Over my lunch today I braved the local mall to pick up a new BlackBerry phone. Well the parking lot was packed; in fact I played one of the great holiday games in which you literally follow people leaving the store out to their cars to get a parking space. Of course they move as slowly as a glacier to their 1993 Buick Century where they then sit with the engine running and their foot on the brake for three minutes before slowly pulling out.

Anyway almost two hours pass and I finally get out of the store with my new toy get back to work where I briefly surf over to CNN to see what is going on in the world. And what do I see right on the front page but an article with a tag line about the BlackBerry service possibly being shut off due to some legal dispute. Ah the irony!

Akihabara News - Robot PacMan (IREX 2005)

PacMan Robot with which you could play through a PacMan Remote Control and a ghost robot.

French carry out first face transplant | The Register

French surgeons have carried out the first face transplant using material from a brain-dead donor to rebuild the face of an anonymous 38-year-old woman who lost her nose, lips and chin during a dog attack.

Think Labyrinth: Maze Algorithms
Amaze your friends and find your lost frisbee in the neighbor’s hedge maze.

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The.Matrix-ASCII

Ever want to watch “The Matrix” in ascii (wikipedia - ascii), me neither till i saw this site. There’s way too much information to decode The Matrix. You get used to it. I don’t even see the code. All I see is Blonde, Brunette, Redhead…

Computer History Museum - This Day in History

Even though pong is 34 today to me it doesn’t look a day over 28.

Finally, there is a little equality for the mac users. Teamspeak is no longer the sole domain of windows and linux gamers. While not being official, and being third party, it seems to load and work. Also, I have heard that ventrilo has released a client, but that its pre-alpha in quality.

Revolution Report - news - New Patent Details Virtual Console Interface?

Can Nintendo start a Revolution.

WaterCar - Builder of the World’s Fastest Amphibious Car
Who wouldn’t want one of these. Check out the videos section they have.

.: the snow show | gallery - pictures :.
Top international artists and architects to collaborate in works of snow and ice in the winter of 2004 

Some today’s most exciting artists and architects have joined forces to design works out of snow and ice. Extraordinary architectonic structures will rise in the towns of Kemi and Rovaniemi in time for an exhibition from 12 February – 31 March, 2004.

Grid Game

Great time wasting flash game, till you ask yourself what is the point to this game.

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Bosnia unveils Bruce Lee bronze

A bronze of martial arts legend Bruce Lee has been erected in the Bosnian city of Mostar - a day before a second statue of him is unveiled in Hong Kong.

Music thing: TINY MUSIC MAKERS: Pt 4: The Mac Startup Sound

Just another music nerd trying to make a name for himself.

Whether you subscribe to the theory of evolution or not, this at least makes for an interesting read.