Saturday, October 10, 2009
Peripherals
Rap Group Hands Out Uzi-Shaped Flash Drive Album
2:40PM Rosa Golijan | If you’re a fan of novelty USB drives, submachine guns and rap, I’ve got a treat for you: The Get Busy Committee stuck their upcoming album Uzi Does It on uzi-shaped flash drives to create an unholy threesome. [Wired]
Gadgets
Remainders — What We Didn’t Post
2:00PM Wilson Rothman | Marge Simpson To Pose for Playboy…Kindle Books To Cost More Abroad…Twitter Recommended for Nobel Peace Prize…Windows Mobile 7: So Close and Yet So Far More »
Design
True Beauty: The Winning 2014 Asian Games Stadium Design
1:00PM Rosa Golijan | We can argue about whether it looks like an alien spaceship, a colony on a distant planet or something else, but let’s agree that the winning stadium design for the 2014 Asian Games is mind-blowingly gorgeous. More »
Software
Fun With Linux Commands
12:40PM Jason Chen | Ah, so this is the reason why people don’t consider Linux user friendly. [Geeks Are Sexy]
Design
Bathtub In Hyperspace
12:30PM Jesus Diaz | Soft LED lighting, go. Water jets, go. Warp drive, go. Life support, go. Champagne bottle, go. Good company, go. All systems go for perfect bath for two. More »
Phones
12:00PM Jason Chen | These are Fujitsu’s concept phones they showed off at CEATEC, one of which we covered already. Akihabara News covered a few of them, but these three are our favourites. More »
Fujitsu’s Seemingly Nonsensical Concept Phone Roundup
12:00PM Jason Chen | These are Fujitsu’s concept phones they showed off at CEATEC, one of which we covered already. Akihabara News covered a few of them, but these three are our favourites. More »
Toys
Aquapod Lets You Launch A Water Bottle 30m Into The Air
11:40AM Adam Frucci | Nothing cures boredom like launching shit into the air, which is why you can’t argue with something like the Aquapod. Basically, you hook a hose up to it and it launches plastic bottles using water pressure. Sold! [Aquapod]
Design
Drop The Knife, The Tauntaun Sleeping Bag Is Now Real
11:18AM Rosa Golijan | Thanks to Lucasfilm’s nod of approval, ThinkGeek’s got a treat for every Jedi’s snuggly-wuggly-cuddly-just-10-more-minutes-please-mum side. I want to throw a sleepover just to have an excuse to roll out a bunch of these Tauntaun sleeping bags, complete with Lightsaber zipper-pulls!. More »
Software
This Week’s 10 Best iPhone Apps
11:00AM John Herrman | In this week’s net-neutral iPhone app roundup: physics games, Twitter again (but that’s OK!), horse music, human music and much more. More »
Software
