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LapStrap Carrier is a Laptop Bag Without the Bag
Seriously, if you buy this thing, you're an idiot. The LapStrap is supposed to save you the trouble of bagging your laptop by looping it around the hinge and closing the lid. But I have issues with this thing. I can imagine the laptop lid flying open while on the go, almost ensuring destruction. Muggers would have a field day if people used the LapStrap on city streets. And my biggest problem is that the LapStrap is nothing but marketing hype and a $25 pricetag. It's just a messenger bag shoulder strap fashioned into a loop. No thanks. [The LapStrap via Crave via BBG]
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Guy Robots Are Beautiful Junk (and Expensive Too)
Ranging between $500 and $1,500, the little fellas of the Guy Robots project are part art, and all junk and heart. According to their creator, they do not walk or talk or give legal advice, won't harass your pets, emit ozone or pinch. Electro, the ready-for-anything direct current commando bot pictured here, likes folk dancing, and is proud of his infrared vision amongst other things. I reckon this is the nerd's version of going to pick a dog from the hound pound. More descriptions below the gallery.More »
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Google Maps Catches Sophisticated High School Football Field Prank
There's not much to add to this other than "ha ha, you got penis'ed", but we're somewhat curious as to how this thing went down. Was this a prank from a rival school? Was it self-inflicted? Is this their mascot? (Go Fighting Wangs!) Is it still there? We suppose it's pretty apropos that the school is located on Shaft Road. [Google Maps - Thanks Daniel!]
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Costco Gives You Money For Your Junk
No longer content with selling 50-gallon drums of Tide, caskets, and delicious yogurt parfaits, Costco has teamed up with Greensight Technologies to offer you gift cards for recycling your old electronics. I have a few useless gadgets laying around, plus some prized electronic treasures. I decided to see what Costco would offer me for the good, the bad and the ugly. Here's what they initially offered: More »
7:20 PM on Mon Oct 29 2007
By Benny Goldman
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ReMAKE: Salvage Other People's Junk For Your Project
MAKE, our favorite people with too much time on their hands, is organizing an even with the Alameda County Computer Resource Center this weekend to let you come by and salvage parts other people have no need for. The ACCRC in Berkeley, CA have been piling up electronics such as "failed inventions" and "half finished prototypes", and they're going to let you swing by for 24 hours starting Noon on the 28th (that's in a couple hours) and pick up whatever you need for free. More »
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DVD Player Faceoff: $18 Durabrand vs. $20,000 Meridian
If you remember the dark days when the cheapest DVD player in the world cost $1000, you might get a kick out of this one by Chinese manufacturer Durabrand, selling at the British subsidiary of Wal-Mart for £9 (just under $18.00). How low can they go, indeed. That would qualify as disposable. More »
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An Electronics Junk Christmas Tree
All of you could be considered geeks in one form or another, so must of us have small or large amounts of electronic junk laying around."This tree was made (almost) completely from pre-existing stuff around my house. The foundation consists of modular wire shelf units connected with bailing wire. Plushies are stuffed into every conceivable space with a Hello Kitty angel at the top. The lights are LEDs and the icicles are black-light cold cathodes; the bottom ones being fluorescent. The top 5" tv plays snow and the bottom one plays the yule log.It isn't the prettiest tree in town, but at least it is unique and gets the job done. More »
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Harry Jr. Accessory Holder
Substitute one type of clutter for another with Harry Jr., a clump of bendable wires you can clamp onto various items that have no other place on your desktop. If that's not going to be big enough for all that stuff, get Harry, its larger brother. Take your pick of black, pink, blue, white, or natural, and get people wondering wtf that thing is that's growing on your desk. It's $33.73. More »
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Norelco Bodygroom Hands-On
Friends, I took the plunge. I received a Norelco Bodygroom and was eyeing it suspiciously for a bit. I went for a run today and during my post-run ablutions, I decided to try her out. More »
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Throwplace.com: Get Rid of Your Old Stuff
We here at Gizmodo tend to keep all kinds of crap in our basement offices—well I tend to keep lots of crap down here, I don't know about the rest of those kids—and this seems like a fairly painless way to figure out where to dump it. Throwplace.com offers lists of local donation spots in your area and allows you to post and trade junk you don't want any more. More »
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