Offbeat archive
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
City Boy Starts Farmin’ — Farm Automation?
Posted: Wednesday, February 20, 2008
I’ve been known to joke about getting out of technology and start a farm. But joking wasn’t my buddy Ron — you might know him from the Ron & Don Show on 710 Kiro News Radio — he’s actually bought some land (9.4 acres of it) in Maple Valley, WA and is building himself a ...Read
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Best Fruit On The Planet?
Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Mangos! Ever since our Honeymoon to Brazil, my wife and I have developed an intense love for mangos — we’d eat them every morning. In the summertime, we try to eat them daily but they are hard to find at times and the prices are all over the board. However, last week I found out ...Read
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Green & Organic Vodkas
Posted: Tuesday, October 2, 2007
I’ve been on this organic/natural kick lately so when I went to the liquor store I wanted to check out what types of organic libations existed. After checking all the sections, I only noticed that two Vodka’s are going after the “Green” & “Organic” trends.360 Vodka is going after the folks that are trying to ...Read
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Anyone Know Who Makes This Stool?
Posted: Saturday, July 7, 2007
I have been looking for counter stools for our kitchen and haven’t been able to find ones that I like — my wife and I are very picky. I have a design that I may go with, however, while I was watching the Live Earth Concert on the Bravo channel I caught the end of ...Read
Friday, December 30, 2005
The Next Half-Million Dollar Idea — MegaPixelsForSale.com?
Posted: Friday, December 30, 2005
So by now you must have heard about the latest internet craze, invented by Alex Tew, a 21 year old English lad. It’s called The Million Dollar Homepage. The idea is quite simple… he wanted to make $1,000,000 by selling 1,000,000 pixels for $1 each. The main motivation for him doing this was to pay ...Read
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
BioRing — Made From Your Bone
Posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Eyeball Jewelry is soooo 2004, this years trend is biojewelry. The process seems quite simple (the complete process) — that is, once you get the bone chips from your jaw. The people behind this Biojewellery craze are Tobie Kerridge and Nikki Stott, design researchers at the Royal College of Art, and Ian Thompson, a bioengineer ...Read
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
The 100 Billionth BIC Ballpoint Pen
Posted: Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Danny: Sorry for the none original content, I ran across this off the wire service and thought it had some interesting facts about the plastic BIC pen we all have converted into a spitwad launcher at somepoint in our life. PRNewswire —What would cover 40 times the distance from Earth to the moon, lined up ...Read
Friday, July 22, 2005
DRY SODA CO. == Amazingly Good Drinks.
Posted: Friday, July 22, 2005
UPDATE: Just an availability update — DRY will be in the wine departments of your local QFC as well as Larry’s Markets in the coming weeks. I don’t know much about this company or where you can get the bottles, but what I do know is that these drinks are really refreshing. I went to ...Read
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Super Pringles
Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2004
You can scratch that off your list of, “Things To Invent”… Pringles Prints are made using a proprietary technology where words and images can be printed on one side of the crisp right side up, upside down, in blue or red. This technology is the first-of-its kind in the U.S. to be used on food. ...Read
Monday, August 2, 2004
‘MP3’ Is Officially a Word
Posted: Monday, August 2, 2004
That’s right, “MP3” is included among “Pleather,” “body wrap,” “information technology”, “MPEG” and “DSL” that have gotten the nod from the editors at Merriam-Webster in the annual update of their Collegiate Dictionary. So why not celebrate this once in a lifetime event with a good ol’ fashion game of Scramble? To print out a cheat ...Read
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
‘How Bill Gates Beats The Summer Heat’
Posted: Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Update: Here is a link to more photos, in case you really care. Ha! I have to say, it has been very warm here in Seattle… today we hit the upper 80’s and it should reach the 90’s this weekend… so even a billionaire needs to cool off somehow… Bill Gates was spotted today ...Read
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Aston Martin DBR9
Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Well folks, I’d like to present to you what all my hard work on mavromatic has earned me. HA! Can’t a man wish? Aston Martin Racing has revealed its all-new DBR9 that will return to the international motor racing in 2005. The new GT racing car, which is based on the latest Aston Martin production ...Read
Thursday, July 8, 2004
Earn Bling, Bling… with Ad Wheels
Posted: Thursday, July 8, 2004
Today has been a real offbeat day (hope you liked the Britney Spears betting post, hopefully your prediction will earn you some money) and to add to the offbeatness, AdFleet Advertising has patented a non-rotating wheel cover that can be used for advertising. It will be first be launched on taxi wheels in Los Angeles, ...Read
Will it be Boy or Girl Baby for Britney?
