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xmas

Happy Holidays From Your Friends at Giz


Happy holidays, ladies and dudes. Thank you for reading. Because if it wasn't for you, we'd all be working at Best Buy. I'm hanging out in this '70s-styled Tahoe cabin with Lisa, my brother Jon and Ruby the Dog. And I sang a song for you while Jon played the ukelele. The rest of the Giz staff? They're all over the world wishing you a merry Xmas too. [Image above made with the cool Mac App SantaSnaps]

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2:01 PM on Tue Dec 25 2007
By Brian Lam
5,391 views, 37 comments

Latest by PCJustin: Adam Frucci, will you marry me? more »

grinchmodo

Why Tech Holiday Gift Guides Are Dumb

I've always been resistant, as an editor, to the idea of a Xmas gift guide. That's because they're a bit cliche; but today, I realized the very practical reason why I don't like them. You have to be crazy to try to shop for a gadget addict by using one of these lists. More »

1:59 PM on Tue Dec 25 2007
By Brian Lam
2,697 views, 11 comments

holidays

Flying Santa Puts the Crap Back in Christmas

It's the holidays, so you know what that means: loads of Christmas themed crap that you won't touch for 11 months out of the year. Take this flying Santa, for example. While you could buy a normal remote control helicopter, why would you want something that wouldn't be really awkward to use in June? This Flying Santa will only really feel right in December, which has got to be one of the worst months for using remote control helicopters due to lousy weather. Hey, it's your money. [Brando]

5:39 PM on Mon Dec 10 2007
By Adam Frucci
2,136 views, 14 comments

Latest by bbfreak: @Skeptical_Geezer: Which strengthens my point that is has to be the Evil Santa from Futurama. more »

dealzmodo

ThinkGeek Pushes the Christmas Cheer Button With Its Holiday Sale

Think Geek's Holiday extravaganza kicks off today, with all sorts of deals on toys that only special people like us will love and adore. Humping dogs, wristwatch phones, Star Wars cushions and digital photo frames are all part of the deal—and one lucky punter could find himself $1,000 the richer. More »

8:39 AM on Wed Dec 5 2007
By AddyDugdale
7,621 views, 11 comments

Latest by jenfraiz: @cschanner: Sorry for the confusion, but it appears as though the USB Squid had already been discounted when you placed your order. We just mentioned it in the email because it happened to already be on sale, not because we more »

xmas tree

Flatpack Christmas Tree Takes All the Fun out of the Holiday Season

Designed with the green customer in mind, Buro North's flatpack Christmas tree comes in three sizes—1'3", 3' and 7'5". Ah, I feel a song coming on. *Clamps pipe in mouth, sits on rocking chair and starts crooning*
I'm dreaming of a Flatpack Christmas,
Just like the Ones I Never Had.
With tempers fraying,
And In-laws staying,
It's enough to send a sane man—or woman—mad.
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8:20 AM on Wed Dec 5 2007
By AddyDugdale
2,580 views, 9 comments

digital photo frames

Trim Your Tree with Senario's Digital Photo Frame

You've barely finished swallowing that bite of turkey and stuffing when BAM! the onslaught of Christmas crap begins. We feel your pain, but the Senario digital photo frame Christmas-tree ornament might actually be cool enough to justify the whole holiday spirit thing. This festive ball has an embedded 1.5" display and enough memory for a 50-picture slideshow. Unfortunately, Mac lovers are out of luck since the frame only supports Windows 2000, XP and Vista. You can snatch one up from Wal-Mart for about $30. [Shiny Shiny]

4:30 PM on Thu Nov 22 2007
By hook
1,739 views, Comment

led

DIY LED Menorah Kit

As a follow-up to my post on the LED Christmas tree lights, here's a link to a DIY menorah for all you chosen people. The microchip serves as candle holder, and lights up the LEDs in the right order. [Make]

9:25 AM on Thu Nov 22 2007
By Brian Lam
4,164 views, 12 comments

holidays

Going Green(er): Rockefeller Christmas Tree Will Light Up Thanks to 30,000 LEDs

Apparently, the folks responsible for illuminating the Rockefeller Christmas tree this year have decided that the benefits of LED lighting can no longer be ignored. This year, the tree will be decked out with 30,000 LED lights as opposed to the traditional incandescent bulbs. More »

4:35 PM on Wed Nov 21 2007
By Sean Fallon
3,877 views, 13 comments

christmas canceled

Santa Gets Beard Caught in Rappelling Gear, Ain't No Batman

At a Christmas event at a mall in Texas, Santa tried to deliver joy and good tidings to the gathered well-wishers by rappelling down the side of the building. Hey, there was no chimney, after all! Unfortunately for him, his beard got caught in his gear about 30 feet from the ground, requiring him to ruin Christmas for every child in attendance, remove his getup, and be emasculated/rescued by the local fire department. Where are your flying reindeer when you need them, fat man? This is what you get for showing up before Thanksgiving. [Spulch]

