straps
Peripherals
The Ecohime Mobile Phone Strap Applauds Your Bowel Movements
12:40PM Sean Fallon | You went potty all by yourself! Feel the same sense of achievement you did as a child with the Ecohime mobile phone strap while simultaneously concealing any unpleasant noises. More »
Toys
Street Fighter IV Joystick Phone Strap Makes You Really Annoying
8:20AM Sean Fallon | Granted, this Street Fighter IV joystick mobile phone strap is awesome, but it might have an adverse effect on your social life. You see, different joystick/button combinations produce voice clips from the game. More »
Peripherals
RS DR-1 Double Strap Allows You to Dual Wield SLRs
5:40AM Mark Wilson | When Chow Yun-Fat busted out two pistols in The Killer, suddenly no actor could be caught dead on screen with just one. We can only hope this Double Strap will do the same for SLRs. More »
Peripherals
Danglet Wrist Strap For iPhone Is a Horrible Idea
9:40AM Jason Chen | If you’ve ever wanted to hang your iPhone from your wrist or neck then you, Sir or Madam, have not thought things through. Neither have the people who created the Danglet. More »
Peripherals
The DIY Quick-Draw Camera Strap That Puts All Other Straps to Shame
11:50PM John Mahoney | SLR Camera straps haven’t changed much over the last, oh, century or so, which is surprising considering how awkward most of them are. Then came the R-Strap, a $US44 strap that uses the tripod mount on the bottom of your camera instead of the rings on the sides, allowing for a comfortable over-the-shoulder sling paired with quick-draw action. Even better are these two how-tos, that show you how to make one yourself for just a few bucks worth of hardware (which Charlie from Wired had success with judging by his photo here). Check out the video below of an actual R-Strap in action Taxi Driver style for inspiration. More »
Games
WiiDiva Wii Strap Blinds You With Sassy, Bedazzled Luxury
2:30AM Sean Fallon | Boss: You know what the Wii needs? A sassy-injection. Our market research suggests that divas are the most overlooked demographic when it comes to gaming. I believe we can fill that void. So, I am proposing a sassy new direction for this company. I’m thinking a strap with jewels and sparkle! Heart shapes! We will corner the market on Wii sassitude. Ladies and gentleman, I give you WiiDiva! More »
Random Stuff
Mum Finds Macabre Use for Useless Mobile Phone Straps, Kills Son
10:30PM Jesus Diaz | You only have to take one look at this spent piece of used trash to know that nothing good can come out of her petrol eyes and twisted gesture. Kaoru Tomiishi is her name, and she has admitted that she killed her 6-year-old son with a mobile phone strap, probably the most inane and naff cheapo object of modern culture. She initially tried to cover it, but after the body was found thanks to the GPS inside the same mobile phone. More »
Games
Wiimotes Blessed by Straps in More Than One Colour
3:40AM Mark Wilson | Surely, at least a few of you are sad that Nintendo never released the Wii in multiple colours—despite their announcement promises. Well good news! No, the Wii isn’t coming in any new colours, but Nintendo has launched the Wiimote strap in almost any flavour you’d like—blue, green, pink and, uhh, white again. Available in Japan only for the time being, the safety harnesses will go for US$2.75 apiece or in a variety pack of four for about US$9. In other news, Nintendo makes a bajillion more dollars without even really trying. [Kotaku] More »
Phones
Luminous Handy Strap is Stylus, Ewok Jedi Lightsaber
10:16PM Addy Dugdale | On a slow news day, one company can always be relied on to bring out something so unutterably useless that I fall to my knees and give thanks to James T. Kirk and all the angels: Brando. Their phone strap-slash-stylus-slash-lightsaber-for people-of-extremely-restricted-growth costs five bucks and would redefine the word pointless if it didn’t actually have a retractable point. Still, I can think of one person who might find it handy when he’s on a post-coital cleanup. [Brando] galleryPost('luminoustylus', 3, 'luminous stylus'); More »
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