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Men still don’t wash their hands in the office bathroom

Office bathrooms are usually a stinky, awful mess.

You have any number of people who don’t wipe down counters, pick up paper towels off the floor.  And is there really a need in an adult environment to have to post a sign that says, “do not flush paper towels, they will clog the toilet”?  How many people are really doing this?  Who’s taking paper towels into the toilet stall in the first place?  Are they really that much more comfortable than the typical office toilet paper to use?  Really?  REALLY?

Mickey Mouse Hand Wash
Mickey Mouse Hand Wash

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Science

Dogs are welcoming our robot overlords

Remember when Web Watch told you about how dogs prefer to eat human food?  Or, at the very least, they prefer to eat food that their human shows them is good to eat?

It ends up that dogs really are more aware of the people around them than we give them credit for. Perhaps the “man’s best friend” term really isn’t just a phrase, but something true and real.

Robotic Dog
Robot Dog

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How To

The Best Times of Day to Visit the Doctor

There are two places that people dread visiting: the DMV and the doctor’s office.

For whatever reason, both places tend to make your visit an excruciating painful routine of waiting, waiting, and more waiting.

While Web Watch can’t help you with the DMV, we can help you with your doctor visits.  Common sense says to book your doctor’s visit first thing in the morning, before they get backed up with patients that talk too much or have more complicated issues than you do.

But is that really the best time?

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The most ridiculous toilet ever made

They say that you get more money on home resales by investing your money in two places: the kitchen and the bathroom.

But sometimes, as you walk through people’s homes, you have to ask yourself what could have possessed someone to make the decisions they did on various home designs and features.

The Kohler Numi Toilet
The Kohler Numi Toilet

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Eating milk chocolate makes you stupid

Another entry from the YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT department – parents should stop telling their children that they’re eating too much chocolate, and instead should encourage them to eat as much chocolate as they’d like.

Why? Their future education and success depends on it.

Ghirardelli Intense Dark Premium Dark Chocolate
Ghirardelli Intense Dark Premium Dark Chocolate

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How To Video

Why are sneakers on power lines?

You’ve driven down some streets around town and noticed the same thing Web Watch has – random pairs of tennis shoes, tied together, and hanging from power lines above your head.

You’ve wondered why they’re there, perhaps due to some school bullying or kid prank?

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How awesome is Kickstarter?

Kickstarter is awesome. Where else can you go when you have an absolutely crazy idea and need to raise some quick capital in order to implement said idea?

Web Watch has a dozen or so ideas that are just waiting for the right time to get them Kickstarted.  That will help pay us back for any of the projects that we have contributed to that may never see the light of day.

But for every singular Kickstarter success, there’s at least one or two (or dozen) more that should never, ever get funded.

The Kickstarter Handbook: Real-Life Success Stories of Artists, Inventors, and Entrepreneurs
The Kickstarter Handbook:
Real-Life Success Stories of Artists, Inventors, and Entrepreneurs

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15 Rules for Karaoke

Web Watch loves karaoke as much as the next person – which is to say that sometimes we really love it, and sometimes we really hate it.

Karaoke is one of those party activities that you can’t plan on being a hit. If you have a karaoke machine in your living room, we guarantee that nobody will want to fire it up and start singing when you say, “hey, who wants to do karaoke with me?”

On the other hand, if your friends know it’s available and are drunk enough – you’ve given them enough rope to lead themselves to hitting the power button and starting the games themselves.

Which leads us to…

VOCOPRO DVX-890K DVD Karaoke Player
DVD Karaoke Player