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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Gadgets

SH Stompin’Bass is Wired-Up Wood Block For Foot-Stamping Music

2:15AM Kit Eaton | Get this for tech-overload: the SH Stompin’Bass from Shadow Electronics is made of chosen rosewood, comes with a velcro-attached extender block for comfort during long sets, has a high-quality NanoMAG humbucker pickup and a shielded case with low-impedance output to reduce hum. All of which basically disguises the fact it’s a wooden block designed to amplify the sounds of folk-music style foot stomping. Which’ll cost you $US200. And if you excuse me, I’m off now to belt out a few verses of Donald Where’s Yer Troosers, and make do with tapping on my wooden floor. [Product via Musicthing]
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Thursday, October 9, 2008
Software

How to Block Ads on Your (Jailbroken) iPhone

7:45AM Matt Buchanan | It’s always a kick in the nuts waiting for a page to load in mobile Safari when you know like half of it is for an ad. Luckily, there’s a way to block most of them using this method from James Is Bored. It requires a jailbroken iPhone and bit of voodoo, but it’s not overly complicated. Once you’ve got a jailbroken iPhone, you need to install OpenSSH from Cydia. And that’s where the work starts. More »
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