Gadgets

Chumby Guts Inserted Into Hollowed-Out Book

Although not as much fun as hiding a flask in a Danielle Steel book, this Chumby-in-a-hollow-book would look mighty fine on any bedside table, waking you up each morning with the latest news, Tweets and YouTube videos.


December 3, 2009
Gadgets

Remainders – Good And Bad Stuff We Didn’t Post (And Why)

Shockingly cheap Apple tablets, Twitter books, Google power plants, Samurai Mario and a bunch of things that didn’t make the cut today. Some of it we didn’t like, and some are fun gems from our (riveting!) staff chat room.


December 2, 2009
Gadgets

Every Single One Of Cormac McCarthy’s Works Was Typed On This

Cormac McCarthy has spent many years bent over this typewriter banging out books and screenplays, including All the Pretty Horses, No Country for Old Men, and The Road. Now, after many decades, he’s giving up his trusty old gadget.


July 1, 2009

Toddler Review: Leapfrog Tag Junior Book Pal

Alas, I have no spawn of my own. So when LeapFrog mailed their new Tag Junior, a handheld device that reads special LeapFrog books to children, I had to call in the big guns for the review. Err…little guns.