Ignite tonight!
MAKE Magazine — ... innovations Charlie O'Donnell (Path 101, This Is Going To Be Big) - Shaving your head: When to start, how to maintain, and to BIC or not to BIC? Charles Forman (ImInLikeWithYou) - How to date celebrichauns with founder fetish Natalie Jeremijenko (NYU XDesign) - A bomb shelter for the climate crisis Pat Allan (Free-Lancing Gods) - So you're a kick-arse coder... Joel Johnson (Boingboing) - Indie Games: At Least They're Free! Nick Bilton (NY Times, NYC ...

Food that turns from liquid to solid?
Boing Boing — ... The question only pertains to a natural food, no additional things added (so no water and sugar). Just a simple, single food. I've asked so many people and no one has an answer. I even asked friends at The Food Network and nothing. Joel's been trying to find out too and he's lost. Got any insight into this or know anyone that might? A lot of people have said blood, but that just evaporates and then changes, it doesn't actually change consistency. ...

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Boing Boing — Recently at Boing Boing Gadgets, we saw a powerful point-and-shoot from Nikon, a backlit coaster, a remote controlled robot zombie, and a demented erotic chess set. There was a pretty engraved MacBook Pro, a beautiful retro handset from Sony Ericsson (and a handheld PC design fantasy we based on it), and a cyborg goatee shaving guard. Some hackers got kicked out of a hacking conference for hacking, and Lotus wants to make hybrid cards noisier. ...

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Boing Boing — ... Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, Mario nee Jumpman jumped over barrels thrown by a LEGOfied Donkey named Kong while the ...

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Boing Boing — ... Today on Boing Boing Gadgets, we looked at a company that sells Mac clones that just doesn't know how to play dead and philosophized on the science of ...

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Boing Boing — ... Today on Boing Boing Gadgets, the day started as it always does: deus ex machina. Then ...

Georgia Bigfoot: hoax
Boing Boing — ... body, for their frozen corpse and the privilege of trotting them out in front of TV cameras. At the same time, Biscardi sent self-described "Sasquatch detective" Steve Kulls back to Georgia to check out the body. Kulls, it's safe to say, was severely disappointed. The upshot? The real Bigfoot, once found, is now missing. So are Whitton, Dyer and Biscardi's money. Georgia Bigfoot hoax (FoxNews, thanks, Loren Coleman! Thanks Rob Beschizza for the image!) Previously on BB: • Bigfoot press conference ...

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Boing Boing — ... Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, we bopped to the tunes of an album written on the Nintendo DS ("Music to Make Love To Your Old Pleasure Model By...") and introduced BBG's newest mascot, Humbert Humbird, to his own ...

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Boing Boing — ... Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, we blogged the hell out of Apple's iPod-heavy "Let's Rock" show: Apple ...

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Boing Boing — ... Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, we went gaga for the Peek, a minimalist email-only cellular device: read ...

(BBtv) BB Gadgets' Joel at Outside Lands: Crowdfire deconstructed
Boing Boing — Boing Boing Gadgets editor Joel Johnson checks out Crowdfire, a sort of real-life social media experiment at the Outside Lands Music fest. The experiment allows concertgoers to upload, share, remix, and "favorite" photos, audio and video they shot themselves... during the event.Some of that media was projected on the stage, and also made available online. Crowdfire (with Windows) is Boing Boing tv's sponsor this month, and the project was the brainchild of BB partner and FM founder/CEO ...

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Boing Boing — ... Today on Boing Boing Gadgets, we started off with a gory CRT headshot, then chased it down with a how-to: ...

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Boing Boing — ... Today on Boing Boing Gadgetsrefrigerator for flatshares: "a weeping, mold-ridden melon." We washed down its feculence with a cup of joe ...

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Boing Boing — ... Today on Boing Boing Gadgets, after we booted up with a sunrise test, we asked ourselves: do women really need a ...

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Boing Boing — Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, we found a wonderful wooden Victoriana speaker clad entirely in tweed, reviewed a powerful miniature flashlight, and took a detailed look at the God of War plagiarism claims. There was a high-performance therapeutic vibrator, the ultimate Lego Star Wars diorama; a recall on Apple's tiny iPhone 3g USB power adapters; and an Armani-branded phone to go with your Burberry-check baseball cap. Joel gave his thoughts on Slotmusic, the new albums-on-microSD card dealie that ...

Video of Murata Boy the bike riding robot
Boing Boing — ... Today BB Gadgets showed a video ad for a bike riding robot. Weirdly, the commercial doesn't show the robot riding a bike (perhaps the same agency that made the Seinfeld Microsoft commercials is responsible). Here's a video of the Murata Boy earnestly pedaling around in an empty room. It's like an outtake from Spielberg's AI. ...

Failin' Palin. (UPDATED: As Putin rears his head.)
Boing Boing — Andrew Sullivan, with whom I agree not all of the time, but do this time, says this about the CBS News interview embedded above: "All you can say is: unbelievable. Except it's true. She is the vice-presidential candidate of a national political party. Seriously." Transcript here, last night's edition is here. Update: Look! There's Pootin' rearin' his ugly head. (Thanks, Rob Beschizza)

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, we presented Low-Altitude Attack Zeppelin, our exciting futile browser game; rode to work in teflon-cuffed pants; and ate from Doha Chebib's beautiful log bowls. Joel read that Esquire's e-ink cover was an environmental bad idea, fumed at the stupid marketing term "3.75G," and lauded the new supersize Gorillapod. He spotted a device that keeps human larvae clean during meals. Rob wondered if China's electromagnetic space drive was pseudoscience, found a Windows ...

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Boing Boing — Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, we saw Samsung's Pixon camera-phone, a fakeleak of the new MacBook Pro, a robot communist firefighter from the 1930s, and a web server the size of a business card. There was a giant light fixture in the shape of a spaceship from Elite; shots of RIM's BlackBerry Storm; a massive price drop for the Redfly; and teen taser action. Joel armed himself with Dr. Grordbort's Infallible Aether Oscillators "Unnatural Selector" Ray-Blunderbuss and a DIY Full ...

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Boing Boing — ... Yesterday on Boing Boing Gadgets, we discovered the best place to buy a 3G iPhone are in the electronics black markets of Hong Kong and were surprised by a remarkably candid admission by an Apple engineer about ...

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Boing Boing — ... Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, there was news of a long-life netbook battery for MSI's Wind, a ...

