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60th Anniversary McIntosh MXA60 Integrated Audio System Going for a Mere $7,500

Many audiophiles drool over McIntosh gear and probably won’t think too much about spending $7,500 on this vacuum tube preamplifer-powered, CD/SACD/MP3 player-toting MXA60 integrated audio system. I can’t even blame them. It probably sounds as great as it looks. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-what-1-100-000-in-audio-equipment-looks-like-5359433 This is the 60th anniversary edition of McIntosh’s first-ever standalone integrated audio system and it’s…

Remainders – The Good, Bad and Ugly Stuff We Didn’t Post (and Why)

In today’s batch of things that didn’t make the cut we’ve got a bit of NSFW humor, Time’s list of gadgets of the year, an angry celebrity suing an Internet person, Dell profiting through Twitter, and more. Time Names Droid as Gadget of the Year, iPhone Last Seen Crying in Corner Time made their list…

Thanks to This Video, I Finally Understand the Internet

If you didn’t know that the Internet is a man with strange thumbs who is completely controlled by 50 Cent then you must watch this video and enlighten yourself. Actually, watch this even if you knew that. It’s rather funny. Oh wait. It’s a balloon, too? A man-shaped balloon with strange thumbs who is owned…

YouTube’s VEVO, an Internet Imitation of MTV, Launches Tonight

YouTube and Universal have teamed up to create VEVO, a site which will host music videos with the blessings of various recording companies. The site is launching tonight and so far the details sound pretty great. Mashable is reporting on the launch event and this is what they’ve learned so far: On stage, Google CEO…

It Took The New York Times 49 Years to Believe Isaac Newton

It may have taken me ages to hear about this story, but it took The New York Times 49 years to issue a correction to an editorial dismissing space travel. I guess they’d finally opened up their high school textbooks. Somehow I suddenly feel better about the frequent typos or errors I make. [Kottke via…

The Five Most Overpriced Cables

I have a box of cables in my closet. I don’t know what the hell half of them are for. What I do know is that I certainly didn’t pay several hundred—much less over a thousand—dollars for them. Click to view Here are some of the most overpriced cables we’ve encountered over time. Feel free…

This Year’s Most Ridiculous Events Auto-Tuned

Auto-tuned science was fun, but an auto-tuned retelling of the year’s more ridiculous news events such as the Balloon Boy hoax is fantastic-yet-oh-so-terrible. So fantastic-yet-oh-so-horrible, in fact, that I’m crying because I can’t get the beat out of my head. https://gizmodo.com/carl-sagan-auto-tuned-part-ii-featuring-feynman-tyson-5385354

Google to Help NYC Sell 90,000 Photos by Digitizing Them

Apparently New York City has over 90,000 vintage photos on 35-millimeter film which they would love to sell. And Google might just help them with that. Under a proposed deal, Google would digitize those pictures of “Manhattan buildings that were originally shot for tax purposes,” and show them off in Google Maps. Seems neat, but…

HexoLight Takes Your Videogame Party From Lame to Tacky

Rock Gear‘s HexoLight LED-lighting system is supposed to be used with Guitar Hero, Rock Band, and other video games to give your living room a super cool night club vibe. Unfortunately the video demo of it only screams super tacky. Ok ok, I’m being a bit harsh. The lights are actually pretty nifty if you’ve…

The Season’s Most Expensive DIY Christmas Card

I’ve always loved getting handmade Christmas cards. It’s just so heartwarming to open one and listen to a holiday song on the built-in iPhone. I really doubt that many of us will send or receive Christmas cards like this one, but if you really feel like a DIY project then don’t forget to get an…

Pingo the Robot Penguin is a Facebook Friend Who Won’t Ignore Your Event Invites

I want an army of MyDeskFriend Pingo robot penguins. They’ll dance around alerting of Facebook updates, read news, sing songs, and give weather forecasts. We’ll be bestest friends and play together until they decide to kill me. Updated: In-Action Video While we’ve gotten a look at the MyDeskFriend gadgets before, Pingo is the first one…

My Favorite Educational Poster of the Day

I wish there was a closeup image of this poster so that I can actually read it, but I guess I’ll have to get one to figure out what I need to know to prepare for my SpaceShipTwo trip. https://gizmodo.com/first-images-of-spaceshiptwo-first-commercial-passenge-5420768 Actually, I’m gonna get one of these posters simply because it feeds my fantasy of…

Vostro V13: Dell’s New $450, 0.65-Inch Ultraportable

There aren’t many details available about the Dell Vostro V13 other than the fact that it’s an ultra-thin, ultra-light ultraportable with a seemingly very reasonable $450 price tag, but at least there are a few teasing pictures. Updated: Hello details! The V13’s puny 3.5 pounds may include eSATA, Ethernet, USB and a card reader, but…

Now Streaming: The iPhone Reality Show

Reality shows tend to put me to sleep, but some part of me wants to grab energy drinks and watch this entire iPhone development reality show. There has to be drama, right? https://gizmodo.com/blood-energy-potion-cures-imaginary-afflicitions-four-h-5386142 The show is being streamed live by Command Guru until December 12 and you can follow along with the development process and…

This is How the Evening News Should Be Done From Now On

The CGI recreation of Tiger Woods’ accident was amusing enough, but a Taiwanese news show made some more animations to retell the whole crazy dramarama through awkward shower sex scenes, strange gesturing, and plenty of bad translations. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-not-a-trailer-for-tiger-woods-2011-but-it-shou-5416508 If only Fox News started doing things like this, I think I’d finally be able to sit…

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I’m Building This DIY Batsignal and Then Taking You Jokers Down

I was never sure if Batgirl had a Batsignal, but it doesn’t really matter. I’m gonna build my own using Arduino, some LEDs, and these instructions anyway. And then I’ll track down a slinky costume and take down some troublemakers. You can find all the details for Batsignal projector (including stencil patterns) at Thingiverse. Fun…

DARPA’s Balloon Challenge Over After Nine Hours

Someone at DARPA’s crying over the brilliant “Find these ten red weather balloons and we’ll give you 40K” challenge he concocted ending mere nine hours in. It’s what happens when you forget about MIT geeks and their little bribes, too. https://gizmodo.com/darpas-giant-red-balloons-officially-at-large-5419589 The winning MIT went about the task in a brilliant way: They offered shares…

First Shots of Boxee Box

It was rumored long ago and now it’s confirmed: The Boxee Box. Made by D-Link and bringing HDMI-support, an SD card slot, two USB 2.0 ports, WiFi, and ethernet. It should definitely be a nice companion to the Boxee software. https://gizmodo.com/the-boxee-set-top-box-its-coming-5403248 We don’t have many details about the insides of the device, but given that…

Microsoft Office 2010 Box Art Leaks

We’ll be waiting until June for Office 2010’s release, but the box art has already leaked. Unfortunately it’s not all that pretty and we should probably stick to judging the software by its beta rather than these boxes. https://gizmodo.com/office-2010-scheduled-for-june-release-5415809 As a refresher, Office 2010 will come in Starter, Home and Student, Home and Business, Standard,…