Monday, January 26, 2009

The Toaster that Longed to Be a VCR

11:50PM January 26, 2009 | Mark Wilson

While most of our homes resemble some ’60s sci-fi TV show, adorned in A/V equipment loaded to the gills with LEDs, our kitchens have remained sadly tasteful. That was, until this Jacob Jensen toaster.

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Software

OS X iWork Trojan Revamped, Repackaged, Rereleased in Photoshop

11:28PM January 26, 2009 | John Herrman

The nasty OS X trojan from last week has resurfaced, and this time hits software pirates where it hurts the most: in Photoshop.

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Gaming

PSP to Come in New, Festive ‘Carnival Colours’

11:15PM January 26, 2009 | Mark Wilson

OK, when we were brainstorming new functionality for the PSP, who out there requested four new “carnival colours” instead of a second analogue stick?

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Cars

Skeleton Bicycle Will Give Me Nightmares for Weeks

10:40PM January 26, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

I don’t know what’s wrong with this thing. It’s not the metal skeleton that gives me the chills. It’s probably the posture. If there are bikes in hell, they are probably like this one.

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Yuen’To Music Ball is Great for Listening to Music, Bopping Heads

10:32PM January 26, 2009 | John Herrman

Clearly a product of the deep-sea geothermal vent creature school of cuteness, the Yuen’To Music Ball is an adorable, albeit expensive, powered portable speaker.

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Cars

First Ever Snowmobile Double Backflip Has Me Saying AAAGHSGHHFGHHWHAT?

9:52PM January 26, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Are these people out of their probably-illegal-substances-driven minds? A snowmobile double backflip? How many people have been crushed doing this? No idea. But I just love to watch it.

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Lego Galactica Clusterfrak So Big It Can Probably Crush a Real Cylon Baseship

9:36PM January 26, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

I’m fraking being blown away by the last episodes of Galactica, so when I saw this huge Lego clusterfrak of Colonial Vipers and Raptors, complete with a 13-foot BSG hangar, I had to post them.

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Cameras

Canon Liveview DSLRs Messily Hacked to Record Video

9:19PM January 26, 2009 | John Herrman

Because video recording on DSLRs is the Next Big Thing, I think, some 5D Mk II-envying Russian folks have extended the capability to Canon’s cheaper liveview-equipped DSLRs. But, unfortunately, there are lots of ‘buts’.

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Software

Multitouch Implemented on G1 Android, Unofficially

8:13PM January 26, 2009 | John Herrman

Whether for fear of patent infringement or as the result of a colossal lapse in judgment, Android didn’t ship with multitouch. No worries—the hardware was ready, and the third-party developers willing to oblige.

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Online

End of the World Dated Again: 2012

10:30AM January 26, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

newVideoPlayer("/2012passion.flv", 506, 423,""); No, the end won’t happen because of the LHC. And it won’t be a doomsday asteroid either. The answer: Sheep. At least one of them. The date: 2012. Hilarious. [Pasion Paris via Drawn via io9]

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