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Boing Boing — Recently at Boing Boing Gadgets, we saw a promotional thumbdrive full of beer and a tasty motherboard cake. Breakfast is served! John saw Sega's inadvertant return to gaming "hardware"; a cutting board with an astronaut etched on it; a non-stop spinning top; and hankered for a USB desk lamp in the shape of a giant letter C. Joel discovered the art of Chindōgu, or useful but embarrassing technology; found spaceship-like sculptures made of foam packing; and found an ...

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Boing Boing — Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, there was a Spy Calculator; a wooden safe like something from Myst; a giant ball made of vinyl records; a rugged handheld computer from Motorola; and a bizarre marble-spitting automaton. John saw a toilet in the shape of a pipe; an ingenious Russian iPhone scam; and what can only be described as a Tamagotchi with a glory hole. He has a tank with a gothic church on top of it. Poor-quality photos revealed what might well be the new MacBrick ...

INFOMERCIA: hostile takeover of Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — I'm not sure what's going on over at Boing Boing Gadgets today, but you really ought to have a look. Snip from the "takeover" post: Welcome to Infomercia, a massive super-conglomerate turned government on ...

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, we were Infomercia, a sinister consumer paradise ruled by Minimac, the Ministry of Machines. A fun fiction-based blogsperiment that continues Wednesday, we turned the day's real-life gadget news into the propaganda missives from an alternate Earth—until someone came along to put a spanner in the works. At 6 a.m. on the dot, shoppers awoke to the reveille, and the ministry embarked on another "normal" day. Minister Inspiron Touchpreaux urged a stinky ethernet-equipped deodorant dock on you ...

Gross cartoon art
Boing Boing — Our delightfully demented partner Joel pointed me to a page of limited edition prints of highlariously violent cartoon art. They're £35.00 each. ...

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Boing Boing — Today on Boing Boing Gadgets, the timestream temporarily spat us all out of Infomercia, and so we did as we usually do. We ridiculed the photoshop disasters of ...

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Boing Boing — Today at Boing Boing Gadgets our anonymous "sauce" ponied up an ad for the 20 separate editions of Windows 7 that Microsoft plans to release. Then it was back to Infomercia for the denoument, as the now-free gadgetganda-spewers explored their freedom: a handheld Dreamcast, a pac-man bikini and a new Sandisk music player couldn't save them from Pippin Cray's zealotry and retribution. Not even a screwy speak and spell. Marvin, however, escapes to another reality. Speaking of reality, we ...

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Boing Boing — Today on Boing Boing Gadgets, we looked at the T-Mobile Android G1's "not evil" killswitch and a tiny little Korean monitor for ...

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Boing Boing — Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, there was a a vintage typewriter turned noise machine, the Motorola Aura, a mobauble; and an amazing cell phone called "The King of Cigarettes." Rob spotted a dollar store LED Lament Configuration; Microsoft's Arc Mouse; the Eye-Fi Compact Flash adapter; and a really quite mesmerizing Google Android fan rap. cheap USB microscope; an unpleasant EULA from Sony the iKit, a handheld computer like the old Sharp Zauruses; and jewelry made from old ...

New Democrat New Danger
Boing Boing — Our Boing Boing Gadgets colleague Rob Beschizza says, Brits older than maybe 20 or so will doubtless remember the general election of 1997, which saw Tony Blair — then a young center-left liberal running on a platform of change — defeat incumbent conservatives with a tarnished reputation. The parallels with 2008's presidential race go beyond just a similar placement of pieces on the board, though: by the end, Blair's opponents were reduced to running personal attacks on Blair that make the McCain-Palin's recent ...

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Boing Boing — ... Yesterday on Boing Boing Gadgets, we applauded Microsoft's attempts at creating an booze detecting bar countertop, and tested it with some rotgut served in Rob's tacky ...

The Fonz, Richie, Andy, and Opie are pro Obama
Boing Boing — Ron Howard, Andy Grffith, and Henry Winkler revived some old characters in a pro-Obama "call to action." It's funny, cute, sentimental, and incredibly awkward and horrifying all at once. Ron Howard's Call To Action (Thanks, Joel Johnson!)

Yesterday on Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — ... Yesterday on Boing Boing Gadget, it was review Thursday and we flushed our systems clear: Joel posted a thoughtful review of the Android G1 and horrible hair review of an ...

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Boing Boing — ... Today on Boing Boing Gadgets, things started as usual: with Napoleon popping a wheelie on a motorcycle. Apple censored all mentions of ...

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Boing Boing — ... Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, we worshipped the Pantone Rubik's cube and welcomed guest reviewer Alan Graham of ...

Display of bad things swallowed
Boing Boing — ... from the United States Narcotic Farm that Mark posted earlier reminded Joel of this display at the Glore Psychiatric Museum in St. Joseph, Missouri. The museum holds memorabilia from the St. Joseph State Hospital, previously known as the State Lunatic Asylum #2. From Roadside America: ...

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Boing Boing — ... Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, we learned that TiVo owners will get Netflix streaming, that ...

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Boing Boing — ... Today on Boing Boing Gadgets, there was the usual spurting of Halloween themed posts: a little boy dressed as Wall-E's Eve, a ...

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Boing Boing — ... Today on Boing Boing Gadgets, we looked at a nifty little traffic loop sensor activator that lets bicyclists get their fair place on the road, and ...

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Boing Boing — Today on Boing Boing Gadgets, we got an eerily prescient look at what an Apple netbook might look like, and laughed along with the Onion at the ...

Dead man's coffin kills wife
Boing Boing — A woman died this week when her husband's coffin slammed into the back of her neck during a traffic accident in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Marciana Silva, 67, was riding in the front seat of the hearse when she was hit. "Husband's coffin kills woman on way to cemetery" (Associated Press, thanks Joel Johnson!) Previously on BB: • Tombstone kills man

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Boing Boing — ... Today on Boing Boing Gadgets, we inspected the geometric beauty of a Linux boot sequence, prefered to pay $50 than ...

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Boing Boing — Today on Boing Boing Gadgets, we started the day with an arboricultural look at a genuine power plant, then mocked CNet's ...

Boing Boing Offworld launches!
Boing Boing — ... It's been a little over a year since we birthed Boing Boing Gadgets with our pal Joel Johnson. Ever since, Joel and his trusty lieutenants Rob Beschizza and John Brownlee have been conspiring to launch a new Boing Boing site centered around games. It was hard for any of us to vocalize what a BB games blog might look like -- we just knew it was in our DNA. So instead of forcing the hand of chance, Joel let the idea evolve at its own pace, to let it figure out what it wanted to be. And indeed it did. A year later, it's time to blast off to kicksville with the launch of ...

