Cool New Invention: Gravity Powered Lamp

I want one of these. It may not save a lot of money on the power bills, but it's still pretty cool. Plus, gravity powered device may have some better uses...

Any idea if it could power a motor to turn it over? I know I could make one that falls over once it's done, for 8 hours instead of 4, but the idea I have would still need someone to let go of it.

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Intel's Robot Battle Game

I was seeing ads for this yesterday, and I have to say It's actually quite addictive. I really, really hope Intel will continue to advertise with games for all eternity. Or at least for the next 50 or so years.

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In the News: Spy Satellite Shooting a Success

It looks like the Earth-bound spy satellite shot down last week is officially dead, or so we're told...

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20 views!

Today I got my 20th view! I probably should be posting about something that actually happened, but my internet is oddly slow today. Couldn't even load this page a few hours ago.

In the News: Elmo's at it again, this time with death threats.

It seems like any moving or talking Elmo toy causes some sort of trouble, from jumping off tables and shelves, to swearing at kids. One of the newest ones, Elmo Knows Your Name, is continuing this with its chant of "Kill James".
On another note, with "Elmo Knows Your Name" in stores now, are we really so far from "Elmo Knows Where You Live", which would make threats, not just to your kids, but to your whole family?

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In the News: Retailers rebrand HD-DVD players to HDMI players

Like I mentioned on Tuesday, HD-DVD is officially dead. What do stores do with the now useless players? Say they're meant for something else, of course.

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In the News: The new US $5 Bill. Got purple?

I've been waiting for this, and now it comes. Of all the new security features, one confuses me. The small numbers on it will supposedly prevent image editors from viewing it. Somehow, I fail to see that working.

According to moneyfactory.gov, "The $1 and $2 bills will not be redesigned." Kind of a shame that the most (and least) common bills never gets a change.

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In the News: HD DVD is dead, the war is over

So HD-DVD has fallen. For some reason, I always liked it. At least it's death ends the war between it and Blu-Ray...

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It Starts.

You know, I set up this ages ago.  For some reason or another, I never touched it again. Now, I think I'm ready to go through with this blog. Expect another post later today.