Sunday, October 21, 2007
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Macbook Mod Ends Up as Apple’s Chess Board
3:00PM Haroon Malik | Do you own two Macbooks? Would you like to reconstruct a Pelican crossing? You could line them up against each other for said effect. However, if you want the Pelican crossing effect specifically on the keyboard area, you will have to switch all of the keys around. Why would anyone do this? We can’t say, but does the result make us feel queasy? Yes. Still, it does remind us of our crazy mad Chess skills. Don’t test us; we’ll have our bishop at E3 before you can say, “It wasn’t that impressive this year. Checkmate? I lose.” [Apple Macbok] More »
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75-Year-Old Sends a Hammering Blow to Comcast’s Customer Service
11:19AM Haroon Malik | If there is one 75-year-old you do not want to piss off, it’s Mona Shaw. Ms Shaw was in the process of switching her phone service from Verizon to Comcast’s Triple Play, but after multiple failed attempts, she went ballistic—with a hammer! Ms Shaw vented her fury by smashing up the local Comcast payment centre in Manassas, Center Street, Virginia. More »
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If you’ve unlocked your iPhone (v.1.0.2), …
9:48AM Haroon Malik | If you’ve unlocked your iPhone (v.1.0.2), but are after that 1.1.1 update, a new method has been found to “rivirginize” the phone to the factory locked state. Be warned: we do not think this is ready for the mainstream just yet, despite the excellent guidance manual. [Hackintosh] More »
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Japanese Anti Rape/Mugging Dress Transforms Into Vending Machine Disguise
6:20AM Haroon Malik | We were under the impression that Japan was so awesome crime didn’t exist there. Unfortunately, it does. To ward off criminals, fashion designer Aya Tsukioka has conjured up some neat transforming clothes/accessories to deceive potential muggers. Whether there would be time to get your kit out in an attack is probably something we would not want to test out, but the concept makes for one kick-ass gallery; check it out below: More »
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Support training documents for the Zune 2 …
5:04AM Haroon Malik | Support training documents for the Zune 2 have been leaked. If you are up to the read, drop any interesting finds below. [Zune Scene] More »
Vehicles
Optimus Prime Gets Real on eBay, Fanboys Get Wet
4:40AM Haroon Malik | How is it possible to be as kick-ass as a real living superhero without actually being one? There is only one answer to this; owning/driving an Optimus Prime Peterbilt 1:1 Scale Replica, which is now on auction over at eBay. Check out the gallery below. More »
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Wisin & Yandel Zune Convinces Us Microsoft Doesn’t Want to Sell Zunes
3:30AM Haroon Malik | The first musical act inspired Zune will not be doused in Yellow Submarine colours and be a tribute to the Beatles, it will not be available wearing a Jamaican flag as a tribute to Bob Marley, no, instead, those fellows Wisin & Yandel—arguably the greatest musical influence of the past century—shall be the first act to have a Zune fashioned in their honour. More »
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Kyosho’s Robo Hopper Hops into Our Faces, Pectorals and Hearts
2:10AM Haroon Malik | We have just realised our lives are far from complete. Please do not be shocked, we also thought blogging for a living was the abstract definition of self-completion. Apparently not, the Robo Hopper, an RC flying robot fashioned like our lovable buddy Asimo, has made us realise we need a flying robot/astronaut toy to complete us. More »
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