So here’s some of my favorites for the year.
Here’s an awesome Halloween costume for you, if you have a LOT of time on your hands and some serous moola to blow. A full suit of War Machine armor built by Anthony Le out of urethane, resin, PVC pipe, and a lot of rivets and washers. It’s even got some motorized guns. If this dude shows up at my door, I’m giving him all my candy – just because. (Alright, I’m keeping the Kit Kats for myself, but he can have the rest).
Crap, it looks like the images aren’t fitting very well in this post because War Machine is too tall. I guess I should have cropped him more. I hate using this thing for page layout. It’s like shooting pigeons in the dark. You don’t know if you’ve hit them, and if you’ve missed they’re going to crap on you. Well, anyway, I’ll spew some drivel right here just to make some space. That ought to fix the problem. So… what are you up to? Seen any good movies lately? Personally, I’m disgusted with the lack of decent film fare. There isn’t anything coming up I’m really interested in. I watched the Avengers trailer, and thought that looked kind of fun, but it’s not coming out until next year.
Another one of my favorites in the cool stuff category is the Android Watch. Called the I’m Watch, this thing can connect with a variety of mobile devices and act like a remote mic. But it’s also a computer with an Android OS. It has 4GB of storage, 64MB of RAM, a touch screen display, and it runs Android apps. What’s it good for? Hell, I don’t know. What do you use your phone for? Playing games! Or maybe you talk on it. I’ve heard some people do that. It’s becoming less common though.
Then there’s the resurrection of the De Lorean. It won’t be available until 2013, but it will be fully electric. Of course, at 100K, it’s not very likely I’m going to rush out and buy one. But then it’s not too likely I’m going to build a suit of War Machine armor either. In any case, I look forward to seeing these on the road – somewhere. Maybe I’ll have to take a cruise through the “rich” neighborhoods and have a look. If I do, I’ll have to borrow my uncle’s beat up Chevy truck. That way they’ll just think I’m a contractor looking to maintain someone’s yard. (You gotta go stealth in the rich neighborhoods).
Smell-o-Vision has returned. I was a bit surprised by this one. Haven’t we gone this route before? Was it successful last time? I don’t think so. No, this isn’t something I want in my house. Particularly when I’m playing “Zombie” games. Who wants to smell the stench of dead flesh? But here it is again, the same time-proven olfactory fail. Someone out there must think this is a good idea. Maybe it’s the food manufacturers. They’d probably like to blast you in the face with roast beef and gravy, or the delicate odor of fresh crepes. But I can’t help thinking that proliferation of this tech would give rise to a whole series of fart movies.
In the outside category, we’ve got “Glamping” (which is apparently the words “glamor” and “camping” neatly scrunched together so you don’t have to say them separately). Yes, for the “Eco Tourist” in everyone there are now a series of awesome tents that you can buy for extremely large prices and setup in the boonies. Why are they white? I have no idea. Maybe you’re only supposed to use them once. Or maybe they don’t think you’re going to hump these things through the mud to get where you want to set them up. Personally, if I’m ever homeless again, I’d really like to have one of these. It would make living in the park so much more comfortable! Of course, if the cops chase you off, you can still manage to survive in your Selk Bag, if you happen to have one of those. And, if you live in the woods, you can probably just build yourself a Hobbit Home using these plans.
And then, of course, there’s the Kindle Fire. I alluded to it in another post, but what is it? If you don’t know already, it’s a tablet device for 200 bucks that Amazon is putting out. But what does it mean for a company like Amazon to put out a tablet? Well, they’ve got a store, right? And in that store they’ve got books, movies, and music, right? So… it makes sense that they’d create something for you to easily buy that stuff and consume it right? So here you go – the Kindle Fire. A one-stop-shop marketing device for Amazon to sell you their stuff. Not only that, but they’ll happily track your viewing and shopping habits for you, and gladly turn them into metrics that their sales force can use to better target you specifically. Privacy advocates are gonna LOVE this thing!
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I could do with one of the glamping tents. Kind of reminds me of a yurt.
They DO look like yurts, yes. I bet they smell a lot better inside though, especially when they’re new. I stayed in a yurt for a few days. It smelled like plastic mixed with molding pine cones. But it did keep the bears out. Of course, that might have something to do with the fact that they didn’t try to get in.
Yeah those igloo tents are pretty sweet, I’d like to set one of those up in my backyard. But the hobbit house, that’s the best, I could totally live there.
I can see you smoking a pipe outside the misty mountains. Everything would be cool until that damned wizard shows up.
How is a sleeping bag you wear any different than outwear you sleep in? ‘Tis a thin line …
Indeed. From this perspective, almost any puffy coat would do. I wonder if it doubles as a raft?
Sensory overload, Dood. I feel like a kid in the proverbial candy store. I think I’m supposed to win the lotty so I could spend it all on awesome tech gear and end up living under a bridge in my geo tent, playing games on my Android Watch, watching Transformers in my war machine armor on my Kindle Fire, while stealing juice to power my electric DeLorean. I figure if I forego the smelly vision, winning the Mega Millions aught to cover it.
Cool piece! Write on, Dood.
Yes, that’s a great combo. If I win the lottery, I’m building a giant laser array to burn a bat signal on the surface of the moon.
Maybe I’m a sucker, but I’m getting the kindle fire. It shows the covers of the books so you can visually browse your library. I forget what my books are about, so this would really help me.
It’s funny, it looks just like the Nook. I wonder if Barnes and Noble will sue Amazon for patent infringement because they used the same style of interface.
If that war machine dude came knocking on my door he’d get an earful of scream!!!!
What, no candy? Maybe he’ll step in a pile of those jack jumper ants and you’ll get a free show.
If he came to my door he could have the Kit Kats. just don’t tell him about the Snickers in the back of the cupboard
$4000 to make that. wow
“Le, a fitness consultant, studied some concept sketches of the suit posted on the Internet.” Guess they aren’t all meatheads.
Anyone capable of building a suit like that out of resin and urethane can’t be a total moron. It does, however, imply a certain degree of obsession. I mean, sure, a lot of us like the iron man armor types, but there aren’t so many of us that would try to BUILD one.
Why won’t the dream of smell-o-vision die? Of course, I think that 3D tv is ridiculous. At least until they figure out a way so you can see 3D without special glasses.
And “glamping?” Rich people crack me up.
I’m not sure what’s up with the smell-o-vision people. Someone wants this technology. Someone thinks it’s a good idea. Who? Why? It’s a mystery to me. I mean, if the “matrix” were real, and I were in it, bad odors would probably be one of the first things I’d turn off. Right after gravity and my body’s vulnerability to kinetic impact of course.
I forgot about your Kindle Fire post but I now recall your coin ‘virtual fire’ — another deep and sublime one from you which could be a sure hit title.