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| Jul 17, 2010 | Steadiseg: Finally, a use for a Segway I can get on board with | You see a lot of Steadicam work in movies today, and while the best of it goes unnoticed (as good technical work should), it’s fun to know that behind every smooth shot is a skilled and often immensely strong camera operator with some serio... |
| May 21, 2010 | The 30 Best (And Worst) Web Tech Tattoos | Love Linux? Love your Mac? No you don’t – not like the hundreds of people out there with Apple and Tux tattoos. But even then, that’s not hard core – it’s not like Apple is just a Web 2.0 darling du jour.
You want devotion? Then how about a... |
| Mar 31, 2010 | Munster: Apple will build a search engine | Ha! Hold on. Let me walk around a little, calm down. Ummm… so Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray, the guy who was right about the iPad because he wouldn’t shut up about it for most of the last five years, is saying there’s a “70% chance” that Ap... |
| Mar 25, 2010 | Peek has some "big stuff" in the works even though it's short on cash | “Big stuff that will blow away folks. Not just an awesome “Peek for Life” promo. But really, truly big stuff. So stay tuned for Project Big Stuff.” That’s a direct quote from Peek’s official blog after stating flat out the company is short ... |
| Feb 23, 2010 | MagicJack Tries To Silence Boing Boing; Loses And Has To Pay $50,000 | MagicJack, a VoIP-dongle solution that I’ve used in the past, has a reputation as a product that actually works pretty well, but the company behind it has some serious problems. It’s marketed aggressively on cable TV, has put misleading cla... |
| Feb 17, 2010 | New York Times turf war may kill iPad version before launch | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Gawker has word of a turf war going on over at the New York Times for control of the iPad version of the paper. According to an anonymo... |
| Feb 17, 2010 | New York Times turf war may kill iPad version before launch | Gawker has word of a turf war going on over at the New York Times for control of the iPad version of the paper. According to an anonymous NYT insider, it boils down to this: The NYT print circulation folks want to charge $30 a month for acc... |
| Oct 2, 2009 | Oh dear: The Pirate Bay removed from Google's search index | The Pirate Bay just can’t catch a break these days. I won’t bore you with the past, but today’s juicy gossip is: Google has removed The Pirate Bay from its search index because of a DMCA complaint!
A search for “the pirate bay” now brings u... |
| Sep 28, 2009 | Things get wild at the Windows 7 party | What happens when your Windows 7 party gets a little crazy? People start talking about things like “boot sectors,” “man-on-man DIMM insertion,” and “[beep].”
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| Sep 23, 2009 | Ancient Nintendo Othello cocktail arcade cabinet, no reserve, AS IS | Are you a collector of rare video game ephemera and weirdo hardware? Then today is your lucky day! A weathered, half-functional, and almost completely unknown piece of Nintendo history has surfaced on eBay, and right now the bidding is at a... |
| Sep 4, 2009 | Unboxing the Fleshlight | This is exactly what you think it is and you shouldn’t watch it, especially at work. Seriously. I’m warning you. Don’t even visit the website. Just go eat a bagel or something. Better yet, eat a scone.
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| Sep 2, 2009 | Kindle hacked to run Linux | BBG has a great piece on hacking the Kindle to run Linux including a version of X Windows. The Kindle is essentially a fairly powerful little Linux box and with a little elbow grease you can train it to read almost any type of document file... |
| Sep 2, 2009 | DIY: How to set up your own analog tv station | Despite the fact that analog television is dead (at least according to the FCC), some stalwarts are using their proficiency in dead tech to create their own channels, to rival the pirate radio of the 80’s. Seems that it’s actually pretty ea... |
| Aug 31, 2009 | Analysts believe iPhone will become non-AT&T exclusive in a year | Oh, Gene Munster. You keep popping up like the loose Cheerios my nine-month-old daughter drops at breakfast. What are you up to this time, you little scamp?