Boing Boing tv: We're a Year Old, and Yes We Can (Announce a New Programming Plan)
Boing Boing — ... TUESDAY, expect a Boing Boing Gadgets item. We're producing a bunch of short electronics/tech stuff reviews from Joel Johnson, and we hope to include BB Gadgets co-editors John Brownlee and Rob Beschizza, soon, too. ...

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Boing Boing — ... Today on Boing Boing Gadgets, we took Google's new iPhone voice search app for a spin, and reflected on the nostalgic smell of old ...

BB Obfuscated Code/Safari Books Online contest winner!
Boing Boing — ... We were absolutely amazed by the entries. There are some incredible bits of code in there. But we had to pick one, so we did. Or rather Joel Johnson did, because this whole thing was his idea to begin with. So we are pleased to announce that the winner of the inaugural Boing Boing/Safari Books Online: ...

Boing Boing Gadgets Astroturfed By Viral Marketer Working for Motorola
Boing Boing — Over at Boing Boing Gadgets, our Joel has an extremely funny and acidic post up about a viral marketer who appears to be astroturfing in our comment threads on behalf of Motorola. Boing Boing Gadgets commenters respond in kind, and a comment war of wall-to-wall LOL ensues. Go read the whole thing, please: ...

Boing Boing Gadgets: Joel Reviews T-Mobile Cameo Picture Frame (BBtv video)
Boing Boing — ... , Joel Johnson reviews the T-Mobile Cameo Picture Frame, which displays digital photos but also sort of works like a phone. Joel's thumbs were neither decisively up nor down, but rather pensively wrapped around a scotch tumbler. ...

BBtv: Friday recap + Unicorn Chaser - Joel of Boing Boing Gadgets in "UHHHHHH."
Boing Boing — As is our newly minted tratition, Boing Boing tv ends the holiday week with a Unicorn Chaser. In today's edition, Boing Boing Gadgets' Joel Johnson, who trekked out into the wilderness for this previous episode, returns there to perform the nerdcore anthem embedded above -- UHHHH. (MP4 Link). Not a single one of these grunts was repeated. All were taped in the order they appear in this remix, the morning after Joel was nearly bitten by a snake, doing a gadget review out in the wilds. ...

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Boing Boing — ... Recently at Boing Boing Gadgets, we endured Black Friday (which turned out to be Gray Friday for gadgets) and ...

Winter wonderland was a dump
Boing Boing — ... Grace Tyrrell, of Fareham, Hampshire, said there were many health and safety issues and that the toilets were "full to the seat" leaving her six-year-old daughter "disgusted". "The entire day was a joke, and I know everyone else thought so," she said. "The nativity scene (photo left) was a picture on a painted wall which was viewed from a distance and which had everyone we met laughing." "Hundreds slam Lapland Park 'scam'" (Thanks, Joel Johnson!)

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Boing Boing — Today on Boing Boing Gadgets, a graffiti artist left a curious message for Brownlee on his front doorstep, and Joel did not pay six dollars to ...

Motorola Is Officially Junk [Motorola]
Gizmodo — ... cut its long-term corporate credit rating for Motorola to junk status. Last week, though, Moody's Investors Services also warned of future cuts to Moto's rating, which is hanging on two notches above junk. This all means it'll be even harder for Motorola to get cash, like for R&D; or other projects. Clearly, however, none of these people have heard of the Moto Krave, which has a full touchscreen, two megapixel camera and fits right in with sports cars. [WSJ via BBG Faucet] ...

BBtv: Joel Reviews the Philips Norelco Bodygroom (II), Heavily Pettable Edition
Boing Boing — Boing Boing Gadgets editor Joel Johnson writes: The Philips Norelco Bodygroom ($50) is a shaver for men, specially tuned to the harmonic frequencies resonant with the hexagonal shafts of masculine hair for a shave that doesn't just cut your hair — it shatters it. (Or it's just a fancy double-edge electric clipper specifically marketed for men.) Either way I tried one on various bits of my body, including, I discovered to my horror after I had already uploaded the video to the BBtv ...

Thanks For Attending Funde Razor SF! [Announcements]
Gizmodo — Thanks to the readers and their friends who made it out last night to our Funde Razor in SF. Thanks to you all, we raised a fantastic $2360 for Child's Play! The guys over at Boing Boing Gadgets and Kotaku had even bigger takes in their respective cities. So awesome. And hopefully those of you who did stop by made off with some cool items as well. Rock Band was played. Drinks were imbibed. Pictures were taken. Plow through the gallery below to see photographic evidence of the good times had by all. And thanks a lot to all our sponsors, ...

I Dream of CES: Your Input Requested, With or Without Kitteh Assistance.
Boing Boing — ... (Jan 8-11, 2009) with our colleagues over at Boing Boing Gadgets to do video reports from the show floor. Possibly with the assistance of hard-working investigative journalists like the guy you see above (who could frankly ...

Iraqi Shoe-Tosser Guy DDOSes Boing Boing Sort Of
Boing Boing — ... to host all the goodies on archive.org, and have republished after adding some more fun junk to it. Here you are, and you're welcome -- Iraq Shoe Tosser Guy: The Animated Gifs (NOW WITH MORE LULZ) INSTRUCTIVE MORAL: Shoes can be expensive. I could have purchased 5 pairs of actual Manolos for what this blog post cost us in just 24 hours. SELF-INFLICTED PUNISHMENT: I must now wear the hat of shame, shown below. One of the Boing Boing Gadgets guys found this. Please do not hotlink it. In fact, close your eyes right ...

The Road to CES: What do you want?
Boing Boing — (Embedded Flash video above, and here's a downloadable MP4) In just a few weeks, Boing Boing TV will be traveling to Vegas for The 2009 Consumer Electronics Show with the Boing Boing Gadgets guys -- Joel, John, and Rob. We're planning to broadcast video reports from the show floor. We're also bracing ourselves for lots of casino umbrella drinks. To get us started in planning our coverage on the blog in text, photos, and in video, we thought it might ...

Recently at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — Recently at Boing Boing Gadgets, there was a retro 1920's airplane-cockpit clock, a 2mm-thick table, and—Lord help us—Burger King cologne. Still not done your christmas shopping? Make it easy with our guide to wonderful gadgets. Add your suggestions in the comments. If you want an Apple Netbook, see our OSX compatibility chart. If you want to pirate software, see the guilt trip that one firm has in store for you. And if you want to get your hands dry, Dyson's Airblade is where ...

