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For a couple of weeks in March, I was committed to growing my own hops in the alleyway next to our building, where the tall vines would eventually be able to get a little sunlight, after two or three years of growth. Instead of planting, however, I just bought some more beer. Next year, inspired…
At first I thought this was one of those things that you sew into dogs—post-“snipping”—so they can feel better about themselves. Instead, I discovered this is a radio-controlled gold ball that acts like a normal ball until you press a button. A gyroscope spins up and starts sending the ball in random directions, driving your…
Japanese carrier KDDI has sold 10 million mobile music downloads through its new EZ Chaku-Uta Full service since last November. Other carriers are boasting downloads of 30 million or so pieces of media and KDDI said it is selling 2 million tracks per month. Meanwhile, in the U.S., the MIDI version of Drop it Like…
So now that everyone in the world is touting the charmingly cease-and-desist-worthy HP 6500, we have a plethora of photos to show you. According to Dave at DavesIpaq, the beauty of the 6500 engenders something bordering on obession. For example, Dave himself mentioned that he thinks he’s falling in love, which is tough for Mrs.…
Logitech’s new Premium USB Headset 350 gets a glowing review from Everything USB, who claims its slim construction is light and comfortable and not just a fragile $50 headset. One benefit they don’t exactly mention is that a USB headset serves as a separate sound device in Windows, allowing you to run just the headphone…
Noah Acres, the man behind Bigha, who manufactures the unlikely combo of bikes and lasers, has told us he has spun the lasers out into a new company, called Lucky Duck. They’ve got a new $160 laser, called the ‘Curve,’ which has not only an ergonomic shape in five colors, but features a built-in chip…
Karl Lagerfeld put these Chanel-branded TV belts on runway models during their Spring/Summer 2005 show, harnessing the captivating double-team of the moving image and the swaggering crotch. Chanel has said there are no plans to bring the TV Belts into production, but you can surely do something similar if you can scrounge up an old…
You guys know we think video headsets are sort of goofy, so if we give these CNGTek MPEC (that’s ‘Mobile Personal Entertainment Centre’) some minor, passing positivity, don’t read too much into it. I mean, mostly, I’m just impressed that they are actually bundling the glasses with a decent portable media player, which can play…
More info tomorrow, but Dave at Davesipaq just posted his first shots of the sexy 6500. Quite a RIM job, eh? Meaning that it looks like a Blackberry. Not what you were thinking, pervo. Smooth – Very Smooth! [DavesIpaq]
Tired of all those old-fashioned sinks use “plumbing” and “pipes?” Sloan Valve has released a device for you! It is a solar powered faucet that works with ambient light. A built-in battery powers the automatic sensor that turns the water on and off. I mean we’re getting into some Buck Rogers territory here, friends. What…
Aerielle, not to be confused with the fishy tart of Disney fame, is an RF system that transmits audio to a pair of stereo headphones with relative accuracy and fidelity. The advertised 15-foot radius is false but otherwise these seem like a good solution for those not wishing to be tethered to their MP3 players…
The sun can be a harsh mistress, stealing our fluids and destroying our livelihood with her evil rays. But she can also make coffee for 10 people in 6 minutes. The KSol solar cooker, which looks like a cool radar dish, costs a little less than $200 and focuses the sun’s rays onto foodstuffs for…
Phone GPS units have thus far been downers. I had a system from Nextel for a while that bit goats and everything else I’ve seen has also bitten goats. Therefore, it’s important that newer GPS devices do not bite goats. That said, Nokia has partnered with Wafinder to create a cute little GPD dongle and…
GamesIndustry.biz is running a story where a Sony exec calls the recently-announced GLAY’z PSP Porn “utterly undesirable,” going on to claim that they are powerless to stop its production. So who then, if not Sony, is making the PSP UMD discs the Japanese porn will be printed on? I was under the impression that part…
In ancient times, seers would drink concoctions of nightshade and coriander from amphorae to induce feverish dreams which they used as justifications for their conquerers to hang babies from the backs of moving elephants. Hana Micron’s new ‘Host’ MP3 player harkens back to that bright time in our existence, eye-checking the clay urn design in…
A million games-in-one knockoff game devices aren’t new anymore, but this is the first one I’ve ever seen with a built-in fishing reel. Sadly, it appears the ‘Streamline’ doesn’t have the horsepower to do those cool 3D Sega fishing games from the Dreamcast era, so for now it’s 16-bit quality reeling (if you can get…
So this will probably only interest me, but one of my favorite tech writers, Dan from Dan’s Data, has written a comprehensive overview of one of my all-time favorite products, the IBM “Clickety Clicker” Keyboard (the ones with the buckling-spring technology). I recently just retired my IBM for a wireless Logitech model, and while I’ve…
The Firefly, which is available through Cingular, is a mini-cell phone for the 8-12 set. It has dedicated Mom and Dad button (What if Dad wears mumus or kilts and Mom wears pants? What if it’s two mommies or two daddies? Wow. The unexpected gender politics of key caps.) and has a 911 button for…
At first glance, this ethanol-powered fireplace seems like a waste of perfectly good booze. While we all like curling up to a fire with the Missus, we obviously also enjoy a fine, long bender involving a jukebox, a forlorn love letter, and a bottle of grain alcohol. This modular fireplace by Ecosmart allows you to…
We’re pretty good at this free market stuff—I go to the bodega, I buy a loosie, I go home. Everybody’s happy. However, what if I want some hawt Japanese phone or a rare sex robot from Moscow. What to do? Reader James sent us a link to a new venture he’s attempting which seems like…