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We’ll be the first to tell you that students can catch Professors off guard and below is proof. Check out the answers provided by various students as they attempt to solve easy to complex math problems. These images were sent to us by a friend and once we received them we immediately knew our readers [...]

It must be video day on GUOM because here’s yet one more for our LEGO and toilet paper fans.

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And after watching this video, you’ll know why, especially if you are a Mac and kitten owner. If you look the up the definition of the word cute in the dictionary, you’ll probably find this video.

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Steven Combs demonstrates the Xantrex Powerpack 200 plus to Sean McHose. This gadget provides power (both AC and DC), jumper cables, flashlight and an air compressor all in a single package. The perfect addition to your vehicle or home in case of an emergency. During a recent power outage, I plugged a 15w fluorescent bulb [...]

We love open source software. It’s cold and refreshing on a hot summer’s day. Well, maybe not cold, but here’s some open source goodness that is; the open source soft drink. While perusing our daily RSS feeds, we ran across a refrence to OpenCola on Wikipedia. Here’s an excerpt from the Wikipedia entry:
OpenCola is a [...]

Steven Combs introduces Sarah Brownlee to the Nokia N770, the wonderful portable device that allows access to the web from any open wireless access point right in the palm of your hand. The browsing experience is very pleasurable thanks to a wonderful 800×480 bright LCD screen and the built-in Opera browser. They also discuss portable [...]

Do you google? Of course you do. Who doesn’t? Of course I mean the verb google as in the non-sanctioned by Webster’s dictionary verb. But just what does it mean to google? Simply put we are talking about using the Google Search engine (http://www.google.com) to search for stuff, a highly technical term that should not [...]

Our good friend Jake McKee sent me this link to a video interview with Jørgen Vig Knudstorp. Here’s the Monocle description followed by a link to the interview as well as link for an iPod friendly version to watch on the go. If you are subscribing via iTunes, you will probably find this video delivered [...]

We’ve added a new category to GUOM, the GUOM on TV category. If you review this category you will find the Inspector Gadget spots that appear on the local Fox affiliate as part of the AM Evansville Morning Show. These had been placed in the Gadgets category, but we found that we wanted to post [...]

In this Inspector Gadget spot which originally aired October 16th, 2006, I introduced Sean McHose to the LEGO Mindstorms NXT Robotics System. This spot has proven popular with the YouTube folks and had almost 5,000 views when this entry was posted. My main regret is that I didn’t have time to build a unique robot [...]