Friday, June 12, 2009 - Page 2

Yggdrasil Electric Pole Is As Pretty As Its Name Is Awkward

This crazy-looking electric pole isn’t just a concept design; it’s been approved by the Swedish government and will be placed on either side of an entry highway to Stockholm. That’s not to imply it isn’t crazy-looking, though.


Mobile

Survivornerd: How To Start A Fire With Your Cellphone

It’s a tough call for a nerd lost in the wilderness: Use your mobile phone battery to start a fire and survive the night, or play another game of Brickbreaker. At least with this guide you’ll have the option of survival.


Gang Uses Stolen Credit Cards To Buy Own Music On ITunes, Collects Royalties, Still Not Famous

In what probably seemed like a two-birds-with-one-stone situation (before the arrest, we mean), a 9-member British gang used stolen credit cards to purchase their own music on iTunes and Amazon, then collected the royalties—an estimated $US300,000 total.


Cameras

Bet Your Camera Can’t Transform Into Defender Of The Universe

I was thinking of getting a Canon T1i, but after seeing this fully-functional, transforming Voltron SLR from 1985, I will seriously have to reconsider my options. [DoobyBrain via DVice via TheDailyWhat]


Entertainment

Entertainment Geekly: Ghostbusters on Blu-Ray!

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Next week, Ghostbusters is being released on Blu-ray. You should definitely buy it.


Entertainment

George Lucas Then Vs George Lucas Now

Call me a luddite if you have to, but I miss the days in which science fiction movies were actually done with real gadgets, real models, real robots—even with dwarves inside—and real explosions.


Gadgets

The Kindle DX Disassembled

In this five-step tutorial, RapidRepair shows you how to carefully disassemble—and reassemble—your Kindle DX to get a closer look at its innards.


Dealzmodo: Recharge Optus Pre-Paid for $30, get $50 Bonus Credit

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If you’re an Optus pre-paid customer, make sure you take advantage of their “Big Weekend” promotion this weekend. If you spend $30 or more recharging, you’ll get $50 of bonus credit for free.


Computing

Why MacBook Is About To Mean Something Else Entirely

Historically, Apple loves cleanly delineated product lines, so the “MacBook Pro” re-shuffling seems strange even if the socialist element is a fun side effect. Unless they’re clearing out the MacBook for something else entirely.


Gadgets

Levitron Revolution Makes Your Junk Look Awesome In Space

For those who have a treasured item you want to display in style, the Levitron Revolution uses some sort of electromagnets—or anti-gravity voodoo magic—that levitates and slowly rotates your prized possession in space.