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Jerry and Bill buy shoes … for a software company Commercial?

Terry — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:30:41 +0000

The 300 Million dollar advertising spree from Microsoft released its first commercial last night. I am still scratching my head on what they are actually selling? There is no mention about any MS product or really about Microsoft at all. But there is the picture of Bill Gates that I have on this (you know the Mug Shot One) website. So, why spend all that money for a commercial that is about ‘nothing’? Well, we are talking about it right? And Jerry Seinfeld’s tv show was completely about ‘nothing’. Enjoy the wacky world of buying shoes with Jerry and Bill. I really wonder how an eatable computer would taste!

Bubble Wrap Popping Sport Has Simulator

Terry — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:36:35 +0000

Get ready all you pro-Bubble-Wrappers (PBW’s for short), this is the new way of practicing your sport. A bubble wrap simulator. No this isn’t a joke, keep those fingers moving till the the blisters pop. A way to keep the kids quiet, the dog barking and aspirin companies in business. Stop. Breath. Wake up to reality. This maybe the new hotest toy on the market considering the way our culture is breeding into a downward spiral. However it is rumored that our President may endorse these bubble wrap simulators, in hopes to distract the current headlines. They may make a great Christmas gift for that scrooge buried inside you… This is about as Technically Foreign as things get!

VIA: ohgizmo.com

Random Googling: NASA technology shrinks a human

Terry — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:42:31 +0000

A new thing over here at Technically Foreign. Random Googling. As I stated previously on my post about Google As A curse word, there is a lot you can do with google. So now I will be randomly putting phrases into google to see what the all seeing eye thinks.

Today’s Random Googling is: NASA technology shrinks a human

or: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=NASA+technology+shrinks+a+human&btnG=Search

Like all things web, Results may vary. The results I saw show a couple of interesting things. First I have a PDF from MIT about Bio Space suite, but no Shrinking Humans.

Next I have two from NASA’s website but they would never admit in shrinking humans. So we move onto NASA Spinoffs from Thespaceplace.com. This is a cool place that explains all the gadgets NASA has created for our modern way of living. The list is great but no real mention of NASA’s ability to shrink a human.

Next and last for this post is the opinion from the AIP – that is the American Institute of Physics which talks about if Mars should be Human Space flight objective? Now the article is not very interesting and doesn’t talk about any shrinking of a human. It is drier then the planet mars.

So I am afraid I leave with not discovering NASA’s technology that shrinks a human. Till next time, keep Random Googling and spread the hobby.

Google Maps Spying – what’s with the goats?

Terry — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:10:24 +0000

In the middle of the desert in Africa Google satellite maps show a bunch of guys by a well with a lot of goats surrounding them. I think one guy is actually look up to the sky. The surrounding area isn’t mapped with high resolution. Google maps seems to upload the resolution by one square at a time, but how do they pick the squares? I wonder if they find anyone stranded on an Island after a plane crash… the others probably block that too. Very interesting if you zoom out. Not sure what is there besides a lot of goats, a well and some guy randomly staring back at you.

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Carpet Skating anyone?

Terry — Wed, 16 May 2007 23:52:17 +0000

Business is about speed and what slows you down the most? A ton of spam in your inbox, that P4 computer that’s still chugging away or is it the healthy switch to decaf? None of the above its the fact you don’t have Carpet Skates. Yes. I said it, Carpet Skates. That is a wierd phrase. These skates apparently do not have wheels but allow you to slide through your fast passed day with ease and maybe grab a workout.

The dangers of this might be obvious, like running over the interns, but lets face it we live in a fast paced world and what would be a better solution then speeding up the time it takes to get from one end of the office to another. Cutting down on the amount of time spent of doing one task like walking could save companies billions of dollars a year.

Now for all those who feel that this technically insane instead of foreign jump over to the Sci-Fi Tech blog or where they got a pair from E-Xtrem geek. I for one would love to have a pair but the server room doesn’t have carpet. In a couple of years when we have Extreme Geek Sports I will compete in the Carpet Skating International.