Archive for the ‘boing boing gadgets’ tag

Sleeping Beauty’s EULA #

October 9th, 2008 | In Uncategorized 

Disney’s 57 page EULA before you can watch Sleeping Beauty on Blu-ray is why we should remove any legal force from EULAs. Or ban them outright. Or at least require an executive summary so that people will know what cr*p they’re accepting before they (inevitably) blindly do so.

(via BBG)

Biggest Prime #

September 30th, 2008 | In Worth Knowing 

Wow:

Here’s a number to savor: 243,112,609-1.

Its size is mind-boggling. With nearly 13 million digits, it makes the number of atoms in the known universe seem negligible, a mere 80 digits.

And its form is tidy and lovely: 2n-1.

(via BBG)

Oh SkyMall! #

July 29th, 2008 | In Worth Distraction 

Sometimes SkyMall products perfectly straddle the thin line between “useless junk” and “cool idea.” The PizzaPro — a long pair of scissors with a spatula attached — is such a product.

(via BB Gadgets)

When Bill Gates Hates Microsoft #

June 25th, 2008 | In Worth Reading 

This may be the greatest thing I’ve seen today.

From: Bill Gates
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 10:05 AM
To: Jim Allchin
Cc: Chris Jones (WINDOWS); Bharat Shah (NT); Joe Peterson; Will Poole; Brian Valentine; Anoop Gupta (RESEARCH)
Subject: Windows Usability Systematic degradation flame

I am quite disappointed at how Windows Usability has been going backwards and the program management groups don’t drive usability issues.

He goes on — and on and on — to personally make just about every gripe that every other user of Microsoft software has.

(via BBGadgets)