Cory Doctorow of BoingBoing explains why he does not want an iPad, and why it’s bad for everyone. We don’t necessarily agree with his statement entirely, but there’s a good amount of people who do, and this represents their thoughts. More »
Well, we just don’t have one yet. Sorry! Read this BoingBoing review. I like it a lot. She just gets it and pretty much thinks what I think about the iPad. [BoingBoing]
Also known as the entire technology press amirite? Ha? In all seriousness though — Maclife asked various bloggers, journalist and tech personalities what their dream Apple products would be and mocked them all up in detailed renders. Here’s what happened: More »
Gadget blogs are a far reach from being oppressive totalitarian states. But the propaganda they all push, if not carefully filtered by editors, on behalf of the CE industry, can be disgusting. BBG’s ran a fantastic three day run of fictional blog posts, written as the mouthpiece of the ministry of comms of a “massive super-conglomerate”, which I highly recommend.
A year ago, MIT student Star Simpson arrived at an airport wearing an LED sweatshirt. And while this sweatshirt was not much different than LED apparel we’ve featured on Gizmodo before, Simpson was tackled by security before going through months of media attacks and court processes to clear her name. In an absolutely superb interview, Simpson takes BoingBoing (and now you) through the entire story. Watch it over your lunch if you need to, but definitely give it a few minutes of your time. And from now on, only wear your finest name-brand Wal-Mart attire when travelling. [boingboing]
Rob from Boing Boing Gadgets has posted a piece on the various types of crappy blog post forms found scattered about the internet like so much, uh, lazy writing. He’s right! We do use a bunch of the same forms over and over again, sometimes because said forms are what fit the content best and sometimes because we just write so many damned posts every day it’s just easier to use tried and true formulas. Here’s what he had as #10:
BBG has done an impressive thing: It came up with a list of 10 perfect gadgets, unchanged by time or tech. No need to build the better mousetrap, because the tried and true mousetrap made the list. So did the wristwatch, the toilet and scissors. I don’t agree with the inclusion of the toaster (I prefer a toaster oven), and I can’t figure out how they left off the fork (unchanged since the Bible), but it’s a good read. Hit the link and let us know any gadgets that are MORE perfect. [BBG]