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, we interviewed Douglas Krone, the CEO of new import tech toy store Gizmine; found an astonishing $250,000 wristwatch; and beheld a giant mechanical spider. John saw a spy cam-watch from Brando, an awesome Lego chess set, and—drool!—Moleskine iPod cases. There was also a floating DVD player, a Roomba from 1959, and a crazy 1980s ad with Zack! Lego Maniac!

Joel Johnson on the Road to CES: What Do You Want? (BBtv + BB Gadgets)
Boing Boing — Continuing in Boing Boing tv's "Road to CES" series, Joel Johnson at Boing Boing Gadgets sez: Although we didn't bother with CES last year, this year the Boing Boing team will be out in the cold Las Vegas desert, sifting through piles of sadness incarnate to find the precious products that might actually make our lives — if not truly better — a little happier in the coming year. I'm more excited about going to CES as I have been in a long time. ...

Joel Johnson on the Road to CES: Film Noir Edition (BBtv + BB Gadgets)
Boing Boing — Continuing in Boing Boing tv's "Road to CES" series, Joel Johnson at Boing Boing Gadgets sez: Although we didn't bother with CES last year, this year the Boing Boing team will be out in the cold Las Vegas desert, sifting through piles of sadness incarnate to find the precious products that might actually make our lives ??? if not truly better ??? a little happier in the coming year. I'm more excited about going to CES as I have been in a long time. ...

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, we found an old copy of Ladybird books' How Computers Work, but we're not sure it's from this universe. British advertising regulators banned a Dyson ad they had already cleared and which they agreed was accurate. Psion finally realized that its "Netbook" trademark is slipping through its fingers. Joel found a flat HDMI cable you can embed in drywall, John spotted a surreal Windows ad from Japan, and Rob beheld Sony's new not-a-netbook -- or maybe the case it comes in. ...

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Boing Boing — Recently at Boing Boing Gadgets, we looked forward to Sony's not-a-netbook, wondered at Apple's love of farts, and enjoyed Unboxing Day. John spotted lightsaber nunchaku and an armadillo breadbox. How about a fantastic Rubik's Cube lamp, a 1962 Sears brand chemistry set, and space-age origami? Don't forget your Infinity Man sunglasses! Rob saw a beautiful star atlas, a dubious plastic snow-shoveling contraption, and a cute robot puppy. He wants an Exilim phone ...

Recently at Boing Boing Gadgets... CES!
Boing Boing — ... , where it became clear — even early into the conference — that the recession had hit CES hard. Never the less, Beschizza found a touching reason to be ...

Gadgets at CES Video: Palm Pre Hands-On with Joel and Brownlee, review huddle with Ars Technica
Boing Boing — ... ' Joel and Brownlee got a hands-on demo with the new Palm Pre here, and Boing Boing's video team was there to cover them. Watch the whole review above. In the first half of the video, Brownlee and Joel grill a Palm rep -- who doesn't want to let either of them touch the device -- about features and what's under the hood. In the second half of today's video, our fellas huddle over brews and watered-down show floor drinks with ...

Boing Boing Gadgets at CES (Video): D-Box Motion Chair demo with Joel + special guest Drew Carey
Boing Boing — Our Joel Johnson at Boing Boing Gadgets says, We got a chance to sample the motion simulation gear from D-BOX at this year's CES, including this fantastic new GPH-120 "Home" model that starts at a low, low $3,000. Pricey, yes — but it makes most other home interactive motion systems seem chumpy. If you'd like a direct MP4 download, there you go! And by "we," he means the Gadgets crew with special guest gadgeteer Drew Carey, comedian and host of the long-running CBS ...

Boing Boing Gadgets at CES (Video): Krown Sign Language Translator
Boing Boing — About this Boing Boing video episode, Joel Johnson at Boing Boing Gadgets explains: One of the first thing we actually put our hands on at CES this year was a prototype sign language translation device from Krown Manufacturing called..."The Sign Language Translator". It's essentially just a dictionary that links to videos of man signing words and letters on screen. Basic in execution, perhaps, but also potentially quite handy for teaching yourself how to sign. (I have a couple of deaf ...

Boing Boing Gadgets at CES (Video): Boxee Ready for the Big Time
Boing Boing — ... Rob Beschizza at Boing Boing Gadgets introduces this Boing Boing video review of the open-source video content manager Boxee: Boxee is one of the more fool-proof ways to get stuff like Netflix, Hulu, Comedy Central and even network television to your computer: here's a live demo given to BBG from the loud and booze-soaked floor of CES Unveiled. You can also download it in MP4 format. Join the discussion for this video at Boing Boing Gadgets. ...

CES Video with Boing Boing Gadgets: We Did it.
Boing Boing — ... the hard work of others when I see it. We may all be competitors in the loosest sense, but when you're walking the floors packed primarily with local action news teams, morning madhouse DJs, and lifestyle section stringers for Ladie's Home Journal, it's hard to see all the other online tech writers out there hustling as anything other than friends. If you prefer a direct MP4 download, well then just go ahead and download it why don't you? Join the discussion over at Boing Boing Gadgets. ...

Bulletproof Press Vest - definitely one for the dodgier members of our profession
The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia — ... out to a few members of our honourable cough profession to help protect them in times of crisis. Like when they d written something derogatory about Tom Cruise or Michael Too Big To Fail Arrington. The picture above actually features Joel Johnson of BoingBoing at work. Few people realise he was actually a location scout for a Beverley Hills based SWAT team for several years before he became a journalist. Straight up. I like also the fact that the protection level is unaffected by moisture , knowing as well as I do how damp some hacks can get ...

Rush's YYZ with 13-year-old on drums
Boing Boing — Check out Sara, age 13, rocking out on Rush's YYZ. (Thanks, Joel Johnson!)

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Boing Boing — ... Today on Boing Boing Gadgets we flung ninja star tacks at the walls and listened to the buzz of ...

Today on Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — ... Today on Boing Boing Gadgets we looked at an inexplicable, gravitationally-defiant watch and discovered that ...

Yesterday at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — ... Yesterday on Boing Boing Gadgets: • A woman with uncanny valley fingers showed off the phone watch of tomorrow. • A speedboat in the shape of a guitar ...

