Saturday, February 28, 2009

Carlin-esque Architects Put Driving Range Atop Water Filtration Plant

1:00PM February 28, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

Somebody wanted to build a water filtration centre on the spot of a Bronx, NY golf-course driving range. Bad idea? It was until the architects decided to build the plant and keep the range.

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DAB Kitchen Digital Radio Should Withstand the Ultimate Food Fight

12:30PM February 28, 2009 | Gizmodo US Edition

Designed with greasy hands, soapy gloves, and cookie-dough-covered fingers in mind, the minimalistic DAB Digital Radio was created for a nitty, gritty kitchen environment.

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Software

Microsoft’s Child ‘I’m a PC’ Ads Only Works With Little Girls Apparently

12:00PM February 28, 2009 | Jason Chen

The first two I’m a PC ads from Microsoft used little girls, and were super super cute. This latest one? Not so much. Nothing against little boys, but nobody likes them using a computer.

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Geek Out

Ryanair’s New Emergency Instructions Could Be Real One Day

11:39AM February 28, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

After today’s $US1.40 aeroplane lavatory charge, the disco girl with the long legs and the lovely smile has sent us proof that Ryanair is going way too far in their demands to passengers.

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Computing

$US200 Acer Hornet Is Nvidia Ion-Based PC-Wii-Console Hybrid Thingie

11:30AM February 28, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Apparently, the Acer Hornet is an Nvidia Ion-based Atom-powered small PC which can be mounted on displays. The most interesting thing: Acer wants to sell it with a Wiimote-like device for gaming and remote control.

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How the New Sony Will Become Awesome Again

11:00AM February 28, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

What you might’ve missed about Sir Howard becoming Emperor of Sony is that it means he won the war to reorganise it—meaning Sony’s stuff could become awesome again.

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Mobile

These Shoe Phones Are Made for Walkin’ (…and Talkin’)

10:30AM February 28, 2009 | Adrian Covert

Apparently a shoe phone similar to this was a really big deal in some dumb movie or TV show. But now the thing actually exists, using common mobile phone gear and a hollowed-out heel.

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Four ‘Tropical Skyscapers’ Commissioned To Keep Shenzhen Stock Exchange HQ Nice and Shady

10:00AM February 28, 2009 | Gizmodo US Edition

Steven Holl Architects’ winning design from the “4 Tower in 1″ competition calls for a quartet of towers to be built around the brand new Shenzhen Stock Exchange and its surrounding plaza.

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Flame War: Plasma or LCD?

9:30AM February 28, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Which flat panel technology is the best? LCD or plasma? Get mean, get personal, because you can’t be banned for anything you say in this thread. And anecdotes are as valid as scientific study.

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Gaming

Mad Catz Street Fighter IV FightSticks Review

9:00AM February 28, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Just a few months ago, Mad Catz was known for making generic, mediocre console accessories to undercut companies like Sony and Nintendo. Then they announced their Street Fighter sticks and the gaming world went nuts.

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