Cube World

Very cool looking toy that even some grown-ups would like. (Especially grown-ups like me, who never grew up) Radica has done it again. These are stick figures that live in little cubes. You buy a package of two cubes ($25 now though a few months from now I bet the price will come down) and when you place them together they interact. You can stack them and build ...well you can sort of build an apartment house looking thing...a world where they interact and visit and such. neat distraction for your desk or wherever. Check it out here.

Ding Fries Are Done

Just in case you are not waking up each morning with this song in your head...


http://www.americanangst.com/dingfries.html

...I am here to infest you.

;-)

Is Your Cellphone Listening?

ZDnet has an interesting article of how the FBI was able to monitor some targeted organized crime figures by eavesdropping on their conversations by listening to nearby conversations of a cellphone. That is they were able to 'turn on the microphone' of the cellphone and listen to what was being spoken in the room. This is not the same as monitoring a call, no call was in process. A whole new privacy concern that people need to be aware of. Go read the article if you'd like to learn more.

FBI taps cell phone mic as eavesdropping tool | Tech News on ZDNet