Munster of Piper Jaffray “predicts” that AT&T will lose its iPhone exclusivity ... |
| Aug 28, 2009 | Waterproof universal remotes for droolers, spillers, and pool owners | If you think a waterproof remote control is a good idea, then you’re either clumsy, have kids, or you own a pool and around the pool there’s at least one TV and when people come over, they’re like “Holy smokes, you have an outdoor TV? By yo... |
| Aug 24, 2009 | Butane lighter looks like a cigarette | A small butane lighter that’s the size and shape of a cigarette. That’s what this is. It even looks like a cigarette! Buy a new pack of cigarettes, take one out, light it with this lighter, then put the lighter BACK IN THE PACK!!! That way,... |
| Aug 22, 2009 | Careful, this is not an MP3 player (it's JT's fragrance) | Consider this a PSA. The object above is not, I repeat, not an MP3 player. Oh no, it’s Justin Timberlake’s new men’s fragrance from Givenchy called Play. I just want to make sure everyone knows that so when you’re cruising through Sears or ... |
| Aug 20, 2009 | Give this phone to someone you love, then run away | China knows how to make products. It’s not enough to make this bastard gold-plated – they added flowers! The 999 is $120 from eemobi.cn and has a “gravity sensor” (SENSOR POSITION: DOWN!), a 2.6-inch display, and 1.3-megapixel camera. It al... |
| Aug 19, 2009 | Step-by-step kitchen timer helps terrible chefs suck less | I’ll admit it: as hard as I may try, I am absolutely terrible in the kitchen. It’s not that I can’t make things that taste good; give me some chicken and a slow cooker, and I’ll make tacos that blow your face off. But if you put me in charg... |
| Aug 18, 2009 | The Screw Key is a key that screws | The Screw Key is simple enough: a key with a Philips or straight bit on the end. I like it. The construction is solid and there isn’t any colorful plastic parts anywhere that will eventually break. The top of the key is large enough for sau... |
| Aug 16, 2009 | Sony laptop can't play Sony disk with Sony drive on Sony TV | Zing! Don’t try to watch your copy of Watchmen on your Vaio laptop with Blu-Ray on your Sony TV! Says one forum member at quartertothree.com
I bought the watchmen DVD. Pretty cool right. Tried to play it on my sony laptop hooked up via hdmi... |
| Aug 14, 2009 | Underwater iPhone case? Why not? | http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6072002&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1
Too fun to pass up. This ridiculous review of a diving case for your iPhone or iPod... |
| Aug 12, 2009 | Video: MSI buttocks commercial | I didn’t want to post this. I really didn’t. It’s a viral video for MSI . It involves men in singlets throwing laptops at one man’s buttocks. It’s everywhere. It’s really silly. Go ahead and watch it. Or not.
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| Aug 7, 2009 | Sony's EXMOR low-light shots truly stunning | Need more light? EXMOR goes out and gets it for you! By selectively “culling” ambient photons the Sony WX1 and TX1 CyberShots will make pictures more light-ful. Just look at this simulated shot: by taking only the photons coming off of that... |
| Aug 7, 2009 | Apple tablet prophesied, sales foretold by eager analysts | Everybody’s making noise about the upcoming Apple tablet, and who can blame them? It’ll certainly be an interesting device, but the thing is that nobody really knows what it’s going to be. Flat, to be sure, and tablet-shaped in all likeliho... |
| Jul 31, 2009 | Unintended consequences: Jay-Z's ‘Death of Auto-Tune’ boosts sales of the software | A few weeks ago, Jay-Z released the song “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune),” much to the delight of some corners of the Internet. It’s basically a song that rails against the proliferation of Auto-Tune, software that can alter/correct the pitch ... |
| Jul 29, 2009 | Palm Pre lady remix: Like Jacob's Ladder with cellphones | BBG points us to this Palm Pre commercial remix that forces us to ask the question: Was Tim Robbins dead or dying in the Jacob’s Ladder. Was it like in An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge? Why haven’t I watched that movie lately? It was reall... |
| Jul 29, 2009 | Trusting Swedes follow GPS 400 miles off-course | So a pair of tourists, looking to drive to beautiful Capri, accidentally typed “Carpi” into their navigation system, and followed it for a full 400 miles before deciding maybe there was something wrong. What clued them in? The fact that Cap... |
| Jul 28, 2009 | GP2X Wiz handheld gaming emulator reviewed | Remember the GP2X Wiz I wrote about a couple weeks ago? It’s been reviewed by Rob at Boing Boing Gadgets. The verdict: pricey, but pretty much totally worth it if you’ve got the moolah.
