35,000 LEGO pieces were assembled to make the lifesize LEGO desk and then taken apart and glued back together again. Man! $2,000 worth of LEGO bricks plus the labor.
"Here are some facts about The Desk:
- ericharshbarger
[via MAKE Magazine]
So Windows Vista has been released and you might be having problems finding drivers. Well RadarSync has centralized resources for Vista drivers.
[via LifeHacker]
Get your one-day-sale while supplies last at WOOT.
"What is Woot and who's behind it?
Woot.com is an online store and community that focuses on selling cool stuff cheap. It started as an employee-store slash market-testing type of place for an electronics distributor, but it's taken on a life of its own. We anticipate profitability by 2043 – by then we should be retired; someone smarter might take over and jack up the prices. Until then, we're still the lovable scamps we've always been. But don't take our word for it: see what the online community has to say at this Wikipedia article."
- WOOT
[via Gizmodo]
Well I am out sickly today, but I thought I would still get the weekly update to ya'll. Peace!
"Temporal Motivational Theory (TMT):
Utility = E x V / Gamma D
Utility is the desirability of getting something done. E is expectancy, or confidence. V is the value of the job, and includes not only its importance but also its unpleasantness. Gamma stands for how prone a person is to delay doing things. And D means delay, or how far away the consequences of doing, or not doing, the task are.
The bigger the top number compared to the bottom, the less likely a task will be put off. So if you expect to do well at a job (E), and it's a pleasant thing to do (V), and you're not prone to being delayed by distractions (Gamma), and it has to be done right away (D), you're not likely to procrastinate."
- TorontoStar
This is a pretty funny video of an actual kittie washing machine. I doubt the wifey could take her old cats to this, but it was pretty funny.
[via Gizmodo]
So Spb has cool PocketPC software and now an online club. It ain't no Glee or Wee Club, but it is free and does have some cool links to software, ringtones and software.
"Spb Software House, a leading developer of award-winning software, has launched a new Web site that offers support forums, free downloads, ring tones, themes, and more. The site also includes a listing of useful accessories, as well as some reviews, and links to the vendors."
- PocketPCMag
[via PocketPCMag]
So you got family and friends that are sooo close that they constantly want to keep track of where everyone else is at? Well that's kinda freaky and probably has some privacy boundaries being crossed, but GPSGate can git-er-done.
"You need to approve which people can track your position and then you need to set up on your PC or device how often you want your position updated. You will also be able to install a Google Earth plug-in and view positions on a satellite map. We geeks who can't control our spending would probably even find it fun to track the FedEx truck right to our house, which may be coming in the future as Franson develops the business tools portion of the service."
- Geek.com
[via Geek.com]
TellMe is an alternative for 411 services. You can install either a voice or SMS software alternative on your PocketPC.
[via TechCrunch]
ITSecurity has some tips on improving your firewall security. The only sure security is to completely shutoff or hibernate your computer when it is not in use. With a home network file server, that is easier said than done with multiple users banging on it at various times of the day.
ITSecurity Firewall Improvement Tips:
Wired Gadget Lab's has a cool blog entry about DIY Home Network Projects. The comments is really where the gold is on this entry. Users commented on all kinds of setups and configurations. Below is mine.
Home Network
I have my laptop(s) and gaming console on the network as well. The only glitch in my home metwork is my wireless print server. It is a version 1 and is not very stable with WPA2. For what ever reason, it is always disconnected. The RAIDed file server is running a cheapo PCI RAID card that could do RAID5, but I just went with RAID1 for frugal reasons. What is your configuration?
When dealing with life have you ever had the need to count down/stop, count down/repeat, count down/up, or count up? Well just install TimeKeeper and you can have upto 32 timekeeping instances running any of the afore mentioned timekeeping states.
[via DownloadSquad]
So I had this issue a while back where my work's domain script would change the registry value for my DHCPNodeType value. The result was that my laptop couldn't see any of my home computers or printers due to the fact it was trying to resolve the peers using WINS and not NETBIOS. A friend helped me narrow this down and we did it through a similar software package. TCPView would have been very handy as well.
"TCPView is a Windows program that will show you detailed listings of all TCP and UDP endpoints on your system, including the local and remote addresses and state of TCP connections. On Windows NT, 2000 and XP TCPView also reports the name of the process that owns the endpoint. TCPView provides a more informative and conveniently presented subset of the Netstat program that ships with Windows."
- Microsoft TechNet
[via DownloadSquad]
Have you ever spilled anything on your keyboard before? Well the iSkin ProTouch PB Arctic Keyboard Protector is here to save the day or at least shield your keyboard.
[via GearDiary]
I would love a house like this. For one, it is straight out of the Hobbit and two it is completely environmentally friendly...and it is straight out of the Hobbit. Frodo would approve!
"You are looking at pictures of our family home in Wales. It was built by myself and my father in law with help from passers by and visiting friends. 4 months after starting we were moved in and cosy. I estimate 1000-1500 man hours and £3000 put in to this point. Not really so much in house buying terms (roughly £60/sq m excluding labour)."
- SimonDale
[via Make Magazine]
So I have been trying to find a replacement for the previous web stat metrics I was using. I am currently running SiteMeter, Google Analytics and FeedBurner's Stats. I am not really thrilled with any of them because I cannot input a date range and get back all of the pages viewed in the top 100 views. I will press on.
So I have been doing some research and trying to find the best bang-for-my-buck on the Mobile Browser front. I have come up with a good list, but not sure if it is the complete list.
So performancing.com stopped their metrics service (WITHOUT WARNING!!!) and I lost all of my web stats for this blog. Burn me once shame on you, burn me twice shame on me! If anyone has any suggestions for blog web metrics/stats, then leave a comment. Feedburner has a new stats package which I am going to give a try.
So this theme looks like a certain new phone recently released. Hurry and get the links before they are shut down.
[via EngadgetMobile]
