Happy Birthday, Mr. Bunsen Burner!
What’s the best way to start your morning? Aside from a cup of freshly brewed coffee, that is. A few minutes after I got up, I did what I normally do – I turned the laptop on. And I was greeted by a colorful sight – today’s Google Doodle, paying tribute to Robert Bunsen. For [...]
DIY Super Mario Coin Block
Every person who has played Super Mario has probably dreamed about having real life versions of some of the items found in the game. What better item to have in real life than the coin block that spits out coins when hit from the bottom? I mean, come on, we could all use a few [...]
Need a Girlfriend? Cloud Girlfriend Is the Answer!
Calling all the Howard Wolowitzes1 and Morgan Grimeses2 of the world. A new web site is launching soon, and it promises all the lonely men of Facebook all the benefits of a virtual girlfriend. Dubbed Cloud Girlfriend – The Social Network Girlfriend, this site just might be the answer to the prayers of those men [...]
DIY Turing Machine
Now why would anyone want to build a working Turing Machine with scrap metal? I wouldn’t know the creator’s real reason, but if I think “Just because I can” is a darned good answer. Let’s go back a bit in time and refresh our memories about the Turing Machine, which was created by English mathematician [...]
Last Night Never Happened: An App to Delete Your Boo-boos
Upon waking up today, I saw a friend’s status on Facebook: “To the 2 strangers I called last night, and have no recollection of what we talked about, I am very sorry.” Now I don’t know what that was about, but it reminded me of so many incidents wherein people got so wasted that they [...]
