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How to Love a LEGO Lunatic

At a party once, Jesus was asked if he were a leg man or a tit man. The answer is neither. He's a LEGO man. Well, to be honest, he's all three, but rather like faith, hope and charity, the greatest of my husband's loves is LEGO. I'm not bitter. The colorful, benippled bricks have just been around rather longer than I have. That's not to say LEGO has never caused problems in our relationship. When it did, though, I came up with the following 10-point solution to cope. More »

11:00 AM on Sun May 11 2008
By Addy Dugdale
7,450 views, 29 comments

Latest by Yeebles: I miss my LEGOs. must get them out the loft soon. 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 Addy Dugdale
7,767 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 prayer time. Never gotten questioned, or harassed. Went to stores, went to restaurants. Nothing whatso ever. As for the dictatorship regimes. Egypt 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 »

11:00 AM on Sun Apr 27 2008
By Addy Dugdale
55,559 views, 114 comments

Latest by wonkydonky: @electrikecho: btw, funny you should mention it. I am writing the screenplay for "Ocean's 14". -and Meerkats are definitely involved in this episode. 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 »

11:00 AM on Sun Apr 20 2008
By Addy Dugdale
33,703 views, 112 comments

Latest by Pope John Peeps II: The European O2 Cocoon is absolutely the single most perfect phone I've ever held. It's totally unique, it's durable, the sound quality is outstanding, the OS is elegant, the functionality is top quality. Everything about it is amazing, and all in 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 »

11:00 AM on Sun Apr 13 2008
By Addy Dugdale
41,630 views, 29 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 »

10:00 AM on Sat Jan 5 2008
By Addy Dugdale
2,862 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 »

9:30 AM on Sun Dec 16 2007
By Addy Dugdale
19,378 views, 55 comments

Latest by J.T.: Wow, Ad, judging from your excellent article and its host of comments, it would seem we've finally uncovered the surprising underbelly of the Giz network... we're actually human. I'm shocked. Are you shocked? It's quite a pleasant surprise what with the more »

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Why is Apple Making iPod Accessories?

iPodGarage has an interesting essay about Apple's entry into the iPod accessories space. At first blush, it seems that Apple is trying to grab a piece of a lucrative pie by nudging out other players in the market. However, this would be suicide. Those same players would just go and congregate around any number of less-popular MP3 players, leading to a lonely life for Steve and the iPod designers. More »

10:26 AM on Mon Mar 6 2006
By johnb
1,732 views, 13 comments