Clocky is an alarm clock on wheels. When the alarm goes off the clock jumps off your bedside table so you actually have to get out of bed to find it and turn it off. It was prototyped a while ago but now you can actually buy it.
A video of it in action.
Need to procrastinate? Famousr is your answer!
There’s three modes. The first (default) mode is to guess which of two given celebrities is ‘more famous’. The definition of ‘more famous’ is based on the user’s rankings – so obviously if you’re incorrect today it doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ll be incorrect in a month’s time. The second mode allows you to put in the name of two actors and the site will tell you who is more famous (apparently Mary-Kate is more famous than Ashley Olsen). The last is my favourite – Who’s “That Guy”? shows you a grab of an actor (usually not very famous) and a list of movies and you have to pick which was their biggest one.
Great site to waste some time on.
Link
I love the Shins; a great indie-rock band from the US. As you may recall, ‘famous’ people busking doesn’t always work for the busker. Granted, in this case the Shins were getting followed around by a camera crew and they weren’t soliciting donations so there was just a bit of a clue that they were good, but still – the crowd they draw is still impressive. Maybe it’s the DV camera but the Parisian background just looks amazing – I simply have to visit ‘Old Europe’ one day.
The Take-Away Shows: The Shins
And here’s some others that caught my eye
The Take-Away Shows: Arcade Fire
The Take-Away Shows: Tapes ‘n Tapes
