Men, I observe, Li'l k, like gadgets.
Does your brother?
You know, neat little weeny steel tool sets, or some such. Pricey gifty trendoid shops often have them....
She'll be seven. I had my mother get her something...I forget what (bad uncle), but I was supposed to get her a card, and work was just so damn busy this week I totally forgot to do it (bad uncle).
And my brother's birthday is on the eighteenth, but hell, he always forgets mine, so that one is no biggie. Plus, I still have time on his.
Non-loving thread?
I curse you all with crotch-rot.
Gadgets..... maybe.... nnnooooo, maybe not. I dunno. Maybe if I sleep on it....?
kicky, you could next day air the thing tomorrow.
dlowan - slappy said crotch!
I guess I could, couldn't I? The real question is, will I? Probably not. I'm thinking a phone call from Uncle Kicky might be just as good anyway...she loves me!
Crotch-rot is sufficiently non-maudlin or overheated.
Just looking up gadget shops in Bawstin, k.....
Lol - how cool is this - or not...shrugs:
Test drives: Some gadgets from high-tech
Boston
By Eddie Medina, Globe Correspondent
MicroOptical Eyeglass
Monitor
Bespectacled folks who cringe
at the memory of being called
``four eyes'' can take heart in a
gadget that could change the
way people see the world and
those who wear glasses: a
cyborg-like clip-on that projects
an image of a computer monitor onto an ordinary pair of eyeglasses.
The device, made by Westwood-
based MicroOptical, projects an
LCD image of a computer monitor
or other electronic device onto one
of the lenses of the glasses. The
magnified image of the monitor is
reflected into the eye and appears
to float a few inches in front of the
viewer.
MicroOptical makes two versions, the CO-1 Clip-on and the EG-7
Integrated Eyeglass models. The company created them in a
partnership with MIT, and sells the products for $2,500 on its Web
site, MicroOpticalCorp.com, as evaluation kits to developers.
The kit consists of a 40-gram swivel arm that attaches to the frame of
the glasses. A wire runs from the arm to a brick-sized black box that
transforms the computer monitor's signal into LCD data and carries a
7.2-volt lithium ion rechargeable battery.
The company believes the CO-1 Clip-on model has applications for
any task requiring an eye on both an object and a monitor: military
infantry, medical surgery, or electrical engineering, to name a few.
MicroOptical is developing the EG-7 Integrated Eyeglass with an eye
on fashion. The EG-7 uses a prism inside the lens itself to reflect the
image into the eye and do away with the swivel arm.
MicroOptical has struck a deal with the maker of Varilux lenses to
produce prescription lenses with the reflection prism included. This
model also requires a wire and black power/transformer box.
MicroOptical is developing the product for mobile professionals, like
stock brokers, who currently turn to tiny cell phone screens or
handheld screens for news and information
Just don't forget to call her.... I forgot to call my dad and my mom on their birthdays.
Yes - CALL her on the TELEPHONE, Kicky!!!
Well, I'm going to bed. Good luck with the brainstorming...and thanks for the non-sexual thread dlowan. Good cheese, by the way.
Goodnight children...
Screw the phone calls, it's 2005. Best way to wish someone a happy birthday or what not is via text message.
Good night, I'm going to sleep too, before I fall over.
Night night - I am now officially lost in gadget city....http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/BLARUN_TOYS.htm
ooooh, dlowan, stop! Don't do it for my sake, anyway......
ok, g'night..................
Nah - it's fun.
Anyone know if cats really do try to chase laser pointer lights?
