Gizmodo: frankenstein

Palm Emulator for iPhone and Touch Looks Good, Bad

Jesus Diaz — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:38:14 EST

StyleTap's proof-of-concept Palm OS emulator for iPhone and iPod touch makes us scratch our heads asking ourselves "why?" but we are sure it would make all Palm users very happy. All the five of them, including Rob from accounts. It's quite fast, as you will see in the video: 423% faster than a Palm IIIc. Unfortunately, it's not available yet but it may be released after the official iPhone SDK and distribution channel are revealed. Someday. [The Mobile Gadgeteer]

Five Feet of Green Frankenstein Fun

msparkes — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:13:42 EDT

This five-foot-tall animated Frankenstein's monster will move its arms, twist its hips and play spooky noises through its integrated speakers whenever it detects someone walking past. Adults will get a kick out of it, and children will never sleep properly again. The monster is accurate all the way down to the neck bolts and sutured scars, and runs on AC power.

At $199.95 it's a bargain, and you could even use it for Christmas too—just throw a Santa suit on him. Dry ice not included. [Hammacher]

Put a RAID 0 Array on Your MacBook Pro

Louis Ramirez — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:45:00 EDT

This isn't the only way to increase your Macbook's storage space, but an intrepid fanboy has managed to fit his MBP with a RAID 0 setup using two 320GB 5,400rpm hard drives. Sure, his laptop is all Frankenstein looking now (the keyboard doesn't fit right, the lappie is noticeably louder, etc), but performance-wise he's enjoying quite the speed bump (and practically no battery life). The hack works on MacBooks, MBPs and PowerBooks. – Louis Ramirez

Put a RAID 0 in Your MacBook, PowerBook, or MacBook Pro [Macenstein]