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Ah, Mondo USB. A strange place, full of really useless gizmos that no one really needs. And the Moo Moo is exactly that: basically a plastic cow that you and your better half attach to your computers, you press the button when you’re feeling lonely and an 18-stone transsexual appears from nowhere to do unspeakable things to you the corresponding beast attached to your sweetheart’s machine will moo, too. When she presses hers, it’s your cow that lows. Pointless yet poignant, the secret of all good USB toys. There’s a video after the jump.
If you have any DVDs, HD-DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, or even some old-timey CDs lying around that are in desperate need of a bizarre storage solution, look no further than the Art of Hand Stand Disc Holder. It doesn’t do much beyond what you see here, but it will definitely add an interesting look to any desktop or home theatre. [Product Page]
Sure there are more useful mobile phone storage products out there, but few could match the style and sheer randomness of these “his and hers” bathtub holders. Don’t get me wrong, it would be nice if they had some sort of functionality, but that would make them far less stupid —and who wants that? [Product Page]
After tooling around with getting internet sharing working on the Sprint Mogul for a bit, we discovered this small WMWifiRouter app by Jorrit Jongma. It’s pretty much an install and run affair (save a bit of internet connection Wi-fi setup beforehand), but the only thing you have to watch out for is using a static IP address on the device you want to access it with (iPhone/laptop/whatever) because there’s no DHCP server present. There’s a good guide in the XDA Dev forum as well. The result? A 3G-ish iPhone. [WMWifiRouter]
Thought that the $US200 Everex gPC was too good (and cheap) to be true? Did an earlier, positive review from Wired only serve to pique your interest? Unfortunately, a recent review by PC Magazine may bring many Wal-Mart shoppers crashing to the earth. According to their review, the gPC is” one of those PCs you buy as a.gift for the holidays and return to the store in January.” So what went wrong?
Most people are familiar with Microsoft’s Windows Genuine Advantage program—whenever you have to “validate” Windows, that’s WGA in action. Since there is no copy protection on OS X, lifelong Mac users might be unfamiliar with this whole idea. Don’t worry, it looks like you might get acquainted real soon! Apple has a new patent called “Run-Time Code Injection To Perform Checks” (sounds cold and medical, no?), that’s pretty much exactly like WGA. And it’s all because you’ve been breaking promises to Apple!
• The NYPD will test electric scooters next month. NYPD Blue? More like NYPD Green! (Please, hold your applause.)[Newsday] • Can’t find a Wii near you? Try China, apparently they have them coming out the yin yang. They are pre-modded to play American games, too. [CrunchGear] • Down Under Dealzmodo: Australians buying select models of Sony BRAVIA 1080 LCD TVs will receive a free PS3 until January 28. [Sony]
This Forbes article about Amazon’s fat Christmas is mostly full of no-brainers (the Wii and MacBooks sold well) but it does have one worthwhile little statistic: When Amazon had Wiis in stock, they sold 17 of them a second. So don’t feel bad if you ruined your chid’s Christmas, only people with Flash fingers stood a chance. [Forbes]
Old ladies make quilts, nerds make life-sized replicas of the Macintosh 128k. And the best part is that Ben Fino-Radin’s design even incorporates insertable images to mimic web-browsing. Ridiculous? You bet it is. Do I want one? No, not really —but I appreciate the effort. [Benjaminter via Boing Boing]
Want to work at Gizmodo? Have artistic ability? Like making visual puns as well as written ones? We’ve got the perfect gig for you. If you think you can make illustrations on demand, either from your own mind or bringing to life ideas of other Giz editors, send an email to tips@gizmodo.com with the subject “Art Intern”. This isn’t a full time position, but you will need to be available during the time where most of our posting is done. Attach a bit of your sample work in the email as well. The only other requirement is that you need to be able to photoshop/draw better than me.
