Time Wasters: Name The Robot, VERY Realistic Animations, and a Game to Drive You Nuts
Posted by Steve Bass | Friday, September 05, 2008 3:06 PM PT
Do you think you're a science fiction aficionado, and know your robots? If you're able to distinguish between a Cylon and, say, The Borg, Name That Robot quiz is for you.
What happens when a creature sticks its face against glass? It's probably not the sort of thing you've been thinking about, but then again, you don't write a once-a-week Time Wasters blog. Get a load of 50 Animals Squashed Against Glass -- and be glad you don't have to wash the windows.
Honey, get the Windex, willya?
Use the cursor keys to move the square through the blueprint and get it to the X. "Open Doors," I hear you thinking, "it can't be that hard..." Don't be too sure, especially as you get to higher levels (if you do, that is).
It's just a blueprint -- how hard could it be to get through the doors...
Emily isn't real -- but she's amazingly life-like. So much so that given the right setup, say, a small screen at an ATM, you might even think you were talking to a real live person. Read about it and watch the video here. Scary, no?
You ever get annoyed when people sling around acronyms and you haven't a clue? Get a clue with Acronym Finder, a handy site that looks up the pesky shorthands, such as WTF, SOL, HIPAA, and, well, you get the idea.
In this U.S. Geological Survey video taken in Glacier National Park, a solitary wolf tries playing with a momma bear and her two cubs. The bear, needless to say, ain't in the mood for this kind of nonsense.
