ThinkGeek, the masters of bringing us awesomely cool geek toys, has just released the Black Stealth 3-Channel R/C Helicopter. YAY! This is not just another one of those tiny palm size helicopters with a different look; this one has the important third channel to allow full control of forward and reverse movement. Previous similar sized helicopters had only two channels to control the up and down, and they used weights to tune the speed of the constantly forward moving heli. In the looks department, the Black Stealth sports a plastic body instead of the foam ones used on the other two channel helicopters; this gives it a realistic appearance and actually resembles one of the more expensive bigger R/C helicopters.

Our geek friends over at ThinkGeek say that this helicopter is the easiest to fly and has “incredible hovering and stability.” The Black Stealth charges up via the remote in 10 minutes and provides 7 minutes of fun flight time. Two different channels are available for ordering, so two of the helicopters can share the same air space. All this flying goodness can be yours for $29.99 at ThinkGeek.

Joe Stirt sent the link to a product which made me do a double take: the Vilcus Dactyloadapter Circuit Tester. Dactyl meaning Finger, for those of you who didn’t catch it;  Circuit Tester meaning you plug it in and take the ensuing shock…on purpose. Ummm…okay.

Vilcus dactyloadapter was developed specially for people who enjoy closing electrical circuits with their own fingers.

Many people get a kick out of direct contact with an AC power supply.

To that end, people normally use U-shaped fragments of bare wire, paper clips or even common metal forks.

All these gimmicks are unreliable, short-lived and, most importantly, tend to cause short-circuits or fires.

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Well, my Birthday Week is officially over, and now it is time to get serious and get back to work. “Birthday Week?” you say…”what happened to celebrating for a single day?”

The deal is that once you turn 40, you get to celebrate your birthday for an entire week - not just a day. Seriously! I think that it must be a law somewhere, and if it isn’t, then I am declaring it one. I also think that for your 60th birthday…well, you should get to celebrate with a Birthday Month - but I’ve got 20 more years before I get to test that theory!

Birthday Weeks generally involve much slacking, reviews not being finished on time (thus being back-logged by at least a week), light news postings, receiving interesting gifts, and enjoying visits from out of town friends. My birthday week met all of those requirements and then some. I can’t thank the Gear Diary Team enough for allowing me to be a total and complete bum while I celebrated.

One of the more interesting birthday gifts I received was an eggling, purchased for me from ThinkGeek by Allen. I thought it would be fun to show it to you all.

Inside this cardboard crate is an egg…

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