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Linecount == 40. A bunch of Wired Magazine people just showed up. [iPhone SF Campout Live Video, AIM me at lnelyiphoneboy30] https://gizmodo.com/sf-iphone-line-is-a-friggin-circus-p-s-were-live-273439

Breaking news, crackhead next to me with boombox blasting is cruising for some maximum damage. Someone deliver me some nunchucks. Homeless guy just told me to tell you all, “TONIGHT WE’RE ALL HOMELESS! [iPhone SF Campout Live Video, AIM me at lnelyiphoneboy30] https://gizmodo.com/sf-iphone-line-is-a-friggin-circus-p-s-were-live-273439

iPhone SF Campout Live (10PM PDT)

Everytime someone asks me what I’m waiting in line for, I die a little death. It’s 10pm here, and mercifully, the wind has been tame. The northwest/southeast config of Stockton street just works this way. The line is about 45 deep. And there is this guy I camped out with at Final Fantasy Fan Day…

Toshiba and Microsoft Remind Us What HD DVD Can Do (and What Blu-Ray Can’t)

Dismissing that whole Blockbuster Blu-ray decision as nothing more than a PR victory, and in no way an exclusive deal by the video-rental company, execs from Toshiba and Microsoft came to NYC to show off the latest in HD DVD amenities. The latest firmware, the one that finally allows for Web-enabled network capabilities, is here,…

Hey, there’s a pay phone here…if I give this number to you guys, you’re going to call until I cry for mercy, right? So I guess I’d better not do that….but I kind of want to.

iPhone SF Campout Live (9PM PDT)

The WiFi here rocks. Hotel and Apple store. Anyone know if they’ll turn off the WiFi at night like Starbucks? (AIM me at lnelyiphoneboy30) Justin from Justin.tv came to fix my LifeCam rig. (Or, in the case of iPhone camping, no-life cam). THe weather is balmy, and I hear this is very different from NY,…

Brian Lam on The Daily Show

Don’t miss our own Brian Lam, Editor of Gizmodo, appearing on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central. The segment originally aired Thursday night (6/28/07) at 11 p.m. Eastern, 10 Central, and 8 p.m. Pacific. If you missed Brian’s hilarious segment talking about the iPhone (it starts about 15:00 into the show), the…

Justin.tv Visits iPhone Campout: San Francisco

So the Giz Justin.tv channel has been a little wonky in the early stages of our campout coverage, but Justin of Justin.tv has come by to outfit us with a new camera to combat the less-than-stellar sound and check out the circus himself. Gizmodo is holding up strong here, except that these goddamn street drummers…

Storms Ahead for The Brave 40 on 5th Ave

We’ve seen some comments asking for more details about the action on 5th Avenue. Well here it is, as requested. At the fore, of course, is the man who by now needs no introduction. Greg Packer was incredibly amiable, talking to anyone who approached him. He even paused for a moment to let us snap…

GM Car of the Future (1962)

The advertisement below ran in the Official Souvenir Program for the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair. The ad proclaims that General Motors is, “setting a course for the future” by showcasing the “fully functional Firebird III space-age car.” The full text of the ad is transcribed below. Mobility – the easiest, fastest, surest kind possible –…

iPhone SF Campout Live (8PM PDT)

Hey McCracken, one of your reporters, Michelle, got really freaked out she was on camera. Tell her I said sorry. Also, some Homeless guy, Stanely Michael Jackson, will stand in line for $200 bucks. That’s like $8 an hour. Text me at lnelyiphoneboy30 (AIM…get it?) if you want to take him up on his offer.…

SF iPhone Line is a Friggin Circus (P.S. We’re live)

Click to viewClick to view [UPDATED: On the main page.]Typical. While NY has sweaty Yankees fans like Greg Packer, SF’s Apple store has Circus freaks. We’re streaming live, but here are some shots of the folks in line, including Jerry, Mark, the hard-looking haircutter of few words, and the Peep Show Mini Golf (the circus…

Vortex Bots Scale Walls, Wake Neighborhood

By harnessing the power of a vacuum in much the same way your eighth-grade hovercraft did, Vortex’s Mobile Robot Platforms can scale walls and other hard surfaces with full mobility. Potential payloads include cameras, microphones and anything you’re willing to weld onto the back of a high tech RC car. Equipped with "semi-secure wireless communications"…

iSmudginator Allows Defacement of Virtual iPhone

The iSmudgeinator is a cute little Flash app that lets you wreak minor havoc upon an iPhone. Smudging doesn’t seem to be as bad as this time-killer suggests, but some degree of the “answer phone” ear grease smudging is likely to occur. Some scratches are probably inevitable as well, although you’d have to deliberately etch…

How We’re Covering the iPhone Launch in Apple’s Hometown

Justin of Justin.tv is helping Giz cover the iPhone Launch SF, live. Sorry, no Greg Packer nipples. But SF is Apple’s hometown, and you can bet the fans will line up deep before Friday at 6pm. I’m going to relax a bit for an hour or two, since tonight promises to be a long one.…

Comcast’s DVRs are officially getting TiVo software. [Reuters]

Gamercize: Making Exercise Fun!

Applying hamster wheel logic to humans, Gamercize Sport is a console accessory that prevents controllers from responding unless you’re exercising. Nothing will give you the willpower to leave the thing plugged in if you’re really desperate for a relaxing game session, but if you’re a cardio-craving consoler this may be for you. Each last-gen adapter…

PS3 SIXAXIS Rumble Returning Soon

Now that all the lawsuit business is over between Sony and Immersion, the former is free to incorporate rumble back into their controllers. The PlayStation Magazine France edition has some details on the upcoming rumbling gamepads. First, all that motion sensing can co-exist with rumble. Who’d have thought? Oh, right, everyone but Sony. We seriously…

First in Line at the San Francisco Apple Store

Pictured here is first-in-line Jerry, who started camping out for an iPhone at 7AM this morning. Sure, he’s no Greg Packer, but we gotta give him credit since he’s been planning this for the last week or so, right? Wrong. He decided on a whim to go see how bad the line was this morning…

All Quiet on the 5th Avenue Apple Store Front

Proving the old adage, “The media loves a whore,” the man with the pole posish at the 5th Avenue Apple Store iPhone line, Greg Packer, was besieged by microphones and cameras. A CNBC news van was on its way out as I came in, and it looks like Fox News woke up one of their…