In the 'using your computer science background for good instead of evil' department, apparently Douglas Hines, a former Bell Labs employee, decided to create a sex robot. And this is no ordinary sex robot mind you. This little lady doesn't walk but you can bend her in just about any position imaginable (shutter) , she does talk (and you know they will have an upgrade where celebrities will be able to lend their voice to her - the voice for Fran Drescher will sell out instantly), but that function can easily be turned off, and she has a strange Kathy Griffin vibe but even creepier (if that's possible). On top of that, there are 4,000 preorders for this sex robot named Roxxxy. I applaud Hines and his efforts to better humanity. Sure, he could have created a charity to give to Haiti relief but instead he saw the need of real people in the world who were suffering and gave them a product that will end that suffering. On top of that, if you look at this picture (here) is there any doubt that this guy needed to build a sex robot.
Facebook Hopes to Take Over All News Media
Apparently there is a Web site called Facebook. And, it's kind of popular. I guess a few people use it on occasion. Facebook late last week began asking its users to go ahead and start using Facebook as a way to follow news. Initially they are just asking to follow your favorite news channel. Since it has been successful, I am sure a full-blow user interface change is on its way, and about 4,000 'I hate the new Facebook News Interface' pages will be created. Once you become a fan, whenever news happens, your 'Live Feed' will be updated. That just means there will be less space to see about my friend's 'Mafia Wars' and 'Farmville' updates as well as finding out about the color of their bra strap and what celebrity they think they resemble.
Speaking of Facebook, it turned 6 this week
Facebook turned six this week and its CEO said, "we are glad we can help assist you to stalk people you hardly knew in high school." Please Note: Facebook's CEO didn't actually say that, the exact words were, "we are glad we can help assist you to waste time when you are supposed be working and give you the ability to send requests to your friends over-and-over again to make your Mafia Wars family even bigger." To celebrate their sixth b-day, they did a major redesign that will anger the masses and create 4,000 'I hate the new Facebook' pages to accompany the 'I hate the new Facebook News Interface' pages (see above).
Sun CEO Resigns in Style
Sun CEO, Jonathan Schwartz tweeted his resignation in an unorthodox and downright amusing manner this week, as haiku, "Today’s my last day at Sun. I’ll miss it. Seems only fitting to end on a #haiku. Financial crisis/Stalled too many customers/CEO no more”. I applaud this form of resignation and hope it takes off. Such as Lovie Smith's, current coach of the Chicago Bears, 2011 imminent resignation, "Lost the Super Bowl/Dismantled a solid team/Sorry Dennis Green".
Thank you to the VP of Obvious: Ex-VP of Microsoft Thinks Microsoft isn't Innovative
Dick Brass, VP of Microsoft from 97-04, told the New York Times that working there makes it nearly impossible for innovation because of inner-company fighting that squash new innovations. I for one have given up on Microsoft coming up with anything new or innovative since Windows '98, I would rather they just get Microsoft Word to not turn an entire document into a hyperlink if you use the wrong key combination or have Internet Explorer not display, 'The Page Cannot be Displayed' every other page you try to bring up in IE8. In other words, you you can't innovate new products when you can't get your existing products to not suck.
VirtualConsole Game this Week: Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
It's kind of like Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, "you got your Alex Kidd in my Shinobi, you got your Shinobi in my Alex Kidd. Hey, that's pretty good." Now that I have totally dated myself (for anyone not born pre-1970's, that was an old 80's commercial for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups) this Sega Master System game is pretty good and a fun combination of two good games. Definitely worth the points if you never played it before.
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