Green Fax Machine
Even with e-mail and all the wonders of internet communication the fax machine has still survived. When you need a signature there’s just no way to type it and faxing, like printing, can still get you that hard copy.
Well it seems the fax machine at last has made an upgrade. Panasonic has taken the standalone fax machine and added one wondrous feature, a screen. That’s right, you no longer need a hard copy (long been the one and only great feature of the fax machine) because now you can read your received page right off the built in monitor.
I don’t know how I feel about it all. The screen will go green and save us some trees, but I feel like what I need to get faxed I also need to print out. As a college student I also feel that if I were to invest in a fax machine I’d upgrade to the not so standalone version that comes with a scanner and a copier. But hey, I’ve got time to make up my mind. This newest innovation is only available in Japan.
Interest in Exercise
I’m not much of the jogging type. I like my comforts and my computer, but I have always had a weakness for the climbing wall. Climbing walls have always been fun for me and never made me think of forced exercise but simple athletic pleasure. Unfortunately my rock wall access has always been limited, until now.
Brewer’s Ledge Inc. has just released the at home answer for the rock climbing deprived, the Tread Wall. The Tread Wall is exactly what it sounds like, basically a rock wall style tread mill. You’re never more than one or two feet off the floor as the wall slowly moves (at your set speed) to provide another level of hand holds to reach for. You can even adjust the walls incline for more personalized exercise.
I’ll say right now, I’m a fan, whatever that may say about me. And one day perhaps I’ll live in enough space to get a rock wall of my own.
