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    Passive-Aggressive Gifts for Geeks Who Are Late to Everything

    A Cylon Mated with KITT, and Out Popped This MK 2 Circuit Watch

    Nu Pop Watches Make Being Hip Almost Worth the Inconvenience

    Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)

    MB&F Horological Machine No.2.2 Is a Formidable Keeper of Time

    Behold, the BlackBerry* Watch: $150, Coming in February

    Ecko Star Wars Watches, If You're Not Fett Up Yet

    This, Folks, Is the BlackBerry Smartwatch

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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    11/25/09

    In reply to Passive-Aggressive Gifts for Geeks Who Are Late to Everything
    I WANT those Fivefinger shoes, my buddy runs in a pair and swears by them - I wanted them so bad for Zion Narrows...

    Damn webbed toes.
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    Image of silverhold silverhold
    11/26/09

    @Lizard_King: They are amazing. I've got a pair of them and ran all summer in them.
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    11/26/09

    @silverhold: Uhhhg. Wish I could get custom ones made.
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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    11/25/09

    In reply to Passive-Aggressive Gifts for Geeks Who Are Late to Everything
    Black Black [greater than] Jolt.
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    Image of dingus dingus
    11/26/09

    @something_unique_and_descripti...: YES, CHEWING!
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    Image of Yerzriknot Yerzriknot
    11/25/09

    In reply to Passive-Aggressive Gifts for Geeks Who Are Late to Everything
    Number three looks awesome. Too bad everyone would make fun of me for wearing them.
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/25/09

    In reply to Passive-Aggressive Gifts for Geeks Who Are Late to Everything
    Gizmodo has given much love to those questionably-stylish Tokyo flash watches. Good to see some critical feedback on them.
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    Image of Wburg Wburg
    11/25/09

    In reply to Passive-Aggressive Gifts for Geeks Who Are Late to Everything
    I wear vibram five fingers everywhere I go. They're absolutely the best, as long as you don't mind explaining them to everyone you meet.

    I had started running barefoot, but you either get blisters on concrete or step in dog poop on the grass. These are a perfect solution!
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    Image of chauncy that billups chauncy that billups
    11/25/09

    @Wburg: more power to you, but I just can't get on board with these things. Call me reactionary, but there are some design changes that are just too ugly, no matter the benefit to the user.
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    Image of Wireless Joe Wireless Joe
    11/25/09

    @chauncy that billups: Looks like nothing a couple of black Sharpie markers couldn't fix.
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    Image of kagekiri kagekiri
    11/25/09

    @Wireless Joe: They have solid color options (including black) for at least a few of their models, though your solution works too :P
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    Image of Wburg Wburg
    11/25/09

    @kagekiri: Yeah, mine are a solid greenish color.

    #tips
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    Image of ament001 ament001
    11/26/09

    @Wburg: They need to make higher tongued versions, so they look less like sandals and more like shoes.
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    Image of Wburg Wburg
    11/26/09

    @ament001: They do

    [www.vibramfivefingers.com]
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    Image of fakejezuzdiaz fakejezuzdiaz
    11/25/09

    In reply to Passive-Aggressive Gifts for Geeks Who Are Late to Everything
    Sorry I'm late to the comments, I must have got caught up in something or other... now what's this fuss all about?
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/25/09

    In reply to Passive-Aggressive Gifts for Geeks Who Are Late to Everything
    I was a long distance runner for years, the only thing I can see coming out of number three is a broken toe or even foot. Better to just run without shoes. Sheesus.
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    Image of RT100 RT100
    11/25/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: they probably make it easier to run on a hot road in the summer, or through the early morning dew
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    Image of BERT BERT
    11/25/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Actually, barefoot running works muscles and ligaments in your feet, ankles, and lower legs that wearing a trainer would usually impair. The idea behind the vibram is that it allows you to train and develop these muscles, while protecting you from crack needles and other dangerous objects. I am currently a long distance runner, I'm only 17, but I still know how to train. Go with a Nike Free if you really desire to make the switch to barefoot running, it is a much smoother and healthier transition than the Vibram.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/25/09

    @BERT: I'm not putting down barefoot running, I'm putting down these shoes. It looks like it has real potential for hurting your feet worse than just going without shoes. I'm in my mid thirties, spent twenty years running, and I know what looks dangerous to a runners foot. Go with flip flops if you must(now that'll give you some strong ankles). What if one of those toe things got flipped down, or something got jammed in between? Also, arthritis here you come.
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    Image of nick's after the gnarly necter.. 800. nick's after the gnarly necter.. 800.
    11/25/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Try them out sometime, I don't think they're what you think. I've run barefoot for years, the vibrams allow me to run in some more areas and in colder/wetter weather.

    I've never come close to an injury with them.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. promoted this comment Edited by nick's after the gnarly necter.. 800. at 11/25/09 6:20 PM nick's after the gnarly necter.. 800. was starred nick's after the gnarly necter.. 800. was unstarred
    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/25/09

    @BERT: I just looked up the Nike Free shoes, they look a lot better.
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    Image of TetsuBo TetsuBo
    11/25/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: I don't follow your reasoning.
    The Five Fingers are nothing more than reinforced gloves for your feet, they add a thin layer of protection and that's it. The toe things can't flip down under your foot no more then the finger of a glove would flip back.

    I will admit I didn't know strengthening the muscles in my feet gave me arthritis.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/25/09

    @TetsuBo: A glove is much thinner and your toes are much shorter and thicker, also this looks to have a plastic sole.

    About the arthritis, I was referring to forcibly keeping your toes in a separated state, but good for you and your strong feet.
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    Image of Smitty Smitty
    11/25/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: It's a rubber sole. If you look Vibram up, the company has been making soles for shoes forever. This is their first complete product.