Posted: Thursday, July 8, 2004
This was too good to not post… PRNEWSWIRE — Shortly following confirmation that she was engaged to her dancer boyfriend Kevin Federline, rumors began circulating that Britney Spears’ engagement was the result of her pregnancy. With UK tabloid reports indicating that her first child is due in late December, WagerOnSports.com today announced odds on the ...Read
Thursday, July 1, 2004
616,400 Signatures Carried To Saturn
Posted: Thursday, July 1, 2004
CNN is reporting that 616,400 signatures were carried to Saturn by Cassini, a space probe. Amongst the signatures were Patrick Stewart and Chuck Norris… I know you are asking why… I am… this is the reason they’re giving: “Planetary Society officials solicited the signatures as a way to bring attention to the space mission. Signatures ...Read
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Serta’s Fireproof Mattress
Posted: Tuesday, June 29, 2004
It’s a scary sight, a conventional mattress (top) and a Serta mattress with FireBlocker (bottom), three minutes, 30 seconds after ignition (caused by friction, etc, etc). During tests conducted at the Underwriters Laboratories (UL), the Serta mattresses with FireBlocker smoldered at very low temperatures for 30-minutes, whereas conventional mattresses immediately became engulfed in flames… which ...Read
Thursday, June 24, 2004
2005 Dodge Magnum Police Car
Posted: Thursday, June 24, 2004
We’ve seen the Lamborghini Police Cars, but Dodge is upping the ante in the law enforcement market with a new rear-wheel drive Dodge Magnum police car powered by the legendary HEMI V-8 engine. The 2005 Dodge Magnum SXT model will be available this fall for police special service use. For 2006, Dodge will introduce a ...Read
Tuesday, June 8, 2004
The Best Seat In The House
Posted: Tuesday, June 8, 2004
We are bombarded with studies that prove we are getting bigger. The New York Times reported in March that the first national survey of adult size since World War II found men and women all bigger in 240 different measurements “from tip to toe.” Manufacturers have even rushed to churn out a huge array of ...Read
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Porsche Drivers Have Most Affairs
Posted: Wednesday, May 26, 2004
REUTERS — Don’t trust the driver of a fast car. Porsche drivers are less faithful than any other group of car owners, with almost 50 percent of them cheating on their partners, a survey published in German magazine “Men’s Car” has revealed. Among German men, Porsche drivers were the least faithful, with 49 percent admitting ...Read
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
StayDry, Keeps You Dry.
Posted: Tuesday, May 18, 2004
If you have ever broken a limb or had surgery you know what it feels like when you can’t take a shower until you remove your cast or stitches. The only solution has been to wrap it in a bulky garbage bag. With StayDry there is no longer an excuse to not shower. It is ...Read
Thursday, May 13, 2004
The World’s Largest Latte
Posted: Thursday, May 13, 2004
At 8 a.m. in New York’s Greeley Square, Nestle Coffee-mate Latte Creations broke a Guinness World Record by creating the World’s Largest Latte. The Latte measured 7 feet tall and 6 feet wide and weighed 5,000 pounds. The freshly prepared beverage contained 660.5 gallons of rich, foamy latte. The ingredients necessary to create this massive ...Read
Tuesday, May 4, 2004
GoDaddy.com Introduces Secure Certificates
Posted: Tuesday, May 4, 2004
One of the main reasons why I’m no longer a Verisign (formerly Internic) customer is because from the beginning they have over charged. Solution, $8.95 domain registration from GoDaddy.com… these folks are #1 in my book and I have transfered all my domains over to them. We still had a problem though… what if you ...Read
Friday, April 30, 2004
All-Wheel-Steer Riding Lawn Mower
Posted: Friday, April 30, 2004
Murray, Inc. has introducted the most maneuverable lawn tractor in its class. Murray’s 22.0 hp YardKing will be rolling into stores this spring so save up about $2300 for this new mower and be the talk of your block. The All-wheel steering gives the tractor the ability to turn on a tighter radius than conventional ...Read
Thursday, April 29, 2004
New Talking, Winking and Blinking Urinals
Posted: Thursday, April 29, 2004
WizMark has patented interactive urinal communicators which creates a whole new dimension, literally, to the idea of interactive marketing. Lets say you need to take a pit stop, walk up to the urinal and your attention is immediately attracted to a promotional ad message contained inside an angled waterproof display located within the urinal, with ...Read
Monday, April 19, 2004
Coca-Cola C2
Posted: Monday, April 19, 2004
No, it’s nothing computerized… but many of us drink a can or two a day, so it’s worthy of being talked about… The Coca-Cola Company today announced it will introduce Coca-Cola C2 in Japan first and then hit the U.S. this summer. They have been working on the C2 formula for over a year, trying ...Read
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Eyeball Jewelry… Causing ‘Eye’ Concern
Posted: Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Last week a story from Reuters about Eyeball Jewelry was released, now the American Academy of Ophthalmology is concerned about this fashion fad. Eye Doctors are concerned that it might cause foreign body granuloma or scar tissue and the implant could also allow bacteria to get beneath the conjunctiva causing a serious vision-threatening infection or ...Read
Wednesday, April 7, 2004
Eyeball Jewelry… No joke!
Posted: Wednesday, April 7, 2004
Yahoo has posted a story (Reuters) from Amsterdam that the latest fashion trend to hit the Netherlands is eyeball jewelry. Get your eyeballs over there to check this new trend out!Read
Friday, March 19, 2004
Tingle while you shower
Posted: Friday, March 19, 2004
This has nothing to do with geeky technology, but man, this stuff rocks. If you are getting bored of your leading brand shampoo, definitely pick up some Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Special Shampoo from your local barber. This stuff gives your scalp a tingling, stimulating, energizing clean feeling.
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