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I do not play the piano. But it is delightful that synth keyboards are undergoing the same miniaturization renaissance as other gadgets. The LPK 25 is velocity sensitive and USB powered. And, there’s a matching drum pad. [BBG]
I just returned to NYC from Madrid. I slept all the way here, so I barely noticed the cramped seats, the bad food, the terrible movie, and the bad uniforms of the stewardesses. Back in 1979, I would have noticed. Yes, back in 1979 I flew to Sweden in SAS, and I still can remember…
This family won’t be able repeat their light show in 2009 because they’re still paying off last December’s fun, which cost them $41,000. I just want to know, was this religious fervor or neighborly competition? [Newsday via ObscureStore]
Another rugged drive. This one good for 10 foot falls, and up to a ton of weight. And it has an integrated USB cable. Well, I’m impressed. Comes in sizes from 250-500GB for $100-$140. [SimpleTech via GizMag]
We didn’t forget the Walkman in Giz 1979. It’s just that its birthday was two weeks ago. Question: if it’s the first model, what’s with the complicated name? Regift! [The Original Walkman, Crazy and Notable Walkmans and Walkman Trivia] https://gizmodo.com/notable-and-crazy-sony-cassette-walkman-editions-5305768/?selectedImage=1
A man found naked wandering along the Nevada border has been tased and arrested despite his claiming to be a Terminator sent from the future. We’re a little upset that police would harm anybody this hilarious. The 19-year-old, a Nevada native named Sean Stanley (we publish his name in hopes of honoring, not embarrassing, this…
If you lived in the New England area during the ’70s and ’80s, chances are you recall those ridiculous commercials for Crazy Eddie electronics stores. Even if you don’t, they are pretty damn amusing to watch. Yeah, that’s pretty insane all right—and they did this shit twice a year: Notice that Crazy Eddie spokesman Jerry…
Corsair just announced their new Extreme Line of SSDs, coming in 32/64/128GB capacities. So they’re not going to win a storage space award, but these little guys are fast—Corsair’s claiming read speeds of 240MB/s and 170MB/s write speeds. They’re not the absolute fastest 2.5-inch laptop SSDs we’ve ever seen, but are definitely right up there…
Someone beats the hell out of a cellphone company…Google wants to put ads in your calls…Coldplay…RIM just lost $267 million dollars… Google’s patenting a way to pay for all those Google Voice calls: by shoving ads in the space between you making the call and someone picking up. Does this matter to you right now?…
The Magnavox Magnavision Model 8000 DiscoVision Videodisc Player was a “record player that produces beautiful sound and pictures” through your TV. Released in 1978, Magnavision 8000 was the first consumer player of the format you know as Laserdisc. This 1981 spot for the Maganvision 8000 was one Leonard Nimoy’s better roles, if you ask me.…
The EVGA InterView 1770 is a bit weird. Each of its 17-inch LCD panels can be rotated 180 degrees—so one display faces the user and other faces another—and then fold like a clam. I was wondering why anyone would like to see all my porn mirrored at the other side of my desk, but according…
The newest Xbox live update is in the process of filtering out to the masses, and it brings with it some pretty sweet features. It’ll offer downloadable Games on Demand (full games!), new Netflix options and a bunch more. Games on Demand looks pretty great; you’ll be able to download full games, including manuals, and…
I see how it is. Tony Hawk Ride developer Josh Tsui says that the black skateboard we almost killed ourselves on at E3 is out: “We’re going with a white board which is more consumer friendly.” Mmmmhmmmm. [GamesIndustry.biz via Joystiq] https://gizmodo.com/tony-hawk-ride-feet-on-i-almost-killed-myself-5277953
I’d been thinking about snagging a Panasonic Lumix LX3 until this WSJ trend piece spiked the already pricey, um, price over $500. But it’s still way cheaper than Leica D-Lux 4, which is basically the same camera for $800. Why? That little red dot with the word Leica etched inside. Everything else, Ken Musgrave says,…
Oh, the power of a good multi-million dollar lawsuit. Amazon is vindicating litigious types by agreeing to replace Kindle 2s with cracked screens for free, instead of charging $200 for repairs. I wonder if they’ll fix mine. [News Factor] https://gizmodo.com/angry-kindlers-sue-amazon-over-case-defect-demand-5m-5315281
Gizmodo ’79 is a week-long celebration of gadgets and geekdom 30 years ago, as the analog age gave way to the digital, and most of our favorite toys were just being born. Click for full size
Supposedly, kids are streaming music instead of stealing it nowadays. With apps like SweetFM’s Last.FM client, now open source and free (it used to be $30), I could almost see why. What’s great about SweetFM is that you can control it with an Apple Remote or the Mac’s media keys, it has unlimited song skipping,…
Seeing it again and again and again but with no real progress ever, I always kinda knew Belkin’s FlyWire wireless HDMI box was doomed. Now it’s been officially shitcanned by Belkin. Which doesn’t sound great for wireless HDMI, actually. [Cnet] https://gizmodo.com/belkin-s-flywire-wireless-hdmi-delayed-5067617
Getting porn as a kid in the ’70s was hard. You had to be part 007, part Pee Wee Herrman and part Rocky (specifically, the meat beating training scene). In short, there was no internet. How’d they do it? They had their ways. Although old-timers may tell you they had to wank uphill both ways…
Steve Jobs is a Coldplay fan, like Jason and I. And you all Coldplay haters can grab that fact and suck hard on it. According to Coldplay’s official blog, Steve was backstage at the band’s gig in Mountain View. This leaves us with last night. Shoreline Amphitheatre, just outside of San Fran to be precise.…
