UPS has apparently perfected time-travel.
A parcel for which only billing has been transmitted — today — was delivered last August. I am going to be seriously weirded out if I need/am told to ship something to LA next week.
Be patient … it’s worth it
Web product display, Rube Goldberg style
via The Quantum Pontiff
This reminds me — I need some new batteries. A few of mine just died from overcharging.
Adventures in Rechargeable Batteries
For one thing, there’s the issue of discharge rate. It turns out that massive 2500mAh capacity of the Energizer rechargeable battery doesn’t mean much when the battery drains itself within a month.
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So putting a larger [...]
I got a fluorescent clipboard a while back. I love the effect.
The edge is much, much brighter than the rest, though it’s a little easier to see this in person. The clipboard is acting as a waveguide for the emitted fluorescence; any light emitted within the total internal reflectance angle is being transported [...]
The World’s Worst Toaster
Fortunately it doesn’t belong to me. But the web experience described does — I buy stuff for the lab. I run across the “bad toaster” interfaces all the time. For the life of me, I don’t get why certain segments of the science/tech world won’t tell you how much [...]
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