TDistler: “IBM Patents the Checkbox”:
“The patent situation in this country is becoming more ridiculous by the minute. IBM was just awarded a patent (7278116) on those little checkboxes you see on just about all software and websites..”
Oh dear me. You see sometimes you can reinvent the wheel.
Nintendo: Nintendo is now including the Wii Remote Jacket for the Wii Remotes in all new hardware being shipped. For Wii owners who purchased their systems prior to this addition, we are offering to send free Wii Remote Jackets for their existing Wii Remotes.
No folks, its not really to keep the Wii Remote warm. Its for those of us that try and pitch 98 mph fastball’s in Wii Sports, but forget to put the wrist strap on… The Jacket is designed to limit the damage such a fast pitch will do to my plasma television.
BBC: “A US man who stored his amputated leg in a barbecue smoker that was later auctioned off is locked in a custody dispute with the man who bought it.”
Seriously, this one would only happen here in the good ole USA.
On Friday on the way home from my lovely wife’s birthday dinner we saw a number of police vehicles in our neighborhood. We also saw a female getting given the police sobriety test. An article in our local paper explains what had occurred.
It turns out there was a hit and run accident, with a female perpetrator, Diana Almanza. This individual had just last week committed the same offense (DUI and hit and run), and was let go after a night in jail. Then on Friday, she committed the exact same offense, and would you believe it, hit the same vehicle as she did last week!
