Posts by Mark Wilson
Games
Microsoft Confirms Improved Xbox 360 Warranty Seal
7:39AM Mark Wilson | Microsoft confirmed that Xbox 360s are receiving an updated tamper-resistant warranty sticker. And that’s pretty much all they’re willing to share on the matter. More »
Random Stuff
Terrifyingly Toxic Fast Food Photos
6:00AM Mark Wilson | You may be excellent photographers, but some of you have atrocious (OK, delicious) taste in food. Here are winners of this week’s Shooting Challenge: Fast Food. More »
Design
Brainwave Sofa Turns Your Brilliance Into Butt Cushions
2:20AM Mark Wilson | After capturing just three seconds of brain activity through EEG, designers Lucas Maassen and Dries Verbruggen can carve a snapshot of your thoughts into a block of foam. More »
Design
Nu Pop Watches Make Being Hip Almost Worth The Inconvenience
1:27AM Mark Wilson | Ignore the site’s lame hip hop and its general theme of trying too hard, because these nu pop watches by designer Pascal Mouawad and musician Jermaine Dupri are pretty snazzy in their own right. $US145. [nupop via Whollysblog via bookofjoe]
Peripherals
Xbox 360 Wireless N Adaptor Resurfaces For A Little Less
11:47PM Mark Wilson | Gamestop never released that new Xbox 360 wireless n dongle on November 3 for $US100. Meanwhile, Costco just listed the product for $US88 with a November 10 ship date…right before pulling the page. Tracking this thing has become unnecessarily difficult. [Engadget]
Design
What Space Invaders Really Look Like (T-Shirt)
12:00PM Mark Wilson | All these years, we pegged the Space Invaders for grotesque aliens. But really they’re men and women just like us, flying spaceships in a war they neither want nor understand. $US18. [Threadless via FashionablyGeek]
Gadgets
Nyko Charge Base IC Review: Wiimote Charging Bliss
6:40AM Mark Wilson | Nyko’s Charge Base IC is by far the most elegant solution we’ve found to charge pesky Wiimotes yet. More »
Entertainment
Netflix Shipping PS3 Discs
5:03AM Mark Wilson | I’m sure I’m not the only one who just received confirmation that their PS3 Netflix disc is on the way for Friday delivery. Can I get a woo-hoo? (Note, if I can’t, please disregard said request.)
Vehicles
Inflatable Seatbelts…Really Ford?
3:56AM Mark Wilson | Times are tough for the automotive industry. Consumers have less money, the environment has less tolerance and nothing short of new engineering paradigms can fix any of it. You know, stuff like inflatable rear seatbelts. More »
Software
2:45AM Mark Wilson | The Infractor is probably the least efficient manner in which you could read the morning paper, but it involves a Fortress of Solitude-esque prisms and interactive rays of light. Quite simply, the paper has never looked better. Check out the video demo. More »
How Superman Might Read Newspapers
2:45AM Mark Wilson | The Infractor is probably the least efficient manner in which you could read the morning paper, but it involves a Fortress of Solitude-esque prisms and interactive rays of light. Quite simply, the paper has never looked better. Check out the video demo. More » 
