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Entries for April, 2007

Awesome fish tank

This is an awesome fish tank.  It is completly sealed on all sides except for a series of holes with cups in them.  These cups allow the fish to come out to be fed, looked at and even pet if you so wish.  Totally custom built really awesome nonetheless.

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LED throwies, corporate edition

Remember LED throwies? Those little diy magnetic led bundels?  Well, they have gone corporate, and in the process lost all their awesomness.  Known now as Glowies, they only have one LED, not the multicolored ones of the diys.  $24.99 for a pack of 18, for the same price i can make so many more cooler [...]

any iPod = flash based

While this is alittle more “indepth” then the iPod Mini to flash conversion, it still is a worthy DIY project, as soon as compact flash cards approach 32+ gb in size, and decrease in price.
Right now the guy over at Geektechnique has come up with a way to make a connector, however it needs to [...]

Ball Bearing Clock

Hacked Gadgets has this is an interesting clock, it used 19 mm diameter ball bearings to tell the time.  I’m sure it’s overly complicated, and overly expensive, but it is interesting nonetheless. video and another picture after the click:

What those sayings really mean

Here’s a list of common words and phrases, and what they really mean.
My favorites:

THE ENTIRE CONCEPT WILL HAVE TO BE ABANDONED

The only person who understood the thing quit

FEATURE

We can’t fix the bug so we’ve documented it and are calling it a “feature”.

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Pencils of People

Considering that today is April Fool’s day, i don’t know how to view this “product” Carbon Copy Pencils.  The average amount of ashes from human remains can produce about 250 pencils.
However, i’m fairly certain, that this is real, and very very creepy…

Google TiSP

Introducing Google TiSP, free broadband wireless internet for the home service, utilizing your existing sewer lines.
While this really isn’t one of the best April Fool’s joke’s Google has done, their FAQ page is very good, particurally towards the end.
Also for those who love paper hard copies, there’s Gmail Paper.  Which, surprisingly, i find to be [...]

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