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ifa 2008

Addy Changes the World One Bag at a Time

Remember the video above, with our very own and beloved Addy Dugdale cursing and tearing apart Sharp's IFA 2007 sharp-as-knives gigantic swag bags? Well, I'm happy to report that Addy changed the world that day, once and forever. I witnessed the consequences of her actions at IFA 2008: More »

9:15 AM on Fri Sep 5 2008
By Jesus Diaz
14,328 views, 51 comments

Latest by ANoel: @ideaman2020: "@whiteknight: Amen." ... Awewoman ! more »

this post is dedicated to all the commenturds who said I was shite. Suh-kroo yu-hoo

In the Immortal Words of the Conchords, Goodbye Leggy Blonde

Despite our shameless, snot-filled pleading, today is Addy's last day here at Gizmodo. Somehow she got the idea in her head that she wanted me to be the one to write her goodbye post. Coming from the best writer (by far) on Giz, that's quite a compliment. Seriously, the top five list looks something like 1) Addy 2) 3) 4) 5), which is only part of the reason why we'll miss her so. More »

3:00 PM on Fri Jun 27 2008
By Jason Chen
24,132 views, 139 comments

Latest by zenpoet: Late to the party, but very sorry to see you go. more »

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Gizmodog Drugs Addy, Attacks Jesus and Mario, Takes Over Sunday Column

woof woof woof woof woof jones here. i am addy and jesus' dog, and today i am doing what master jesus does everyday, sitting in front of this big screen and going bang bang bang on this flat thing that makes clicking noises, heh heh. addy's no better you know. lies in bed or on the sofa with this square black thing on her lap going tap tap bang bang click click and ignoring nice doggies. so jones has had his revenj yes he has. drugged blindfolded and out cold, addy is tied up in the bathroom and i'm going to have some fun doing the bang bang click click thing on the black square thingy. i'm here, fellow webmongrels, to tell you about my favorite shiny things—no, not turds, but gadgets that are better than the iphone. and then youre going to see me play smackdown with mario racing cart oh yesyesyes jones the dog ftw. More »

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11:00 AM on Sun May 18 2008
By AddyDugdale
9,198 views, 59 comments

Latest by altus: That is one great looking and smart Border Terrrier! more »

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Dear Iran: Barbie Ain't So Bad, But Robot Vacs Are Evil

This week, Iran told Barbie, "We have to talk." It's not an all-out Dear John situation, but the blonde dolly may need to tread lightly in the country. She's not the only one: Spider-Man, Batman and Harry Potter are already on the clerical watch list. Yep, the country that brought you carpets, backgammon, ethanol, windmills and carrots—one that until the Islamic Revolution in 1979 was the most progressive state in the Islamic world—is considering a Barbie Ban. When I saw that, I wondered what other products had been branded off limits, and which gadgets were left for the Barbie-less boys and girls to play with. Turns out, the mullahs might not have their priorities straight. More »

11:00 AM on Sun May 4 2008
By AddyDugdale
8,708 views, 49 comments

Latest by daniel: @FY9: I don't need to Google it. I know what a "mutawa" is. I visited Saudi, was out in plain sight during more »

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The Greatest Hangover Machine Never Built

Oof, my head. The trouble with being a weekend warrior is the day after. This morning I have a troupe of miniature MC Hammers inside my head, stomping in perfect time to the pile-driver thump, and chanting: "STOP! Hangover time!" Kingsley Amis best put the feeling into words in his novel Lucky Jim. "His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as its mausoleum." Oral hygiene aside, my brain has shrunk to the size of a frozen pea, and I can feel it rattling around inside my head like *ponders myopically* God, I don't know what. I'm HUNGOVER for God's sake. Is there a gadget that can help me? Or am I going to have to build one myself? More »

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11:00 AM on Sun Apr 27 2008
By AddyDugdale
57,709 views, 115 comments

Latest by jasonchouinard: Many comments were interesting and funny. Some were pious-sounding or rude. Hangover cure? Sure. 1000 mg of vitamin c ~ 500 more »

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Alas, Poor RAZR, I Knew You Well

Yetro is something so unfashionable it has yet to be retro—and probably will never be. Example: my RAZR. I've had it for almost three years now. I hate it. Actually, hate is too strong a word. I pity it. My mobile phone with its nauseous blue-painted interface, its ability to change its ring tone to the Motorola theme whenever it feels like it, and its battery, which now gives me about five minutes' talk time before it bleeps like a demented synthetic chicken. In the video above, Jesus and I "reenact" a more joyful time, its original unboxing three long years ago. Today, I'm thinking I should bite the bullet and retire the old boiler. Is the utter demise of the RAZR finally nigh at hand? Not for Gizmodo readers who obviously have moved on long ago, but for trailing edge late adopters too? More »

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11:00 AM on Sun Apr 20 2008
By AddyDugdale
36,911 views, 113 comments

Latest by VoxT: Ok, so I've had my Razr for about 18 months. The first thing to go on it was the battery more »

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Confessions of a Flickr Snoopr (Admit It, You're One Too)

My name is Addy and I'm a Flickrholic. I'm a window-licking voyeuse who's been pressing her nose up against the cold glass of the lives of utter strangers, snooping through their photostreams. And if you think I'm weird, take a peep through their curtains. Marvel at Polymorfo Perverso's rather delicious fetish portraits (one caption reads "your neck is so much fun") or Gizmodo's favorite tough man as meat-market mascot. If you're a Flickr snoopr like me, you know the giddy, naughty pleasure of it all. If you're not one, well, here's how to become one in a hurry. More »

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11:00 AM on Sun Apr 13 2008
By AddyDugdale
43,868 views, 30 comments

Latest by jackfrost132: Oh god, I just searched dungeon.. I no longer possess a will to live. more »

ces 2008

Salute Our Brave Gizmodians as They Fly Off to CES

So, here I am, on my own in the Giz office. The door has just closed behind the last one (Benny the Intern, struggling under the weight of Our Dear Leader's cases—a different outfit every day, I believe, and 17 brand-new batteries for his MacBook Pro) and it's just me here. Everyone's gone to Vegas for something called, I believe, CSI. More »

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10:00 AM on Sat Jan 5 2008
By AddyDugdale
2,908 views, 33 comments

Latest by chattyjenny: Hells yeah. more »

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Addy's Best Christmas Gadget Ever


A couple of weeks back, our Dear Leader Blam sent round an email asking the team what we wanted for Christmas. So I thought. And I thought. And all I could come up with was this:

• A new sofa cover
• A cute, copper-colored snakeskin clutch—that's a handbag, not something found on a car—by Luella
• A pile of new books (or just an Amazon gift certificate, actually)
• Some fabulously sexy piece of art to hang on the wall
ZOMG—no gadgets!?!!?? came Blam's astonished reply. Feckity feck, I muttered, my secret is out. So I backpedalled: More »

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9:30 AM on Sun Dec 16 2007
By AddyDugdale
23,419 views, 55 comments

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The Worst Thing About IFA

This. Bleeping. Bag. Look, I've lost the power of erudition.

1:10 PM on Tue Sep 4 2007
By AddyDugdale
18,808 views, 46 comments