Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Gadgets
Homemade Optimus Prime Costume Doesn’t Quite Capture the Autobot’s Masterful Walk
9:43PM Addy Dugdale | It’s long and a bit ponderous, but it’s worth it when you get to the end of sister site Jalopnik’s video of a guy struggling into a ten-foot tall Optimus Prime costume. Firstly, you get to see the bossman of the Autobots getting his gear on. A couple of minutes later, he’s ready to move—and move he does, wreaking terror to the suburban streets. Er, heavy night, Optimus? [Jalopnik] More »
Random Stuff
W00t Wins Webster’s Word of the Year, Just Edges Out the Verb Facebook
8:53PM Addy Dugdale | W00t, that expression of joy invented by gamers way back when Sonic and Tails were special friends, has been given the accolade of word of the year by Webster’s dictionary. The word, which beat the verb “to facebook” has an uncertain providence: while some people think it is an acronym for “We own the other team”, others believe it is a mere exhortation of joy, like “Yippee” or, as we say in my crib, “Huzzarahrah.” My reaction is after the jump. More »
Software
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release Candidate Now Available, World Rejoices
6:59PM Jesus Diaz | Looks like Vista Service Pack 1 is on its way to meet its target release date: the Release Candidate—which should be really close to final— is now available with tons of bug fixes and improvements for all of you brave people willing to risk your systems installing it. [Microsoft] More »
Software
Office 2007 SP1 Available For Download
6:49PM Jason Chen | It’s no Vista Service Pack 1, but Microsoft’s got some bug fixes, improvements, and a new feature that automatically scans Wikipedia and plagiarises pastes in relevant info for your midterm paper. Get yours now wherever internetterwebs are sold. [Microsoft] More »
Gadgets
Extension Cord Extreme Concept: Would this Even Work?
12:35PM Sean Fallon | Placing multiple outlets along the entire length of an extension cord seems like a good idea, but like the folks at Yanko Design, I wonder whether the concept would actually be feasible. Conventional wisdom suggests that there would be a problem distributing power to all of the gadgets that are plugged in —but that’s probably why I’m writing about gadgets, not designing them. At any rate, if the device were possible, a cord that would accommodate 3 prong plugs would be necessary. [Yanko Design] More »
Gadgets
Question of the Day: How Many PMPs Do You Own?
12:15PM Jason Chen | We’ve been buying digital portable MP3 players since they only hold about one album (or read MP3s off burned CDs), but we’re flying high with our Zunes and iPods now. So here’s a question for you: how many PMPs do you own? List them all in the comments and say which ones you currently use. We’re loving our iPhones, iPods and Zunes, but we’re also rocking out to the Cowon Q5Ws for long road trips and aeroplane rides. More »
Games
Greenpeace Clash of the Consoles: Corny, Vaguely Informative and Pointless
12:00PM Matt Buchanan | Never one to take a PR opportunity lying down, Greenpeace is fashioning the hooplah over its goose-eggs for Nintendo on its green company survey into even more media fodder. (And we’re covering it!) Its latest gamer attention-grabber is Clash of the Consoles, a site that ranks the big three on their greenness with hokey, popcorn-y copy (”Master Chief won’t be winning any green battles with lame recycling and big power use sucking down his energy score”) and pretty much rehashed info from the green company survey. But, they’ve got fun form letters for you to send your company of choice begging them to go green! More »
Games
Every Five Seconds, Nintendo Sells a DS
11:40AM Matt Buchanan | Not content to let Sony ride high on the good news the PS3’s finally moving along at a pretty brisk pace, Nintendo came out with its own crowing announcement: Having sold more 6 million DSes this year through Nov. 30 in the US, it’s the top-selling system of the year, landing in greasy, undeserving hands at a rate of more than one every 5 seconds. And that’s not counting December. So, uh, who doesn’t have one yet? [Kotaku] More »
Gadgets
M++CARD Combines a Business Card With USB Storage
11:22AM Sean Fallon | The benefits of combining USB storage with a business card are obvious. For one thing, it will get you noticed and make your card less dispensable. Second, it is a convenient and logical means to deliver important information to prospective employers and clients. Unfortunately, no one has truly succeeded in this endeavor (and simply printing your information on a thumb drive doesn’t count). At the very least, this concept piece from designer Abhinav Dapke offers something approaching a solution. More »
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