wade womersley – york based software engineer
According to Gizmodo, Project Natal is going to be overcharged to start with (anyone not expecting that one?) I’ll no doubt end up forking the money over though if it works as well as the previews say it will – it’s a truly great idea for gaming. How much is Project Natal going to cost? … Read More “Project Natal for xbox is to be charged “like a console”” »
ALBERTVILLE, Ala. – An Alabama woman has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child after police say she let her daughter ride in a cardboard box on top of their van. Albertville Police spokesman Sgt. Jamie Smith said the 37-year-old woman was arrested Sunday after police received a call about a minivan on … Read More “Alabama woman lets daughter ride in box on top of van” »
This is a very impressive video of a robotic hand that is capable of performing tasks with great accuracy at insane speeds – think hollywood robots that perform human tasks in milliseconds. The video covers single handed knot tying, bouncing a ball, catching a cell phone and throwing a ball among others. It really does … Read More “High Speed Robot Hand” »
Another Derren Brown clip today, this time he’s using NLP (neuro linguistic programming) to make people forget the stop they want to get off at.
For all you people wishing you were at Hogwarts, here’s the first step in the right direction (no actual magic, but I guarantee for people who don’t know about this product, they’ll stare at you in amazement, or maybe fear). It’s called the Kymera Magic Wand. The Kymera magic wand is actually a universal remote … Read More “The Magic Wand” »
This thing is great for random crap, euphemisms to brighten your day from the random euphemism generator. Great lines such as: I couldn’t believe my best friend was actually cranking the tiny lower wave.
A New York prisoner has come up with a much easier way to break out of jail: ask the guards for the exit. The inmate, who was wearing a suit for a court appearance on charges of multiple store robberies, simply wandered out of an open cell door and into a courtroom on Wednesday, the … Read More “Prisoner flees after asking guard way out” »
Finally upgraded to a GTX 260 896MB graphics card so I’m getting rid of my old card, it’s a Geforce 8800 GTS, with 640MB RAM and a clock speed set to 575Mhz (overclocked.) And yes, it can run Crysis! (Not at max details of course, but at 1680×1050 with settings at a mix of High/Very … Read More “ASUS EN8800GTS/HTDP GeForce 8800GTS (640 MB) For Sale!” »
Swedish fertility clinics are suffering a backlog due to demand from lesbian couples. As a result of the law change, waiting time has jumped from 3 to 18 months. Back on July 1st, 2005, female same-sex couples were granted the right to artificial insemination at Swedish hospitals. Before that, lesbians had to seek help abroad … Read More “Swedish Sperm Banks Running Dry Due to Lesbians” »
Yes, yes it can! And by that I mean my new Geforce GTX 260, new OTT MSI motherboard and new 42″ Viera Plasma TV can. I maxed out all the settings, put it on my TV and hit “Play” and it worked a charm, if not a little disorientating when the screen shakes and blurs. … Read More “Ah…but can it play Crysis?” »
