Throwplace.com: Get Rid of Your Old Stuff
We here at Gizmodo tend to keep all kinds of crap in our basement offices—well I tend to keep lots of crap down here, I don’t know about the rest of those kids—and this seems like a fairly painless way to figure out where to dump it. Throwplace.com offers lists of local donation spots in…
The Hunt for Web Jukeboxes
Jukeboxes are the last vestige of non-on-demand music. You have a list of songs you can potentially play and that’s it—if you don’t like Willie or Waylon or Brown-Eyed Girl you’re usually stuck. WSJ writer Jason Fry spent a few moments not oppressing the worker and went to visit a few bars where he found…
Diamond Pacifier: OMG
The only thing sadder than this diamond pacifier is that it is available for $17,000 online. While we’re all for conspicuous consumption and the oppression of the proletariat, there’s something about submitting babies to our powerful consumerist tendencies that just doesn’t sit right with us. Babies should be brought into the circle of privilege and…
Bridgestone E-Paper
Bridgestone doesn’t just make tires that explode. They also make e-paper that looks absolutely killer. It has a Fresnel surface that lets it bend and twist and it’s only two colors right now, but it looks to be the thinnest solution yet. What I’m really wondering is when all these good e-papers are going to…
The Pirate Bay is Back
Figured we’d just post an update about TPB. They’re back and they’re better than ever. Best of all, the TPB team is actually pretty smart. BoingBoing posted a podcast of a talk they held at the Reboot conference in Denmark where they said: https://gizmodo.com/the-pirate-bay-im-not-dead-yet-177974 For the copyright industry, it is of extreme importance to keep…
Body Computer Lingerie Mouse From Pat Says Now
Is that picture of Lady Bird Johnson on your desk no longer revving your engine? Maybe a seductive piece of plastic designed to be held in your hand for long periods of time is what just what Dr. Love should prescribe? Swiss manufacturer Pat Says Now’s Body Computer Mouse is an optical USB mouse in…
SlingPlayer for Mac Delayed Until September, Dozens Upset
Announced back in January at CES, the Mac version of the SlingPlayer software has been delayed by some 90 days until September. Originally scheduled to come out sometime in the second quarter of this year, Sling Media says that, since Mac users are used to software that meets their high standards, the company decided to…
Apple’s Reason to Go Back to School: Free iPods
Just like last year, Apple is once again putting the “fun” back into “fundamentals” with its Back-to-School free iPod scheme. Qualifying students who purchase a MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac, or G5 Power Mac (or one of the leftover PPC-based PowerBooks or iBooks), as well as an iPod, will receive a $179 rebate, which Apple wants…