It's time again for March Madness. For those of you who don't follow sports, March Madness refers to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men's Division One basketball tournament, which occurs during three weeks in March. During which sixty-five universities duke it out in 64 games. So popular is March Madness that The NCAA now streams it live on the Internet with a service called March Madness on Demand (MODD); and so ardent are March Madness fans that Comcast has sponsored a button on the viewer called "The Boss Button" which, when pressed, throws up a fakespread sheet, so that fans can watch while at work without getting busted.
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Articles on OdditiesIt's time again for March Madness. For those of you who don't follow sports, March Madness refers to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men's Division One basketball tournament, which occurs during three weeks in March. During which sixty-five universities duke it out in 64 games. So popular is March Madness that The NCAA now streams it live on the Internet with a service called March Madness on Demand (MODD); and so ardent are March Madness fans that Comcast has sponsored a button on the viewer called "The Boss Button" which, when pressed, throws up a fakespread sheet, so that fans can watch while at work without getting busted. Wondering just what is "lorem ipso dolor" and why you see it all over the web? What does "lorum ipsum dolor" actually mean? Think that it's Latin? A secret code? Here's the actual secret to lorem ipsom dolor! Following the presidential debates this week, with the introduction of "Joe the Plumber" as a sort of everyman (or straw man, depending on to whom you listen), the Internet is abuzz with people searching to find information about Joe the Plumber - to understand just who is Joe the Plummer. Unfortunately (or fortunately, again depending on how you look at it), those searches are leading to several Joe the Plumbers who have real websites for their real plumbing companies, but who are not the Joe the Plumber for whom everyone is looking. That Joe the Plumber is Joe Wurzelbacher from Toledo, Ohio. Chris Hughes has created a video of how to control your Roomba vacuum with your Nintendo Wii remote control - as Roomba hacks go it's a good one - and the video is taking the Internet by storm. Oh, and if you want to try this Roomba hack at home, Chris has also provided the source code! If you think that Hummers are something, wait until you see the Badonkadonk Land Cruiser Tank, available from - I kid you not - Amazon. Ok, now we've has seen our share of tattoos, and obviously we have our share of computers. And some might even say that we are ...gasp ... geeks. But, geek tattoos? A free music video made entirely with cell phones is thought to be a first, and was filmed by the Presidents of the United States for their hit single "Some Postman". Who the hell is Allan Corfield, why is he (or someone impersonating him) posting cryptic messages on Aunty's site, and why are people searching for him in Google? And who, or what, is "sule"? Let me back up here. On June 3rd, 2005, I wrote an ... The newest craze? BlogPins. BlogPins are 3-inch mini CDs. Of course, 3-inch mini CDs have been around for ages, but what is new is that these come with a special holder which is a 3-inch plastic holder with a pin ... If only the Nasa hacker who was looking for aliens had known about Coast to Coast AM with George Noory he could have avoided a whole lot of trouble! Those wacky people at online dating site True.com are up to it again, talking all logical and sciency about online dating, when everyone knows that the Martian/Venusian aspect of dating requires an alchemist, not a psychologist. This time they have their Chief Psychologist, Dr. ... Remember that study that said that Internet addiction was not a big factor in online gaming? Well maybe Internet addiction itself isn't, but surely online gaming addiction has to be a factor in the rise in issues surrounding the "ownership" of online ... Matt Clarkson was going to end poverty by willing the leaders at the G8 summit to do so. According to his recent press release, Clarkson planned to ask visitors to his website to "take part in a meditation to psychically influence leaders ... Sprint and Disney have announced today that Sprint will provide the underlying service for Disney's newest offering: Disney Mobile. Disney Mobile is a cellular communication service designed to meet the "unique communications needs of families." What, they've figured out a ... Well, Aunty thought that she had heard of everything, but once again she was wrong. Move over, Internet urinal, and make room for the MP3 Toilet. Really. Now, the manufacturer, Toto Toilets, is actually known for making a very high quality, and almost unblockable ... Here's an interesting item which came across Aunty's desk this morning - somehow this feels like the line between churc..er...eBay and state is being crossed: WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Quick, easy, convenient -- and effective. That's all customers need to know ... Ok, now Aunty can't quite decide whether this is just too tacky for words, or a clever twist on the old bridal registry. This new website allows the wedding couple to register for their honeymoon, and lets wedding invitees help pay for ... Ah, a fresh entry in our "how to get yourself into trouble with your cell phone" archives, along with videoing yourself having sex and having it turn up in porn shops, and the guy denying a crime involving an AK47 just as his cell phone displayed a photo of him... holding the AK47, and, of course, the ubiquitous upskirting and downblousing, Gary McKinnon, Nasa's ET hacker, has been arrested in London. A new service is offering celebrity mugshots to download as wallpaper for your cellphone. Who wouldn't want to take a call to Carmen Electra, Yasmine Bleeth, or Anna Nicole Smith's smiling face? Well, ok, maybe they aren't exactly smiling as, ... They are calling it the "Sex Degrees of Separation" website. Shagster.net is the Friendster or Linked-In of the intimate relationship. Slept with someone? Register them on Shagster.net. Slept with several, or several dozen someones? Register them all on ... McDonald's