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”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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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 »Guitar Hero + Office Christmas Lights = Crazy Ridiculous
One of the developers at NI (we think this is National Instruments) took a guitar hero guitar, a copy of Frets on Fire (the open source PC version of Guitar Hero) and the office Christmas lights and rigged the three up to a cacophonous symphony of light and sound. More »
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Avoid Getting Screwed by Post-Holiday Clearance Deals
About.com has a good feature about what to look for when determining if those after-Xmas deals are worth buying. Overstock clearance deals and soon-to-be clearance price slashing are considered the best and safest for consumers because the product is expected to work properly. Open box deals and display products receive a red flag, because they could be missing parts, an expiring warranty or be older than you think. [About]
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Baby Jesus: Now With GPS Super Powers!
The Christianity 2.0 movement continues in South Florida, where the town of Bal Harbour received a GPS-equipped Baby Jesus statue to replace a previously stolen Baby Jesus staute. A Cincinnati lawyer donated the statue after hearing about the theft in early December. More »Italian Guy Plays Jingle Bells on Graphics Card
This week we have seen the Guyzmodos' versions of seasonal hawtness—namely girls wearing fetching (and highly flammable) red and white nylon-n-fluff combo outfits. Well, Girlmodo is striking back as only it can. A cute, fully clothed geek, tastefully clad in the obligatory black T-shirt, playing Jingle Bells on a graphics card. Merrrrrry Chreeeeestmas! [YouTube via The Inquirer]
Solar-Powered Fairy Lights Make Your Christmas Cheap and Green
We've seen solar-powered LED ski suits and interactive solar-powered roof tiles and now you can add that Christmassy touch to your garden with these solar-powered fairy lights.They feature 50 bright white LEDs, and charge automatically during the day to give you around nine hours of light at night. They will set you back $29.95, which is a little steep, but the bulbs will last 10,000 hours, which is enough for several years' fairy-lit evenings. Praying for sun around Christmastime will have never felt so normal.[Hammacher Schlemmer via Oh Gizmo]
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Sorting the 5,195 Pieces of the Millennium Falcon Gives Strange Pleasure, Back Pain
If the first time you saw all those bags you thought the LEGO Millennium Falcon was big, it's not big. It's HUGE. Like some of you asked for, I spent four hours and nine minutes sorting all the pieces out to make the construction easier. The condensed video shows the complexity and giganormous size of this LEGO set. And in the process, I discovered many things:
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Pajama Warmer Pouch Warms Up Your Winterwear
Our esteemed commentator OMG!!! Ponies!!! already knows what he's getting from his girlfriend on the Chrismukkah gift front, so this pajama warmer goes out to you, Sir. Stuff your PJs (or whatever it is you want to warm up) in this electric pouch and it's toasted gonads before you can say "Bloody Norah, that hurts." $34.95 from the Solutions catalog. [Solutions via 7Gadgets]
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The Construction of the LEGO Millennium Falcon Part I: the Unboxing and the Licking
We got the LEGO Ultimate Collector's Millenium Falcon and here's a video of me getting all dorky and excited about this awesome 24-pound, 5,159-block LEGO masterpiece. This is just a teaser of what's coming later this week: the time-lapse video of its construction by only one single dork, and the review (and in case there are still any doubts about it, this is the most amazing LEGO set—and to me, the best toy—Imperial Santa can get you this holiday season.) [LEGO] More »
Addy's Best Christmas Gadget Ever
A couple of weeks back, our Dear Leader Blam sent round an email asking the team what we wanted for Christmas. So I thought. And I thought. And all I could come up with was this:
• A new sofa coverZOMG—no gadgets!?!!?? came Blam's astonished reply. Feckity feck, I muttered, my secret is out. So I backpedalled: More »
• A cute, copper-colored snakeskin clutch—that's a handbag, not something found on a car—by Luella
• A pile of new books (or just an Amazon gift certificate, actually)
• Some fabulously sexy piece of art to hang on the wall
Man Lives in Giant Snowglobe for 78.5 Hours, Sets World Record
Snowglobe Boy, aka 24-year-old Ben Eckerson, has spent over 3 days living in a giant snowglobe as an advertising stunt for the advertising firm he works for. And though I can't imagine he had much competition, Eckerson also managed to set a world record for most time spent in a giant snowglobe. More »Lightning Round: LED Rain Christmas Lights
The Gadget: LED Christmas Lights with Decorative Rain Light, feature 40 muti-color LEDs, various effects / speeds, clear wiring, and control box for selecting effect settings. What makes these lights different is the "Rainy" effect, that is produced by a clear bubbled end cap on each LED.
More »Breakdancing Robots Bring Joy, Mirth, Wham! to Hong Kong Mall
Web-Controllable Holiday Lights Setup is Christmas Spirit Overload
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Pac-Man Xmas Tree Offers 8-bit Holiday Cheer
This electronic Christmas tree fashioned in the likeness of a Pac-Man map, complete with Pac Man, power pellets and ghosts, shows the Spanish know what they're doing when it comes to the holidays. Currently in downtown Madrid, the tree not only features all the elements of the game, but Pac-Man and his nemeses are partially animated, shifting back and forth in place. More »







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