Archive for the ‘Interesting Finds’ Category

A Day Made Of Glass – by Corning (2011-3-2)

Corning is a company that not everyone may know about by name, but chances are you may have already used their technology recently.  Devices like the Samsung Galaxy Tab, the iPhone 4 and other gadgets have glass that has been specially treated to be extremely strong. This type of glass is called Gorilla Glass. Guess […]

Futurama: The Complete Collection (2011-2-27)

I am a huge fan of Futurama. So much so that I imported the DVD boxsets years ago before the local suppliers were offering them here in South Africa. So when I stumbled across this website – NotCot –  that featured the unboxing of a new DVD set for Futurama my heart started beating faster…I […]

Google’s Pittsburgh Office: Penthouse of a 100 year old Biscuit Factory (2011-2-26)

Google is known for its offices that are designed to enable its staff to be more productive. Home-Designing.com has a great article with a video and photos, showing how Google’s new office in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania State, US) shines at the penthouse of a 100 year old biscuit factory in the city, thanks to architects from […]

For the hardcore (rich) Terminator fan (2011-2-24)

If you are a (rich) Terminator fan and you have say R40000,00 (U$5800,00) lying around you might be interested in purchasing a to scale statue of a T-800 Endoskeleton Terminator Statue… Yes folks you read right…a full sized statue! The BigBadToyStore.com is taking pre-orders for the kit (with only $1200 deposit required). To quote the […]

Bring TIM – Time is Money (2011-2-21)

Whenever I see a really cool Dilbert cartoon, that applies to my job, I print it out and put in on my office wall. One of the cartoons is this one… So when I saw this device I immediately reminded me of the cartoon… Introducing Bring TIM!® (Time Is Money) – a fun yet useful […]

Detroit Needs Robocop (2011-2-20)

I don’t know about you folks but I seriously like Robocop.  The whole part man, part machine concept protecting the innocent and upholding the law is right up my alley. So when I saw an article about a group of people wanting to erect a statue of Robocop in Detroit I had to read further… […]