Saturday, August 8, 2009

Attract Cute Japanese Girls With Thanko’s Fuzzy Cat Ear Headphones

12:20PM August 8, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

These fuzzy-wuzzy, kitten-tastic headphones might not get you much action in general, but they’re sure to attract plenty of underage Japanese girls while giving you an excuse to take your furry fetish public. [Thanko via BoingBoing] More »

Computing

Ice-T Demolishes Mac, Hates Noobs, Loves His Wife (And So Do We…)

12:00PM August 8, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

So the screen on your Mac died. Do you a) grab a hammer, b) foul mouth Apple as your hot wife stands by, or c) demand a &%$# Snapple? If you’re Ice-T, the answer is all of the above. More »

Gadgets

Giant Lightbulb Is Made Of Paper

11:40AM August 8, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

At 17x17x30 inches, this is huge lightbulb would have been absolutely amazing. But since it’s not made of glass and metal, but paper, it’s just cute. So cute that I still would like to have one, though. [Kyouei via Likecool] More »

Science

Cloud-Generating 1900-Ship Armada To Sink Climate Change

11:20AM August 8, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

The Copenhagen Consensus Centre—a respected European think tank which used to be skeptic on climate change—is now advising that we should spend $US9 billion in building 1900 cloud-generating ships like the one above. Why? To cool down Earth: More »

Cameras

Sony’s Cybershot Exmor Ad Is Laughably Unfair

10:20AM August 8, 2009 | John Herrman

The best part is, I don’t even know to whom. Future camera buyers? Other cameras? To Sony’s own Exmor-equipped point-and-shoots, which got this instead of a respectable marketing campaign? In any case, this is dumb. Let us count the ways! More »

Buffalo’s MicroSD Card Reader Also Has 16GB On Board

10:16AM August 8, 2009 | Jason Chen

Two ways to win with this Buffalo card reader. It holds 16GB, plus whatever microSD cards you shove inside. The 16GB version costs $US160, but 4GB is just $US35. Available end of August. [Geekstuff4u via OhGizmo] More »

Watch Out Cinnabon

10:09AM August 8, 2009 | Jason Chen

Microsoft’s upcoming retail location looks just about what you’d expect from a mall shop under construction. Right around the corner would be Lane Bryant and Ladies Foot Locker, two stores who have very little clientele in common. [Twitpic] More »

Google’s Eric Schmidt Paid In Apple Products

10:05AM August 8, 2009 | Jason Chen

Eric Schmidt’s compensation for serving on the Apple board? $US8,700 in Apple gear, and a special $US7,500 commemorative gift. Also, Apple secrets he could take back to Google. Probably why he should have left sooner. [BusinessWeek]

I Want To Trip With This Wondrous 3D Etch-a-Sketch

10:00AM August 8, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

I love me Wacoms as much as I love me bacons, but this Sketch3D — which you can use to draw in three dimensions using three dials and two-color eyeglasses — has got my heart: More »

Gaming

Our Favourite Kotaku Posts Of The Week

9:40AM August 8, 2009 | Mark Wilson

With my 360 full to the brim, I’m this close to giving in and laying out $US130 for Microsoft’s ridiculously priced 120GB hard drive. And in other news, Kotaku wrote about more interesting gaming topics this week: More »