Alek Komarnitsky gained fame a few years ago with his website that allowed surfers to control his Christmas lights. Turns out that was a hoax. He had plenty of Christmas lights, they just weren’t controllable from your terminal. The full confession came out after Christmas 2004. But Alex took his internet fame and did something with it. The 2005 Christmas lights really were controllable via the web! And the project has raised over $14,000 so far for Celiac disease research through the University of Maryland. Alek contacted me yesterday to let me know he’s got three webcams up and ready at his house for this year’s Controllable Christmas Lights for Celiac Disease. Link
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Alek Komarnitsky gained fame a few years ago with his website that allowed surfers to control his Christmas lights. Turns out that was a hoax. He had plenty of Christmas lights, they just weren’t controllable from your terminal. The full confession came out after Christmas 2004. But Alex took his internet fame and did something with it. The 2005 Christmas lights really were controllable via the web! And the project has raised over $14,000 so far for Celiac disease research through the University of Maryland. Alek contacted me yesterday to let me know he’s got three webcams up and ready at his house for this year’s Controllable Christmas Lights for Celiac Disease. Link
An intrepid explorer goes looking for definite proof in this cute animation. Hit play or go to YouTube. -via PAgent’s Progress
Available from Amazon.com. Who knew? 851 people have posted helpful (and entertaining) reviews of this product. And 99 customers added tags. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B00032G1S0/ref=cm_cr_dp_2_1/103-3528501-3649466?redirect=true&ie=UTF8&customer-reviews.sort_by=-SubmissionDate&n=3370831 -via Arbroath
It looks like an epidemic of busted screens for users of Nintendo’s new Wii game system, although the ratio of such incidents to Wii systems sold has not been determined at this point. The website Wii Have a Problem is collecting cases of Wii-related accidents. Under the subject of health and safety precautions, Nintendo says:
1. Wear the wrist strap.
2. Hold the Wii Remote firmly and do not let go.
Link
If you don’t like the look of your car, you can have it redone, IF you can afford it. A BMW owner in Canada had his E46 M3 tricked out in many ways, including an all-chrome finish. I’d bet he has a covered garage to store it in, too. Link |more chrome cars on Neatorama
This chair is called the Stokke Gravity™ balans®. From the website:
From a comfortable working position to a reclined position and a feeling of almost weightless. The sloping seat allows wider space between the thigh and the upper part of the body, while the leg cushions prevent sliding forward when working at a table. When leaning back your legs will be lifted higher than your head providing you with the best position for relaxation and well-being!
After seeing the “functionality†demonstration, I want to try this out! Link
The Eight Irresistable Principles of Fun is a colorful flash motivational speech on how to improve your life. Its got a lot of good points! Link -via Ursi’s Blog
(Parental discretion is advised for this post.) In the competition of Santas, Lapland is doing great, while Greenland has fallen on hard times. The budget for answering children’s letters to Santa has dried up.
...while Father Christmas in Lapland benefits from generous public handouts and received a postbag of nearly 500,000 letters last year, Father Christmas in Greenland has fallen on hard times. The government of the former Danish colony will no longer pay for him to reply to his comparatively modest 50,000 letters a year and he has been hit by a cash flow problem which is thoroughly out of keeping with Christmas tradition.
Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, has laid claim to be Father Christmas’s true headquarters ever since Donald Duck visited the town with his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie to see Santa in a Walt Disney cartoon film in 1934.
Letters to Father Christmas in Greenland will be answered this year, thanks to an anonymous donor, but the future of the postal project is up in the air. Link -via Arbroath
Carl Smith of Britain was on vacation in Spain recently and went fishing. He struggled for 90 minutes to land an eight-foot long catfish that weighed 226 pounds! The is the biggest catfish ever caught in Spain, surpassing the 211 pound fish caught last year. The largest catfish ever caught weighed 646 pounds! Smith named his catch “Jawsâ€. Link
Its a serious slope when you go up by helicopter instead of ski-lift. Its steep when you have to wear a parachute to schuss down. And its a treat when you can watch by helmet-cam from the comfort of your computer chair (but hang on tight). François Bon and Antoine Montant take us “speedflying†down Mount Eiger, from June 14th, the first speedflying run on this Swiss mountain ever. http://www.acro-base.com/fr/imgs/galerie/video/videos/eiger06/eiger06.mov -via Ursi’s blog
Its Thanksgiving Day in the US, and a flock of wild turkeys has been sighted trying to make an escape by... train. These turkeys were noticed yesterday waiting on a station platform in Ramsey, New Jersey, about 20 miles from New York City. Were they waiting for an outbound train to escape their fate as the traditional dinner entree, or were they trying to make it to New York for the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade? Link -via Arbroath
Back in 1984, a young actor named Brian Atene made an audition tape for Stanley Kubrick. A couple of months ago, that video was posted on YouTube and was an instant internet hit because it was so over-the-top. Quickly afterward came the parodies, including the original remixed with music, the original recut with Mr. Kubrick’s response, and a “followup†from 2006 that a lot of people assumed was Brian Atene. There are lots of others you can find on YouTube. Now, the real Brian Atene has uploaded his explanation and response, and is considering doing more comedy videos for the net. He has also taken the opportunity to publicize the Christopher Reeve Foundation for research into spinal cord injuries. Hit play or go to YouTube.
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