There is probably a very respectable, functional segment of society who would really be able to make use of the Gear Gripper. After all, its “formable core” and foam body can be bent into practically any shape to hold practically anything. But sadly, I’m not one of those people. For 20 bucks, I think I’ll just leave my phone, keys and other gadgets sitting on my bedside table, just like I have for the past decade or so.
Damn Christmas! It always gets in the way of good PR!
According to the press release that landed in my inbox this morning, Microsoft will have sold 500,000 Xbox 360s in Australia when Santa finally puts those presents under your tree next week. At the moment, they’re just short of that number. But because of a lot of publications are shutting down for a couple of weeks over the Christmas break, they can’t very well wait until they’ve actually sold the half-mil, can they?
Still, almost 500,000 is still an impressive number, even if it is a little vague. Looks like quite a few people may be spending their time off developing a bad case of RSI this summer…
The multitouch trackpad on the aluminium MacBooks is, to be generous, barely usable in Windows. So I was excited there’s a new update. But apparently they screwed it up—it still sucks, just differently. [Ars]
I always thought that the Christmas lights around our suburb were pretty awesome, but after seeing this, I know that Brisbane is the place to go for a really awesome light show. Michael Sallaway used over 70,000 lights, which are completely computer controlled on over 300 individual channels. Micahel designed and built the controller boards himself, and then did all the synchronisation to the music by hand using the free Vixen Lights software, taking about 30 hours to code the entire song.
Maarten DeCeulaer’s Nomad Light Molecules lighting project consists of individual light “atoms” that can stand alone, but are recharged by plugging back into a “molecule.”
In today’s Q3 Conference Call, Verizon stated that the Blackberry Storm has been their top seller over the last month, attracting new BB converts in droves.
I never expected the world’s first mass produced, plug-in hybrid car to pop up for sale in China, mecca of e-waste and air pollution. But BYD Auto did just that with the F3DM.
The latest update to Evernote adds a new feature to its premium version: adding, syncing, and accessing your Word, Excel, Powerpoint docs, or any other file you throw at it, on any device or platform.
This is a kosher vending machine located at the E-Walk Theatre on 42nd Street, in Manhattan, NY. It sells hot tasty nosh, but only 24/6. Why? Because it’s Shabbos, that’s why.
How did they cram this AND bug fixes all into a single update??? My mind is blown. [Cult of Mac]