BB Video: Inside Electro-Harmonix, guitar pedal engineers and vintage vacuum tubes
Boing Boing — Over at Boing Boing Gadgets, Joel introduces today's episode of Boing Boing Video: After we noticed the Voice Box FX pedal from Electro-Harmonix, I noticed that they were based in Long Island City, just a short train ride away from my place in Brooklyn. Since I'm getting ready to move to Oregon—Hello, Eugene!—I figured I ought to get up there and check out one of the last family-owned music gear companies in America. Turns out that EHX also manufacturers a huge percentage of the world's ...

Global Game Jam (48 hour videogame dev marathon) this weekend!
Boing Boing — ... “World of Goo,” said, “The next big transformation in gaming won't come from a large game studio with million dollar teams and marketing budgets, it will come from some kid in their bedroom with a few pieces of free software and a never ending supply of caffeine and motivation. I can't wait to see the scraggly, brilliantly hacked together beginnings of some of the next great games crawl out of these 48 hours.” A number of us from Boing Boing, Offworld, Gadgets and Boing Boing Video plan to be present in various locations, and we'll be ...

Yesterday at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — ... : • We hung Jeeves and Wooster top hats from the ceiling and called them lampshades. • Rob slathered the walls of his house with ...

Yesterday at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — ... Yesterday on Boing Boing Gadgets, we... • Looked at a neat MacBook netbook concept with shades of the Vaio P. • Found a limited edition speaker even ...

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, our friend Renzo created this wonderful Reutersvärd-inspired heart. Love is an illusion! Rob presented The Gadget Tribes of Technology -- what stereotype are you? John found 3D Star Wars Kites; roasted Gadget Lab's Charlie Sorrel, who has four gadgets to help you quit smoking; beheld The Triceratopter; and found a Wallet made of Tyvek. Joel introduced ...

Global Game Jam has begun! (live video stream)
Boing Boing — Global Game Jam is under way. Live stream above more about the event here and in this previous Boing Boing blog post. Boing Boing Video, Boing Boing Gadgets, and Offworld will be popping up in various cities, give us a shout in the comments if you'd like to give us a shout-out from your location, and send us a video! We'll reach out with upload info. (Thanks, Ustream, Jolon Bankey, and Global Game Jam Costa Rica crew!) ...

If DaVinci invented the iPhone
MAKE Magazine — ... From the makers of Exploded Phone comes the iSteam Phone, a t-shirt depicting an exploded view illustration that asks the musical question: What would the iPhone have looked like if Leonardo had invented it in the 15th century? iSteam Phone [via Boing Boing Gadgets] Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in iPhone | Digg this!

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Boing Boing — Yesterday on Boing Boing Gadgets: • Samsung shoved 32GBs into a single stick of RAM. • We examined some multi-chromatic electromagnetic ...

Global Game Jam continues! Here's live video (without kittens)
Boing Boing — ... , and Boing Boing Gadgets have been on the scene at the Global Game Jam in various cities around the world, and we'll be bringing you some fun post-Jam documentary LOLs next week. For now, check out ...

"Unicorn And Nude Obama on Vacation in Hawaii" Fan-art
Boing Boing — "Camp Lei Nude Obama Unicorn Hawaiian Volcano Art Lacey" on eBay. From the guy who brought you "pancakes on people's heads" art. Someone buy me one for Boing Boing Video's new office, please. (thanks, Joel Johnson)

Yesterday at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — Yesterday on Boing Boing Gadgets: • We learned that we had easy access to 626,369 free songs. • Implored you to stop paying attention to megapixels. • Casio decided to go head-to-head with the iPhone. • We lusted after an awesome shirt of a Helvetica robot. • An army of creepy mannequins pimped the Vaio P. • Professor Rubik announced his successor to the Rubik's cube. • We did not consider very seriously the possibility of paying ...

Yesterday at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — Yesterday on Boing Boing Gadgets: • Brownlee admired a wall-mountable keyhole orb. • Nikon announced a couple Rear Window style ...

Yesterday at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — ... Today on Boing Boing Gadgets: • FujiFilm released a digicam that, for once, didn't try too hard to pimp its megapixels. • Brownlee considered the ...

Yesterday at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — Yesterday on Boing Boing Gadgets: • We considered jamming wooden ear buds into our cochleas. • Bill Gates unleashed malaria-stricken ...

Yesterday at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — Yesterday on Boing Boing Gadgets: • We got the details on an unofficial developer camp for the Palm Pre. • Dell released a sweet new multi-touch capable tablet, the ...

Yesterday at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — ... Yesterday on Boing Boing Gadgets: • Robot faced keytoppers started the robotification of Brownlee's home at the front portal. • We were serenaded by the sound of a thousand iPhone App Store ...

BB Video: Our Networked Report from the 2009 Global Game Jam
Boing Boing — ... of Boing Boing Video is our mini-documentary of the Global Game Jam 2009, a worldwide, networked gamebuilding marathon in which participants have exactly 48 hours in which to conceptualize, design, and build a web-based electronic game. Boing Boing Video's Jolon Bankey was the head organizer for GGJ Costa Rica, and team members there sent in video reports as the 48 hour game-in unfolded. I attended the Los Angeles edition with Matty Kirsch. Boing Boing Gadgets editor Rob Beschizza represented us at GGJ Pittsburgh. And Boing Boing ...

Super Weird Ad for MAC Hello Kitty cosmetics
Boing Boing — ... My colleague Rob turned me on to this one. It's weird from the get-go, but takes an even more odd turn around 2:25. Anyone know who directed? ...

Saturday Morning Watchmen
Boing Boing — Happy Harry made a terrific "reanimation" of The Watchmen as if it was a Saturday morning cartoon. (Follow the link and click "Watch This Movie!") Saturday Morning Watchmen (Thanks, Joel Johnson!) ...

Boing Boing Video (and Offworld!) coming to Game Developers Conference 2009
Boing Boing — Fellow mutants: A number of the residents of greater Boingdom (Boing Boing, Offworld, Boing Boing Gadgets, and Boing Boing Video) are heading to San Francisco from 23-27 March for the annual Game Developers Conference (GDC), and we're planning to do a comprehensive package of live and produced video reports for your enjoyment. Boing Boing Video Live! @GDC09 will be a daily broadcast from our secret headquarters near the GDC, and want to invite you to join the Boing Boing luminaries, video game industry legends, veterans, grunts, ...

