Strangelets
Wear Your Network on Your Sleeve
In today’s troubled times, it’s a wonder that so many strange ideas can survive. Today’s Strangelet: a T-shirt that notifies you of adjacent Wi-Fi networks. From DigitalInspiration:
The wi-fi shirt, made of pure cotton, can detect wireless networks in your vicinity and displays the signal strength as animated glowing bars as shown in the picture.
It [...]
New Old Game for the iPhone
It’s been awhile since the last Strangelet, the Nerdlets.org repository of all wacky, weird, or unexpected news. But today marks a strange blast from the past. Those familiar terms like “CGA” and “Cobal” will be glad to learn that their nostalga for outdated games will soon be satisfied, curtosy of the iPhone.
That’s right: the [...]
Was Lincoln the First to Use Emoticons?
Well, was he? Read about it here.
Update: Phil Gons has the answer for us.
HT: Digital Inspiration.
A Modern Esau Tale: Sacrifice Friends for Food
Burger King has released a new Facebook Application that will provide you with free food, provided you are willing to sacrifice a few friends. CNet reports:
Now is the time to put your fair-weather Web friendships to the test. Install Whopper Sacrifice on your Facebook profile, and we’ll reward you with a free flame-broiled Whopper when [...]
Email Alert: You missed the rapture…
Since we all apparently survived the activation of the Large Hadron Collidor, it’s about time for another strangelet. So what if the world did end, and you (or those you love) didn’t know it? Well, the good people at “You’ve Been Left Behind” have a solution:
You’ve Been Left Behind gives you one last opportunity to [...]
My Very First Strangelet
I’ve decided to introduce a new segment to an already crowded blog: the strangelet. Strangelets are like Nerdlets, but weird, wild, and, well, strange. The term “strangelet” derives from the controversy surrounding the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which powered up today after a long and convoluted history (remember the Super Conductor Super Collider?)
In other words, [...]
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