The SawStop is a safety oriented table-saw that can detect if you have stuck an appendage into the spinning blade of doom and instantly (and I mean instantly!) drop the blade down out of harms way. Check out the hi-speed vid of a hot dog getting saved just in the nick (!) of time. I wouldn't want my *ahem* dog sliced in two!
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I don't know about you, but my wallet is always getting fat. And not with cash mind you, mostly crap. Maybe it's time to fill that wallet with nifty utilities instead, like a set of toothpicks, pseudo-wrenches, even cuff links! These are only to be defeated by the card pipe that can be admired even if you don't plan on using it!
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Resource Revival has some stuff made from bicycle parts. Some are cheesey, some are fairly cool! The tea-light candle holders are such an odd juxtaposition of soft mood lighting and hard, industrial metal cogs. Nice conversation pieces at the very least. Next time I see a dead gutted bike on the sidewalk, I may view it in a different light.
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I was none too impressed by this article about the "flying car" spotted on Google Maps in Australia. Whatta loada hootennanny. I was much more intrigued however, by the shot of a British Lancaster bomber flying over homes in England. Now that is pretty random. I wonder if you took the entire G maps imagery, how many snapshots of planes would occur, and what would turn out as the most frequently accidentally photographed from orbit? How deep is a satellite photo's depth of field? Would a plane at a fairly high altitude become an out of focus smudge? Plane photo-recognition software anyone?
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I was craving Anime over the last couple of days, so after a little research and waiting for Azureus later, I was ready for my fix. On the menu was AIR [tv], a 13 episode show that was featured on many people's top 10 animes for 2005. I had no idea what the story was. Well, I got sucked in right away. With overcutesy characters & an intriguing story, my interest was captured rom the start. The dog named Potato that says "piko piko" is hilarious. As the show progressed and the quality continued, I was quite surprised by the lack of the usual cliche panty-shots, breast fondlation, especially since it is the standard fare of one male character and a whole lotta females. However, as the story wound down I felt sorely disappointed and confused. The story went on some weird tangents and had odd twists that didn't seem to make much sense. There are some really touching moments though, and it's worth watching, despite it's shortcomings. It was only after I was done with the show that I found out that the anime is based on a bishoujo game of the same name, which may account for the story. I'll give this show a 7.5 outta ten.
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