While Americans had millions of ways to watch Obama’s inauguration speech, here in China, I’m giving thanks for my one: gray-market Filipino satellite. Without it, I would’ve missed anything past where Obama muttered “communists.”
Why are traditional clocks round? Perhaps to symbolise the Circle of Life and how time’s constantly repeating itself? The Minutuner Clock concept wants you to visualise time for what it is: Progressively moving forward.
I hate cordless phones. So when Gizmodo reader ournextcontestant asked why Obama was using a corded phone instead of a cordless phone in this photo, I felt it was our duty to explain.
Phil at Make has developed a mod for the Kill-A-Watt power meter: Tweet-a-Watt transmits your daily power usage to Twitter via PC, so friends and strangers will know you’re a smug, super-green SOB.
If you’ve been dreaming about the Ninja Star Tacks concept since last year, know that swift and silent cork board devastation can now be yours for $US12. [Chromly via bbGadgets]
We’re torn in our appreciation of the classic Vespa—after all, Vespas are scooters and scooters equal wedgies. But when they’re handcrafted like fine furniture, we can overlook the inevitable flag on the back.
A word to the wise – if you’re going to host a massive online gaming battle royale using your Telstra BigPond internet connection, you may want to monitor your usage. Closely.
Probably because they were my first sexual fetish–after my English teacher–when I was ten, I still love those old strip-a-girl pens, which get pinups naked as you turn them around. Like iFloaty for iPhone.
It’s not a huge surprise, but Windows Home Server’s Connector software works just fine with Windows 7. Everything from the client to the backup software acts appropriately.
As long as you are flailing away at whatever Wii title you’re torturing yourself with, you might as well add some resistance.