There’s apparently a little bit of framerate slowdown ... |
| Jul 28, 2009 | Coder Girl by Dale Chase: A pretty interface… | …plus her source is tight, eh?
Coder Girl by Dale Chase. Catchy, funny, cute girls. But, as Fake Steve notes “this depicts two demographics that don’t actually exist at Apple.”
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| Jul 27, 2009 | AT&T astroturfing attacks poor, defenseless red-headed boy | Now this is odd. Wee Matt Buchanan from Dublin above has been receiving tweets complaining of his incessant attacks against telecom giant AT&T. Three people have said the exact same thing about his angry tirades, suggesting that either ... |
| Jul 24, 2009 | Apple tablet rumor is now credible for early 2010 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The rumor that Apple has a tablet computer in the works is one of the oldest running tales told by gossips who claim to have secret kno... |
| Jul 24, 2009 | Apple tablet rumor is now credible for early 2010 | The rumor that Apple has a tablet computer in the works is one of the oldest running tales told by gossips who claim to have secret knowledge of the hypothetical gadget. But AppleInsider now claims that “people well-respected by AppleInside... |
| Jul 16, 2009 | Video: 40-year old Moon landing footage post restoration | Lowry Digital in Burbank has been restoring old Apollo footage for a while now and NASA just released a small sample of the work. Now, the restoration doesn’t do wonders to the 40 year old stock, but it’s at least better than nothing. Maybe... |
| Jul 11, 2009 | Final Fantasy A+ | http://uploads.ungrounded.net/164000/164193_FFA_.swf
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Everything I hated in Final Fantasy, in satiric form.
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| Jul 8, 2009 | Video: Making a smoothie with Joel Johnson and the Vita-Mix 5200 | http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5498534&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1
How many times does one man get to watch another man make a Smoothie in the comfort... |
| Jul 6, 2009 | Darth Vader clock: Know when it's time to wake up alone | It’s only $32.99, it includes an auxiliary jack for your iPod, MP3, or CD player, and runs off wall power o one 9-volt battery. Sadly it’s only available for pre-order right now, but heck, you’re not doing anything until August anyway. Just... |
| Jul 3, 2009 | Colonel Mustard, in the Apple Store, with the revolver (updated) | A woman was shot today at an Arlington Apple Store, for no one knows what reason. She’s in serious but stable condition and the guy is at large. I’m surprised this hasn’t happened before: iPhones are expensive little buggers and jacking a p... |
| Jul 2, 2009 | BBG reviews the Sigma DP2 | http://cdn.episodic.com/player/EpisodicPlayer.swf?config=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.episodic.com%2Fshows%2F53%2Fmiwawmv9yl2p%2F2%2Fconfig.xml
My favorite blogger after Jimmy Fallon, Joel Johnson, posted a video of himself fondling the Sigma DP2, a ca... |
| Jun 30, 2009 | Air NZ's air safety video: Notice anything? | Don’t pull it until you’re leaving the aircraft. Is it just me or are they all cracking up through this whole thing or is just their bright, happy smiles and, erm, chests?
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| Jun 29, 2009 | Users angry that Dev Team won't release the 3GS unlock/jailbreak | The Interweb is a tizzy over the 3GS unlock/jailbreak and the Dev Teams decision not to release it until there is a new firmware update immanent. Why would they do this? Well, if they release now, Apple can close the hole with the new relea... |
| Jun 26, 2009 | Michael Jackson, king of pop and.. inventor? | MJ always had a reputation for putting on a good stage show, but did you know that some of the equipment he used was so creative as to warrant a patent? In the “Smooth Criminal” video, everyone on the stage ends up leaning over at a 45 degr... |
| Jun 25, 2009 | The answer to the second question is "Yes:" The iPhone 3Gs unboxing | I was not aware they allowed dementia patients unbox iPhones on camera. However, it is very funny.
