Wednesday, September 22, 2004

The Gravity lamp: obvious metaphor made. "We smell a Viagra or Cialis ad in here somewhere (are we spelling those right, we keep getting emails for Vi4gr4 and Ci4lis), but Front has a concept design for a new lamp called the Gravity that goes totally soft when you’re not in the room and then when you walk in automatically wakes up, gets upright, and starts illuminating your world." [via Engadget] 10:33:21 PM    comment []

links of interest A few of my links from del.icio.us/thynkyr : Blat - command line email (great for ups events) Blat is a Win32 command line utility that sends eMail using the SMTP or NNTP protocols to mail smtp utilities ... and 2 other people ... on 2004-09-22 CoolGov - A website of interesting US government info / tidbits to government resource ... and 9 other people ... on 2004-09-21 Details on building a free VoIP phone booth used at Burning Man Photos, How to build, Instructions to burningman diy howto voip ... and 1 other person ... on 2004-09-21 Search Engine Lowdown Latest search engine news to news search ... and 7 other people ... on 2004-09-21 USATODAY.com - Blogs may be good for business How small businesses can use blogs. to promotion weblog writing ... on 2004-09-21 Sketch a move (Louise W Klinker) A concept toy car that follows the track that was drawn on top of it. to car concept design idea toy ... and 8 other people ... on 2004-09-21 mp3s: Dokaka (Japanese Beat Box / Acapella Musician) Download: Crazy, completely vocally derived songs using drum-derived humming sounds. to acapella beatbox japan music ... and 3 other people ... on 2004-09-20 Dokaka: Japanese Beat Box / Acapella Musician Crazy, completely vocally derived songs using drum-derived humming sounds. to acapella beatbox japan music ... and 2 other people ... on 2004-09-20 Blogger Knowledge: Promoting Your Blog A nice article for weblog beginners on getting the word out. to howto promotion weblog writing ... and 19 other people ... on 2004-09-20 Om Malik on Broadband: The Voice over IP Insurrection most definitive essay you will ever read on this technology to voip ... and 18 other people ... on 2004-09-20 10:24:55 PM    comment []