Long for the sound of a female having an orgasm while in bed? Well, it is time to make that dream a reality my friend. Not an actual, living woman mind you—I mean let’s be realistic here. I’m referring to this sleek-looking Orgasmo Clock. Just set the alarm and you will be gently coaxed from your slumber with the soothing sounds of a woman getting her rocks off. Not as good as the real thing, but certainly better than the irritating alarm from most clocks. Available for $US25. [Product Page]
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As tasers turn into must-have gadgets for self-defence and police officers alike, dubious tasings have apparently also gone epidemic, making taser-proof clothing a must for any activist’s, driver’s or breathing human’s Christmas list. Today’s exhibit: A woman walks into a police station, wants to give up her one-year-old, then tries to leave. Guess what happens? To be fair though, if she was more cooperative, should probably wouldn’t have gotten the toasted. [Liveleak]
Pouring two drinks at once using this double pourer will certainly impress the ladies. Plus it will you save like six seconds of work. That is time you could be using to charm her with your wit, good looks and sophisticated tastes. Not bad for only $15. Too bad you actually have to be English to buy one. Then again, you could always make one yourself. Women love guys who are handy. [Product Page via Bookofjoe]
According to research firm Informa, mobile phone subscriptions have passed the 3.3 billion mark—half the world’s population. In 59 countries, penetration’s over 100 per cent because people have more than one cellphone, so not quite half the world actually has one. Yet. [Reuters]
The new MicroTrack II from M-Audio gives musicians everything they need to record music on the go. The handheld device features 2-channel WAV (BWF) and MP3 recording and playback and can copy files directly to CompactFlash cards or microdrives. There are also two 1/4-inch TRS inputs for your gear, 48V phantom-powered mic preamps, and drag-and-drop file transfer for both the PC and the Mac.
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Stephen Conroy is so hip and with it. Our newly appointed Communications Minister has his own myspace page that provides all the important details like his football teams (Chelsea and Collingwood FCs), zodiac sign (Capricorn) and marital status (married with children). Oh, and it delivers important messages on government policy like “Rudd and Labor will deliver fast broadband!”
Labor will be reviewing Australia’s telecommunications industry and network structure, with Senator Conroy expecting a completed review by June 30 next year. A national broadband network has been the focus of Labor’s information and communications technology policy, although specifics have not been detailed. Sen Conroy has also flagged a internal split of Telstra to address the competitive structure of the telecommunications industry. [australiait.news.com.au]
Today London’s Westminster City council launched a toilet-finding service to help relieve visitor’s bloated bladders and prevent public urination. Apparently, the problem is quite serious in London’s West End, where something in the neighbourhood of 10,000 gallons of urine ends up in the streets each year.
When a user texts “toilet” (at a cost of 57 cents) the service will pinpoint their location by measuring the strength of the phone signal. It will then guide the user to one of 40 public toilets entered into the system thus far. Apparently companies like Vindigo Inc are already offering similar services in the US —and to be honest, a service like this could be useful when travelling on long car rides or drunkenly wandering the streets in a strange town. Whether its useful enough to end up on something like Google Maps is another story. If you have an iPhone, searching for Starbucks in your area might achieve the same effect. [CNN]
Comcast confirms we’ll see the rollout of DOCSIS 3.0—the next-gen data over cable standard allowing bandwidth of 160Mbps down and 120Mbps up—start next year, with 20 percent of its footprint expected to be blanketed in bandwidth goodness by the end of 2008. Even though Comcast isn’t saying where it’ll fall, markets where there’s FiOS are probably going to continue having all of the fat pipe fortune—competition is good for people in those areas, bad for the rest of us. Now for the real bad news:
You may have seen some bicycles tricked out with huge soundsystems before, but probably not all in one place. Today the NY Times ran an article examining this extremely confusing and expensive hobby &mdash complete with about 10 sweet photos and a video. One of the examples featured a 5000-watt system that cost in the neighbourhood of $4500. The example above even features a tv screen and DVD player. Personally, I wouldn’t enjoy the prospect of pedaling one of these things up a hill or getting bikejacked and shot by some crazy dude on the street. [NYT via Boing Boing]
It’s the end of Movember, so I thought I’d wrap my ’70s cop style mo’ with a bit of a cop show adventure. Thanks to all those who have given some dough in the name of prostate cancer and depression. To the tens of thousands of you who haven’t given a cent? Go fuck yourselves!
Actually, you still have time to avoid such a fate. Please, give a buck if you can!
Hit the Movember site and put in the rego ID 126828. C’mon, even my little boy grew a mo’ (see the video above), and that took a lot of effort (okay, a little mascara) for someone so young.
It’s been an experience. Nice to have the fun photos, but I’m more than happy to see this thing go. How the rest of you do? Here’s a few links back to the month that was.