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| Jun 23, 2009 | EZGrill: The $5 single-use grill | I live on the top floor of a third-floor walkup with no balcony in the middle of Boston. That doesn’t mean I don’t like grilling, though. Granted, I can’t really grill nor do I have any use for a grill, but maybe someday I’ll want to grill ... |
| Jun 23, 2009 | Make money on your iPhone 3G | Every year or so I update my MacBook(s), as necessary and I’m always able to sell my fairly well maintained laptops for about 3/4 of the actual price, ensuring I essentially get a nice, big discount on a new MBP. Joel “To The” Johnson found... |
| Jun 22, 2009 | Review: Palm Pre | Now that everyone has had their say about the Palm Pre, I thought it wise to say a few words about the oft labeled “iPhone killer” that Sprint and Palm hope will bring each back from the edge of the dreaded deadpool. It seems as though ever... |
| Jun 18, 2009 | Node power outlet: how come nobody thought of this before? | Probably because there are a few design issues with it. Although the Node outlet is very stylish-looking and certainly an elegant solution to the too-many-plugs problem, a moment’s reflection brings up a few serious issues. In fact, they go... |
| Jun 17, 2009 | Cideko wireless media keyboard features mid-air mousing | Hello there, seemingly useful wireless keyboard and mouse combo. The Cideko Air Keyboard features a full QWERTY keypad, plus it functions as a mouse in mid-air! Just move it to and fro and watch your on-screen cursor move along with it.
The... |
| Jun 17, 2009 | iTunes servers being slammed with iPhone 3.0 activations | reader comments 36 with 28 posters participating
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| Jun 16, 2009 | Netbook built into SNES, cartridge used as slot-loading DVD drive | Someone has FINALLY answered the age-old question: Is it possible to build an Acer Aspire One netbook into an old Super Nintendo and have optical discs load through an old Super Mario World cartridge? The answer is yes. Let’s call it the Sn... |
| Jun 13, 2009 | Comfort Wipe: I warsh myself with a rag on a stick | Spinal injuries aside, weep for America.
See also…
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| Jun 11, 2009 | Super-umbrella contracts to avoid inadvertent umbrella-related homicide | In Seattle, umbrella culture is vibrant — as you might imagine. People have big umbrellas, small umbrellas, black umbrellas, colored umbrellas, clear umbrellas, cane umbrellas, micro-umbrellas, and bumbershoots. You also have umbrella-hater... |
| Jun 4, 2009 | Behold the cupholder-friendly power inverter | File this under “stuff that makes sense” and drop a carbon copy in the “why didn’t I think of that” folder. This is an in-vehicle power inverter with two AC outlets and a USB charging port in the shape of a coffee cup so it’ll fit perfectly... |
| May 29, 2009 | We would like to present a Lego bar chart | Dear readers: This is a robotic bar chart made out of Legos. It was made for the Maker Faire. It shows dynamic bar graphs. You may now return to your cages.
via BBG |
| May 25, 2009 | BBG's netbook compatability chart updated | Got an hankering to install OS X on your netbook? Rob over at Boing Boing Gadgets just added a few more machines to his compatability chart, which should ensure full OS X workability. The last thing you would want is to buy a new netbook, i... |
| May 22, 2009 | Analysts and their bullshit | This, without the keyboard
Harry G. Frankfurt wrote a great essay on the concept of “bullshit,” explaining that it is the locus of truth and and falsehood, the “deliberate making of false claims about what is true.”
“In fact, bullshit need ... |
| May 20, 2009 | Sony X-series Walkman reviewed favorably | Sony’s new X-series Walkman has been reviewed by T3, with the author saying that it “isn’t just an iPod rival. It’s a Walkman saviour.”
