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brinno gardenwatchcam: time-lapse digital garden camera shoots video slightly more interesting than watching paint dry

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Want to know if your green thumb is really green? This nifty garden gadget lets you keep watch over your budding plants 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, from across the globe if you want.

The Brinno GardenWatchCam observes your flowers as they grow, taking time lapse digital photos at intervals ranging from…

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July 7th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: digital imaging gadgets strange + wonderful technology video

digital clock needs 48 analog hands to tells time

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It took me a second to figure out what was going on when I first got a look at this table full of analog clocks. But once I stood back from my screen, I realized that none of the clocks have the correct time and the whole thing is a macro timepiece that tells the…

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May 17th, 2009 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design interactive timepieces

classic arcade games excel in spreadsheets

Pac Man in Excel

Sure, you could use your copy of Microsoft Excel to create the business model for your next big multi-million dollar venture, or to calculate last month’s sales for your used car dealership, but why not put it to some really good use and play some arcade games with it instead?

Apparently, programming video games using…

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April 5th, 2008 comments (15) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing retro video games