Published June 1st, 2009
in Life.
I got this e-mail today:
Dear kwiry Community,
On April 13th we shared the unfortunate news about kwiry’s impending shutdown. Since then, Wabo, LLC has purchased the kwiry service and will continue to maintain and improve it.
We are happy to relay this news and hope you are as well. While the founding team/management will be moving on, we are glad the kwiry service will continue to grow.
The service is being transitioned and should be fully functional again very soon, even within a few days.
Thanks also for all your messages of support during the past few weeks,
-Ron, Steve & Nabil
I personally think it’s too late. The service was nice but it wasn’t something that couldn’t be replaced. It’s been long enough that most people who really used the service have found other alternatives. Unless they have some really killer new features coming soon I don’t see much of a future.
Published May 26th, 2009
in Hardware and Life.
After dealing with “one of those people” the other day I had an idea. What if you combined the game of Perfection and a keyboard. Instead of the timer that the original Perfection game included this special keyboard would be triggered by typing something stupid.
You thought firing off that “First Post lolz 
” message was funny. All of a sudden the keys fly off your keyboard in random directions, now you get to spend 10 min remembering what comes after QWERTY. Think of it as a shock collar for the internet.
It’s also a non-lethal alternative to SOIP (Stab Over IP) that has been suggested by others.
Published April 24th, 2009
in Life.
I spotted this monster on my way home. I apologize for the very bad picture since I didn’t get lucky enough to get stopped at a light behind it. (Click the image for a larger version) It’s not clear who their target market is for this car but they still have a few bugs to work out. It seems the car is fast enough to make some of the trim pieces fall off. I’d estimate maximum acceleration at 9.8 m/s/s , subject to local conditions.
With the poor aerodynamics and added weight I expect fuel economy to be pretty atrocious. On the positive side scrap resale value should be much higher.
Published April 15th, 2009
in Camping and Life.
Cool. Someone stole my Cold Fusion Battery Charger and my Perpetual Motion Battery Charger fell apart last week.
Oh and it’s raining out I’d better make sure I take my Sodium Umbrella with me, it’ll be a blast.
On second thought maybe that’s all a bad idea.
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