Posts from — March 2008

[ March 28th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Quick Response Codes Testing in SF

Quick Response codes, or QR codes as they are also known are mighty popular here in Japan. All you need is an Internet-enabled cell phone with QR Code recognition software and a built in camera that can take macro shots. You put the phone in barcode reader mode, switch the camera to macro [...]

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[ March 28th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Aerial Camping with Treepee

The Treepee is a novel camping innovation that will get you off the ground, which in some cases is a very desirable thing. Whilst driving to the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, home to a number of the world’s top ten most venomous snakes. Depending on how you look at things, the Treepee [...]

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[ March 28th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Swimming Pool Climbing Wall Looks Like Wet and Slippery Fun

Climbing is great exercise, something that my two younger siblings can attest to; I myself do not indulge. If I had a swimming pool, however, I would be hard pressed not to get one of these. Despite being a climbing wall in a swimming pool, it is designed with safety in [...]

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[ March 27th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

The Accurate, A Timely Reminder that Life is Fleeting

There are two ways to look at The Accurate, a wrist watch where the hour hand reads, “remember” and the minute hand reads, “you will die.” On the one hand you could look at it as a morbid reminder that death comes to us all. I would prefer to look at it as [...]

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[ March 27th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Star Wars Golf Bags Show your Force Affiliation

New at the Star Wars shop are golf bags, but not just any golf bags, these are Star Wars themed golf bags with a difference. The difference is that there is no Luke, Han or Leia involved, these are purely from the dark side. You get two options: Darth Vader black or Storm [...]

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