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — bull; Take a tour of a Wurlitzer Factory--in 1950. bull; Three years of visualized GPS data track one man's Bay Area runs. bull; Charles Shopsin helped us get our PS3 running as a media player. It's a shame, writes Daniel Campos, that the remote control is so bad. bull; Steamnocchio won a Steampunk art contest. bull; The beautiful Moto Major 350 motorcycle resurfaced, half a century later. bull; iPhone prototypes hit eBay. bull; Dell's got a new rugged laptop out, the E6400 XFR. ...

Freak group photo
Boing Boing — ... Joel spotted this terrific freak family photo. Click to see it larger. It's labeled "Truman State University," perhaps from their archives. Anyone know more about it? ...

Soundwave bracelets
MAKE Magazine — ... is that, as a parent, you record some message to your child ("Drugs are bad, m'kay") and her or she carries that message with them at all times. Not sure that giving a 3D model of a soundwave is really the most direct way of talking to your kids, but it sure gets points for creativity and conceptual chutzpah. It doesn't say anything on the site (that I could find) about recording messages/making bracelets that aren't teen/drug-related. The Sound Advice Project [Boing Boing Gadgets] Read more | Permalink | Comments | ...

Boing Boing Video and Offworld at the 2009 Game Developers Conference!
Boing Boing — The entire Boing Boing Video crew is in San Francisco this week, along with a number of the bloggers from Offworld, BB Gadgets, and Boing Boing, to cover the 2009 Game Developers Conference. And this time, for the first time ever, we're doing it with live video broadcasts. Tune in for conversations in our BBV@GDC studio with special guests from the gaming biz, Tuesday through Friday. Above, a little segment we shot en route to GDC, aboard a Virgin America flight (because if you're flying to ...

Boing Boing Video and Offworld are Broadcasting Live from GDC09 - Tune In Now!
Boing Boing — ... The entire Boing Boing Video crew is in San Francisco this week, along with a number of the bloggers from Offworld, BB Gadgets, and Boing Boing, to cover the 2009 Game Developers Conference. And this time, for the first time ever, we're doing it with live video broadcasts on our new Ustream channel. Tune in for conversations in our BBV@GDC studio with hosts including Matty Kirsch from Killscreen TV,  Xeni and Joel from Boing Boing, visits from Brandon, Cory, and Pesco, and lots of ...

Boing Boing Video live at GDC, Boingers and Special Guests in the Live Video Stream All Day!
Boing Boing — ... Above, Boing Boing Video and Offworld's live streaming channel for 2009 Game Developers Conference. The entire Boing Boing Video crew (Xeni Jardin, Wes Varghese, Derek Bledsoe, and Jolon Bankey) is in San Francisco this week, along with a number of the bloggers from Offworld, BB Gadgets, and Boing Boing, to cover the 2009 Game Developers Conference. And this time, for the first time ever, we're doing it with live video broadcasts on our new Ustream channel. Tune in for conversations in our BBV@GDC studio with ...

Boing Boing Video live at GDC, Boingers and Special Guests in the Live Video Stream All Day!
Boing Boing — ... Above, Boing Boing Video and Offworld's live streaming channel for 2009 Game Developers Conference. The entire Boing Boing Video crew (Xeni Jardin, Wes Varghese, Derek Bledsoe, and Jolon Bankey) is in San Francisco this week, along with a number of the bloggers from Offworld, BB Gadgets, and Boing Boing, to cover the 2009 Game Developers Conference. And this time, for the first time ever, we're doing it with live video broadcasts on our new Ustream channel. Tune in for conversations in our BBV@GDC studio with ...

My Gadget-Loving Nerd Friends: Lisa Katayama and Steven Leckart Writing For BoingBoing Gadgets [Meta]
Gizmodo — I know this isn't facebook/twitter, but my friends Joel Johnson and Rob Beschizza have just picked up my surfing/WIRED buddy Steve Leckart and sweetheart Lisa Katayama as tech writers at BoingBoing Gadgets. If those 4 threw a party, I'd stop playing Xbox and go to it, so to speak. So please stop by and say hello to them. [BoingBoing Gadgets] ...

A Call For Dork Yearbook Submissions [Geeks]
Gizmodo — Joel@Boingboing's new site, Dork Yearbook, is up. I submitted a photo of myself, and Woz just submitted one I haven't seen before: It's a photo of a banner that he, Steve Jobs and Allan Baum were going to unfurl off a roof during graduation or something. If you look closely, you can see the word SwabJob on the bottom, which was mashed up out of the initials SW, AB and "Jobs". They got caught before the prank went down, and I think, later it was revealed that Jobs was bragging about the prank to someone, which lead to ...

Moment of Bladerunner Fanperson-ism: Props
Boing Boing — Joel at Boing Boing Gadgets has an awesome post up with props from Blade Runner and other great sci-fi movies. Deckard's gun is amazing, but my favorite is the manual for the Voight-Kampff machine, used to evaluate replicant/human status in test subjects. Props (BB Gadgets, via MeFi)

Woman publishes book full of text messages sent to her dead husband's cell phone
Boing Boing — ... Shocked, the widowed Fukuda started sending text messages to her dead husband every time she thought of something she wanted to say to him. Things like: "I couldn't live if I didn't think you were still beside me. I can't live [without you]. I'm crying every day" and "I want to call you 'Otosan' to my heart's content. Why do you have to be inside such a small urn?" Every time she sent a message, the phone by his home shrine vibrated (she made sure it was always charged). Woman publishes book full of text messages sent to her dead ...

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — • Brando's "Spy Ear" is a tiny cellphone that always picks up. • Praxionoscope animation is a zoetrope on drugs. • The youngsters these days, with their U-238 Atomic Energy Labs. • General Electric invents Blu-Ray killer. • Behold! Mashamaro the MP3 Rabbit. • The Telos 5000 is an amplifier that costs more than a house. • The new Flip HD mini-camcorder is out. • Fujitsu didn't get the memo about expensive, high-tech pocket computers not ...

And the new editor of Cool Tools is... Bruce Sterling!
bookofjoe — ... Bruce is taking over from the low-key but amazingly professional Steven Leckart. Steven is now more visible writing over at Boing Boing Gadgets, which to my mind now has much of the flavor of the early original Boing Boing. Thanks, Steven. You did a fantastic job! (The "Random Item" was one of his ideas.) One of these days we should meet. (For two years we've only communicated by email and phone.) ...

Laptop pillow
Boing Boing — Over at Boing Boing Gadgets, Lisa Katayama beckons me to this "laptop pillow for sleepy workaholics."

