Saturday, November 7, 2009 - Page 2
Gadgets

DIY Star Trek Bluetooth Communicator Makes For Stylish Headsets

This DIY Star Trek Bluetooth Communicator, instantly reminded me of a my Star Trek fantasy. Bluetooth is the ruin of Star Trek. But this is a fun quick-n-dirty project.


Software

This Week’s Best iPhone Apps

In this week’s never-gonna-switch-so-stop-asking app roundup: Free games, reinvented! Aeroplane anxiety, averted! Photos, wirelessly printed! Cool apps, discovered by other cool apps! Navigation cheapened! Black Friday rush, preempted! Google Wave, appified! Screens, pointlessly tapped! And more!


Geek Out

The Queen Of Google: “I Do Code All Night!”

This is Marissa Mayer, the queen of Google. Every Google thing that you use goes through her. And she’s a nerd. So she says, sitting on her red ball in that red dress…


Gadgets

The Folding Titanium Spork Is The Ultimate Portable Eating Utensil

As the resident expert on the spork, I wholeheartedly endorse this super-rugged titanium folding combination bottle opener and spork design.


Steve Jobs And Sarah Jessica Parker Are Being Sued

In 1989, Franz Wakefield invented the iPod, iPhone and iTunes. Then the FBI stole his trade secrets and he confided in Sarah Jessica Parker and now he’s suing her and Apple…and my head’s spinning.


Gadgets

Next Room’s Eavesdropping Device Is Better Than A Drinking Glass

Next Room is kind of like a mash-up between a stethoscope, MP3 player and an old-fashioned drinking glass. According to the product page, you can hear what is being said through wooden walls, doors, windows and even steel plates.


Online

Wire Your House With Ethernet Cable For Better Home Networking

I’ve finally started watching TV on my computer, but my big annoyance since then is that my — ahem — mostly legally downloaded episodes take ages to transfer wirelessly from laptop to media centre PC. Thankfully Lifehacker’s got a DIY wiring solution for my troubles.


9 Classic Analogue Games Defiled By Digital

So, I’m doing the Mindflex game review, and I start thinking about the evolution of classic board games. Personally, I like the fact that many of them got a 21st-century makeover. These 10 games may have purists thinking otherwise.


OpenOfficeMouse Is An 18-Button Freak, But I Want It

It’s got 18 programmable buttons. E-I-G-H-T-E-E-N! Forget the 512k of flash memory, analogue Xbox 360-style joystick, basic scroll wheel and whatever else is in there. Yes, I’m a button lover. Yes, I just had an orgasm. And yes, I will waste $US75 on this.


Software

The iPhone-to-Android Switch: What You Need To Know

You’ve had it. Maybe with your mobile phone service provider. Maybe with Apple’s crushing, dictatorial grip strangling the App Store. Whatever the reason, you’re going to Android: Land of freedom and the great Google. Here’s what you need to know.