Cats vs. Dogs: Cats barking

This cat is "barking" lol... dunno if it's actually doing that or if it's doctor, but funny~

Computers of the (near) future?

Check this company's idea for the future computers out.

Mixed thoughts about it. While the whole wireless concept is great, I seriously doubt the speed of wireless is ever going to come even close to wired. And when the power of computers become stronger (particularly with that model, which will need some fast communication through lots of things), wired is probably going to be the only way to go effectively. I think, though, a design like that, with a wired base, would be awesome. You know, a little wrack with wires going through it, and you could just plug in those "modules" and construct a computer really quickly and easily.

Lego katamari picture

Just had to share it.

All hype no returns, a sad olympics for the US

The months leading up to the olympics, Bode Miller was the face of Team USA. The media hawked after him, hyping him up, casting the spotlight endlessly upon him (much to his chagrin) depsite the other talented skiiers on the ski team. Nevermind the fact that the rest of Team USA had interested athletes and their own stories (Michelle Kwan, for instance, prior to her withdrawing). It was all about Bode Miller. And then it became about the ski team, how it was probably the most talented team ever in the history of the US to go into the winter olympics. Sweeping the medals was not out of the question, so loaded were they.

Translated to what, 0 medals thus far?

You get the sense that the media tried. Desperately. They still are. The fact is, the olympics don't seem to be as "big" for people anymore, because there aren't enough heroes. Particularly in the winter olympics. They're either dominant or they're not. Check back on the articles and you'll see all this hype for athletes, and in (essentially small print) the end of the story is a reminder, "oh yeah, s/he isn't really as good as we hyped, so s/he probably won't medal, but don't stop believing!" I think one of the biggest problems is that there was so much about doping, so much about the ski team, that other, possibly more interesting (particularly snowboarding, for instance, in regards to the US) events got overlooked. Likewise, profiles or rundowns on the opposition might have made it a bit more interesting to follow, too. When was the last time the Washington Post gave a pre-game briefing on a Redskins' game and said nary a word about the opposing team?

Anyways, now that the Ski team is going for a historic oh-for, it looks like all the hype has been drained out of the olympics. There're no big-names left in figure skating (who's going to turn on the TV to watch Emily Hughes?) and other big-time events (except for maybe a few more speedskate events, which has turned into more of a "Shani sucks" "Shani vs Hedrick" bickering than anything else) are being drained into the non-hype of reality isn't that sweet (they both lost out in the gold for the 1500). Don't know. Looks like there's going to be some non-corporate agenda needed to infuse more life and interest in the olympics.