When you say “log cabin,” I think of maple syrup or Abraham Lincoln chopping wood in Illinois. I don’t think avant-garde French architecture. I love many French things, but this spin on a very old (American) theme ain’t one of them.
A 3-year-old New Zealand girl, bored in the early hours of the morning, hopped on her parents’ computer and, via auto-logins, managed to buy a used mechanical excavation machine for around $US15,000.
If you assumed nobody could top a classic D20 for sheer nerd equity, you assumed wrong. Builder Itay—who confesses he is new to Dungeons & Dragons—thought he’d improve the sport by cobbling a variable-number die out of two 5×7 led displays, a Freescale accelerometer and love.
In the robot wars, much blood and oil will be shed because of our differences, and lack of understanding. But one day, perhaps amid the fighting, a robot will learn the human value of compassion, and humans will respond—well, like humans. [Broken Robot Nozomi via JapanProbe]
Ten days after its initial launch, Dell’s website designed specifically for women, Della, had been taken down and relaunched with a “Lifestyle” brand, void of all Della content, presumably because of all the animosity its girlie name sparked. We are geeky women, Dell, hear us roar. [Lifestyle via RegHardware]
Think of Archimedes’ screw, only sticking up tens of thousands of miles from the surface into the earth, carrying tons of space crap without the need for rocket or laser propulsion.
“It was bad enough when we were fighting the Terminators. But then the Transformers came. Now we just call them the Transforminators.” – John Connor
That dire warning comes from SanDisk’s CEO Eli Harari. The capacity of flash chips has doubled 19 times in 14 years to 64 billion bits, currently. But Harari says they’re “running out of electrons.”
The question of which machine is deadliest of all-time has already been answered—but it’s the bonus round that will prove to be the most exciting matchup. Who would win in a battle between Wall-E and Johnny 5?
This week, we revisit some classics from your (and your grandfather’s) childhood, iPhone browsing gets upgraded, and I play what it probably the best 3D multi-animal hunting game available for the iPhone.