The Walkman gets thumbs up for the gorgeous OLED screen and outstanding audio quality (thanks to built-i... |
| May 20, 2009 | Jonathan Coulton's "The Future Soon:" Awwww | This is a really nice song by Jonathan “The Animal” Coulton of Still Alive fame.
I just wanted to share.
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| May 20, 2009 | DIY: Speaker and component cables | Making A/V cables used to be a hobby of mine. That was before HDMI took over my gear though. But just a few short years ago, all my A/V equipment was hooked up with homemade cables. The process is easy enough as long as you can use wire cut... |
| May 19, 2009 | Snoozy the Sloth: Breathe with me | http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4703152&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1
Snoozy the Sloth from Justin Blinder on Vimeo.
This odd little sloth has a real rubber di... |
| May 15, 2009 | Good morning, epilepsy | http://warp.net/swf/warp_embed.swf
BBG found a great video that uses that odd “flickering” 3D stereoscopy that moves the image quickly back and forth to fool the eye into seeing 3D in a 2D images. The song is by Harmonic 313 and is availabl... |
| May 14, 2009 | In-wall coffeemaker from Siemens: functional but seems drastic | As a Seattle resident, I can confirm that people here do love coffee. But I see remarkably few people with modern espresso machines in their homes. A drip machine here, a Melitta there, and very occasionally (mainly in my apartment) a stove... |
| May 13, 2009 | Pacmba | Roomba? Check. LEDs? Check. Poor grasp of English language? Check. “My Roomba have changed to shining PACMAN!” Double check.
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| May 12, 2009 | To dip where no man has dipped before | T-minus 30 seconds and counting… 20 seconds… 10 seconds…
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We have nachos.
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| May 11, 2009 | Video games are the devil, Christian soft pop music videos are the business | http://d.yimg.com/m/up/fop/embedflv/swf/fop.swf
The year: 1984. The scene: a young man’s computer desk. Don’t touch that floppy! Don’t — it’s the devil!
This fantastic music video by DeGarmo and Key (from the age when music, and videos, wer... |
| May 11, 2009 | Why the Star Trek IMAX isn't real IMAX | Didja catch Star Trek last weekend? Some people did ’cause the movie brought in an estimated $72.5 million. Anyway, one of Joel Johnson’s friends just so happens to be an IMAX engineer and offers up an explanation on why the new Star Trek i... |
| May 4, 2009 | Larger Kindle for newsapers and magazines coming as early as this week | There are two money shots in Brad Stone’s report on a new Kindle coming this week with a larger screen designed specifically for reading newspapers and magazines. Here they are:
But it is Amazon, maker of the Kindle, that appears to be firs... |
| May 2, 2009 | DIY: Brick pizza oven for under $50 | Since the dawn of time, the quest for perfect homemade pizza has broken many a soul. Can roughly $50 worth of materials and a DIY brick oven-like housing change all that? I honestly don’t know. But if you’ve got a little extra time on your ... |
| Apr 29, 2009 | Stairmaster + scooter = Pumgo | If you like stairs and you also happen to like scooters but you can’t decide between a flight of stairs and a scooter, maybe you’ll find yourself in the market for this Pumgo thing. It’s a pedal-powered scooter. You know, for when pushing y... |
| Apr 27, 2009 | Ooots ooots ooots: Seiko with a built-in drum machine | Not much to tell about the Seiko “Drum” except that it had a built-in drum machine for those so enthusiastic about the manufacture of hot 1980s beats that they couldn’t wait to get home to the 808.
