Saturday, October 10, 2009

Rap Group Hands Out Uzi-Shaped Flash Drive Album

2:40PM October 10, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

If you’re a fan of novelty USB drives, submachine guns and rap, I’ve got a treat for you: The Get Busy Committee stuck their upcoming album Uzi Does It on uzi-shaped flash drives to create an unholy threesome. [Wired]

Gadgets

Remainders — What We Didn’t Post

2:00PM October 10, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

Marge Simpson To Pose for Playboy…Kindle Books To Cost More Abroad…Twitter Recommended for Nobel Peace Prize…Windows Mobile 7: So Close and Yet So Far More »

True Beauty: The Winning 2014 Asian Games Stadium Design

1:00PM October 10, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

We can argue about whether it looks like an alien spaceship, a colony on a distant planet or something else, but let’s agree that the winning stadium design for the 2014 Asian Games is mind-blowingly gorgeous. More »

Software

Fun With Linux Commands

12:40PM October 10, 2009 | Jason Chen

Ah, so this is the reason why people don’t consider Linux user friendly. [Geeks Are Sexy]

Bathtub In Hyperspace

12:30PM October 10, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Soft LED lighting, go. Water jets, go. Warp drive, go. Life support, go. Champagne bottle, go. Good company, go. All systems go for perfect bath for two. More »

Mobile

Fujitsu’s Seemingly Nonsensical Concept Phone Roundup

12:00PM October 10, 2009 | Jason Chen

These are Fujitsu’s concept phones they showed off at CEATEC, one of which we covered already. Akihabara News covered a few of them, but these three are our favourites. More »

Aquapod Lets You Launch A Water Bottle 30m Into The Air

11:40AM October 10, 2009 | Adam Frucci

Nothing cures boredom like launching shit into the air, which is why you can’t argue with something like the Aquapod. Basically, you hook a hose up to it and it launches plastic bottles using water pressure. Sold! [Aquapod]

Drop The Knife, The Tauntaun Sleeping Bag Is Now Real

11:18AM October 10, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

Thanks to Lucasfilm’s nod of approval, ThinkGeek’s got a treat for every Jedi’s snuggly-wuggly-cuddly-just-10-more-minutes-please-mum side. I want to throw a sleepover just to have an excuse to roll out a bunch of these Tauntaun sleeping bags, complete with Lightsaber zipper-pulls!. More »

Software

This Week’s 10 Best iPhone Apps

11:00AM October 10, 2009 | John Herrman

In this week’s net-neutral iPhone app roundup: physics games, Twitter again (but that’s OK!), horse music, human music and much more. More »

Software

You Can Soon Track Your Heart Rate With Your iPhone

10:40AM October 10, 2009 | Jason Chen

The iPhone heart rate monitor prototype by Corventis will of course be useful by people who actually need to keep track of their heart health, but it could actually be used as a unique physical input device for apps. More »