This is one dilemma owners of Kindles, Nooks and iPads inevitably face: How the hell can I get my favourite author to sign that book I’ve got stored in my ebook reader? Sure, you can always get him to scrawl his signature on the back of your Kindle in thick, ugly, black marker. If tacky’s your style. More »
In our Hackintosh guide, we called our OS X-powered Dell Mini 9 the ultimate Mac netbook. We were wrong. This Hackintoshed Dell Mini 9, autographed by one Steve “Quick Step” Wozniak, is the actual pinnacle.
newVideoPlayer("/shatnermodo_giz.flv", 475, 376,""); At a time when the US$2 billion per year autograph business runs rampant with counterfeits, it’s tough to ensure your memorabilia is authentic. Thanks to LiveAutographs.com, a website that shills personalised video “autographs” from B-listers like Carmen Electra, Stone Cold Steve Austin and the cast of Lost, that problem may soon be obsolete. Trekkie and TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington recently praised the service after paying US$150 for a message from William Shatner, which took three months to arrive. Joke’s on you Mike—I got a video from Shatner in an hour, and it only cost me iMovie and elbow grease. But for the last time Bill, my name isn’t “Jackass”. [LiveAutographs via TechCrunch, Reuters]
