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Ridemaster Pro Horseriding Simulator Is Just Sad

Seriously. I don't care how high-tech this mechanical horse—which apparently allows you to "simulate" horse riding—may be, but really, if I like to ride, I want to do it outside, on a real horse, experiencing the thrill, and feeling the wind on my face. And if I was a pro, I would like to practice on a real horse. In other words: there's only one kind of riding to be done indoors. And this ultra-expensive $10,000 contraption is not it. Update: we found a video of it—and yes, it's actually sadder than we imagined.
[Born Rich via Ridemaster—Music: Miwaku no Horse Riding (Go Go Cactus Man) - from Cowboy Beebop]

8:40 AM on Wed May 7 2008
By Jesus Diaz
6,932 views, 50 comments

Latest by LindsayJoy: @flyboy: Yep. I am on a plane. I like the creepy Sin-Cityesque feel it has. I don't remember the model of the plane... more »

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Senslux SLD Desklamps Try to See Off Your Winter Blues, Acne

Senslux's new SLD range of desk lamps will light your stuff with LEDs for low power-consumption eco-friendliness, and come in three types. The SG-1500 model appears to be just a plain ol' desk lamp, but the SF is apparently a "full spectrum" lamp, presumably to give more natural light to combat the dim winter sun. The last, SA model, claims to be a light therapy for acne. Brilliant. Available in Korea for around $150, not sure if or when they'll make it over here. [Aving]

3:51 AM on Fri Apr 4 2008
By Kit Eaton
1,210 views, 8 comments

Latest by Mith: Your absolutely correct, And i didn't mean to be holier than thou or anything by saying there is a high volume of medical students here or anything, its just one of the many factors that helps the progression of that kind more »

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Arthur C Clarke Dies, Probably Headed Back to the Stars

[Biography of Sir Arthur C Clarke]

6:30 PM on Tue Mar 18 2008
By Jesus Diaz
9,653 views, 70 comments

Latest by skulldriveshaft: CAN WE PLEASE GET A ULTRA HIGH RES VERSION OF THAT PICTURE?!?!?!?! or at least a t-shirt that contributes to his foundation? [www.clarkefoundation.org] more »

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Shiny Shiny Reviews Seasonal Affective Disorder Lights (Verdict: A Bright Idea)

Seasonal Affective Disorder, or winter depression, or "where the hell is the Sun," can be treated by gadgets that mimic the sunlight you're otherwise not getting. The special name for these gadgets is "lamps," or "lights" if you're going strictly scientific. The crazy dames over at Shiny Shiny reviewed two of them and decided (I think) that the lights are great, but using the alarm function to wake up to frogs or static is "rubbish." [Shiny Shiny]

4:00 PM on Tue Jan 29 2008
By Jason Chen
3,116 views, 16 comments

Latest by uberfu: one could also move to a warmer climate that tends to have sun more often than not_ more »

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George Ou Says HD Bitrates Mean They Suck, Forgets About Codecs

George Ou over on Zdnet wrote an excellent piece outlining why those too-good-to-be-true HD downloads we see in Xbox 360, ABC.com and even Apple TV are a bit bogus. He points out that while these services deliver on their 720p resolution promises, the encoded bitrates are so low, compressing the data to such small proportions, that the image within the said resolution has inadequate fidelity. He's dead wrong, forgetting that MPEG-4 generation codecs can take the same bitrates from sources like DVDs and ratchet up the res and quality in the same space. Duh. [zdnet via engadgethd]

2:00 PM on Sat Jan 19 2008
By Mark Wilson
19,370 views, 53 comments

Latest by ripfire4: Who freakin cares what bit rate it uses. As long as it looks better than DVD quality, does it really matter? Besides, who needs to watch P.S. I Love You in full 1080p 50Mbps quality? more »

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PCWorld Calls Vista the Biggest Tech Disappointment of 2007

PCWorld has listed the 15 Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007, and Windows Vista went for the gold. Their article begins, "Five years in the making and this is the best Microsoft could do?" and really just snowballs from there. While PCWorld enjoys Aero, better networking and faster searches, they thought that both the price and third party hardware incompatibilities were unacceptable. And this clever turn of phrase made us laugh out loud: More »

9:26 AM on Mon Dec 17 2007
By Mark Wilson
14,464 views, 82 comments

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Darth Vader - "Luke, I am your flashlight"

How does it feel, Darth? From Ruler of the known Universe to kiddie flashlight. How far you have fallen after 30 years of over-merchandising. How do you work? A kid squeezes you, your head pops an you light up. Seriously? Do you like that, Darth? When the kids squeeze you?

Oh how the mighty have fallen. Geeks, it's up to us. We need to bite this Star Wars toy stuff in the bud ASAP, lest our children and children's children think Darth Vader is nothing more than a flashlight, dust buster or some other mundane marketing scheme. Unfortunately, this one is already sold out. [ubergizmo]

9:42 AM on Wed Oct 10 2007
By Mark Wilson
3,507 views, 11 comments

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Litebook for SAD: Chase Those Winter Blues Away

With those long days of summer slowly turning into the short days of winter, it's just about time for some poor souls to develop seasonal affective disorder, the winter blues that have been appropriately dubbed the acronym SAD. Exposure to certain types of bright lights can fool that circadian rhythm mechanism and suppress the melatonin that brings on the dark clouds of winter, and here's the cure: Litebook, a clinically-proven portable device that SAD sufferers can take with them on the road. More »

3:59 PM on Tue Sep 5 2006
By Charlie White
300 views, 4 comments

Latest by Worf: I have SAD. Except it affects me when the sun is out in the summer. Heat + sun makes me dizzy and gives me headaches... I'm happiest in the winter, when it's cool outside. (I like cold. I detest heat, and more »

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Light Sleeper Wakes You Up With Light


Who needs that honking alarm clock when you have the Light Sleeper pillow and duvet, a design concept for bedding with electroluminescent threads embedded into it? Designers at loop.PH note that exposure to certain bright lights makes you feel better, especially in the wintertime. Problem is, your body is only receptive to these bright lights at certain times of the day, and apparently the best time is about one to two hours before waking. More »

10:09 AM on Mon Mar 13 2006
By Charlie White
1,374 views, 4 comments

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It's a SAD Revolution

Seasonal Affective Disorder is this year's "Hot Disorder" as voted by E! Last week we saw the SAD Body Clock and this week we see some other SAD light boxes. They provide a 20-minute light therapy session that can supposedly set someone up for an entire day with energy. These light boxes (a.k.a. lamps) begin at $400. More »

3:41 PM on Mon Jan 23 2006
By Travis Hudson
89 views, 3 comments