First, I must say that I am a fan of simplistic design and usability, but I think Adobe is going the wrong way in dropping the recognizable iconography they have used for over a decade on all of their applications. I think that this is an interesting look at their icons, which are cool, but incredibly useless for someone who like me keeps lots of Adobe icons next to each other, and keeps them quite small because they are recognizable icons. Enter a contest to create replicas. I think thats a great way for the userbase to respond to the company and tell them what they think.

Replacement Icons for CS3 Contest

Here is Adobe’s new icon set for reference.

I can't be the only one finding these things…I know there are other slashdot readers posting here…does no one else find them as interesting as I do?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/01/30/stonehenge.village.ap/index.html 

It can be yours for the low, low price of $150,000!

http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/ghostbusters-ecto-1-car-for-sale

Was this really necessary? Really? The scary thing is, there are contributors to this site who would buy one in an instant!

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Buzz-Doughnuts.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

OK, first of all I had no idea they were called "Googlebombs" until I saw this article but I thought it was interesting enough to post. Basic definition: using search phrases to get unintentional, often humorous results. For example "talentless hack" I believe used to take you to a page about George W. Bush. If not him, some other politically charged person. The most interesting part of the write up to me is Google's reasons for why they want to try and stop it.

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/01/quick-word-about-googlebombs.html  

This is a wild looking beast. Pretty cool discovery. First really cool thing I've found in quite a while. It's been a slow month.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070124/sc_nm/shark_japan_dc 

I came across this hopefully emerging technology called HHO Gas, if this takes off it could revolutionize the way you do many things. Right now they are mainly using this technology in welding and cutting but as the videos show below they have a car running off this technology. I open this up for discussion. What do you all think?

YouTube - Run you car on water and nothing else.

Hydrogen Technology Applications, Inc.

hta05.mov (video/quicktime Object)

Getting back to my geek roots, Im posting a list of Web 2.0 sites that was pretty thorough, hell we all use a number of these sites they must be good right?

Web 2.0 Magazine: Top 100 Web 2.0 Sites

SCI FI Tech | SCIFI.COM

You ever play hide and seek with your alarm clock, well ok neither have I, but is that the answer to getting out of bed in the morning. This ripping yarn about a new clock will have you in stitches.

PS Email for more puns and play on words if you enjoyed the above silliness.

Beg The Question // Get it right.

My random travels brought me to this site, It is a short and interesting description on “Beg the question”.

Nintendo Wii Mii T-shirt Head ‘Mii on a Tee’

“Much of the initial time on our new fangled Nintendo Wii was spent creating highly realistic Mii replicas of ourselves, our friends and many famous dead people. Wouldn’t it be fun, we thought, if our creations of ourselves could be proudly displayed on a t-shirt? Hey, and wouldn’t it be great if everyone else could do it too?

And so the ‘Mii on a Tee’ was born…”