Nine-year-old plays Ozzy
Boing Boing — ... of 6-year-old guitarist Quinn Sullivan playing "Twist & Shout" on the Ellen DeGeneres show. Joel just pointed me to the above Ellen clip from this week featuring 9-year-old Yuto Miyazawa tearing up Ozzy's Crazy Train. ...

Boing Boing Gadgets' Steven Leckart on the radio
Boing Boing — ... Yesterday, KAWL Public Radio's Crosscurrents interviewed Boing Boing Gadgets' Steven Leckart! The fun segment is available online. From the episode description: ...

Top Chair: Herman Miller Embody vs Steelcase
Tech Blog — ... In this episode of Top Chair, BBG's Joel Johnson pits the Herman Miller Embody against the Steelcase to see which office chair reigns supreme. Here's what he thinks: "if I were paying real money and not just begging review samples off of the manufacturers, I'd be hard pressed to pay nearly twice as much for the Embody." Video after the break. ...

Laser-cut gingerbread bridge
MAKE Magazine — ... Via Boing Boing Gadgets comes this model of Berlin's Oberbaum Bridge, being cut with a laser out of gingerbread. The builder hasn't completed the whole thing, but has put up an Instructable slideshow showing his progress thus far. ...

Pick The Perp
Boing Boing — Pick The Perp is a fun site where the aim is pick the perpetrator of a crime from a line up. "Booking mug shots and related information is gathered from arrest records from open sheriff's web sites in the United States of America. Those appearing here have not been convicted of the arrest charge and are presumed innocent. Do not rely on this site to determine any person's actual criminal record. " Pick The Perp (Thanks, Steven Leckart!)

Recently at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — ... • Every gadget expands until it becomes a PC. Any gadget that does not so expand is replaced by one that will. ...

Japan: Man Beaten Into False Confession of Child Murder Set Free After 17 Years in Prison
Boing Boing — Our Lisa Katayama of BB Gadgets, who also maintains the Tokyomango blog about Japanese culture, says, A guy who served 17+ years for child murder in Japan was proved innocent and freed yesterday. He claims he was threatened and beaten into making a confession, and his dad died from shock after his conviction. Sad. Man intimidated into admitting murder is set free after 17 years in prison (Tokyomango)

BB Video: Maker Faire Selects - CandyFab, DIY Screen Printing, Electric Music.
Boing Boing — (Download / YouTube) In today's edition of Boing Boing Video, Mark Frauenfelder and Boing Boing Gadgets editor Lisa Katayama profile three cool things found at the recent Bay Area Maker Faire: The Yudu personal screen printer, an interactive, collaborative, musical Tesla Coil, and a candy-fabbing device from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories. Below, one of the freaky, free-form sugar creations produced (photo courtesy ...

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — Today was Fashion theme day at Boing Boing Gadgets. We had a series of posts about technology and fashion, plus more: *Instructions on how to make a ...

News: Mix: Palm Pre, iPhone 3G S shipment delays, FCC review, 3.0 release
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — ... service. These carriers claim that their inability to offer customers the handsets of their choice makes it difficult for them to compete with the larger carriers in areas where their service overlaps. Notably, the letter raises specific concerns on whether the agreements “place limitations on a consumer’s ability to take full advantage of handset technologies, such as the ability to send multimedia messages or the ability to ‘tether’ a device to a computer for internet use.” [via BBG ] According to a network-wide SMS sent to Hong Kong-based 3 customers notifying users of a ...

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — ... The iPhone 3G S launched this morning (w00t!). Did BBG wake up at 4:45 a.m. and head to Apple's flagship store in San Francisco to: a) shoot video, b) purchase said gadget, c) make fun of fanboys, d) spend 2 hours dealing with AT&T;, or e) all of the above* ? ...

BB Video: Day in the Cloud - Google + Virgin America + Boing Boing
Boing Boing — (Download MP4 / YouTube) Google Apps and Virgin America are teaming up for a day of cloud computing in the clouds: "Day in the Cloud," Wednesday, June 24. Boing Boing will be on board -- me, Rob Beschizza from Boing Boing Gadgets, and our friend Jane McGonigal, of Avantgame and Institute for the Future. In this Boing Boing Video episode, I speak with Porter Gale of Virgin America, and Jen Mazzon, a "digital mom" from Google, about ...

Boing Boing Video gets a website makeover, a guest tweet-blog, and a new url: boingboingvideo.com
Boing Boing — I'm very happy to blog that our two-year-old, Webby-honored video project has undergone a web makeover, thanks to the fine design talents of Boing Boing Gadgets' Rob Beschizza. We have a new url shortcut that's a little easier to remember, too: boingboingvideo.com. You'll notice a large Flash video embed at the top of the new layout -- yeah! A big fat 962 pixel doublewide, baby! This is what video on the web is all about! And, a number of new video-centric, ...

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — Today was Camping Day at Boing Boing Gadgets. Steven and Lisa took some friends and two cars full of gear to Lake Mendocino and churned out a series of reviews, including: * ...

(BB Video) Mile-High Gaming with Virgin + Google
Boing Boing — ... Boing Boing Video episode: our mini-documentary of "Day in the Cloud," a mile-high frag-a-thon aboard two dueling Virgin America planes both eqipped with in-flight WiFi. During the one-hour flights, bloggers and game dorks played games that required internet connections, to compete for netbooks and pure ultimate leetness over their foes. Competing on the plane from Los Angeles to San Francisco (named "YouTube Air"): me (Xeni), Rob Beschizza from Boing Boing Gadgets, legendary internet hilarity farmer Ze Frank, web personality ...

(BB Video) Mile-High Gaming with Virgin America + Google
Boing Boing — ... Boing Boing Video episode: our mini-documentary of "Day in the Cloud," a mile-high frag-a-thon aboard two dueling Virgin America planes both eqipped with in-flight WiFi. During the one-hour flights, bloggers and game dorks played games that required internet connections, to compete for netbooks and pure ultimate leetness over their foes. Competing on the plane from Los Angeles to San Francisco (named "YouTube Air"): me (Xeni), Rob Beschizza from Boing Boing Gadgets, legendary internet hilarity farmer Ze Frank, web personality ...

HOWTO drive a Model T
Boing Boing — Ed Hebb, a volunteer at the Henry Ford Estate, shows how to start and drive a Ford Model T. Now I know. (via BB Gadgets) ...

Boing Boing Video review: Sigma DP2 camera
Boing Boing — ... Join the discussion on this video over at Boing Boing Gadgets, where Joel has also uploaded a slideshow of unretouched images from the DP2! ...

