We’re all for hacking, whether it’s Tetris-playing robots or open-source manipulator arms, but there are definitely points where we think hacking can go a little too far. Like, say, when you think “You know, if I combine the technology that Twitters every time some douche farts in his chair, and an open source device that turns the TV on and off with his brainwaves, I can invent the world’s first fart-triggered remote!” That’s really the point where you need to stop yourself and ask whether what you’re doing falls on the admittedly very blurry line between awesome and stupid.

Needless to say, this beast actually exists and can be built at home, from open source products. Somewhere, Linus Torvalds is screaming about how he didn’t know, and he didn’t wish this upon the world. You know, like when he saw Ubuntu.

[ via BoingBoing ]