Tiger-vs-Phil

The Master's is coming up and almost every golfer looks forward to this weekend. This year the big match up is going to be between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. Combined they have won 5 of the last 7 Master's Tournaments. The pressure is on, and I can't wait to tune in on Sunday the 13th! :)

3rd Graders Make Plot to Attack Teacher

Being a future teacher, this story shocked me. At Center Elementary School in Waycross, Georgia, a couple of 3rd graders made a plot to harm one of their teachers. The students went as far as bringing knives, duct tape, and handcuffs to school. They don't know how far these boys were planning to go with this plot, but it's scary to think that 8 and 9 years old boys would even come up with something like this.

Snakes in Vodka?

I saw this story on the news yesterday and decided to write about it. A rattlesnake rancher in Texas thought it was a good idea to put a rattlesnake in a bottle of vodka and try to sell it as "ancient Asian elixir." The rancher surrendered to the police and is facing charges for selling liquor without a license. He could face up to a year in jail and $1,000 in fines. What are people thinking?

ApriPoko Robot

Toshiba has come up with an interactive robot that acts as a virtual remote control. It's name is ApriPoko. Any behavior you do like changing the channel on the tv, it will ask you "what did you just do?" Then you would say I just changed the channel on the tv to channel 401. The robot will remember that and next time you want to change the channel you just say that and the robot will do it for you. It uses inferred technology to program to different electronic devices. I think it would be awesome to have around the house!

Cornflake on eBay

A cornflake that is shaped like the state of Illinois sold for $1,350 on eBay friday night! The buyer is the owner of a trivia web stie and now the owner wants to add the cornflake to a traveling museum. The sellers of the cornflake are going to use the money on a family vacation. It's insane that people will buy anything these days.

Bluetooth Headsets

I think if people are going to talk on their cell phones while driving they should atleast have a bluetooth headset on. The prices of them have gone down over the years and I think they are definitely worth it. Almost all cell phones these days have bluetooth capability so you probably don't even need to buy a new phone. A lot of the car acciedents across the US are related to people using thier cell phones and driving recklessly. I don't think we could completley solve this problem, but I think we can deminish it.

Star Wars

George Lucas has done it again. Another Star Wars movie for the sci-fi fanatics. This time it will be animated. The new flim Star Wars: The Clone Wars is going to be released August 15th and will feature a female Jedi who is Anakin's young apprentice. Personally I'm not really into Star Wars, but many people who are might find this interesting. The most I've ever done is watch all six movies, but I was lost the whole time as to what was going on.