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Don’t forget that Gizmodo is nominated for a Bloggie! If you vote for us, a squadron of truffle-bearing pixies will orbit you in a haze of delight. Also, we’ll clean out your mother’s cage. Lifehacker Transform your Mac into a personal video recorder YouSendIt – email a 1GB file Google Suggest preemptively searches https://lifehacker.com/transform-your-mac-into-a-personal-video-recorder-31727 Jalopnik…
PC Magazine reviews the Dell Pocket DJ and likes it just fine, calling it “fine, affordable, [and] no-frills.” Some people have harped on about the DJ series’ interface, preferring a touch-pad or wheel over the rocker switch, but if you’re going to choose a cheaper player you’re going to have to skimp somewhere. In the…
Now I initially just linked this review of the JVC JX-S777 so I could run a picture of the thing—I have multiple-interface lust, for real. And while the JX-S777 isn’t the sort of thing that will be totally future-proof—it’s lack of DVI or HDMI HDTV interfaces pretty much guarantee that—if you work with a lot…
Somewhere in time, a bunch of children marched for twenty years through nail biting straight A and amphetamine-fueled electrical engineering finals to collapse at the top of their heap. For years they toiled to learn which circuits monitored motion, how sensors could be made that could detect human touch, and have to make liquid and…
Of course we all wanted the USB Sushi, but at almost a grand to get the whole set, we’d be much better off getting these wind-up toys from Office Playground—just $13 for a pack of 12. (Thanks, Bill!) https://gizmodo.com/dynamism-selling-sushi-usb-24649 Catalog Page [OfficePlayground]
It looks like someone ordered a few too many Podwave speakers for the iPod, as MacConnection is selling the $30 AA-powered clip-ons with a $30 mail-in rebate. After shipping, you’ll end up with a pair of highly-portable $9 speakers. But before you ask me how they sound, I’ve never heard these in my life. By…
CNet is reporting that Wal-Mart has begun shipping small quantities of the iPod mini to select outlets, possibly heralding a full-fledged adoption of the iPod line as a complement to its own flash player and music store. If nothing else, it is a sign of the iPod’s complete transition to a commodity, branded product first,…
Sometimes a textual description is enough to get me excited, before even seeing the picture: Virtual butterflies that flutter about in space and react to the presence of visitors—if you touch them or try to catch them, they fly away; but if you hold your hand steady, they return and, with a little luck, alight…
BoomBag luggage is designed for the traveling presenter who needs to be able to bust out the Powerpoint at the drop of a business card. Designed to work with projector, the system’s speakers fits between the carrying handle, leaving plenty of room to pack your clothing, hairpiece, and vodka. There are two models to choose…
Hitachi has announced a new Japanese PDA called the FLORA-ie MX1, a 400MHz Pocket PC running Windows Mobile 2003SE. The most stand-out feature of the MX1 is definitely the Zaurus-like slide-out keyboard which is certain to make it lusted after by many Western Pocket PC fans, who have been privy to integrated keyboards before, but…
While Creative’s “declaration of war” against the iPod was sort of goofy considering their relative sales this holiday season, the Zen Micro still did a very respectable amount of business (around 2 million units, if I recall correctly). Enough units, at least, that the players’ users are starting to plan together, A-Team style, to figure…
GadgetMadness confirms the release date of WowWee’s next set of Robots and I have to say I’m disappointed. While I’m not looking forward to paying $200 for a Robosapien V2, I’m most certainly not looking forward to waiting until December before I can get my hands on one. The RoboRaptor [pictured] will launch for $100…
Canon continues to flesh out its popular Powershot A Series of consumer cameras with the Powershot A520, a four-megapixel snapper with a 4x optical zoom. With an estimated price of $300—and a street price probably far below that—the 520 continues Canon’s line of high-quality, easy-to-use cameras that don’t take a lot of savvy to manage.…
Almost twenty-five years ago, floppy drives were far from the only removable storage available (and don’t even think about hard drives, which were too expensive for home computers for many years to come). While many popular home machines used cassette tapes to store data—including the Radio Shack TRS-80 series that I first cut my teeth…
Jalopnik Step-Sibling Rivalry: Euro Dodge SRT-10 vs. Mercedes SL55 Japan’s Alfa Romeo: The 1965 Toyota 800 Sport New US Government Campaign Promotes SUV Safety http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/news/test-drives/stepsibling-rivalry-euro-dodge-srt10-vs-mercedes-sl55-031638.php Kotaku Night of the Nakes Gnomes GPS Tron Paper Katamari Damacy Prince http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/pc/world-of-warcraft/night-of-the-nakes-gnomes-031628.php Lifehacker Make a poster-sized photo collage Share large files with Dropload Search Google by file extension https://lifehacker.com/make-a-poster-sized-photo-collage-31576
I have no story for you, but it looks like someone has had one blue screen too many if they feel the need to memorialize. Would that all laptop errors were so delicious to fix. (Thanks, Psymonetta!) Larger Image [Gizmodo] Playstation, A Sacred Institution [Gizmodo] iPod mini Wedding Cake [Gizmodo] More iPod Wedding Cake [Gizmodo]…
This isn’t particularly new—in fact, it could be as old as the hills, if the hills were made in the ’90s. But there has never been a fancy Japanese toilet control panel I haven’t enjoyed looking at and this is certainly no exception. Even better, it’s just a small excerpt from a fantastic article on…
For the Yo-Yo Ma types who find the insatiable and immediate urge to play a stringed instrument at the drop of a wig, all you must do at The Wege House is don rosin-powdered gloves and have at it on any of the house’s integrated instruments. The House architecture becomes the resonating chamber of the…
Kotaku is giving away a—now don’t laugh—Nokia N-Gage QD, as well as a copy of what he calls their “best yet game,” which is awesome, because there’s nothing I love more than a good game of Yet. The QD is a pretty decent Series 60 phone, too, especially for free. Go win it and think…
For now, you can file the ‘Blackberry Thumb’ issue along side the folder where you would have kept your worries about cellphone radiation, had you not forgotten them since that tumor pressed too firmly into your hippocampus. Sure, dinking around on thumbboards probably isn’t exactly the optimal use of your opposable digits, but it’s likely…