Friday, August 7, 2009
Design
Pixel Light Adds Bloom Lighting To The Drab, Analog World
11:40PM Mark Wilson | There comes a time in every geek’s life when he must unplug. While ingenuity, like carrying a laptop to the bathroom, can often stall such inevitability, it cannot thwart all of the social pressures of friends and loved ones. More »
Random Stuff
Epic Water Slide Video Is Fake And Promoting Microsoft Office
11:20PM Adam Frucci | Remember that insane water slide jump video? Unsurprisingly, it was a fake viral video. Surprisingly, it was made to promote…Microsoft Office? More »
Phones
Garmin’s Tardy Nuvifone G60 Finally Coming In Q4
11:05PM John Herrman | Fun fact: A healthy couple could’ve produced two children in the time it’ll take Garmin to bring the Nuvifone from the press office to customers’ hands, in Q4 of this year. By then, the oldest would be learning to walk. More »
Peripherals
iStubz iPhone/iPod Cables Can’t See Over The Bank Counter
10:44PM Mark Wilson | iStubz might sound like a stupid idea, but practically speaking, my iPhone charge/sync cable is a bit annoyingly long when charging over USB. More »
Gadgets
Metal Detecting Sandal Lightning Review: No
8:00PM Brian Lam | These sandals use a copper coil in the right foot, connected by USB port to a base unit strapped to your leg, to find metal objects in the sand up to 0.6 metres away. In theory. More »
Entertainment
RIP John Hughes: Thanks For Making Geeky Cool
7:00PM Danny Allen | Sadly, the writer/director of such ’80s teenage angst classics as Weird Science, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and The BreakFast Club, has died of a heart attack aged 59. More »
Screens
Aquos DX2 Blu-ray TVs Improve Image Quality, Record Times
5:30PM Danny Allen | Sharp claims the new 7x mode in its 2nd-gen DX Series LCD TVs further extends built-in Blu-ray recording times, and that it has boosted the image quality for its 40-inch+ models. More »
Gadgets
Build Your Own Battlestar Galactica Viper Rocket!
4:30PM Danny Allen | Estes may have discontinued its wicked Battlestar and Star Trek replica rockets almost 20 years ago, but some clever hobbyists have info on how you can still build one today. More »
Toys
The Creepy Anatomy Of A Lego Minifig: Now In 3D
3:45PM Jesus Diaz | Remember the fascinating and spooky anatomy of the Lego Minifig? Well, it gets even more fascinating and spookier when it’s animated in 3D, which is precisely what the original designer — Jason Freeny — did. [Moist Production via The Brothers Brick] More »
Science
