Month: November 2007

[Teach yourself some stupid pen tricks](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/stupid_yet_cool_pen_trick.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890). You’ll probably need some dexterity, of course.

[The typical Web2.0 meeting](http://valleywag.com/tech/clips/collegehumor-reenacts-pretty-much-every-meeting-in-the-dot+com-industry-292342.php). By now, every time I hear ‘Web 2.0’ I run the other way. It’s become one of those dangerous buzzwords that largely mean ‘I don’t know what I’m doing’.

[A box that unwinds wings to land like a helicopter when dropped from a plane](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/copterbox_spin_cargo.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890). Clever. And potentially a lot of use when delivering more delicate humanitarian aid.

[Brian the Brain looks like he may well try to conquer the earth in his spare time](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/brainiac-buddy/brian-the-brain-possibly-blams-brain-in-toy-form-295814.php). Either that, or he’ll turn out to be misunderstood and really just hear for peaceful purposes.

[A wind powered model car](http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/loopwing-toy-car-runs-on-wind-power/). What would be better if you could adapt the wind generator to charge a laptop…

[AT&T ends its automated speaking clock](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/29/reflections-on-atts.html). These were really clever bits of technology in their day. But who on earth would have guessed that they would get killed by mobile phones.

[The Cold War Jet Train Race](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/wacky-races/the-soviet-union-vs-us-jet-train-race-293010.php). I hope the Mythbusters saw this, because just imagine what they could do with them…

[A chair shaped like an audio wave](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/11/chair_lets_you_sit_on_a_s.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890). Nice, but where would you put it?