Maybe I should sell the box

Black market boxes!

Get lit: illuminated clothing lights up the night

Fiber optics are, well, fiber. Makes sense to weave those fibers into haute couture fashion clothing. Not exactly designed for shrinking violets, the Lumitop clothing line will make a statement on any dancefloor or red carpet. Check out the gallery below for more samples of this latest stab at tech fashion. There's even something for the guys… well, only if your name is "Gunther." You have to wonder where the battery pack goes.

Surprisingly, the clothing can be washed — just remove the batteries. Different colored LEDs are used to change the colors, and yes, there's an on/off switch.

Maybe it's because I'm a geek, but I like the idea of women wearing glow-y clothes - at least the ones in these pictures look pretty....

Get lit: illuminated clothing lights up the night

Ooooh. I want illuminated details on a bustle skirt.

I don't like most of the clothes in the article, but I do like the idea. Too much for me for a whole top, but it would make a good belt.

In DC's defense: We've got insane numbers of long-distance commuters. There are people who are driving from Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia to jobs in DC, or to other parts of the metro area. And all those states have something that Chicago doesn't: mountains.

DC's certainly got plenty of its own problems too, lord knows. But I do think one reason businesses & schools & the fed shut down at a hint of snow is that they have to factor in what's going on well outside of the Beltway.

So the new version of iPhoto has the ability to recognize (and label photos of) people by their faces. But this is interesting: iPhoto's Faces Recognizes Cats

A huge disappointment for pet owners, was word that iPhoto's newest feature, Faces, wouldn't recognize animals according to Apple employees on the show floor. We even did a few tests at Macworld Expo with images they had of the dog Luce.

Well, we are happy to say that we were able to get iPhoto to recognize Robbie's Cat, Lola.

In clear images with two cats to choose from, the feature was able to pick out the correct cat. Like adding people to faces, the key is to train the software to recognize a person, or animal in this case, by tagging a few images manually.

Once a base face is established, iPhoto begins finding the person, or animal, on its own. At that point, you just need to confirm the animals face in the Faces' "Confirm Name" menu.

Search results mirrored those of our tests with human faces, with a small percentage of images that were either, not the correct person, or in some instances, a random round object.

This is a banner day for pet owners.

And technology marches on. I expect we'll see even more cat photos online....

Timelies all!

Strega, you've got a point about the cancellations. Still doesn't excuse what G calls "water-soluble driving skills". (As if DC-area drivers weren't bad enough when it's dry and sunny...)

I expect we'll see even more cat photos online....

Oh happy day?

The true flood of cat photos will come when cats can upload photos themselves.

Get lit: illuminated clothing lights up the night

Just think of the costuming possibilities for the 'gimmick" number in Gypsy!