October has the SeaGrand RaveMetal, an flash-based MP3 player that’s built like a cassette tape. I still think that’s brilliant, if not very useful. We also got our first inkling of a flash-based iPod, although it obviously won’t be out before Christmas.
https://gizmodo.com/seagrand-ravemetal-the-flash-player-that-eats-like-a-t-22491
Proving that there is a god, but that he is a heartless necromancer, someone invents a process to make clothing from lab-grown human flesh just weeks before Halloween.
https://gizmodo.com/zombie-jackets-of-human-flesh-23214
The Jens of Sweden MP-400 is announced, the flash player that eventually eventually won me over on flash players.
https://gizmodo.com/jens-of-sweden-mp-400-23789
Someone put LEDs in a toilet seat because no one else had done it before.
https://gizmodo.com/galactika-led-toilet-seat-23709
In October, I call the inventor of the TV-B-Gone remote an “asshole,” causing dozens of other assholes to write me emails. I quickly invent the first beret with embedded LEDs that flash TV SUX and make one million dollars.
https://gizmodo.com/tv-b-gone-23694
One of the only stylish iPod contenders, the Olympus m:robe series, are said to be coming to America.
https://gizmodo.com/olympus-m-robe-players-coming-to-america-23581
Liebermann/Go-L computers, possible one of the worst computer companies ever to have existed, dies a whiny death.
https://gizmodo.com/liebermann-go-l-computers-kaput-23483
Proving they have a good sense of humor, Segway shows off a four-wheeled prototype.
https://gizmodo.com/four-wheeled-segway-centaur-23273
We learned that the Treo 650 would support Bluetooth DUN profiles, according to Sprint—who then quietly neglects to actually release the DUN drivers.
https://gizmodo.com/sprint-treo-650-will-support-dun-bluetooth-after-all-24338
Hori creates the best PS2 controller ever made. Apple makes a black U2 iPod and the somewhat disappointing iPod Photo. I lambast Dvorak for saying Podcasting is dead, then never do my own Podcast.
https://gizmodo.com/horis-dragonquest-slime-controller-for-ps2-24284
