Fun

Matt Williams, a well-known Amazon (UK) reviewer, takes on the Bic Crystal (medium point) ballpoint pen.  http://tinyurl.com/399ja3

…and I’ll be taking the day off. But, in the spirit of the season, please accept this greeting.
Bill

How The Thought Screen Helmet Works
The thought screen helmet blocks telepathic communication between aliens and humans. An abductee who took voltage readings from a second helmet while wearing another one demonstrates that this communication is a form of electromagnetic energy.
Aliens cannot immobilize people wearing thought screens nor can they control their minds or communicate with [...]

GMAIL PAPER!

Keeping a few family photos in your wallet, of course, is a requisite of parenthood. But it’s also a duty that requires a degree of organization, as in remembering to swap out pics as the kids grow older.
To say nothing of the fact that those prints start to look fairly shabby over time. Isn’t that [...]

What would be the differences in that web mail client for users today? What if we apply some of the same design rules that brought us Hotmail, for instance? …      What If Gmail Had Been Designed by Microsoft?

From ProjectSidewalk.com via SiliconValley.com comes the Procrastination Flow Chart

FreeRice has a custom database containing thousands of words at varying degrees of difficulty. There are words appropriate for people just learning English and words that will challenge the most scholarly professors. In between are thousands of words for students, business people, homemakers, doctors, truck drivers, retired people… everyone!
FreeRice automatically adjusts to your level [...]

IDIOT TOYS: Tech reviews for the bored

 With the holidays fast approaching, it seems like a good time to talk a bit about our recovering friends. We want them to come to the party, but we don’t want to endanger their sobriety. What to do?
Social occasions that involve people in recovery—especially early recovery—can pose some perplexing problems for the hosts. On [...]

My friend Steve Bass over at PCWorld offers us these Halloween Tricks ‘n’ Treats.
“Goodies for you, including a free inventory program–and maybe a (practically) free flash drive.”
PC World - Halloween Tricks and Treats

A great resource for Halloween freaks, even if they don’t know the difference between “excepted” and “accepted.”
Halloween - A Complete Guide to Halloween
From Halloween Costumes to Spooky Decorations, the Halloween Online Magazine has been bringing you the best how-to articles, news, product reviews and more for over a decade now. Our goal is to help [...]