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Random Stuff
10:20AM Nick Broughall | Last Friday, I was minding my own business when an email from Virgin’s frequent flyer program, Velocity, landed in my inbox. I’d been upgraded to Gold status because I was so close to making the grade. “Kinda weird” I thought to myself, considering I haven’t flown Virgin for over 12 months, “but a free upgrade is a free upgrade”. Except it wasn’t, as the follow up email I got four hours later was so quick to point out. More »
Virgin’s Velocity Frequent Flyer Program Is All Class
10:20AM Nick Broughall | Last Friday, I was minding my own business when an email from Virgin’s frequent flyer program, Velocity, landed in my inbox. I’d been upgraded to Gold status because I was so close to making the grade. “Kinda weird” I thought to myself, considering I haven’t flown Virgin for over 12 months, “but a free upgrade is a free upgrade”. Except it wasn’t, as the follow up email I got four hours later was so quick to point out. More » 
Gadgets
Conflux Festival’s Augmented Reality Games Descend On NYC
5:00AM Jack Loftus | Augmented reality golf game, played on New York City streets? Check. Fish-finding buoys that flash when the East River denizens swim near? Ditto. A 64-block chess game played with humans? Why yes, the Conflux Festival has that too. More »
Gadgets
Vending Machine Dispenses Gold Bars To Go
3:40AM Sean Fallon | Looking to capitalise on the popularity of gold investments in these tough economic times, TG-Gold-Super-Markt is installing vending machines that dispense 1g, 5g and 10g bars / gold coins at 500 locations in Germany. More »
Games
Queen Elizabeth Is Getting a Gold-Plated Wii
8:40AM Sean Fallon | Not to be outdone by Barack Obama, THQ has sent off a golden Nintendo Wii to Buckingham Palace where the queen will likely receive it and think it’s a humidor or something. More »
Phones
First Solid Gold iPhone Takes Tackiness to New Levels
1:40AM Jesus Diaz | Rejoice, dirty-rich people of the world, because now you can buy an iPhone which is not gold plated but actual solid gold, plus the obligatory diamonds in the logo. Just $US34,168. [Stuart Hughes] More »
Peripherals
Gold Bullion Wireless Mouse: Right Click With Your Goldfinger
4:40AM Sean Fallon | Sadly, this mouse is not made out of real gold bullion, which would have made it completely insane, but it does go well with your fake gold USB hub and gold PC. More »
Games
Found 18-Karat Atari Computer Chip Bangle, Geek Vitality +10
1:00AM John Mahoney | Lil’ Scrappy can have his diamond pinkie ring—you? You want this exact 18-karat cast of an original Atari processor. Conceptual and without price, but awesome to the max. [Sakurako Shimizu via BBG] More »
Phones
World’s Stupidest, Most Expensive iPhone Mod Yet Costs 2.5 Million US Dollars
2:40PM Jesus Diaz | $US2.5 million. Two. Point. Five. Million. Dollars. That’s what some idiot is going to pay for what could be the most expensive iPhone mod ever, the iPhone 3G “Kings Button”. More »
Random Stuff
Gold Rush Coming to Sewage Plants Amidst Economic Crisis
12:41AM Jesus Diaz | The quest for maximum recycling of materials have reached a new high in the current economic crisis–or perhaps a new low: The sewage plant in the Nagano Prefecture, Japan, is mining gold from sludge. More »
Computers
