SuperBall Shoes

Oh, to be a kid again.

Why didn't they have these when I was growing up? A longtime favorite, the crazy high-bouncing Wham-O SuperBall has found a new purpose: part of a kid's athletic shoe.

As if kids needed any help bouncing around. This shoe actually has several SuperBalls in its sole. The SuperBall, for those of you who are uninformed, is an amazing high-bouncing plastic ball. We used to throw these around the house, to my mom's dismay, and they'd bounce off the walls, sink, windows, etc. What you may not have known is that these toys employ a futuristic technology known as "Zectron technology", which was invented accidentally--as is all great technology--by Norman Stingley, who found a way to compress synthetic rubber to 3500 pounds of pressure.

PR Link: http://www.prwebdirect.com/releases/2006/11/prweb478886.htm

Firefly Lives On

Oh, this will make my sister and several friends happy: Firefly, the short-lived Sci Fi series about futuristic cowboys and such (yes, I know I haven't captured the true essence here), will live on as a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game. Makes sense, as most online fantasy gamers I know loved the series and the movie, plus you can buy costumes and action figures and such now. I was always a Futurama fan myself, and lament the loss of such hidden gems as Wonderfalls and The Chronicle. These masterpieces are lost for good. But take heart if Firefly is your real true love.

Read more in Wired .

Via Kotaku

Wiimote = deadly weapon?

If you've missed it, there have been numerous reports of the straps on the Wii remotes breaking loose and freeing the lethal devices from the hands of the overexuberant. Stories of walls, TVs and laptops getting smacked by the errant devices are circulating, along with an official statement from Nintendo warning folks to be careful if their palms begin to sweat. But I think it all just adds to the realism of the games. Imagine getting clunked in the head when your pal swings the golf club in Super Swing Golf and it slips from his hand, just like a real club. And imagine his crys of pain as you smack him back on the head when you chuck it back at him. Now all we need is flying balls that really break windows!

Links
Nintendo strap safety statement & diagrams: http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/wiiplay.jsp
Via http://kotaku.com

Whew!

Looks like Blogger has fixed the template problem so I didn't have to go changing the site around after all. Thank goodness. Now I can finally get back to blogging. ;-)