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When I was in kindergarten I had a beach blanket, a cot and a bitch named Rose that would circle around us slapping a meter stick in her hand. Where was my NapTV chair with a built-in television? Perhaps my experience wouldn’t have been nearly as scarring had I been able to watch TV while…
As a guy who’s no stranger to buzz cuts (I even tested the Flowbee once) I can say that this Remington ShortCut seems like quite a nice invention. It’s got one of five length settings, plus is self-curved for your round noggin. The shape of the thing makes it easier to hold, like a brush,…
According to both CNN and USA Today, the FCC is expected to announce a nationwide system that sends major alerts to cellphones via text message. Rumor has it that these messages will initially be limited to the English language in 90 words or less and would warn users about events like terrorist attacks, major weather…
You’d expect first place in the 2008 Dyson awards to go something totally insane, like a vacuum that cleans your carpet and your colon simultaneously. But it actually went to this deceptively simple gadget designed by Ryan Jansen, the Rake n Take, which takes a lot of the suck out of raking leaves. Pulling up…
Due to popular demand, I have uploaded a free PDF of the book 2063 A.D. in its entirety. To purchase a print copy of the book you can find it at my Lulu storefront. For those just joining us, 2063 A.D. was a book published in 1963 by General Dynamics Astronautics. The book asked politicians,…
Not content with looking like a dumbass on a regular tandem bike, Taiwanese inventor Chen Yugang decided to kick it up a notch and develop a bike that is as dangerous as it is ridiculous. Apparently, his new design can be ridden face to face, conventionally or (and here is the real kicker) back to…
In what has to be the saddest cellphone-related story ever, an 80-year-old man spent a part of every day listening to a voicemail recording of his deceased wife saying her name, “Catherine Whiting.” Ever since her death in 2005, listening to the recording offered the man a small amount of comfort. However, when his service…
Die cast metal. That was a stamp of approval all premium toys in the 80s received. But not now. And if there is a modern set of toys that deserves to be metal, its the official line of Hasbro made IRON Man toys: an action figure, nerf machine gun and mask/repulsor glove combo. He’s not…
Although Nintendo didn’t take much inspiration from Jackie Chan and his crazy 2005 J-Mat Fitness, you can’t help but see some similarities between it and Wii Fit. You probably never heard of this Jackie Chan sellout workout machine because it costs $90 and needed another $80 XaviXPORT console to use. We’re kind of sorry we…
As turtle-tastic as broadband is in the US compared to Asia, other than Time Warner’s experiment to charge by the byte, at least consumption-based billing has mostly been a problem for Canadians. Until now. Justin from Bend, Oregon just sent us his ISP’s new pricing plan, which makes Time Warner’s look supremely generous: $55 a…
Simplify Media’s just released a new version of their Mobile suite for iPhone that lets you stream iTunes libraries from your friends across the internet. It works in much the same way the desktop version does. Load up Simplify Media on a desktop with a library that you want to share, then log into your…
Oh, Steve Jobs. What to make of you? On the one hand, you’ve created some of the most beloved technology of the modern era. On the other hand, you’re a tyrant, a miser, and you rule over your empire with an iron fist and a cold heart. So which is it? Is the Steve a…
We love Kensington’s low-profile keyboards with the laptop style keys, which is why this Ci70 keyboard looks so appetizing. It’s got two USB ports, nothing special, but a mini USB connector that actually hides underneath a cover on top. So to recap, two USB ports, one mini USB cord, really low/quiet style Kensington keys, 35%…
Shocker: The government blows the money it rips from our paychecks! But now we know where some of that money is going—to buy “iPods, lingerie and socializing” (read: Grey Goose vodka martinis), as well as gambling and internet dating services. The Government Accountability Office (ha) found that half of all transactions by federal employees with…
This 10-inch diameter Stargate mirror comes with 39 glyphs and nine chevrons to a) give you two trillion planet destinations to travel to, b) show you your hangover face every morning, c) open a wormhole door to an alien army so they can invade and destroy the planet, or d) all of the above. In…
The previously 1GB Zip Zip LEGO USB drives are getting an update to 4GB. Unfortunately, Zip Zip still doesn’t make these things out of real LEGO blocks—there’s probably some legal reason preventing them from reselling it or something—but they’re a good approximation. Things you shouldn’t do with this: toss it into a huge bucket of…
Generally speaking, the state of broadband in the United States sucks. Hard. You know what sucks harder than your crappy DSL line? Satellite internet—it’s stupid expensive and super slow. Except in Japan. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency is reporting that their tests of the world’s fastest satellite internet—155Mbps downstream to homes, and 1.2Gbps to businesses…
We know how much you kids love the Sidekicks, which is why you’ll be excited at getting a completely new color: fire red. Boy Genius has the image above, plus gives the estimated release date on T-Mobile at either late May or early June. It’s no Sidekick 4, but it’ll do for now. We’re still…
Reader Daniel emails in with this nice find at the Southwest terminal at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport. USB power ports! Charge your phones! Charge your USB junk! Shove in a USB humping dog! Either way, it’s a nice gesture by Southwest. [Thanks Daniel!]
In this day and age, you can’t trust anybody. That’s why I’m excited to know about a new hand-held lie detector that the US military has begun using. As soon as a commercial version, I’ll be using it on everyone I know. Where was my girlfriend last night? Is that really the best price you…
