July 24, 2005
A New Toy
Sometimes the U.S. Military amazes me. This article is interesting on its own, but what it implies is the best. The U.S. Army is working on its death ray, and it's trying out the stun setting. They mention in that article that the thing is microwave based and that it cooks people's skin at a significant range. The idea is that people will move out of the way because it hurts before they take too much damage. The U.S. Department of Defense is looking for ways to make our potential death ray less deadly. Seems to me they're working in the wrong direction. Microwave weapons, if nothing else, can't be stopped by the same sort of armor that inhibits bullets. Since it shoots an invisible radiation beam it also seems to be a good stealth weapon. Rather than working on painful but not deadly these people should be seeking a true death ray. Even if it has no military purpose it just seems cool to me, and I want a death ray.
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July 20, 2005
About Par
I'd really like to be rich. It just seems easier than working. I've always thought if I could come up with a good product it might be my road to riches. To that end I've always got my mind working on ideas for a great product or a niche where I can sell something that nobody else has thought of. To date, nothing but crap, but I keep working.
Today I had an idea for a Punk toupee. There must be a lot of men who want to be part of the "punk" culture but are too inhibited by lack of hair. After all, punks have a plethora of zany hair styles and a truly random assortment of hair colors. Bald men have trouble keeping up. Why not develop a toupee that's already a purple Mohawk? Need an unruly shock of electric blue hair? Why not get it from a mail order catalog? Granted these toupees will have all of the problems that already leave toupees slightly unpopular but the punk culture we're trying to appeal to prevents a ready solution. Punk is one of the current cultures wholly embracing body piercing as a form of expression. Given our ability to safely implant hypoallergenic bits of metal subdermaly over the skull getting a "toupee clip" piercing could be both functional and "extreme." It may also appeal to the cross genre "metal" crowd. Simply unclip (or unscrew, or unhook, or knife) the toupee from its implanted scalp moorings and use those ready ports to attach spikes, chains, or the very popular chains with many spikes.
Clearly, this will not be big. However, if it is, I get a cut, because it's my idea, dammit!
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