Can't get enough of the constant Olympic coverage on TV and the Internet? Overnight yourself this Bird's Nest USB Speaker ($12) (in the likeness of Beijing's Olympic stadium to those who've been on a media blackout) and don't let yourself suffer from Olympics withdrawal for one moment.
Brought to you by your friendly neighborhood USB creators, who will never let a thing go by without USB-ifying it!
What good is the Internet if you're always peeing your pants? Exactly. Not good at all, I say.
Luckily, there's The Bathroom Diaries, a website that has compiled public toilet information the world over — literally, there are international listings — for little old us to use when we're out and about and gotta go, gotta go, gotta go right now.
Users rate the public toilets with what's important, like clean, and safe, but of course, be on the lookout for those that are rated "aesthetically special."
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My addictions to Rock Band and SingStar have made me an unexpected ham lately. I sing anywhere and everywhere, which I'm sure is a total delight and not annoying at all to my co-workers, boyfriend, and people on the train with me. I use hairbrushes or my thumb — trusty stand-in microphones — but what if it was the other way around, and microphones stood in for something else?
That's the idea with the Solo Pedant Light ($236), which is a microphone-cum-lamp. Available in three colors, imagine how cute it would be hanging over your dining table. I unequivocally love it — check out the light pattern it produces!
Laptops & Role Playing: Is Technology the Answer to Poverty? Though Dungeons and Dragons has weirdly wormed its way into the campaign, technology is popping up worldwide as not an escape from the drudgery of every day, but as an escape from poverty.
If you're the proud owner of a BlackBerry and are getting sick and tired of hearing about iPhone Apps, don't worry, all hope is not lost! The Wall Street Journal is now offering a mobile app for BlackBerry's that will easily allow users to read all the latest WSJ news from the WSJ website.
To check out the WSJ mobile reader, click on this link from your cell phones' browser.
Google SMS To the Extreme In this vid, SMS Google is running "Johnny Thumbs'" life. (His date's name for him.) This is an exaggeration, but not much of one. I've totally hung out with peeps like this and it is freaking annoying. Put. The. Cell. Phone. Down!