I do not agree with this concept at all...

I found this on The Daily What and I have to agree with the comment, I don't like this at all.

Architect Hideyuki Nakayama and door handles and levers manufacturer UNION came up with glass doorknobs that let you see into the room the door leads to and anything going on in it...

Am I the only one that thinks this a horrible idea and an invitation to invade someones privacy? Sheer lunacy, in my opinion...

*shakes head* I wonder so much lately what's happened to common sence and decency in this world...

~Shara

No Comment...

Ok no, I have a comment. Lots in fact.

This item is made by Atech, http://www.atechflash.com/products-icartaplus.html , and is sold on Amazon, http://www.amazon.com/iCarta-iPod-Stereo-Tissue-Holder/dp/B000HWX1J8 , for iPod users who apparently can't live long enough without their music to go to the bathroom.

What? You can't wait five minutes to listen to your Lady Gaga or Sting? Really?

And you have $100 to blow on a glorified toilet paper dispenser? Must be nice to have disposable income like that in this day and age.

Here's the specs on the thing from Atechs site:

Features:

*Built-in Rechargeable Battery provides up to 8 hours of playtime on full charge
*Plays music and podcasts from your iPhone (2G/3G/3GS/4G) / iPod players
*4 Integrated high performance moisture-free speakers deliver exceptional
clarity and high quality sound
*Charges your iPod while playing music
(will not Charge iPhone 3G/3GS, iPod Touch 2G and up, iPod nano 4G and up)
*Line-in option to play music from MP3, CD, or other Music Players
*Shuffle option allows you to play iPod shuffle(1G only)
*Integrated Bath tissue holder that can be easily folded as a stereo dock
*Requires AC Power (AC Adapter included)
*Easy to setup Wall Mount
*Can be used as tabletop Stereo setup

My fave is "Can be used as tabletop Stereo setup" ........

Really?! You want a toilet paper dispenser on your table? Wow...ok then, no accounting for taste I guess. It would be a talking point for friends coming over. Not that that's a good thing.

If you can't stand the five or so minutes it takes to go to the bathroom, you know there are these really cool things called headphones you could always use. And they're cheap. But hey, who am I to judge what people do with there money?

*head hits the desk in disgust*

~Shara

Cutest thing EVER

Ok, I'm not normally the cute type, but Keepon, a little dancing puffball of awesome, was too good to not share to those that haven't seen him yet.

Keepon, in the video seen below dancing to Spoon's 'I Turn my Camera On', was created by Hideki Kozima and programmed by Marek Michalowski. He was designed to study social development by interacting with children.

Here's the Wiki page for little Keepon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keepon



Isn't he adorable? And the song rocks too, so it's a two for one win! *gushes of love*

~Shara

The next member of the Blue Man Group?

I have little info on this guy and his friend, I got this off liveleak.com but it is amazing and I wouldn't be surprised to find out that he'd been contacted by the Blue Man guys to hook up with them.

Keep up the awesome work, PVC Pipe guy!!!

UPDATE from The Daily What: Kent “Snubby J” Jenkins performs a Blue Man Group-inspired “medley of recognizable songs” on his homemade PVC Pipe Instrument at LMU’s Del Rey South Talent Show.
Playlist from his Youtube page:
-Office Theme Song (0:18)
-Linus and Lucy (0:38)
-Turkish March (1:13)
-Mario Brothers Theme (1:27)
-In the Hall of the Mountain King (1:54)
-Bad Romance (2:07)
-Viva La Vida (2:50)
-Like a Virgin (3:03)
-Crazy Train (3:23)
-Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (4:01)
-James Bond Theme (4:15)
-Pirates of the Caribbean Theme (4:35)
-The Final Countdown (featuring his friend, Quin) (4:56)

~Shara

Animals of a Different Color

Animals with odd coloring have always interested me. Albino, melanistic, piebald...they all just illicit so much wonder that I feel like sharing some of my favorite images I've found from around the web.

They apparently fascinate other people too since zoo's and aquariums have displays of oddly colored critters either as permanent residents or travelling exhibits. They always draw huge crowds and I've even had the pleasure of seeing a large albino Alligator at the Cleveland Zoo when I was little.

The Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, Conn. has three lobsters that are uniquely colored: Blue, Pumpkin and Calico.


So here are some pictures I've found on Google; they're lumped by color group. I hope you enjoy looking at them like I do! Who knows? Maybe you'll have a chance to see one for yourself.

Albinos:











Melanistic:











Piebald:











Other:






The purple polar bear is Pelusa in Mendoza City zoo Argentina. The color came from medication for a skin illness.
The purple squirrel is Pete and he was found at Meoncross School in Stubbington, Hampshire. One theory is that he chewed on a purple pen and while grooming himself he spread the ink all over, but that's definately not conclusive.

As you can see, the animal world has all sorts of things that boggle the mind. Normal need not apply. *chuckle*

~Shara

Wait, what?

Tax authorities in Croatia asked the 1 month old baby of Snezana Kolar Tomic to provide proof that she didn't make any income in 2009...before she was even born!
http://www.croatiantimes.com/news/General_News/2010-10-19/14483/Baby_asked_to_prove_she_did_not_make_any_income_in_mother%27s_belly

I'm seriously wondering if the state of things in other parts of the world are so bad that the Tax people have to strongarm babies.

I mean, seriously? How can a baby even work in the womb, if that was at all possible which anyone with a brain knows it's not, but if so, how???

What, do they have a tiny desk in there with a mini laptop so they can collate? Or maybe they run a Pyramid Scheme by mail? You'd think the mom at the very least would notice that kind of thing.

This is definately not helping my whole "baby issue" thing...and the way America is acting lately, I can totally see this happenning here too. Which scares me.

~Shara

Man claims to have caught Bigfoot on Thermal Camera

 

Mike Greene, a former fraud investigator, claims he captured video of Bigfoot in the Uwharrie National Forest.
http://www.myfox8.com/wghp-story-bigfoot-101029,0,1040192.story

That is all, I leave it up to you to guess what it really is.

~Shara