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A lot of people are wondering just how big this thing is. Using the technical specs from apple.com, I grabbed some cardboard, scissors, and glue and made a scale model of the iPhone. Here it is:

http://www.kottke.org/07/01/the-apple-iphone

According to Microsoft, the market for WHS is quite big: There are over 40 million people worldwide that have broadband access and 2 or more PCs at home. They’ve got important data stored on those PCs, including digital memories (photos and videos), work and personal documents, financial data, and more.

http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/whs_preview.asp

What makes this sheet unique is that it showcases the never-before-seen (on the original show at least) face of Space Ghost himself! Dig it.

http://adult-swimmer.blogspot.com/2006/12/face-behind-ghost.html

If you ever read Dune (better yet The Butlerian Jihad) you might already know what this is – if you didn’t then read on. The GloGlobe was a device that could be tuned to any color in the visible spectrum and created it’s own suspensor field which provided the user with soft interior lighting that didn’t need to be physically mounted anywhere (because it just floated wherever you put it). My GloGlobe unfortunately doesn’t levitate and that is beyond the scope of this project so it never will levitate I’m afraid.

http://www.tearsoffire.org/twiki/bin/view/Projects/PicGloGlobe

The other perception, of course, is that Second Life is a psychosexual nightmare given virtual form, where giant penises roam the land and disturbed people wear the forms of bears and then have repulsive intercourse.

http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/2007/01/05/second-life-sketches-two-worlds-fame-and-infamy/

Simultaneously, Jimmy will be performing to a select audience on the virtual reality world of Second Life, delivering the latest material from his British Comedy Award-winning tour, Gag Reflex.

http://www.beautyandthedirt.com/show.asp?ID=906

“Windows Live for TV is an early beta 3D browser application that makes it easy to connect to your social network as well as friends and family from within Vista Media Center or IE7.0. You’re be able to view the best of Windows Live Spaces and communicate with Friends and Family over Windows Live Messenger 8.1 with voice & text chat as well as make a phone call.

http://liveside.net/blogs/main/archive/2007/01/03/nemo-surfaces-windows-live-for-tv-in-the-wild.aspx

For those of you disappointed by the lack of a theatrical release for your beloved Robotech, you just might be able to score a bit of luck if you live in Texas, or a few other select areas. Yes, Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles will get a very small scale limited release just prior to the official DVD release between January 8th and February 3rd.

http://www.cinematical.com/2007/01/03/who-wants-some-big-screen-robotech/

More narrowly still, the average citizen of Brazil consumes 1,884 kWh, which, given the fact that my avatar estimate was rough and conservative, means that your average Second Life avatar consumes about as much electricity as your average Brazilian.

http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2006/12/avatars_consume.php

You want to keep your noggin toasty in the nasty winter weather. You don’t want to wear a hat that looks like everyone else’s hat. You like lions (or dragons). Now you can combine all of these desires into a simple, yet useful, item of clothing that’s infintely customizable and tailorable to your (or a recipient’s) tastes.

http://www.instructables.com/id/EQ2ST0XZRKEVYDW5KY/?ALLSTEPS

Stan Lee reflects on a lifetime of creating comics, including some imperfect superheroes. Spiderman, one of Lee’s best known characters, was human first and super second. Lee tells Renee Montagne how he brought realism to a fantasy world.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6684820

[Jared] over at inventgeek.com remembers to think of us whenever he finishes up one of his projects. His latest is an USB Airsoft gun turret based on one of those USB nerf dart turrets. Hrm, this could make a decent base for a defconbots entry. It sounds like he’ll be building an even deadlier expensive version later on.

http://www.hackaday.com/2006/12/10/usb-airsoft-turret/

http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1547483&vid=123641#/overdrive/?id=1547483&vid=123641

As last year (and every year from now on), December 5th is the Day of the Ninja. Plague your co-workers with ninja-ness and wear a ninja mask to work! Got the day off? Run wild in the streets, or dress like a ninja at the mall! Just show the world that YOU ARE NINJA!

http://www.dayoftheninja.com/index2.html

Bundled with 8 flexible, twistable cables (5 USB 2.0 & 3 FireWire 400), a USB fan, a USB light, a USB extension cable and a FireWire 400 extension cable, it comes fully equipped for easily making all of your connections.

http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10854

Detailed Project description on DasAutomat.com This a digital marionette. the later model powerbooks are equipped with a motion sensor that can be accessed by software. i wrote a small processing application that reads out the sensor. The digital representation of the marionette reacts to the sensor output and can be controlled by moving the laptop. … (more) (less)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6ZpsqOD4rU&eurl=

Mr. and Mrs. Brown had one child. They called him Leroy, and so did his teachers.

Everyone else in Idaville called him Wikipedia.

http://www.adamcadre.ac/content/brown/

To keep with spirit of the season I made this USB-Powered Apple. It is really quite a simple device. It vibrates when a person grabs for it and does not vibrate when a person does not. Unlike your family, this apple is predictable and may relieve stress.

http://www.instructables.com/id/EYI73ZDH44EUOJJKP8/?ALLSTEPS