Sheridan College in Ontario was locked down last Friday because it was suspected a gunman was on the premises. Thankfully, it was a false alarm, but how do you mistake a gunman? Apparently, all it took was a lone photographer, some camouflage cargo pants and his free-standing tripod.
The emergency services were alerted by a professor and his eight students, who all reported they had seen a suspicious man carrying a “long, tubular object.” Following a campus lock down and a thorough two hour search, nothing was found. Information incoming across the weekend has indicated a photographer with a tripod was the reason for the disturbance, though he has yet to be located and spanked for all the fuss he caused. Let this be a lesson to you camouflage cargo pant-wearing weirdos; don’t wear camouflage cargo pants. You’re not in the army, you suck. Talking of things that suck, according [...]

Original post by Haroon Malik

What’s easier than hitting a button? I’ll tell you what! Flailing your fingers around! Phraze-It is a patented one-handed text messaging system that, as far as we can tell, is a step back from the ASL alphabet and way less convenient than existing systems. Designed for use with electronic gloves, we can guarantee you, without a shadow of a doubt, that this gesture system will never be adopted by the masses. So here’s how it works (remember, this is the only chance you’ll ever have to find out):
Essentially, users memorize five initial hand gestures. Those are the vowels. So far, so good. Who can’t remember five hand gestures?
But the consonant get tricky. The good news is that users can reuse those initial five gestures and just add one more. But the bad news is that you have to constantly count how many letters your consonant is away from [...]

Original post by Mark Wilson