John Walkenbach’s daily [...]


Computers: First things first

After all the ranting and raving today we thought it might be good to have someone else describe the most “pressing” technical issues. So here is what David Letterman has to say about computers in general, the blogosphere (sorry Dave Sifry) and some issues companies like Sony, Dell and others had to go through the [...]


Rant of the day: 20061107

For today a little puzzle:It’s voting time all around in the US today so let’s look a bit into the future:You’ve got that all-shiny-high-tech new passport the state department just started to hand out. Yes we know you’re still waiting for that RFID – Crypto (clipper 2) chip cover but you like the new look [...]


Sheep dash: How fast are your reactions?

Another BBC link – but it’s pretty good so we had to include it.In their Science and Nature section Auntie has put up a neat little time waster game.And remember …Tiredness can affect your reaction times… Click on the image for the jump (flash game)


USD 20,000 Flash game development contest

The popular gamer web site AddictingGames has opened a flash game development contest with over USD 20,000 in prize money, plus promotion of the winners on the AddictingGames site. All games submissions must be new games and you must own the rights. They have to be authored in Flash and must be under 3 megs [...]