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Living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, I’ve seen my share of intricate, beautiful, and veehee lickable tattoos. The vintage gadget kind are not them. Tumblred by Anna Jane Grossman—démodé-gadgeteer extraordinaire and author of the highly recommended Obsolete—these are a mistake: https://gizmodo.com/four-old-gadgets-we-love-and-four-we-hate-5378200 I may have an original 1984 Macintosh on my work desk, but I will never ever…
Yamaha’s booth at CEATEC featured a few cloth posters with mundane advertisements on them that seem to lack any attention-grabbing oomph—until you step directly in front of them and realize that they’re incredibly thin directional speakers. Whoa! It’s tough to judge the sound quality from the brief video taken by Engadget, but we’re going to…
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The big draw of the U MacBook sleeve is its external, two-segmented pocket for an iPod, phone, small notebook or whatever, but I’m more impressed by the understated style of the thing. My current black neoprene case suddenly feels so…middle-school. Made of grey wool, dark leather and herringbone-patterned elastic, it’s the first sleeve I’ve seen…
The season of the 1TB bus-powered USB drive is upon us. WD was first; now Seagate is shipping the FreeAgent Go, a chunky SOB—three platters worth of storage powered and connected by one skinny cable. The good news is that these things work well, despite the larger drive and lower power. They’re not about performance—5400…
If you’re a fan of novelty USB drives, submachine guns, and rap, I’ve got a treat for you: The Get Busy Committee stuck their upcoming album Uzi Does It on uzi-shaped flash drives to create an unholy threesome. [Wired]
Marge Simpson To Pose for Playboy…Kindle Books To Cost More Abroad…Twitter Recommended for Nobel Peace Prize…Windows Mobile 7: So Close and Yet So Far Marge Simpson is going to be on the cover of Playboy on Oct. 16, and I don’t know whether to laugh, puke, subscribe, or shake my head in utter dismay. What…
Soft LED lighting, go. Water jets, go. Hovering shower, go. Warp drive, go. Life support, go. Champagne bottle, go. Good company, go. All systems go for zowielala bath for two. I’m not fan of jacuzzis myself. Even while I had some unforgettable tsunami moments in them, I’m partial to the large, deep English bathtub. But…
We can argue about whether it looks like an alien spaceship, a colony on a distant planet, or something else, but let’s agree that the winning stadium design for the 2014 Asian Games is mind-blowingly gorgeous. It looks stunning in the concept pictures and the stadium is actually two-in-one after a two-step process according to…
Ah, so this is the reason why people don’t consider Linux user friendly. [Geeks Are Sexy]
These are Fujitsu’s concept phones they showed off at CEATEC, one of which we covered already. Akihabara News covered a few of them, but these three are our favorites. https://gizmodo.com/fujitsu-f-circle-rotary-smartphone-comes-from-pasts-fut-5377050 My number one is the soap dish; not because it’s the best looking one—that stone wins in that category—but because it looks like a goddamn…
Nothing cures boredom like launching shit into the air, which is why you can’t argue with something like the Aquapod. Basically, you hook a hose up to it and it launches plastic bottles using water pressure. Sold! [Aquapod]
Thanks to Lucasfilm’s nod of approval, ThinkGeek’s got a treat for every Jedi’s snuggly-wuggly-cuddly-just-ten-more-minutes-please-mom side. I wanna throw a sleepover to have an excuse to roll out lotsa these Tauntaun sleeping bags which “simulate the warmth of a Tauntaun carcass.” https://gizmodo.com/april-fools-star-wars-tauntaun-sleeping-bag-may-become-5197145 It started out as an April Fools joke, but as it happens with most…
In this week’s net-neutral iPhone app roundup: Wild Things, physics games, Photoshop!, Twitter again (but that’s ok!), horse music, human music, and much, much more. https://gizmodo.com/apocalypse-nigh-at-t-opens-network-for-voip-over-3g-on-5375674 The Best Where the Wild Things Are: Promotional apps are normally garbage, and in a few areas, this is a little fluffy (though there’s some neat media in here—it’s…
I’m pissed. For months, I’ve been waiting for the Psystar vs Apple trial to hit the court. And now both companies are filing motions for summary judgments and potentially denying me a show? https://gizmodo.com/psystar-sobers-up-lawyers-up-prepares-to-die-go-to-co-5325537 As a result of the individual motions by both companies, two hearings have been set for November 12 to determine whether…
There were many, many interesting stories happening in the world of video games this week. From Wolverine claws appearing on PlayStation Home to these gross-looking beasts from the latest Final Fantasy, there’s a lot to see over at Kotaku. K8 K Monthly is Kotaku in online magazine form. https://kotaku.com/k8-5372813 Ready To Rat Out R4 Sellers?…
Boomin’. That’s the Beats edition of HP’s Core i7-powered Envy 15, which doesn’t look like a MacBook wannabe but its own glossy-black-and-red man. The privilege, and included Beats headphones, add $500, but it’s kinda worth it. [HP via Electronista] https://gizmodo.com/hp-envy-hands-on-macbook-pro-clone-better-than-the-rea-5359331
The Bloomframe "balcony-on-demand" system has been talked about for several years now, but it was only last month that this concept finally transitioned into reality. Well, it’s a reality if you live in Holland, France, Spain, or Portugal. Apartment dwellers in those countries can now add a push button balcony to their windows. Of course,…
Nikon’s holding a buttload of events around the world Oct. 14, meaning new camera. Specifically, it’s rumored to be the D3s—a tweaked version of the conveniently out-of-stock D3 with 1080p video recording, along with a new mystery camera. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-nikon-d3s-due-out-in-october-adds-1080p-video-5368797 Rumored D3s specs follow thusly * Nikon D3s with ISO 200-12800 (D3 was with ISO 200-6400)…
The NYT piles on the B&N eReader rumors with a proposed launch date of October 20, based on a planned event in NY for that day. What’s interesting, besides its rumored Android OS, is the device’s lending feature. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-barnes-nobles-ereader-will-run-android-5377516 The new consumption model grands book purchasers (you) the right to lend a book to their…