October 2008
153 posts
Tetris Tiles →
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love
Ditch your bland bathroom tile and replace it with something a bit more fun. Tetris Tiles are, as the name suggests, tiles based on the shapes found in the…
September 2008
118 posts
Walmart shutting off DRM servers, turning over a... →
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this could be a big deal.
Filed under: Portable Audio
Walmart began selling DRM-free tracks in its music store in August of last year. 13 months later, the…
Super Kid 4-port USB hub makes peripheral swapping... →
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haha, this is funny
Filed under: Peripherals
Come on, the picture tells the whole story, does it not? The $14 Super Kid 4-port USB hub gives you four of the…
Nero LiquidTV / TiVo PC brings TiVo interface to... →
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holy… why didn’t I know this was coming out. If I wasn’t invested so much into Windows Media Center, this would definitely be something to look. only problm is the monthly fee.…
mad scramble
Designing the UI of Things for iPhone →
Metal Gear Solid rubber band gun is non-lethal... →
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
When you’re caught between the lines of dueling mercenary armies, trapped in a rapidly aging body that doesn’t quite react the way it used to, you need a…
Some screen shots from Vodafone-branded Blackberry... →
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zomg. The iPhone totally needs to have the option for a virtual SureType board. Bigger buttons (for my allegedly giant thumbs). Why hasn’t anyone thought of this before? WHY?!
Rockbox 3.0 firmware breathes the life back into... →
Filed under: Portable Audio
Well it took three years, but Rockbox 3.0 has finally made it on the scene, with a major overhaul in the sound decoding department and support for several…
didn’t mean to alarm everyone, was being dramatic. Bad work related call.
JavaScript Events - Webmonkey →
just had the worst call of my life
Verizon taking FiOS orders in Mar Vista,... →
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anyone who lives in Mar Vista… I officially hate you.
Filed under: Fiber
Despite Verizon’s continued silence on the matter, FiOS has actually landed in Mar Vista,…
Boxer: Mac-Friendly DOS Emulation →
Confirmed: T-Mobile G1 has no 3.5mm headphone jack →
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man, pure fail
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds, Portable Audio
Hey, that’s pretty awesome that Amazon’s thrown together an MP3 store app for the G1,…
Find Out Where a Username is Already Registered... →
When you think up that perfect new handle for storming social networks and other registration-only sites across the web, run it through UserNameCheck.com first. This webapp’s purpose is…
Google Says It’s Making Reader More Fun →
Google yesterday announced a few updates to Google Reader. The company tried to throw in some cool lingo to make the announcement sound better than it was, but let’s face it — how excited can…
The Treadputer Improves Your Focus [Exercise] →
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i want one please. I’m at the computer so much this would guarantee me 20lbs of weight loss.
We’ve highlighted the treadmill-plus-computer concept before, including how…
T-Mobile kills the 1GB data cap, takes a more... →
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more android fail. T-mobile is making it hard to like the G1.
Filed under: Cellphones
It looks like T-Mobile is listening folks — and they appear to be responding….
Comcast loses P2P religion, goes agnostic on... →
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much better than p2p throttling. MUCH.
Deep packet inspection is out at Comcast as the cable operator explains its new congestion management system to the FCC just a few hours…
WVMC TV Pack 08 + Unecrypted QAM = Stutter-free HD for Cheap!
Buy a Mac, get One to One training, win an Emmy... →
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awesome
Filed under: Multimedia, Video, Odds and ends
In one of those improbable stories that sounds like a Hollywood script, a Burbank, CA elementary school…
Ensure Your Laptop Bag is TSA-Checkpoint Friendly... →
At the beginning of August we told you that the TSA was collaborating with laptop bag manufacturers to create checkpoint-friendly bags you can pass through security checkpoints without…
T-Mobile G1 first hands-on →
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For all you T-Mobile loyalists that have massive iPhone-envy. The Android based G1 is definitely a viable alternative.
Filed under: Cellphones
Yep — there it is….
This Yo-Yo Charges Cell Phones →
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we need more stuff like this. I’d make my kids yoyo all day.