My favorite is the sexy rubber band and th... |
| Apr 27, 2009 | This crossbow should automatically classify you as "Most Wanted" | This is the kind of weapon that is owned by a killing machine. It’s not an enthusiast weapon, and it’s not a hobby weapon. It’s a murder weapon. I see it being owned by someone like the main character in A History of Violence. He doesn’t wa... |
| Apr 25, 2009 | How-to: Hassle your girlfriend with a Nerf robot | This project, designed to piss off the creator’s girlfriend, is a tank with a Nerf gun, speakers, and remote controlled base. The resulting tank is pretty cool although the goal – to terrorize a woman who would live with a guy who would bui... |
| Apr 21, 2009 | A billion App Store downloads, whenever Apple says so | It seems that if you set your clock forward to Friday the 24th, Apple’s homepage shows that the billionth app has been sold! Huzzah! Of course, that implies that Apple is pulling one over on us and will declare the billionth app sold whenev... |
| Apr 19, 2009 | Joel Johnson's Garage of Sound | http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4161100&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1
Meditation #1 from Justin on Vimeo.
Joel “Drinkmaster” Johnson started a little drinking ... |
| Apr 16, 2009 | The Acrylic Cowboy is better than your computer case | Wow. Look at that thing. It’s so…sexy but functional. So much cooling and, well, artsy. It’s kind of overpriced at $76 for a piece of acrylic that a MB, power supply, and drives mount onto, but still, I can’t take my eyes off of it.
GeekStu... |
| Apr 13, 2009 | Reading the Kindle in bed, by Randall Munroe | Randall Munroe of xkcd fame has been looking for a way to comfortably read books in bed with very little effort for decades and thanks to the Kindle 2, he’s finally found book reading bliss. And the steel coat hanger he mangled as a stand c... |
| Apr 13, 2009 | Gateway 2000 knows that the surf is up | For those too young to remember, Gateway was once a cow-oriented company. The boxes were bespeckled like Bessie and their hottest 1994 model, back when the company was still called Gateway 2000, included these bodacious cow wallpapers on th... |
| Apr 8, 2009 | Fox tells 4chan MOAR | Fox News has discovered 4chan.org and blames the odd community on a number of worldwide calamities including, but not limited to:
Ever get your MySpace page hacked into? Chances are it was 4chan’s fault.
Surfing YouTube and suddenly find yo... |
| Apr 5, 2009 | Video: Durrrr durr durr dur de dur dur de dur | via BBG
BONUS |
| Mar 31, 2009 | Video: Teenage Engineering OP-1 synthesizer | Dogs barking, bells ringing, the mass of men living in perfect peace. This is what synthesizers are all about. This video shows the OLED test on this beautiful-looking syth made by Japanese synth company Teenage Engineering.
I just kind of ... |
| Mar 23, 2009 | Laser sundial tells time anachronistically | This simple laser sundial uses a micro-controller, an Arduino board, and a laser level to tell the time using bright and magic laser light. A small motor slowly turns the laser on an axis, marking off the hours of our days as surely as old ... |
| Mar 19, 2009 | Peek Rumors: Google Maps, cheap e-mail | Peek made a spectacular splash last year winning loads of accolades for doing one simple task – e-mail. Being the technophiles that we are, the entire tech community bitched and moaned about what else the Peek should have in the feature set... |
| Mar 16, 2009 | Latest iPod Suggests that Apple Still Loves DMCA-Assisted Lock-in | Back in January, we noted that despite Steve Jobs’s posturing on the music DRM front, Apple remains a big supporter and user of DRM and DRM-like schemes throughout their product lines. Over at the EFF blog, Fred von Lohmann suggests another... |
| Mar 16, 2009 | Confirmed: iPod chip is available only from Apple, amounts to hardware lock-in [UPDATE] | Maybe it’s the BBQ I just had on the Meatbus or something else but I’m not as up in arms about this as I was yesterday. But I’m still kind of miffed. BBG has confirmed that the secret 8A83E3 chip found inside the iPod Shuffle’s headset is a... |
| Mar 16, 2009 | Third-party headphones do require Apple-supplied chip | Boing Boing Gadgets' Joel Johnson and Rob Beschizza discovered this chip on the backside of the tiny circuit board inside the inline controls of Apple's new iPod shuffle headphones.
