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Sean Siler is Microsoft’s employee and “I’m a PC” guy, the response to Apple’s long running PC parody famously acted by John Hodgman. Don’t get us wrong. There’s little to no content in this interview, but you get a good look at Siler sans brown jacket. Plus, you get to see what his hair normally…
The South Park guys clearly get it. They’ve already put every episode ever online for free. Now they’ve come up with a snazzy South Park iPhone app Xeni at BoingBoing got the first look at. While it doesn’t look like it’ll stream or download full episodes (yet), it’ll grab clips, snag wallpapers, drop news and…
Designer Lotty Linderman’s moving wall/door is only a concept, but the pivoting arm design could have a lot of potential. I can see a system being constructed that would allow users to swing walls around to customize their living space. Obviously, that would give homeowners a lot of options with regard to the floorplan—not to…
If you thought the Chinese were going to undercut cheap Japanese USB drives with even cheaper versions, you’ve been drinking too much contaminated powered milk. These Mahjong drives are custom-engraved with three letters, such as the character on Mahjong pieces, your name or whatever dirty phrase you can come up with. They’re also $490 for…
It’s always a kick in the nuts waiting for a page to load in mobile Safari when you know like half of it is for an ad. Luckily, there’s a way to block most of them using this method from James Is Bored. It requires a jailbroken iPhone and bit of voodoo, but it’s not…
If prosecutors have their way, David Kernell, the 20 year old son of a Tennessee state representative and prime suspect in the Sarah Palin email hack will make an inmate looking for a young, supple jailhouse bride very happy. He was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Knoxville, Tenn for illegally accessing the…
If you are like me and prefer to write in landscape mode in the iPhone, go and download TouchType for just 99 cents at the iTunes App Store. This program will allow you to write your emails faster and with more accuracy than with the smaller portrait keyboard. When are you are done, click a…
Michael W. and friends built this portable sports bar that folds up into a trailer. Comes complete with air conditioning, lights, ceiling fans, sinks, speakers, XBox, flatscreen TV, and bar stools. See it in action here! https://gizmodo.com/michael-w-s-portable-sports-bar-5378012
Buffalo Bills fan David L. and posse made this 6,500-pound wood-burning pizza oven on wheels in the shape of a Buffalo Bills helmet—complete with facemask. David says: “We deep-fry turkeys, make bananas flambé’, roast a whole lamb on a spit, and most of all flip pizzas for hundreds of tailgaters in the parking lot.”
The WoodStation isn’t your standard LED clock/weather station. It’s your standard LED clock/weather station that’s made of wood. Through a seamless block of lumber design, the inert WoodStation is motion activated to display glowing information pseudo-magically. In reality, a series of LEDs are hidden beneath a thin wooden facade. These LEDs are bright enough to…
Alex R. and friends came up with the idea for a BBQ trailer made out of the front end of a 1985 VW Jetta GLi. Of course! It has BBS wheels, a 10-inch subwoofer, 6x9s, 6 ½” speakers, 2 Kenwood amps, a Kenwood deck, and a 50-gallon drum charcoal cooking area. Alex says: “The headlights…
Click to viewThe New Xbox Experience will provide 360 gamers with the option to preload entire games onto the system’s hard drive. Because of its faster data transfer rate, this should translate to faster load times, especially for earlier generation titles. In this clip, we see a side-by-side of GTAIV loaded on DVD vs. the…
Football fan Tyler M. crafted a badass rendition of a typical “stereo-cooler,” featuring: • 10″ JL W3 • Phoenix Gold XS 4600 amp • 2 Pioneer 150 watt 6″ x 9″s • Alpine deck with iPod controls • AM/FM antenna • iPod/ iPhone dock with remote • 2 3′ green neon tubes (I had them…
ASU Sun Devils superfan Bonnie J.’s tailgate trailer boasts two plasma-screen TVs, a Wii, a bathroom, a built-in kegerator, a grill, a kicking stereo system, and a 2,500-watt generator. She says: “In additon to the trailer, my husband and I make ‘shotskis.’ Literally, a ski with shot glasses attached. Everyone takes a shot at the…
After a study of 200 Dutch men, scientists found that those with a premature ejaculation problem all had a version of a gene that controls the release of serotonin. And, unfortunately for all of you awesome Call of Duty players out there, those affected seem to “have very quick reflexes. They may be excellent at…
University of Maryland Terrapins fan Jason S. modified his beer pong table with a U of M logo made of 1500+ beer caps, school-spirit-y red LED Lights, then sealed the whole thing with epoxy bar top resin.
Steve S., Rutgers tailgater and creator of this combo cornhole/beer pong gaming table, says: “I took a set of cornhole boards, painted and modified them so they could also become a beer pong table. Kills two birds with one stone.”
Today Best Buy launched “Blue Label”—a new line of electronic products developed directly from customer feedback. Shockingly, Best Buy discovered that consumers wanted laptops with “longer battery life, a thin and lightweight design, an illuminated keyboard, more optimal screen size and superior warranty support”—so they enlisted the help of HP and Toshiba to create an…
This is the new Mazda Kiyora, a concept car that is not only designed to consume less gas and produce less emissions, but to collect and purify the most important liquid on Earth: Water. You know, for drinking. If you are into that kind of liquid, anyway. When you drive the Mazda Kiyora through rain,…
Sprint’s Xohm WiMax network got extra super official today with a party and all, so laptop makers are tossing out confetti in the form of WiMax-enabled notebooks. Here’s what you’ve got to pick from. Acer dropped a pair of Aspire cheapies in 14- and 16-inch sizes, while Asus’s 14 and 15-inchers are a bit mo’…
