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Friday, June 27, 2008 10:42 AM PT Posted by Steve Bass

Time Wasters: Alphabet Games, iPhone Trickery, and Weird Bikes

  • Just Letters is a fun, interactive Flash game that lets you slide letters around while others are doing the same. Sometimes there's cooperation; often there's chaos. Most often there are dirty words.
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    Spell a couple of words -- if you can!

  • Radiology party tricks: If you have an iPhone, and you're a radiologist, listen up.
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    Wow, look at the size of the proximal phalanx of your toe!

  • A couple weeks ago in a blog I mentioned the Uno, a weird motorcycle that looks like a motorized unicycle. Yamaha's topped that with its "wearable" cycle.
  • But wait, this just in: The HyperBike, designed by Curtis DeForest, isn't wearable, but it sure looks cool.
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    You won't have to worry about sharing a lane with the HyperBike.


    Watch a video of the HyperBike in action

  • My cousin Judy often complains about the crowding on New York subways. Compared to Japan, I say, Ha! (Though at least the "assistants" are wearing white gloves. That's reassuring. -- Editor.)

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