I’ve been watching this video over and over now for a good 10 minutes. I about wet myself the first time I watched it. You’ve been warned:

The Evil Eye Baby!!! Don’t mess with this kid’s ice cream or you’ll get the evil eye.

December 31, 1999: The world braces for chaos as midnight approaches. Will computer systems crash when the calendar switches over to 2000?

Although the answer turned out to be “no,” and the so-called Y2K crisis never materialized, the potential for disaster seemed real enough in the days and weeks leading up to the final day of the 1900s. Fears within the computer industry and the resulting media frenzy it produced certainly helped to fan the flames.

The problem, as some saw it, was that older computers still being used for critical functions might break down when the date switched from 99 to 00, since the numeric progression convention, programmed to store data using only the last two digits of any given year, wouldn’t recognize the logic of a century change.

As far as these computers were concerned, it would be 1900, not 2000. How much data might be lost as the result of this 100-year miscalculation was the great, unanswered question.

Y2K fears were real enough to make governments around the world take remedial action before the event, which had the unintended benefit of actually strengthening the existing computer infrastructure.

Systems were upgraded or, when they couldn’t be replaced, were given additional backup. Billions of dollars were spent fixing the original source code in older computers.

If the threat was real — and there are still plenty of people around who say it was — then the precautions paid off. If Y2K was a form of mass paranoia — and plenty of people believe that, too — then a lot of money was wasted.

As for the midnight switchover itself, 1999 passed into history with barely a whimper. A few glitches were reported here and there, but nothing catastrophic occurred.

The industry would be in crisis soon enough, but as January 1, 2000, dawned, nobody saw that one coming yet.

Source: CNN

I made you a cookie… but I eated it.

Yeah. I know. You’re saying “awwwww” right about now.

Merry Christmas and Happy holidays!

Bah Humbug to those who don’t celebrate the holiday season

Wireless company Motelona, a play on the name Motorola has gone old school and copied the Motorola brick phones of the 1980’s.

The GSM-E158 is only old on the outside, however. Once you’ve slotted in a GSM SIM, you’ll be able to enjoy an MP3 player, a color screen and video.

The handset only seems to show up on eBay pages, however you can buy one new from Analog Hero.

They have all types of retro-tech for sale, and the site itself is so willfully sparse it makes Geocities look Web 2.0.

You can buy the Motelona there for $129.00 USD. I want one

The man is a legend. First Steve Wozniak was immortalized in Lego, now he has been cloned in cogs at Disney’s Epcot Center.

Seen here working on what looks like some kind of wooden Mac, the King of the Geeks presides over a messy garage workshop on the refurbished Spaceship Earth ride.

Alternatively, it could actually be Steve Jobs under that beard and hair. Who knows?

Maybe Disney opted to save money by combining both Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs into an unholy Jobswiak Monster?

For approximately 4 minutes you get to watch and listen to a Canadian (Steve Smith a.k.a. Red Green) take you through a tour of the 3M plant and learn the magic behind duct tape.

Be sure to pay close attention to the things the guy says while giving the tour. There are some great nuggets to be heard for sure:

After watching the video, I truly believe this guy is “in love” with duct tape.

Did you catch how he touches and caresses all the elements that go into making duct tape? Creepy for sure.