Pogo sticks always amused the hell out of me. Up. Down. Up. Down. Repeat. These guys, however, take pogo sticks to the next level, it’s more like: Up. Down. Spin. Jump over a woman in a wheelchair. Grind the railing. Up. Down. Go crazy. More »
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I’ve got to admit that I stopped watching Dexter after the second season with that insufferable English pathological liar, but I really like this music video by Pogo. It’s entirely made with sound samples from the series. More »
The PoGo instant printers have been given a size-increasing Mario mushroom, with the 3×4 model printing out larger photos on the eco-friendly Zero Ink paper. It connects via Bluetooth to phones and works with the new Android app too. More »
No matter what they do, the new Polaroid PoGo Instant digicam will never have the magic nature, heartwarming charm, and craptastic retro quality of their good old Instamatics. But they are kind of cool, anyway.
Delta will join the other airlines using Aircell’s GoGo cellular data service, becoming the first of the U.S. biggies to announce concrete plans for a fleet-wide rollout. They’re starting with their 133 MD88/90s, then moving on to hit every plane by summer of next year. It’ll run you US$9.95 for flights less than three hours, or US$12.95 for longer flights. There goes our last possible Internet-free haven…I mean, yay! Read on for the full release:
AT&T’s doing a desktop browser called Pogo–it’s a “3D visual web browser” built on Firefox 2. (They’re moving it to Firefox 3 currently.) It has some graphically interesting ways of doing bookmarks, history (probably my favourite feature with a Time Machine-like 3D timeline) and tabs, and a dock along the bottom. I’m kind of mixed on it so far–the eye candy doesn’t always translate into more productive browsing–but they’re looking to spread out the beta pool and have given us a code that’s good for 500 downloads if you want to check it out. Update: Code is DEAD! But we’re trying to get more.
The swimming pool was really the only place left on Earth where extreme pogo stick users couldn’t rip mad tricks. Until now. “The Only Underwater Pogo Stick” was designed for use in the pool, and allows you to easily “perform a variety of waterborne stunts as you bounce off walls or bottoms.” Instead of a traditional spring (which is for landlubbing amateurs), a rigid ball filled with water fits into the footrest, and lets you bounce about in shallow water or “bound powerfully” in the deep end. Works with in-ground pools only for US$60. [Hammacher Schlemmer]
The Gadget: The Polaroid PoGo, an inkless printer that prints 2″ x 3″ sticker pictures from digital cameras via USB and mobile phones over Bluetooth.
As if a pogo stick wasn’t already an accident waiting to happen, now here comes the Flybar, catapulting you four feet (and maybe even six if you push it) off the ground with its heavy-duty rubber bands. To give you an idea of how dangerous this is, notice all of the users are wearing helmets. Another indication: One of its designers/endorsers, Andy MacDonald, is a pro skateboarder who probably thinks nothing of balancing atop a metal banister as he slides down its length that runs alongside a long flight of concrete stairs. If you have an extra $350 lying around, along with some really good health insurance to cover all those broken bones you’re sure to soon acquire, this Flybar might just be for you. [BoysStuff, via UberGizmo] More »
