We eventually had to shut this cat out of the office because she was obsessed with the printer. [ed. note: It's probably because it's a two-in-one printer/fax. Those machines are just incredible.]
Culture Buzz MakerBot Industries, with their handy-dandy Thing-O-Matic, allows you to easily scan and print 3D models of whatsoever your heart desires. Including my bulbous melon. I visited MakerBot founder Bre Pettis at the Botcave in Brooklyn for a heads-on demonstration. They had lasers and corn starch and beer. Pretty cool. Find out more about this brave new world of asexual reproduction at MakerBot! (via makerbot.com)
Business Buzz I, for one, think our future robot overlords have a great sense of humor during their forced labor. All it takes to throw the office into chaos is one bored worker with the ability to rename files.
Culture Buzz In Peabody, Massachusetts a UPS tractor trailer carrying 8000 gallons of printer ink flipped over yesterday morning staining the highway a beautiful array of colors. Because the ink stained the pavement, instead of simply washing the pavement off, the whole road needs to be re-paved. Best. Crash. EVER.
http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/12/27/your-next-meal-could-...
No grosser than a meal that comes from Subway.