The Family Blog

Now this is thinking! This Baby Rocker is driven by a microwave turntable motor. Simple and sweet!

Another entertaining YouTube post about Pachelbel’s Canon in D and the Cello. Sounds like tons-o-fun eh? Well it is!

For those of you not in the know, free/stolen video clips are all the rage on the interweb. Several sites have popped up to help users provide their own content. Recently, Google bought one of the leaders (YouTube) for like 5 Billion Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers. Anyway, here is an example YouTube video that is a Parody of the Mac vs. PC commercials. I’m not sure I enjoy the whole rubber glove aspect, and I have to say it is rather ironic since Mac basically has Linux under the hood now, but it is funny none the less:

Update:Let me just say- I’m so clearly the linux guy, that it cracks me up to no end.

I read about 4 blogs on a regular basis- Gizmodo, Engadget, Make, and more recently Toolmonger. I saw a great quote in a Toolmonger post on how owning any tools outside of a certain set qualifies as a toy (obviously, rubbish). Here’s the quote:

So ladies, don’t buy your man a tie or a belt that he’ll never wear. Buy him a tool for Christmas, after all Jesus Christ was a carpenter!