Friday, March 6, 2009 - Page 2

What Not To Do When Electronically Robbing a Bank

A gang of European blokes just landed in gaol after trying to steal over $US300 million in what would’ve been the greatest techno-heist in history. What stopped them? A remarkable string of amazingly stupid decisions.


Become Catbong Guy’s Long Lost Cousin With the USB Cat Tail

If you want to cause a national uproar and make everyone to think you stuffed your cat in your computer, then by all means purchase this USB cat tail.


Someday, I Want to Live in One of These Shipping Container Houses

Adam Kalkin is most recognisable for the shipping container coffee shop he designed last year for Illy. Now, Fast Company has a profile on Kalkin with a bunch of pics of his other structures.


The Building of the Lego Millennium Falcon: The Definitive Movie

Yes. It’s finished—but I didn’t do the video. I couldn’t compete with the genius and patience of David Gunstensen, who sent me the only Lego Millennium Falcon construction stop motion movie you need to watch.


Software

Toyota Love Using Screensavers To Show Off Their iQ

Gizmodo AU

What is it with Toyota and screensavers? First there was the car alarm screensaver for your Macbook, and now there’s this kinda cool one that tells the time by driving little iQ’s on and off the screen.


Geek Out

Is This the Longest Slide In The World?

I don’t know if this it the longest slide in the world, but it sure looks like it. Where the hell is this because we want to ride it.


WiMax 4G To Hit 80 Markets by 2010; Clearwire Offering 3G/4G Modem Soon

Today, Clearwire announced network rollout plans for the “Clear” WiMax service, in conjunction with Sprint. In 2009, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Baltimore, Seattle, Honolulu and Charlotte are all scheduled to go live; next year, they’ll light up New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Houston and the San Francisco Bay Area. Better yet, subscribers will be getting a 3G/4G modem this summer, that’ll do WiMax in their home markets and Sprint EVDO Rev A in other cities—a lustworthy USB dongle if I ever heard of one. [Clearwire]


Really Bored Dude Camouflages Self as Paper, Bags and Boxes at an Ikea Store

Some people would file this exercise in camouflage under performance art. Others would suggest this guy has too much time on his hands. I say, why can’t it be both?


How Many Monitors is Too Many?

If you ask me, the answer would be “there’s no such thing”. But you’re not asking me. I’m asking you.


Cameras

In Samsung’s World, We’ve All Been Eaten by Adorable Robot Bears

newVideoPlayer("/SAMBEARWORLD.flv", 506, 286,""); This is Samsung’s vision of the world: Samsung-loving bears have taken over the world, and they’ve trapped the few remaining humans on ice to keep them fresh. Actually, it’s creepier than that, just watch.