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Random Stuff
This Is How Kiwis Trim The Top Of Their Hedges
8:40AM Sean Fallon | New Zealanders do it with a crane people… with a crane. It makes perfect sense now. More »
Software
1:00PM Nick Broughall | If anybody anywhere actually pays money for this app, they need to seriously have their heads examined. For your $1.19 (US$0.99), you get an app that will give a readout from the accelerometer after you throw your iPhone in the air and then try and catch it. More »
Hangtime, The Dumbest iPhone App Of All
1:00PM Nick Broughall | If anybody anywhere actually pays money for this app, they need to seriously have their heads examined. For your $1.19 (US$0.99), you get an app that will give a readout from the accelerometer after you throw your iPhone in the air and then try and catch it. More »
Phones
Murderer Caught Because of His ‘No Mobile Phone Left Behind’ Policy
8:40AM Sean Fallon | During the investigation of a burglary at a home in Pinhole California, officers heard a mobile phone ring. On the other end a man asks “Hey, did you find my phone?” More »
Entertainment
Darth Jackson Makes Me Want to Go Back to Bed
1:10AM Jesus Diaz | At the end, Susan Boyle didn’t win Britain’s Got Talent! contest. Well, at least Danny Choo’s heir Darth Jackson and his Imperial Stormtrooper zombies didn’t win either—much to Addy’s consternation, though. Enjoy the Monday morning stupidity. [Star Wars Blog]
Music
Brilliant Girl Jumps In Front of a Pickup Truck to Save iPod
8:20AM Adam Frucci | Here’s an example of great priorities: a 16-year-old girl dove in front of a pickup truck to retrieve her dropped iPod. More »
Gadgets
Metal SGP Gadget Trim: Is This Really How To Treat a Gadget You Love?
1:20AM Brian Lam | SGP is selling these metallic stickers which go on and around the LCDs, panels and other parts of gadgets. Some look okay, like the HTC phone above. Some are far worse. More »
Design
Japanese Marriage Bra Gently Nudges Men Toward Nuptials, With Boobs
8:45PM John Herrman | Triumph international, the same guys who came up with the eminently practical Chopstick Bra, have channeled their proudly insincere energies into fake-solving Japan’s declining marriage rate. Behold… The Marriage Hunting Bra. More »
Phones
$US37,000 Solid Platinum iPhone Makes Me Want to Smack Someone
2:40AM Jesus Diaz | OK, I don’t care if it is plated or solid: Enough with the precious metal iPhone case replacements already. Unless… unless you are the kind of guy who actually uses this line (NSFW): More »
Music
Microsoft’s Latest Dumb Ad: iPods Cost $US30,000 to Fill Up
9:26AM Matt Buchanan | The Laptop Hunters price assault on Macs has shifted to iPod and iTunes: It’d cost $US30,000 to fill an iPod, but Zunepass fills up a Zune for cheap. This is a retarded ad. More »
Gadgets