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Finger Sporks – $3.45
Are you a fan of finger foods? Does the mere mention of the words canape or hors d’oerves make your fingers tingle with excitement? We know you dream of a world where delicious bite sized meals are always at your fingertips and that is why we present to you Finger Sporks from the NeatoShop.
With this colorful set of 4 Finger Sporks (yes, that’s a spoon and fork combo that you wear on your fingers) you will be able to sample fried wontons, tapenades, dip, and crudites without ever clamoring for a plate. Taste to your hearts content and never go home hungry at a cocktail party again.
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Gone are the days of a raised and hand and simple “Present.” Now students in one school district must submit a fingerprint to be counted in morning roll call.
The Washington County school district in Florida has a little problem with inconsistent attendance. After weighing their options, school officials decided to place finger scanners at the entrance to Chipley High School, where incoming students are scanned in each morning. Because most kids in the district ride buses every day, and because keeping track of everyone in the halls is difficult, the system will be moved to select buses for a trial period to determine if it’s a more efficient way to save time and to ensure students are accounted for from the time they arrive until they’re dropped off at home.
The program has been in place for about two months, and so far, attendance is up–but not everyone is happy about it.
Identity theft
There are questions about the security of a device that reads a fingerprint, “which is a unique, identifiable piece of information,” and then “stores it in a database, and links it to a name” (Kelly Hodgkins, Gizmodo). Being that the students are mostly minors, it’s a legitimate concern, and one that Washington Co. Schools Superintendent Sandra Cook is quick to dismiss: There are only four or five points recorded in each scan, which are translated into a 60-digit passcode. “We can’t go backwards with it. We can’t turn around and take that number and recreate the points on a finger.” (DailyMotion)
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The scanners cost about $22,000. Per student, this breaks down to about $30 a year each, which is a problem for some parents, and an expense they say the school doesn’t need. But Clay Dillow at PopSci thinks it’ll all come out in the wash: “At $30 per student per year, the system isn’t necessarily cheap. But considering the uptick in attendance (which means more money from the state in many districts) and the inherent increase in accountability and student safety, it may well be worth the cost.”
1984?
Even accounting for privacy, security and the cost, isn’t it “kinda Orwellian that the school wants you to flash your fingerprint before you can learn”? And what does it say about the district schools? As Micheal Trei at DViCE comments, “it seems like a sad commentary if you need to treat students like prisoners to get them to attend.”
But Superintendent Cook has no concerns. “When it’s all said and done, we’re going to find that this is going to be one of the most monumental things that Washington County has ever done,” she says. And parents can always opt out by signing a waiver and having their children check in with a teacher each morning.
What do you think? Is it too “Big Brother” to ask students to scan a finger for attendance, or is this just an example of technology improving an inefficient process?
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Image: pcstelcom.com
Hansub Lee designed this Finger Reader for visually-impaired people. The idea is that scanning bar codes with the “finger” will send information about the product to the user’s blue tooth, making shopping much more convenient. It can even, additionally, be worn around the neck as a unique fashion accessory.
Link -via Laughing Squid
Pickle Finger – $0.95
Are you on the lookout for a new Finger Puppet to taunt hungry coworkers with? You need the deliciously strange Pickle Finger from the NeatoShop. This great rubber finger puppet is shaped like a pickle.
Pickle Fingers are sold per piece. Be sure to buy 5 to get a complete hand’s worth.
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Narwhal Finger Puppet – $0.95
Was your favorite childhood pastime pretending to be a Narwhal? Now you can relive your youth with the fabulous Narwhal Finger Puppet from the NeatoShop. Pop a couple onto your hand and let these magical unicorns of the sea transport you to simpler times.
Narwhal Finger Puppets are sold per piece. Be sure to buy 5 to get a complete hand’s worth.
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Sean Murphy of South Yorkshire, England, tried to remove a wart from his finger the old-fashioned way… with a gun. Murphy was at work when he aimed a stolen 12-bore Beretta shotgun at the offending wart. He ended up shooting off most of his middle finger.
But he said: “The best thing is that the wart has gone. It was giving me lot of trouble.”
Murphy, a security officer at Markham Grange Nurseries, Brodsworth, at the time of the incident in March, has since lost his job. He had suffered with the wart on the joint closest to the tip of his middle finger for more than five years.
He said: “It was hurting a lot and causing my finger to bend. I’d been to the doctors and tried all sorts of things but it wouldn’t go.
“I didn’t expect to lose my finger as well when I shot it but the gun recoiled and that was it. The wart was gone and so was most of my finger. There was nothing left, so no chance to re-attach it.”
Murphy was arrested for theft of the gun and other firearms charges. Prosecutors said alcohol was involved. Link -via Arbroath
Pull My Finger Pen – $2.95
Father’s Day is Sunday. This is a time when we pay tribute to Dad and his giving spirit. In honor of this joyous event we present to you the Pull My Finger Pen from the NeatoShop. We think Dear Old Dad will find this farting, finger shaped pen to be a real gas!
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No, he’s not rude. Jackson the Mandrill has arthritic finger that causes him to salute his viewers at the zoo. Mark Rogers, who took the photo of Jackson’s "we’re number one salute" said:
‘I was there photographing him, and a father and sons were watching him,’ said Mark Rogers, who captured the finger in full flight. ‘Jackson’s a bit grumpy and really doesn’t like being photographed, but what he likes even less is people shouting at him.
‘The father tried to make fake ape sounds and Jackson raised his hand with the finger extended. The entire crowd watching him then laughed out loud and the father quickly stopped making the noise.’
Mr Rogers added: ‘I did find out later that the mandrill had arthritis in that finger. I can’t help but wonder if he used that to his advantage.’
More at Metro: Link (Photo: Caters)
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A billboard in Chattanooga has people doing double takes. You have to look twice before you see which finger the woman is giving you -her ring finger. The caption reads, “She’s tired of waiting.” The ad is for a local jeweler.
“If you look at it twice you ought to get a chuckle,” said Barry Schenck of M.M. Schenck Jeweler, “that’s what we are hoping for.”
Schenck says it’s not the first time he’s paid to post more than a dozen billboards before Christmas, but this latest stunt is getting feedback.
“It’s sort of putting a lot of pressure on young men to ask their girlfriends to marry them,” said Carolyn Miller of Chattanooga.
Critics say Schenck’s ploy is in bad taste, but Schenck stands behind the scheme. He says the woman in the picture is no actress.
“She is single, she does have a boyfriend, and she is waiting,” said Schenck.
Link (with video) -via Simply Left Behind
Tuttuki Bako (or Tuttuki Box) is a toy unlike any other.
Made by Bandai Japan (who else but the Japanese would make such a wonderfully silly thing?), the box is a clock … until you insert your index finger into the hole on its side. Then, it’s game on: you’ll see a digital replica of your finger and you can explore a virtual world like tickling a Panda, or playing with a squishy slime ball.
Link – via sleepinginmyhead | Here’s the video clip of the Tuttuki Bako in action
