Archive for May, 2008

Talking Plastic Jesus

I came upon this at Wal-Mart yesterday.
It’s a Barbie sized Jesus doll that quotes scripture, tells bible stories, and gives sermons.
It’s also long-winded, because after I pushed the button on His back, Jesus went on and on, and kept going long after I put Him back on the shelf and wandered away.
This toy is surreal [...]

Xobni: The Best Thing To Happen To Outlook

Filed under Software

For years and years, and years, I would prefer to use anything but Outlook as my email client.  When Google came out with Gmail, I was hooked on that.  Still am, actually.
Microsoft made significant improvements with Outlook with version 2003, to the point where I grudgingly liked it, but still only used it when I [...]

Wi-Fi Detecting Tee Shirt

Filed under Gizmo Fun

Oh my God they didn’t.
Yes, they did.
This is a real, working Wi-Fi detector on the front of this tee shirt.
From ThinkGeek, masters of this kind of brainiac fun, you can get this for less than $30 and be the King Hell Ubergeek of the party. But, only if there’s Wi-Fi around.  Which, if you [...]