Japan makes robot girlfriend for lonely men

The first thing I thought of when I read this article was Hand Maid May a cute and slightly pervy anime featuring a robotic maid about the size of the one in this article. Though of course May was much more real looking. ^_^

Many thanks to arashink for posting this article.

( full article for archival purposes )

I knew I was forgetting something about today.

It's March 14th, 3/14, 3.14 PI DAY!!!

Geeks rejoice and have some pie.

I'm posting this too because everyone should read it!

5 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Apocalypse Could Actually Happen

On a lighter note, many thanks to wilwheaton for posting that Jonathan Coulton has released a French version of RE: Your Brains as translated by a dedicated fan.

Blog entry about the release of Re: Vos Cerveaux

Check it out!

Good news about my receiver. It can be repaired and will be ready for pick up tomorrow. Cost of repair... ~$135. Not too bad as far as I'm concerned ( Read more... )

For all my computer friends. I'm finally able to order a new hard drive for my busted desktop. Now I'm at a point where I don't know what to pick regarding the interface. Here are the options I'm being presented with ( Read more... )

Today was a good day to be a pack rat who is technically inclined. I was able to hook up my 5 disk player to my TV using an S-video cable that I had stashed away from a video card I purchased about 6 years ago.

Thanks to this bit of effort, I'm now watching the Gummi Bears that arrived today via Netflix.

I am a notorious snooze slapper, and occasionally I'll set the alarm across my room if it's really importanta. I grew up with Garfield's philosophy that the earlier you set your alarm the later you can sleep in. Though somehow I still manage to get up with enough time to do everything.

Taking a few minutes to browse Think Geek today, I found this ( Read more... )

Friday after work I met up with my family for Operation Get-Food-Early! I picked up my dad and luckily my sister ended up meeting us down at the festival. The plan worked. Steph and I got dinners while Dad got the desserts. I said my goodbyes and headed to pick up blackpaladin

( Conterpoint Part 1 )

Wil Wheaton writes a regular column for Suicide Girls called Wil Wheaton's Geek in Review. Even though there are great articles on SG, most of the time people can't visit the site at work due to the main content. The solution is an RSS feed that thankfully publishes all of the text ( Read more... )