The World's Best Tie Rack!

So here it is, at long last -- my motorized tie rack! All you do is press a button to move in one direction or the other, and the middle button to stop when you see a tie you like. The light goes on automatically. Enjoy a picture and and a video.

How do you say "2010"?

Sooooo...we were in the 1900's for a while, about 100 years, actually, and saying "1983" or "1999" seemed pretty easy. You'd say it "Ninteen eighty three" or "nineteen ninty nine." But what do we say now that we're in a new decade? According to several online sources, we need to say "Twenty ten," not "two thousand ten." Think about it...would you say "nineteen hundred and eighty three," or "ninteen eighty three?" Very interesting.

www.twentynot2000.com

Mind games....no, really.

In class, Mary brought up a game in which one uses one's mind to move a ball through a maze. "Impossible!" we all thought. "Utter rubbish!" Well, she was right! The good people at the Mattel Corporation bring you Mindflex, the first board game to use the power of thought to help you play.

To play, you strap on a silly-looking headset and wirelessly connect it to the base unit. Then, you concentrate harder to raise the ball on a jet of air, or concentrate less to lower it. I've searched around, but they're sold out all over. It'd be really nifty to try! Does this mean we're not far off from turning on the TV by just thinking about it? Can Americans really get lazier? Only time can tell!