BoingBoing Gadgets reader comments 45 with 32 posters part... |
| Mar 15, 2009 | Holy Cats! There is a DRM chip inside the iPod Shuffle earbuds! [Update] | J&R over at BBG dissected the iPod Shuffle’s tiny headphone control system and found an unidentified chip, marked 8A83E3, that appears to be some sort of proprietary digital control that prevents unauthorized transmission of commands to... |
| Mar 9, 2009 | Circuit City's last product standing | Here it is, friends: the last thing in the last Circuit City store in Robinson, PA. Actually, it wasn’t the last. The vultures had picked the place clean but Rob at BBG writes:
As the day drew to a close, a fake hollow display camera suppli... |
| Mar 7, 2009 | Joel Johnson reviews 30-year Canadian Club | I consider Joel my blogging mentor and when he says this whisky is good, believe him. He drinks a lot.
I’m in Eugene now, and I’ve started sipping from this bottle of Canadian Club 30-Year Reserve. It’s noon and the sun is starting to shine... |
| Mar 2, 2009 | Retrowerk Steempank watch for you, comrade? I have nice price! | Listen, what you spend your money on in your own spare time is your own business, but I wouldn’t strap this watch to roadkill. It’s got an automatic ETA 2824 movement but all that steel is going to look mighty ugly once dirt gets in the cra... |
| Feb 23, 2009 | Video claims to offer more evidence of a Mac mini revision | Clockwise from top left: The original Mac mini "prototype" photo, an "analysis" of that photo, a 17 USB port Mac mini, and a still from the video from monthy showing the purported "prototype."
AppleInsider, 9to... |
| Feb 23, 2009 | Netbook Capoeria with the VAIO: A tale of Twitter | @webmarketingguruUK What’s really going to shake things up for this new line of netbooks?
@sonymarcomdude Viral videos. Like dudes in pajamas like doing doing dude things.
@webmarketingguruUK like what
@sonymarcomdude i know some guys who d... |
| Feb 23, 2009 | AT-AT boombox rocks out with its Hoth out | This evil-looking boombox is definitely what Vader would have had in his room as an surly teenager — which is to say, during Attack of the Clones. The best part about this AT-AT stereo is that it’s pretty much cassette-only. There aren’t an... |
| Feb 17, 2009 | CrunchDeals: $99 Guitar/Mandolin package | Wow, now this is something I can get behind: a $99 acoustic guitar and mandolin pack with free shipping. Think about it: once we reach the nadir of this depression, bloggers will have to become roving troubadours singing tales of the Silico... |
| Feb 17, 2009 | Toys: ‘Duck Hunter’ looks awesome | Take a pair of flying robotic ducks, sprinkle in a little laser tag, and you’ve got the makings of a wonderful evening. Boing Boing Gadgets happened upon “Duck Hunter” by Interactive Toy Concepts, a game that looks a lot like a live-action ... |
| Feb 16, 2009 | iShred: To those about to rock, don't do it on the subway or next to me at the DMV | iShred looks like an iPhone guitar app that actually looks usable, assigning chords to buttons at the top of the screen which are then played with a strum of the strings. Best of all, the system has a set of stompboxes for your amping pleas... |
| Feb 15, 2009 | EnviroBlox: Blocks you can eat | BBG is over at the Toy Fair and they just saw these weird cornstarch blocks that you can shape and shave to your heart’s delight. Writes Joelson John:
While EnviroBLOX have been on the market for about a year, manufacturer Cadaco is now rel... |
| Feb 11, 2009 | Make your Ubuntu distro look like the Mini Mi | reader comments 7 with 5 posters participating
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The GUI released by HP for its Mini Mi netbook has been winning accolades for its high design standards. The interface offers... |
| Feb 11, 2009 | Author's Guild calls Kindle 2's text-to-speech software illegal | Another day, another potentially disruptive technology called out by conservative and fear-mongering industry groups. Paul Aiken, director of the Author’s Guild, is calling the Kindle 2’s text-to-speech system a form of copyright transgress... |
| Feb 8, 2009 | The Kindle 3 | via BBG |