Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - Page 2
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Devonport Tasmania Is The Seventh Gateway To Hell (On Street View)

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Either Don road in Devonport, Tasmania is a portal to an alternate dimension (more plausible than it sounds), or the Street View driver was on drugs so strong that they not only affected him (or her), but also the photographs his Google car was taking. Either way, it’s pretty fucked up.

[Streetview - Thanks Jack!]


Halo Transformer on eBay: From Warthog to Master Chief

Never have I ever seen a Transformer this cool: a custom Master Chief Transformer on eBay that goes from being a Spartan soldier to—not just any old car—an actual Warthog LRV. ZOMG.


Cameras

Panasonic Lumix TS1 Would Be Iron Man’s Tough Camera

The antidote to Canon’s blimpy D10 is Pansonic’s comparatively skinny Lumix TS1.


Cameras

Canon D10 Submarine Toughcam: Love It, But Hate It

I love Canon’s D10 toughcam because it looks like a submarine. I hate it because I can’t fit its blimp-sized arse in my pocket or anywhere else in my pants.


Geek Out

Meet Julius Genachowski, Obama’s Pick For FCC Chairman

Say hello to Julius Genachowski, a former Harvard buddy of Obama’s and a net neutrality defender.


Computing

Local details For Apple’s Mac Refresh

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While Apple fanboys will have already visited the local Apple Store to check the local pricing for the Mac refreshes, we’ve decided to tell the rest of you here on Giz.


Entertainment

Christian Bale Will Be Angry At This Terminator Character Banner

“What the fuck is wrong with you? You’re giving a fucking robot equal billing as me? Who the fuck is this Sam Worthington guy anyway?” – Imaginary Christian Bale In My Head


Computing

Quest For Netbook Nirvana: Toshiba NB100

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Now, I don’t want to start rumours that prisoners at Guantanamo Bay were subjected to typing on the NB100 as a method of persuading them to talk, but typing on Toshiba’s netbook is the roughest type of torture since my wife made me watch an episode of So You Think You Can Dance. Which is a shame, because there is a lot to like about the NB100…


Get Clean and Get Probed By the Aquapeutics Shower

The Aquapeutics shower is the kind of shower you’d take if you really needed to clean yourself off. The kind you’d take if you accidentally saw your parents having sex.


Software

Stop External Drives From Spinning Down With NoSleepHD

Lifehacker found this NoSleepHD utility, which stops external (USB) hard drives from shutting powering down to save energy.