    Only the sole of the VFF is remotely thick; the rest is a light fabric. The sides of the toes are fabric and stretch to fit toes; some people may have this problem, but my toes never feel separated.

    I say just go try them on once. Even if you don't plan on buying them, walk around in a pair if there is a retailer near you.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. promoted this comment Edited by Smitty at 11/25/09 10:14 PM Smitty was starred Smitty was unstarred
    Image of Michai Michai
    11/15/09

    In reply to A Cylon Mated with KITT, and Out Popped This MK 2 Circuit Watch
    You had me at Cylon... #watches
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    Image of Hachiken Hachiken
    11/15/09

    In reply to A Cylon Mated with KITT, and Out Popped This MK 2 Circuit Watch
    Looks like a crappy knockoff of the Pimpin'-Ain't-Easy watch from Tokyoflash...which is now a collector's item and out of production. #watches
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    Image of Dev_ace Dev_ace
    11/16/09

    @Hachiken: Agreed, tokyo flash has been doing this weird watch concept for a long time, but i still wouldn't be caught dead wearing these things... why would i want to spend more time searching for the time, all the while looking like a dork? #watches
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    Hachiken promoted this comment Dev_ace was starred Dev_ace was unstarred
    Image of Hachiken Hachiken
    11/16/09

    @Dev_ace: I actually went ahead and bought on the originals, stainless with blue LEDs, and the hell of it is, they DO work...although not in the way you'd imagine. I wore it once to a fitness product intro (I designed the product) held in a suite during a Red Wings finals game in Detroit. One of the investors (Bob Lutz, of all people) walked up to me and asked, "Is that a heart monitor?"

    Ah well. #watches
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/06/09

    In reply to Nu Pop Watches Make Being Hip Almost Worth the Inconvenience
    I love watches, and like that they are both dial and digital, but thats all they have going for them. I think the price should be $1.45 and not $145. #nupop
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    Image of gover57 gover57
    11/06/09

    @Curves: I agree - there's cheap wal-mart $12 watch rack ones that look way better. i wouldn't even spend $12 on these... #nupop
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/06/09

    @gover57: With all that face space left over they could cram a lot more CRAP into the watch. The one I wear now has so many features I cant/wont ever use them (high and low tides, world clocks, etc). Maybe they think Hip Hopsters dont need alarms, calculators, etc... #nupop
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    Image of T-Will T-Will
    11/06/09

    @Curves: Yeah, jeez, those things look huge...I might as well strap a grandfather clock to my wrist. #nupop
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    Curves promoted this comment T-Will was starred T-Will was unstarred
    Image of Curves Curves
    11/06/09

    @T-Will: If they HAD a grandfather clock watch I would already have one. #nupop
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    Image of exoren22 exoren22
    11/03/09

    In reply to Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    Not to mention that windfarms reduce wind and make the surrounding area heat up as a result. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of EBone EBone
    11/03/09

    @exoren22: I don't even know how to reply to the stupidity of your statement, other than I hope you forgot your sarcasm tag. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of exoren22 exoren22
    11/03/09

    @EBone: Well, considering it's a real world problem, I don't even know how to reply to your ignorance, except to tell you to go to San Francisco in the summer time, when they used to have a cooling wind coming down from the mountains.

    You know we can't get energy for free, right? Hydroelectric power reduces water flow and causes the destruction of wildlife both upstream and downstream. Solar power has local heating problems that CANNOT be fixed, and massive wind farms destroy the natural heat transfer created by wind patterns. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of EBone EBone
    11/03/09

    @exoren22: You really believe that the turbine blades take the wind "away"? That the wind doesn't turn the blades and keep on blowing past, over, and around the blades?

    I have no words. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    11/03/09

    @EBone: I think he's actually right, but he's blowing it way out of proportion. It's more on the same scale of dumping a bottle of filtered water into a lake to change the pH. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of runamok1001 runamok1001
    11/03/09

    @EBone: exoren22 is right though I don't know to what degree. Conservation of energy means there is no free ride and no perpetual motion machines. Just like a hydroelectric dam can slow a river to a trickle, wind farms use the wind to do work, thus depleting some of the kinetic energy in that wind. But once again, I have no idea of the total energy of the wind or how much energy is extracted so I could not testify to the effect.
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    EBone promoted this comment runamok1001 was starred runamok1001 was unstarred
    Image of EBone EBone
    11/03/09

    @runamok1001: Do yourself a favor and look at an isobar map of the United States. They measure pressure gradients. Wind is generated when air moves from high pressure areas to low pressure areas.

    Isobar front lines are hundreds to thousands of miles long. Wind projects don't even show up on the scale we're talking about here. It would be the equivalent of trying to stop the Mississippi River with a 2x4. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of mnerd mnerd
    11/03/09

    In reply to Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    The wind farm thing really speaks more to how we really need to upgrade our air traffic control to newer modern technology stat. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of 70watts 70watts
    11/03/09

    In reply to Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    Wind turbines really don't kill that many birds in comparison to things like planes, trucks and... trees. That's a common myth.

    Here's the google results for that.
    [www.google.com]
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    Don Nguyen promoted this comment Edited by 70watts at 11/03/09 12:40 AM 70watts was starred 70watts was unstarred
    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    11/03/09

    In reply to Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    Thank you for being a champion for the essence of e-readership! And also, I've seen at least one notably less comfortable bike design.
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    Image of curious-character curious-character
    11/02/09

    In reply to Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    Grandpa bikes excluded (upright riding), a bike seat needs only provide support to the bony part of your bottom while minimizing interference and chaffing with your thighs. This is why racing seats look so terrible, but are actually quite comfortable. This seat seems to give you a choice of supporting your weight on your anus or testicles. #gizmodoremainders
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