Cool craaaaaap you've acquired/done lately

[dxf]

Something really cool that happened to me this month… I got a contributor callout in the November issue of Wired. You’ll notice bits from me in the test section at least every few months, but this month they were cool enough to call me out.

If you have the issue, my contributor bit (complete with a small picture) is on page 16. My two-page piece on TVs is on page 138, I think

Awesomeness. Big congrats! Everyone, what’s best for the occassion – slow clap, regular applause, or just a chorus of multiple "Chuuuuuck!"s?

DBT, that is one cool little impulse purchase. IS it little, or do they have life-sized ones?

Tangent from there: Yesterday, I ventured into the toy department of Target looking for a jack in the box. Which they didn’t have. What I DID encounter was a REMOTE CONTROL DINOSAUR. Probably two feet long, just as tall. Made TOTALLY WICKED crush-stomp-screech-destroy noises. Few times in my life have I so strongly felt I needed an unnecessary object. I stopped myself from getting it, but I’ve heard it calling my name since…

[Mr_Lister_Sir]

Impulse purchase at 1AM:

That is awesome.

[Mr_Lister_Sir]

Something really cool that happened to me this month… I got a contributor callout in the November issue of Wired. You’ll notice bits from me in the test section at least every few months, but this month they were cool enough to call me out.

If you have the issue, my contributor bit (complete with a small picture) is on page 16. My two-page piece on TVs is on page 138, I think.

Anyway, I’m pretty proud of it. I think I’m going to frame a copy for my mother (who, incidentally, was a middle/high-school English teacher for 30+ years and instilled in me a love of writing that’s never faltered).

After a quick search on the Wired website.

I found this http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/10/do-not-want-3-l.html

The words of our awesome Leader

[Topgun]

I found this a bit further down on the same page. More awesomeness !!

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/11/heidi-klum-guit.html

I’ll be in my bunk. For awhile.

[Chuck]

After a quick search on the Wired website.

I found this http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/10/do-not-want-3-l.html

The words of our awesome Leader

FWIW, these are from last year’s test. You can find some of my stuff from this year’s test here:

http://www.wired.com/reviews/productlisting/televisions

Not all of 'em are mine, but a lot are.

[deathbytray]

DBT, that is one cool little impulse purchase. IS it little, or do they have life-sized ones?

You know, I don’t know exactly how big it is. I’ve assumed that it’s slighly bigger that my hand. Roughly the same size as most action figures.

It’s definitely not life-sized, so you can’t take it out in public to pretend that you’re friends with it.

[GalaxyRanger]

It’s definitely not life-sized, so you can’t take it out in public to pretend that you’re friends with it.

I’d find other applications for it if it really were life-sized…

[deathbytray]

I’d find other applications for it if it really were life-sized…

Unfortunately for you, most hand-painted maquette figurines are NOT anatomically correct.

[GalaxyRanger]

Unfortunately for you, most hand-painted maquette figurines are NOT anatomically correct.

Sic transit gloria mundi.

[deathbytray]

Sic transit gloria mundi.

Your concept of gloria mundi is anatomically correct clay figurines? Just wait a few years… it can’t be long before some scientist somewhere (my guess: from Japan) creates an anatomically accurate female love-bot. You can buy one and dress it up like Kaylee.

[Pike]

Sic transit gloria mundi.

Your concept of gloria mundi is anatomically correct clay figurines? …

My first thought was that the clay figure would be a rage against the transit.

Then I remembered it was GR, and he’s probably thinking that there’s some girl named Gloria Mundi that he failed to hook up with.

[Cackleberry]

Thanks for the wired links. You’re famous Chuck! I love how in the first review I clicked on “awesome” was in the first sentence

[Keara]

I’d find other applications for it if it really were life-sized…

Is it possible you’ve become a bigger horndog? Has living away from your girlfriend caused you some sexual frustration? You know, there is an inexpensive therapy you can do at home for that. All by yourself. You don’t have to keep getting us involved.

[Topgun]

Is it possible you’ve become a bigger horndog? Has living away from your girlfriend caused you some sexual frustration? You know, there is an inexpensive therapy you can do at home for that. All by yourself. You don’t have to keep getting us involved.

[Keara]

DON’T. ENCOURAGE. HIM.

[GalaxyRanger]

Is it possible you’ve become a bigger horndog? Has living away from your girlfriend caused you some sexual frustration? You know, there is an inexpensive therapy you can do at home for that. All by yourself. You don’t have to keep getting us involved.

PrettyHair’s been spoiling me.

[Keara]

PrettyHair’s been spoiling me.

Ummmm…how exactly am I to interpret that statement? For the life of me I can’t decipher your meaning in any way that doesn’t have me picturing the two of you locked in an embrace. Which just makes me want to go get my brain and eyes scrubbed with bleach.

[Lady_D]

Ummmm…how exactly am I to interpret that statement? For the life of me I can’t decipher your meaning in any way that doesn’t have me picturing the two of you locked in an embrace. Which just makes me want to go get my brain and eyes scrubbed with bleach.

get in line, sweetie

[Armando]

Ou est le baggage?
Ou sont les voyagers?

[Armando]

After a quick search on the Wired website.

I found this http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/10/do-not-want-3-l.html

The words of our awesome Leader

Very frakking cool. And, if I could afford an LCD television right now, I’d know what to avoid. Woot!

I found this a bit further down on the same page. More awesomeness !!

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/1...klum-guit.html

I’ll be in my bunk. For awhile.

Um, who the hell is Heidi Klum? (Do I need to turn in my geek card now?)