Filed under: Cell Phones, Green Tech
Our current energy crisis is spurring some novel ideas for…
12-Year-Old Invents Breakthrough Solar Panel →
Filed under: Green Tech
Imagine what would happen if you took a kid ten times smarter than Doogie Howser, made him a scientist instead of a doctor, and then made him more concerned…
Flickr Find: The Cocoon →
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i’m fairly jealous. And I admit, i actually would be able to utilize all those monitors simultaneously.
Filed under: Rig of the Week, Flickr Find
Mitch Haile…
Gospelr: Twitter For Christians →
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seriously it shocks me how some Christian companies don’t really understand the interactive space. This is as bad an idea as GodTube.
“First things first: Praise God.”…
Google Maps for Mobile Gets Street View and... →
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for all you blackberry or java enabled phone users.
Filed under: Cell Phones, Computers
Google Maps for mobile just stepped up in the feature department with…
Avast! Me Carpal Tunnel Syndrome will cease to aile me! http://tinyurl.com/5tccf
I think Tonchidot’s Sekai Camera has a lot of promise
How Companies Pay Artists to Include Brands in... →
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pathetic
Songs that refer to products and brands have been with us for years. Conscious of the branding value such mentions can bring, some artists have gone so far as to…
Amazon Drops 30-Day Price Drop Refunds [Amazon] →
LH reader Neal found out the hard way that mega-e-tailer Amazon no longer honors its Post-Order Price Guarantee, which refunded customers any discounts that happened within 30 days of…
The Green Button - Windows Vista Media Center TV... →
How to Protect Your Email from Hackers [Passwords] →
According to Wired, hacking VP-hopeful Sarah Palin’s email account was easy: all the hacker needed was Palin’s birthdate, ZIP code, and the name of her high school—all of which are no…
OneLessDesk →
One-piece desks are a thing of the past. The OneLessDesk ($650) proves this point by utilizing two separate decks to maximize space and ergonomic comfort. The upper deck provides a… Visit
Core77 Toyota Calty Studio Visit, Round 1: How the... →
So, we’re back from Toyota’s Calty Design Research studio in palm tree-infested Newport Beach, CA, and it was about as thoroughly pleasant a press visit as could be imagined. A small group of…
Ten-Point Manifesto on How to Work Better [Habits] →
While we’re not much for motivational posters or trite slogans, this ten-point manifesto by Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss on how to work better is worth a mention. Artist Ryan…
ASUS and Skype launch dedicated AiGuru SV1... →
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i must get for my parents
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Portable Audio, Portable Video
Following in the dubious footsteps of Creative, ASUS just announced a…
New iPhone products from Griffin Technology →
Filed under: Accessories, Audio, iPhoneThose inventive dudes at Griffin Technology have come up with two new products for iPhones. The AirCurve for iPhone and iPhone 3G is a…
Tonchidot Madness: The Video →
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very impressive if it can be implementable
By far, the biggest crowd pleaser at last week’s TechCrunch50 was a demo by the Japanese startup Tonchidot for a mobile…
Jerry Seinfeld Isn’t Coming Back to the Microsoft... →
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I really don’t get what they’re doing at microsoft with their advertising
We’ve confirmed with multiple sources that Microsoft will announce the second phase of their $300…
Finally: a well-designed cameraphone add-on lens →
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this is awesome
Griffin’s new Clarifi case for the iPhone has a nifty feature: a close-up lens that slides into place over the original. The sliding lens increases…
in case it was too cryptic before, we’re having 2 boys
Disappearing projection screen wins award →
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what the how? how does it re-track so well, how does the mechanics of this work?
Wouldn’t it be nice if objects appeared when you needed them, and disappeared when you…
Two New Visual Tools To Make Craigslist Even... →
We’ve come across two new services that help make perusing Craigslist even easier by focusing on the images that are included with many listings. Craigslist notes which listings have images…
Know Your iPhone Headphone Shortcuts [IPhone] →
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i admit, I didn’t know about this until last week.
You probably already knew your iPhone’s included earbuds include a click-button microphone that performs special…
Mozilla Labs » Blog Archive » Introducing... →
How To Master Photoshop In Just One Week →
The Power Traveler's Checklist, Part One:... →