Baby Mop

Although this product doesn't appear to be for sale at this time, it's a brilliant idea! Just think; finally you can break those pesky child labor laws right in your own home!
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Become a Horror Movie Psychopath

by Electrocuting Your Face!
Only $36.99



This super-creepy product is real and you can buy it here!

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Kristi 3rd Trimester

Kristi 3rd Trimester, originally uploaded by Bowkerhouse.

A weekend trip to Seattle and a sunny day lent itself to a little photo-documentation of the pregnancy.

Isn't she super-cute??

Scooter the Magnificent Act 2

Did I mention Scooter really likes to problem solve? He figures out this multi-part solution pretty quickly too!

A few years ago I saw a show about the 10 smartest animals in the world. Squirrels were on the list at #10, but cats weren't (a fact that we used to tease Oscar about mercilessly). But I think this demonstrates that Scooter could best the average squirrel with out too much trouble.

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Scooter the Magnificent!

Scooter the Cat is rounding out his bag of tricks in hopes of hitting it big in the circus one day.

Today's trick: Climbing a 6 foot ladder!

Watch Scooter laugh in the face of personal safety in the video above!

Bonus: This is the Toby mentioned in the video; a very talented cat in his own right!

The RITI Coffee Printer

Here's a cool submission to the Greener Gadgets Design Competition: A printer that uses coffee dregs for ink and no electricity!

When you are finished with your morning coffee you mix up the ink for the printer using the spent grounds and some water. Then you generate the energy needed to print by manually sliding the ink cartridge (sticking out of the top) back and fourth. And when you're done you have, I'm guessing, a mono-tone brown print out that smells like coffee and smears if you get it wet.

Awesome! Starbucks should totally jump on this product!

The Sh*tty Gold Mines of Japan

Reuters Headline: Japan Sewage Yields More Gold Than World's Top Mines

Basically they've discovered that by refining the ash from incinerated sewage they're able to pull out 1,890 grams of gold per ton of sewage. Compare that to the output of the Hishikari Mine, one of the world's top producers, which puts out 20-40 grams per ton of ore.

Does this just work for Japanese people, I wonder, or should I start thinking twice about flushing all my valuable waste down the toilet?

I had a cat once that used to poop in the fireplace, I guess I never fully recognized it's value.

Mapping Twitter Usage Durring the Superbowl

I'm not a football person, nor do I have a Twitter account, but I do find the following page fascinating!

Twitter Chatter During the Superbowl

Select the terms you want to zero in on in the left pane and then hit the blue "Play" button just to the right of that. It plays through the time line of the Superbowl expressed in frequency of Twitter terms and location in the U.S.

I don't know what use this data might have, nor why they would want to collect it, but my analytical brain does little cartwheels every time I watch it! Why am I so enthralled looking at data that I could care less about??

I'm also slightly disturbed that, based on this data, Montana hasn't yet found the Internet...

The Armstead Snow Motor

Take a look at this demonstration video from 1924 (no sound). What a truly clever looking device! I wonder why we don't see this design out in the wild today?


Armstead Snow Motors from Seeking Michigan on Vimeo.

The original patent application was filed by a Seattle resident in 1920 and can be viewed here.

I've found one rumor that Henry Ford bought up the patents and the buried the project, but I can't in any way substantiate that claim.