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Lonely Japanese fatties now have a new way to make themselves lose weight: a virtual nagging wife. Metaboinfo.com allows you to set up a weight loss plan, then assign one of four “wives” (aid, businesswoman, nurse or salon worker) to email you on a daily basis. Depending on whether you’re ahead or behind the curve,…
Click to viewSometimes we forget that diggers are more than just utilitarian machines. Inside their steel body beats a heart filled with passion…and lust. Behold the grace and beauty of the ‘Transports Exceptionnels’ performed by one 5-ton digging machine and a crazy guy from a French dance group. It just goes to show you—when it…
Intel has developed a system to cool laptops that’s not so different from that used on the surface of jet engines. The technology utilizes a laminar (non-turbulent) airflow to push heat away from the bottom of the case, making your laptop suitable for your lap again. Intel finds this technology particularly important as their new…
Gmail for mobile 2.0 is now available for BlackBerry and J2ME phones, and it’s definitely worth upgrading if you’ve got the old one, if only for the serious offline functionality. You can now read email and compose multiple messages offline (like in an underground brothel with no reception) and it’ll automatically send them as a…
One of the great things about netbooks like the Eee PC is all of the potential for modification. This particular hack comes to us via a Russian Eee PC 701 owner who managed to turn it into a carputer for his Honda Fit. With the monitor in the dash and a wireless keyboard in the…
If you’ve navigated the tangle of state, city or local election board websites, you know how much they suck. And if you’ve lost the little reminder you get in the mail (my mailbox is full of spiders and credit card offers; I don’t open it), Google has created a custom map to help you find…
One of first apps I grab on a smartphone—or com, whatever—is Facebook. It’s pretty excellent on the iPhone, BlackBerry and Palm (though most excellentest on the iPhone), so you’d expect it to show up pronto on Android where it would also be awesome. But apparently that’s not going to happen—whether it’s because of bad mojo…
This week at Uncrate: We hit the streets on the 2009 Honda DN-01, celebrate The Shining with a trip to Come Play With Us, and defend ourselves against the undead with Zombie Tools. We also kick it Patrick Ewing-style with the Adidas Conductor Felt DP, savor the aged taste of The Last Drop Whisky, and…
Congratulations iPod on turning 7 today! Starting to feel kind of old aren’t you? Ahh, you have had a good life so far. Lots of friends and TONS of kids. Seriously, keep it in your pants you dirty old bastard. I don’t know how you do it at your age.
This is the Sonilex, a gaming console from an alternative reality in which the Soviet Union wins the Cold War, communism takes all over the world, and a state-owned Sony invents and imposes 8-bit gaming for two decades. Or another alternative reality in which the economy crashes and nobody has enough money to buy shiny…
The way I see it, an awesome gadget gift does not deserve to be adorned with a flowery label. I’m assuming that’s why someone decided to make these floppy disk labels versions. The labels cost about a buck apiece—a bit pricey, but it would be worth it to impress that special someone with your thoughtfulness.…
The folks at Medialets have put together a number-crunching comparison of the iPhone App Store and the Android Marketplace after the first 24 hours. There is nothing really Earth-shattering in the data, but it does provide some insight into the similarities between iPhone and G1 users. Basically, it illustrates that both parties are interested in…
In 10 years, I hope we have the sense of humor to laugh at more than a few of our social network addictions as a grand social mistake, like bell bottoms or Friends. But until then, we have the Pownce-based beer pouring robot. And other than serving a brewsky with a bit too much head,…
Generally speaking, the idea of eco-friendliness doesn’t conjure up images of badass looking vehicles. However, one look at these Blade exhaust filters might change all that. According to the manufacturer’s lab testing, Blade can reduce vehicle air pollution up to 57 percent and CO2 emissions up to 34 percent while increasing fuel economy up to…
Sony’s recent PSP-3000 upgrade had one major feature change among its other small updates: the brighter, increased contrast and wider color gamut screen (above: old top, new bottom). The more vivid display takes more power overall, but the rest of the PSP’s components are now using less power, giving battery life a net change of…
There are concepts that could, and probably will happen. And then there are those that just make us smile. The Drip with Song falls definitely into the latter category. Essentially a portable CD player and speakers squeezed into a saucer, the best part is that you can “dock” your cup and twist it to control…
Our road to Black Friday bargain hunting continues, following yesterday’s huge cheap deals listing (still hot) and the kick-off list on Monday. Today we bring you more unlocked cellphones, including a special deal on the HTC Touch Diamond to shave $200 of its list price, cameras, GPS, and more stocking stuffers: Unlocked cellphones: • HTC…
Someone explain to me why Woz is participating in these beyond-retarded Scottevest commercials. Seriously, Ed McMahon selling out his dignity and rapping in FreeCreditReport.com ads makes sense, as he’s bankrupt, but Woz? Aren’t you a billionaire? Be happy with that, because crap like this makes me embarrassed for you. Go play Segway Polo or something.…
A few months ago we ran a rumor in which Steve Jobs had written a reader promising that Apple was working on iPhone tethering for 3G laptop browsing. Now, according to a MacBlogz, a reliable source from inside AT&T has informed them that iPhone tethering is being delayed because AT&T isn’t prepared to meet the…
According to the designers, the Pleasurecraft “is a vehicular kit that choreographs gesture and landscape to produce an outing full of splendor and romance.” This little love boat comes equipped with everything the awkward nerd needs to transform into a cool Casanova : luxurious pillows, a champagne cooler, instruction manuals, a mustache comb, tic-tacs and a…
