Dribbleglass has a section featuring a selection of American billboard advertising they’d like to see. Some of it is quite funny, in a hee hee kind of way.

Hmm, am I the only one to notice that buried amongst the flotsam & jetsam of Dell’s dominance of the PC market is the fact that they no longer appear to include floppy disk drives on their desktop PCs? I’m usually cautious about forecasting things in this crazy market, but this sure looks like the end of the line for the humble floppy. Sniff, we’ll miss ya little fella. I remember when my first ‘desktop’ PC had twin Shugart 8…

Sony’s new DCR DVD100 camcorder records direct to DVD disk. OK, so it’s only a 3″ disc, but it’s still pretty neat. The company claims that it’ll play back on most modern DVD players including the Playstation 2. Woot! Pricing looks to be around $995.00.

Kubrick2001 is a site that offers to explain 2001: A Space Odyssey using Flash. An interesting speculation with good graphics..

Sticky Shoes. Shoes that stick. To your feet. With adhesive. $12.00 a pair. Yikes!

The new Google calculator. Nice way to waste some time on a Friday. …sigh. Yes I know it’s only Wednesday.

The Wooden Mirror is a very weird art project. 830 tiny pieces of wood, each attached to servo motors. A tiny video camera concealed in the centre. ‘The piece reflects any object or person in front of it by organizing the wooden pieces. It moves fast enough to create live animation. [via boingboing]

iISystem Wiper is a freeware utility which lets you ‘clear the history of your activites from you computer’. The free version handles temp Internet files, cookies, histories etc etc. The $14.95 Pro version provides secure file deletion. Worth a download. Scrub XP for Windows XP is another good looking freeware option. While you’re at it, take a look at the free Internet Cache Cleaner, which removes stuff that has become orphaned and therefore unseen by the IE cache manager. Useful.

Today is wacky Baron Bob day. Presented here, the world’s funnest collection of dancing/singing hamsters for your delectation. Feast your eyes on Funkmeister, Hamzilla and Don Disco amongst a host of others.

The Pocket Bike Chopper. One third size, 30 mph, up to 300 pound riders. Yours for a miniscule $1595.00. Be the rinky dinkiest muppet on the block.

We always wondered why anyone would want a motorised bar stool, and now we know. It’s a getaway vehicle. Or not.

The Endless Pool is a teeny (2.5 x 4.6 meters by 1 meter deep) freestanding swimming pool with an adjustable current which you swim against. Result – a bigger pool and exercise experience. Put it in your garage, basement or deck. $17,900.00 for the basic system.

Neat idea. The Clear Blue Hawaii kayak is a transparent kayak made out of the same polymer stuff used in jet fighter cockpit canopies. Groovy views, eh?

Wow, just learned that the Ginko tree growing in the back garden is the world’s oldest living species of tree. 300 million years old and pre ice-age. Funky!

Typing Web.com is an online typing tutor, complete with 1300 lessons, games and different skinning options. It costs $29.99 a year, and although it probably won’t unseat dear old Mavis Beacon any time soon, it’s a neat idea for those people who’re too lazy to install software.