Saturday, April 18, 2009 - Page 2

The Abisko is Closer to a Water Slide Than a Sink

In a world filled with crazy sink designs, the Abisko sink from Eumar just might be the craziest. Seriously, I want to ride this thing.


Cars

Legway: A Pedal-Powered Steampunk Segway

Steampunk is tired—and you will be too if you build the Legway. There’s no electric motor to whisk you to a destination—only pedal-power. That means you actually have to exercise.


Software

SlingPlayer iPhone App Might Be Delayed by AT&T

Sling submitted their iPhone app almost a month ago. Rumours suggested it was rejected altogether thanks to AT&T. Sling says they’ve gotten no word from Apple either way. But it’s definitely looking delayed right now.


Greatest Living Samurai Reduced To Slicing Vegetables, BBs in Slow-Mo

The noble Samurai has found his role in Japanese society reduced over the decades from a fearsome fighting warrior to a skilled cutter of vegetables and BBs that’s paraded on TV shows for our amusement.


My First Album

I stared at the cover a lot. And I gawked at the inside album art even longer, wondering what the hell they were all wearing, vaguely aware that they were badass and I was not.


Do You Listen To Music While You Work?

Personally, I can’t concentrate with a lot of ambient noise—but many people prefer to have some music playing in the background while they work. Which category do you fall into?


Kenwood’s Glass Speakers Are Perfect for an Audiophile’s Seppuku

When it’s my time to go, I’m going to plug in these Kenwood SP0001 glass speakers into a badass receiver. Then I’m going to crank the volume and disintegrate in the resulting shrapnel.


Engadget’s Monster Cable Endorsement: ‘Monster Cable Sucks’

If you spotted this ad for Monster’s Dr. Dre Beats headphones—which strips an out-of-context blurb from a news post—you’d think Engadget gave Monster Cable an awkward-sounding endorsement. But the mutilated sentence was lifted and applied without Engadget’s permission.


Computing

Phuc Mac Tells It How It Is

Since our Cranky Windows Guy retired, his post has been vacant. No more: Hereto I present you with Fry’s employee Phuc Mac, our new honorary Cranky Windows Guy. Phuc Mac, we love you. [Hardocp]


10 ‘Instruments’ That Have No Business Playing Music

As part of our week long tribute to music tech, it’s fitting that we honour artists that challenge our definition of musical instruments. Here are ten examples that shatter our perceptions (and eardrums).