is introducing, I kid you not, downloadable music and ringtones under the golden arches. The offerings, available via Blaze Net kiosks, are McDonald's latest bid to stay current with the times. Other offerings include store-wide wifi, and McLattes. Said ... You can now pet a chicken across the Internet! Yes, that's right - sit in your apartment in New York City, and experience the rural life by petting a chicken in Iowa. Oliver and Lisa Douglas ain't got nothing on you! ... It's always interesting to look at your web logs, to analyze the search terms which people have plugged in to the search engines just prior to finding your website, and to see what sorts of strange paths people have taken to find you. ... Ok, sure, it makes perfect sense, but still Aunty was surprised to learn that a state entity - in this case the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and more specifically the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Department of General Services State Surplus Property Division - not only ... Last week Aunty reported that California Attorney General Bill Lockyer's office, through Deputy Attorney General Ian Sweedler, had teamed up with the FTC to nail spammers Rick Yang and Peonie Pui Ting Chen, operating out of Los Angeles as Optin Global, Inc. and ... Ok, it's time to fess up. How many times have you used your cell phone while also using the loo? Not willing to admit to that? Ok, how many time have you had your cell phone with you in the ... As our readers know, we reported earlier this week on Amal Graafstra, the Washington man who had an RFID chip implanted in his left hand. With the RFID chip in his hand, Graafstra intends to automatically unlock his car and house doors, ... A Washington man, Amal Graafstra, has had an RFID chip implanted in his left hand, with plans to automate such functions as unlocking his car door, unlocking his house door, and logging on to his computer, all based on the code contained in ... Ok, forget the Holy Grilled Cheese Pan being sold on eBay. Mother of five Terri Iligan put her name, "Terri Iligan", up for sale on eBay, agreeing to give up the name Terri Iligan, and adopt whatever name the highest eBay bidder ... It came from the Internet and, some say, is going to destroy modern civilization as we know it. No, it's not spam. It's Netspeak. Also known in some circles as "L33t speak". Of course, not all people think ... If you blinked you might have missed it. Google's labs had put up "Google X", a Google search home page which emulated Apple's Mac OS X look and feel, particularly with respect to the dock function. When you used the Google ... Ok, now Aunty has seen her share of tattoos, and obviously has her share of computers. And some might even say that your Aunty is a ...gasp ... geek. But, geek tattoos? Yes. Believe it. Because Aunty is ... A Numa Numa dance contest - that's what's needed. Aunty's colleague was right. Judging by the response that the Numa Numa dance has received, the way that the music is so infectious - yes, a Numa Numa dance contest is just ... The Bluetooth robot camera, controlled by your Bluetooth phone, is here! Forget about upskirting or videoing yourself with your camera phone while having sex, now you can send your new Bluetooth robot phone camera to do the job! Dubbed ROB-1 by its maker, ... Gary Brolsma and his Numa Numa dance are not just some flash-in-the pan fat kid doing a lip sync and a dance. They are oh, so much more. Ok, now Aunty really has heard of everything. And just in case you haven't, here it is... The Internet Urinal Yes, you read that right. The Internet Urinal. Those whacky guys over at ThinkGeek.com have taken the ordinary portable urinal (with female adaptor!), and ... Google has taken the unusual step of apologizing for its search results. But only, it seems, for results obtained by searching on the word "Jew", the results for which have been deemed offensive. Linked from the top result obtained by searching the ... Gary Brolsma obviously didn't read our cautionary tale about the teenager whose home movie of himself having sex with his girlfriend up on the Internet. Or, maybe he did. But what Gary Brolsma recorded himself doing has piqued the interest of people more ... Not content just to install RFIDs into your car or insert RFIDs in your passport, the newest item which is the target of the RFID craze is human cadavers. Troubled by a rash of "now you see it, now you don't" tricks with human ... Everyone knows that you shouldn't drink and drive. A lesser known, but perhaps equally dire warning is "teenagers, digital cameras, and Internet access don't mix well". Consider the recent case of a group of cheerleaders from Thomas S. Wootton High School, in Rockville, Maryland. By all ... Always remember that the word "fan" has its roots in the word "fanatic". And this is exemplified by the behaviour of Allan Carlson, a Los Angeles resident who is an avid fan of Philadelphia's baseball team, the Philadelphia Phillies. Apparently Carlson had issues ... There's an old saying that it's not nice to fool Mother Nature. Well, it's not nice to fool us, either. But that's just what Alek Komarnitsky did with his Christmas lights which you could turn on and off with your web browser. Or, rather, ... Ok, you've all seen my post about Alek Komarnitsky and his 17,000 Christmas lights, and you've seen my post about how there is a movement to get him on some national talk shows. Well, it looks like that may work, and as a result, ... Wondering about the perfect gift for the iPodite in your life? Well, look no further. How about their own personal iPod ad - you know, those trendy dark silhouettes on a vibrant background, with a standout white iPod and headset prominently ... In keeping with Aunty's strewing the occasional light-hearted Geeky Christmas post in among all the heavy Internet nasties, and having brought you Mr. Komarnitsky and his holiday lights, which you can turn on and off at will with your browser, Aunty will now ... Many of you will remember that we reported on Alek Komarnitsky and his 17,000 Christmas lights which you can control with your web browser. Well, if you enjoyed that (and if you haven't yet checked it out, you really should), now you can ... |
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