10:47 AM on Tue Nov 20 2007
By Adam Frucci
5,784 views, 20 comments

Latest by Aero7: @TVGenius: I highly resent that. The origin of Christmas is from the death of Christ and when he saved everyone from thier sins. How is this bad? And undoubtly, unchristian holidays are worse. You don't read about people killing black more »

holidays

The Pros and Cons of LED Christmas Lights

Consumer Reports writes about the pros and cons of LED Christmas tree lighting. In summary: More »

12:00 PM on Sat Nov 17 2007
By Brian Lam
55,979 views, 54 comments

Latest by n/a: You can find many of different LED lights at www.bothwinchina.com They are glamourous, include LED cherry tree lights, palm tree lights. maple tree lights. and fiber optic lights. more »

nice schwing

MyMiniGolf Gives you Nine Neon Holes of Craziness

Holidaying somewhere without a kitsch crazy golf course? Now you can bring your own with the MyMiniGolf set. Designed by Georg Pal and Hannes Weber, the pack, which contains 13 injection-moulded handicaps, a steel mini golf club, two balls and a scoring pad, comes in a hold-all, and costs $231. [MyMiniGolf via Dezeen]

10:00 AM on Fri Aug 10 2007
By AddyDugdale
3,511 views, 15 comments

nintendo

Japanese Wii Supply Normalizing - US Soon Too?

Akiba blog is reporting that the Nintendo Wii is showing up in Japanese retailers in "semi-normal" numbers, meaning that the incredible demand may have finally faded enough to match the supply. If this holds true for the US, people may be able to get Wiis without stomping and punching each other in the face in stores. Probably not, though. [Akiba Blog via Kotaku]

3:00 PM on Tue Jul 31 2007
By Jason Chen
3,212 views, 19 comments

name that irobot

What Will iRobot's Next Creations Be?

iRobot, of Roomba fame has come out of the woodwork and announced that they will be unveiling two new consumer robots this holiday season that will not be floor cleaning robots. Helen Greiner, co-founder of iRobot said "We are going to launch them from our Web space, and they are not floor-cleaning robots. They are different types of robots with mechanical features." So, what do you folks think? They are going to be consumer robots that don't clean. More »

9:00 PM on Mon May 21 2007
By Travis Hudson
2,301 views, 24 comments

Latest by mcguirev10: I have two Roomba Scheduler uber-deluxe floor-suckers, and frankly I'd prefer that they not come out with a new product, but instead spend a little more time on the Roombas. They're pretty close to great, but not quite there yet. That more »

home entertainment

Holiday Hangover: Christmas by the Numbers

$457.4 billion - 2006 holiday sales
$435.6 billion - 2005 holiday sales
$93.2 billion - donations given to religious organizations, the top recipient of aid
$38.6 billion - donated to education, the second largest sector
$1.2 billion - value of Christmas ornaments imported from China
842 million mph - speed Santa traveled to visit all 842,000,000 houses on his route
$485 million - US farmers' Christmas tree sales revenue in 2005.
51.7 million - people who shopped online from work for holiday gifts in 2005
46 million - households with an artificial Christmas tree this year
36 million- estimated number of real Christmas trees sold in 2006
22 million - households without a Christmas tree this year More »

8:10 AM on Tue Dec 26 2006
By Charlie White
1,496 views, 2 comments

Latest by infmom: $5 -- amount collected by Giz Wiz staff to get Brian to pose for the photo! more »

robots

Caroling Roombas Sing, Dance


The Roomba family was out caroling. They stopped by and sang a few songs. I caught a few on tape. I think they were a little tipsy on mulled 30W or something. This was a demo of RoombaMidi2, a Mac OS X program to turn your Roomba into a MIDI instrument.
Nothing says Happy Holidays quite like Roombas caroling, drunk or not. – Travis Hudson More »

2:43 PM on Fri Dec 22 2006
By Travis Hudson
971 views, 9 comments

gadgets

Get Your Own Festivus Pole

Screw Xmas trees. Festivus Poles are where it's at. And now you can get your own 2' 8" or 6' model to celebrate Festivus the way it was meant to be celebrated. With the people you hate. Reader Keebler shares his experience: More »

7:40 PM on Tue Dec 19 2006
By Jason Chen
1,057 views, 23 comments

peripherals

Not a Creature Was Stirring, Not Even a Snow Globe Mouse

Hidden within this innocent snowman-inhabited snow globe is an 800dpi USB mouse, bringing that Christmas spirit to your holiday fragging. Distract yourself further with the color cycling LEDs inside, and top off the overall tackiness with a smiley happy holiday face on the business end of the thing. More »

9:40 AM on Fri Dec 15 2006
By Charlie White
461 views, 1 comment

gadgets

USB Christmas Stocking: Flashing Santa

Anyone ever done the math figuring out how Santa visits everyone in the whole world Christmas night? It's daunting. Sure, he saves time by skipping the less important areas of the world like Africa, Mexico and the Axis of Evil, but there are still a bajillion other homes he needs to visit in one night. Simply put, it's time for Santa to go digital. More »

9:40 AM on Sat Dec 9 2006
By Mark Wilson
679 views, 5 comments

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