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It’s 100 degrees outside my window at this very moment. The last thing I want to think about is a rechargeable neck warmer. Alas, I must consider the implications of such a garment. If you live in colder climates or enjoy winter sports, something like this might be useful. Be careful though—with all of the…
Laird Hamilton is as tech savvy as surfers get, using jet skis, kites and hydrofoils to have more fun on the waves. Here are his first experiences with waterproof music, and his discovery of H2O Audio earphones and iPod cases: The thing about the water is that a lot of times you have other people…
Two words: Halo 2. Halo 2 is why Microsoft hasn’t killed the old Xbox Live, according to G4. And the old Xbox Live architecture can’t support more than 100 friends. In order to add in support for more than 100 friends on the Xbox 360, Microsoft has to ditch the old Xbox Live setup first,…
In keeping with the green movement, even Post-It notes are going au naturale. [matomeno via Design Vagabond via Boing Boing Gadgets]
Bubbles is probably my favorite Powergirl, and also the name of this allegorical home beverage carbonation system with natural CO2, designed by German duo Aemilios Grohmann and André Kieker for Wassermaxx. [Mocoloco]
More wackiness from Cupertino’s council of app elders! First they approved the possibly-illegal sex offender locator app, and it rose to the top 10. Then they yanked it. Now, it’s back again. https://gizmodo.com/offender-locator-tracks-sex-offenders-on-your-iphone-5325395 Why is it back? Who knows. It’s still illegal in California, as selling personal info is against the law there, which was…
They’re hugely different devices, sure, but could the iPhone be stepping on the Kindle’s toes again? CourseSmart, which offers subsciption-based, notes-capable eBooks online, has released a full-featured iPhone app for their subscribers. In other words, yes. https://gizmodo.com/kindle-dx-vs-magazines-journals-and-newspapers-5242555 The app is free, but you’ll need preexisting subscriptions to textbooks in order to access any. It’s actually…
Microsoft’s official line on those leaked store plans were “early concepts,” but besides the short timeline between the plans’ July 7 date and construction, Microsoft’s filed a trademark for the “INCLUSIVE EXUBERANCE” flower-power logo detailed inside. https://gizmodo.com/leak-inside-the-microsoft-store-with-wall-sized-screen-5322328 That would suggest at least some of the stuff in the leaked plans is definitely a go. I…
We’ve got some amazing deals on large screen TVs today, so be sure to check them out if you’re in the market for a living room (or if you’re especially awesome, a bathroom) upgrade. Computing and Peripherals: • Dell Inspiron 546 Desktop with AMD Phenom X4 Quad-Core 9750 for $429 plus free shipping (normally $604).…
This is either completely ludicrous or completely ingenious: the Thiphone. It’s a holder for your iPhone that wraps around your thigh, letting you rest it there without risk of falling off. Hoo boy. I mean, sure, maybe once in a while you’ll want your phone strapped to your thigh while you’re sitting down, but are…
Jelly fishes attacking an undersea monster? That would be cool, but the reality is much simpler, and more beautiful: It’s an helianthus annuus. It’s a sunflower (I had to look that up too). Japanese artist Macoto Murayama creates these beautiful illustrations of flowers, highlighting their geometry. Intriguing, delicate work. [Creators Bank via Pink Tentacle]
Modern SSDs might not “fragment” in the same way your old 9GB FAT32 drive did, but they’ve got their own, possibly worse problems. OCZ, along with Indilinx, say they’ve got a “garbage collection” firmware that’ll clear things right up. https://gizmodo.com/intel-ssds-may-suffer-from-irreparable-fragmentation-sl-5157015 Here’s how it works, in terms that you may or may not understand: The flash…
Grey camo. Really, Apple? Zoomed out, this says “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air”
Big Kahuna [noun]: One who surfs, snowboards or consumes three-pound cheeseburgers while shooting video self-portraiture on a cameraphone. [Surfer via TheRawFeed]
More than anything else, Windows Mobile 6.5 is about getting acquainted with users’ fingers, toward which previous versions of the OS were spitefully hostile. From the looks of this latest build, it might render your begrudgingly-included styluses obsolete, finally. By now you’ve probably seen the major adjustments to WinMo’s interface—the Titanium home screen, honeycomb-but-not-honeycomb start…
Portuguese ISP Zon Multimedia will devlier one gigabit of bandwidth to broadband customers come September. One gigabit! So, if you want a truly fast internet connection in 2009, you’re better off moving to the Azores than, say, New York City. This is painful for the vast majority of the world’s online population, who live out…
If you are interested in learning more about Sony Ericsson‘s 12-megapixel Satio (formerly Idou) and their PSP-playin’ Aino then look no further than Youserbase’s ridiculously thorough video previews. Personally, I don’t have the luxury to watch the reviews in their entirety, but it is clear that you will get a pretty good idea of what…
Here are the 35 new desktop images Snow Leopard is shipping with next month, as found by CreativeBits. There are the expected plants and nature images, but there’s also new fine art and graffiti shots. Graffiti? There’s definitely some new/different stuff here, such as the photos of an actual Snow Leopard, high-res scans of famous…
Designer Miguel Melgarejo’s Axixia building urinal was absurd, but he truly outdid himself with the Pillet energy-generating toilet paper holder / lamp. https://gizmodo.com/axixa-urinal-encourages-you-to-pee-on-the-side-of-build-5323785 A lot of designers these days are looking at ways we can harness wasted energy in the home to supplement our energy needs, but the tp roll might be going a little…
I suppose one lesson of this short clip—comparing footage from the Red One, Canon 5D Mark II, and Panasonic Lumix GH1 with a range of lenses—is that a woman in a black dress makes for great test video. https://gizmodo.com/canon-5d-mark-ii-vs-nikon-d700-review-shoot-out-5160540 Oh, and I’m admittedly surprised by how well the GH1 appears to keep up with the…
