Sweet little Jess is 10 years old and she’s going to make a wonderful companion for some lucky person. She’s very well behaved and has no issues at all. She gets on well with other dogs and could live with older, sensible children.
I’m sure there are plenty of Apple fanbois who are now counting the days until they can get their hot little hands on Apple’s latest wonder. But why wait, when you can have a pretend iPad now?
This Lego iPad was built by Joe Meno, editor of the Lego fan site Brick Journal, and shows how the iPad looks in plastic brick form. Just add an actual iPod touch, and you’ll have pretty much the same thing as an iPad, months ahead of your neighbors.
via MakeOnline
This beauty is 8 year old Ebony, sister of Millie (see below). She’d love a quiet, loving home, maybe with Millie or another friendly cat but would hate to live with a dog.
Millie (and her sister Ebony – see above) are finding life in the cattery rather stressful and both hope that there is a cat lover out there who can offer one or both of them a peaceful loving and dog free home.
Henrietta is looking for a new home, maybe with her friend Marcy, (see her entry below). She would love a quiet, loving home with no dogs – but would be fine with older children.
Marcy is a mature lady who is a little shy. She’d like to live with another cat, especially her friend Henrietta (see above). She’s fine with older children but wouldn’t be happy living with a dog.
Trudy is a bit shy but is gaining in confidence every day – can you give her the calm and settled environment she needs to help her develop? She’d like to be the only pet in her new home but could easily live with older children.
Lucy is a lively 7 year old Boxer who is looking for a loving home, perhaps with older children who will play with her. She is quite an undemanding girl and could probably live with another well behaved dog – but not cats.
Buster needs a very special owner and a childfree home that he can settle down in for the rest of his life. He’s had his share of difficult times in his life and needs a Staffie experienced owner with no other pets. Please read more about him – he really deserves a chance.
Well, it’s finally happening. Ferrari is officially making a hybrid…or at least officially showcasing one.
At the Geneva Motor Show in March, Ferrari will display a hybrid variant of their 599 GTB Fiorano. Details on the car are still a mystery but it will likely utilize the all-wheel drive hybrid system that Ferrari patented in June [...]
Well, it’s finally happening. Ferrari is officially making a hybrid…or at least officially showcasing one.
At the Geneva Motor Show in March, Ferrari will display a hybrid variant of their 599 GTB Fiorano. Details on the car are still a mystery but it will likely utilize the all-wheel drive hybrid system that Ferrari patented in June of last year.
Scanning receipts and business cards is a great way to stay organized, but using a flatbed scanner to do it can be a pain. In addition to taking up plenty of your precious desk space, with a flatbed you need to lift the cover and arrange the little bits of paper neatly before you can scan them.
The HoverCam X300 eliminates these problems, by using something more akin to a camera to scan your stuff from above. You simply stick your paperwork under the HoverCam, and it will automatically rotate the scan so it’s square, and crop the image at the edges. You can even stream its video output to a pico projector, turning the HoverCam into a mini digital overhead projector.
At 1,600 x 1,200 pixels, you’re not going to want to use this to scan your precious photo collection, but that would be missing the point. This is all about having something readily available to help keep your paperwork organized, while not taking up much desk space.
The HoverCam X300 is available now for about $140.
TheHoverCam.com, via Unplggd
Come 2011, Tesla Motors plans to stop selling its famed roadster. Why? Because no one will build it.
Deep within the Securities and Exchange Commission paperwork Tesla filed ahead of its IPO was the announcement. The two-seater–and its souped up Roadster Sport sibling–will end production next year. If there is a replacement, it [...]
Come 2011, Tesla Motors plans to stop selling its famed roadster. Why? Because no one will build it.
Deep within the Securities and Exchange Commission paperwork Tesla filed ahead of its IPO was the announcement. The two-seater–and its souped up Roadster Sport sibling–will end production next year. If there is a replacement, it won’t be available until 2013…at the earliest.
It’s been a big week for the gadget world. But it’s been an even bigger one for the gadget-parody world. The iPad has inspired unprecedented ridicule worldwide, even for an Apple product. This level of derision is usually reserved for something with the word “Zune” somewhere in its name.
Continue reading for every graphic, video and feminine-hygiene joke we could find about the iPad. Feel free to add any we missed in the comments.
Ever wonder what it would look like if the Internet threw a party? Well, wonder no longer: this is it. “The Internet: The Picture” tosses together Star Wars, Star Trek, lolcats, Gary Busey, dinosaurs and disco all into one glorious image.
Hey, it’s a Friday — give your brain a rest. Click through for the full-size (there’s a lot more to this image in all directions) and see how many memes you can spot. Whoever gets the most will be crowned King of the Internet!
Via Geekologie
The U.S. officially committed in writing yesterday to the greenhouse gas emission cuts proposed by President Obama in Copenhagen –4 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. The letter to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) commits the nation to combat climate change, but with a caveat: any such commitment must be backed by legislation, which has not passed the U.S. Senate. [More]
It’s hard to imagine an airplane being something so simple that you could build one with parts from your local hardware store, but apparently the Pietenpol has the blueprint to make it work. And they’ve been making it work since 1928.
It all started when Bernard Pietenpol, with only an 8th grade education, set out to make the “common man’s airplane,” which is known as the AirCamper:
During the Great Depression, Bernard H. Pietenpol, with no more than an eighth-grade education, designed a “common-man’s airplane” built with scavenged and hardware-store parts. Today his son and grandson carry on his legacy, and his airplane’s simple design enjoys a popular following among people of all ages who share his dream of flight .
Check out more of the AirCamper in the video below, which is a trailer for a larger documentary about the craft.
Boing Boing, via MAKE
Does the iPad come close to the techno-slabs we’ve admired in countless sci-fi movies? Some of us think so, while others don’t. Go ahead, answer that question, even if you haven’t held the iPad in your hands. Then come back a year later after you’ve laid hands and eyes on one, and agree or disagree with your former self.
Straight from the designer who brought you the digital bra and musical panties, here’s the Sound Reactive Nightgown. We’re not sure if this is an art piece or tech demo, but when you yell, speak or make noises in the vicinity of this dainty garment, it starts lifting up provocatively. This could be a solution to that age-old problem accompanying the phrase, “We never talk any more.”
Why does this exist? Well, one reason is to show how Flexinol works, that shape memory alloy that returns back to its original form when stimulated. Is there some parallel in the natural world? Oh, we get it, it’s a “think piece.” Or maybe there are other uses for this tech. Ponder this over the weekend.
Meanwhile, hey! Check out this bizarre video. Hey!
Now you can add ultra-realism to your home basketball games or impromptu wrestling matches with this McGregor Multisport Tabletop Scoreboard. It even lets you count fouls, indicate who gets the next possession on a jump ball, and of course keeps score and times the game.
Now all you have to do is add the remote control for another $48, and get an impartial ref who can call fouls and operate the scoreboard. You’d better be pretty serious about all this, because this baby sells for a cool $333.
Opentip, via Red Ferret
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