Let’s see what nuggets of joy and wonder my semi-daily reading material has brought us today:

• The dates for Bonnaroo 2005 have been confirmed — June 10th throught the 12th. The location is the same as always.
• The NY state senate has voted to rework parts of the Rockefeller drug laws and reduce the draconian nature of the sentences.
• Samsung is going to have a hand in building theworld’s tallest building, the Burj Tower in Dubai. Total height upon completion will be 2,640 feet and some 160 floors, higher than the planned hight of the Freedom Tower.
• For some holiday Flash fun, you might want to try your hand at this ingenious little snowflake maker.
• T-Mobile has added Ringback Tones, or as they call them “CallerTunes”, to their list of services. These are different from ringtones. They replace the ringing sound the caller would hear when calling you with something else such as music or other recorded material. Another revenue stream for the cell phone companies to cash in on, I suppose.
• I’ve just found out there’s a Cowboy Bebop game for PS2 under development — announced a few months ago at E3. I just hope they make a good game, because I’ve seen far too games based on licensed materials that just plain suck.
• Here’s a handy, dandy digit saver for table saw users. SawStop is a system that can recognize the difference between wood and flesh and bring a blade spinning at 4,000 rpm to a stop in just 5 milliseconds. That can save a lot of people a lot of hand surgery.
• Take a trip down memory lane and enjoy some clasic 80′s commercials.
• Some users on Flikr have done a little
  flashlight writing. Very cool looking. You can make your own flashlight pics with this technique.
• NASA plans to send a robot into space to repair the Hubble Telescope, but a panel from the National Academy of Sciences says it would be better to send real astronauts up to fix things. Would NASA be willing to dare another shuttle launch yet?

And finally…

• Tired of having to endure someone else’s cell phone call in public? Maybe you should drop one of these “SHHH” cards on them, provided by the Society for HandHeld Hushing. Funny, useful and brilliant!

You’ve now been enlightened and/or entertained. That will be $3.57 please.

Tags: Fun and Games, Media and Entertainment, New York City, Science and Technology

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