Farewell, Joel Johnson
Boing Boing — Joel Johnson, who led the launch of Boing Boing Gadgets and Offworld, is moving on to work on other projects. We're grateful for all of Joel's hard work and passion and we're eager to see what he does next. He is truly a unique signal worth paying attention to in a very noisy space. Thanks for everything, Joel. We'll miss you. - The Boingers

DataWind UbiSurfer netbook comes with free internet
T3.com All — ... for print Posted by on [image] user comments User Comments ! You need to Login or Register in order to post comments DataWind UbiSurfer DataWind UbiSurfer View all images related articles Related Articles PocketSurfer 2 ready to pounce Sony does the netbook with Vaio Mini W-series Share this: Reddit del.ic.io Stumble Upon Facebook [image] [image] T3's Favourite Sites TechRadar Boing Boing Gadgets Gizmodo Pocket Picks Red Ferret Journal Trusted ...

Is the Leatherman Fuse a dud?
MAKE Magazine — ... comes news of a new tool in the Leatherman family, the Knifeless Fuse. The tool is marketed for "knife-prohibitive situations" and has everything you'd expect on a similar multitool (needlenose/regular pliers, two wire cutters, wire stripper, small/large/Phillips screwdrivers, scissors, file, can/bottle opener, 8″ ruler) except for a blade. But as Steven Leckart says on BB Gadgets: "...The thing's still potentially-lethal and probably won't get through TSA. So really, I don't get it." We don't either. ...

Recently at BBG
Boing Boing — ... • LSD-discoverer Albert Hofmann wrote a letter to Steve Jobs asking him how/why LSD was useful to him. What else did Hofmann say? ...

Tech Week: Twitter English, iPod filming and more Bing please
T3.com All — ... English Get ready for iPod filming 3G dead zones More Bing please And finally... View all images related articles Related Articles T3 Gadget Awards 2009: Green Gadget of the Year Google names its Chrome operating system partners Next-generation Sony Vaio P mini notebook incoming? Share this: Reddit del.ic.io Stumble Upon Facebook [image] [image] T3's Favourite Sites TechRadar Boing Boing Gadgets Gizmodo Pocket Picks Red Ferret Journal Trusted ...

Recently at BBG
Boing Boing — ... • LSD-discoverer Albert Hofmann wrote a letter to Steve Jobs asking him how/why LSD was useful to him. What else did Hofmann say? ...

Final Fantasy A+
CrunchGear — ... via newgrounds.com   Everything I hated in Final Fantasy, in satiric form. via BBG

Spider pizza may be delicious, but I will not be eating it.
Boing Boing — Over at her Tokyomango blog, our Lisa Katayama (also of Boing Boing Gadgets) has a post up about "spider pizza" offered at a pizzeria in Okinawa.

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, we had a special theme day on makeup. Stop by to read about: * three battery-operated mascaras; * why permanent makeup is scary; * how to look hot in high-definition; * a zit zapping gadget called the Zeno; * crazy transformer makeup kits; * a visual history of cosmetics gadgetry; * a video gallery of humanimals; and movie makeup tips. We also wrote about other cool stuff like a laser-cut wooden keyboard, new digicams from Samsung, ceramic knives inspired by ...

Outdoor grill coffee roaster
MAKE Magazine — ... Via BB Gadgets comes a link to this commercially-available coffee roasting drum which fits onto the rotisserie unit of your outdoor gas grill. The roaster drum costs $110. If you're crafty with a little metalwork, I bet you could fabricate one yourself for cheaper. ...

Yahoo launches new home page, now with more Boing Boing!
Boing Boing — We are delighted to see that the new Yahoo front door design (previously code-named Metro) has gone live today, with Boing Boing as one of the featured content partners. You can add Boing Boing, Boing Boing Gadgets, BB Video, and Offworld feeds to your My Yahoo home page with a couple of easy clicks. Woohoo, Yahoo! (Special thanks to the Yahoo team who added Boing Boing to the revamped mix.)

Milk crate composting toilet
MAKE Magazine — ... Erik over at Homegrown Evolution has posted a how-to on using a milk crate, a five-gallon bucket, and a toilet seat to create a dry waste toilet. Even if the idea of "humanure" and the composting of human waste is a gross-out to you, this might still make an easy camping/temp outhouse toilet. Humanure Dry Toilet Made from Milk Crate [via BB Gadgets] From MAKE magazine: ...

Recently at BBG
Boing Boing — BBG dedicated a series of posts to explore various aspects, gear, and ideas specific "climbing." Here's what went down: • We examined three types of artificial rock climbing walls. • Want to climb a tree, like, for real? Here's the pro gear you need. • Want to climb a mountain instead? Go for this gear. • HOWTO: overcome common climbing phobias. • We tested an ultra-light pack stove from Primus. • We revisited the DIY ice mountain ...

Recently at BBG
Boing Boing — BBG dedicated a series of posts to explore various aspects, gear, and ideas specific "climbing." Here's what went down: • We examined three types of artificial rock climbing walls. • Want to climb a tree, like, for real? Here's the pro gear you need. • Want to climb a mountain instead? Go for this gear. • HOWTO: overcome common climbing phobias. • We tested an ultra-light pack stove from Primus. • We revisited the DIY ice mountain ...

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, we had a special theme day on Augmented Reality. *Lisa wrote a feature about Geisha Tokyo Entertainment, the Japanese company that made the virtual maid desktop app that made waves on the Internet last fall; *Steven wrote about wearable computing, pondered future applications of augmented reality, and asked the question: What do pirates call augmented reality? *Rob reviewed the Dyson D22 Motorhead and Pledge's fabric sweeper.

BookTour.com — 'Where authors and audiences meet'
bookofjoe — ... , from his new position in the high tower atop Boing Boing Gadgets , emailed me back, "Best way to keep up to speed on authors coming to speak near you is ...

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — Today at Boing Boing Gadgets... * Watch a cute French TV commercial that turns a Mac into a spaceship; * SOS signs from Internet addiction camps in China; * More on old-timey iPhone horns; * A Disney-themed netbook; * The future of bicycles; * A ceramic kitchen radio; * A new file format made by music labels; * A review of a rugged iPhone case; * iPhone playing cards; * A new long-lasting battery from Sony. Good night!

Sony laptop can’t play Sony disk with Sony drive on Sony TV
CrunchGear — ... of Los Angeles.” Another posulates: Man, you wouldn’t believe the amount of trouble I had hooking up my PS3 to a brand new Bravia TV last month. It still won’t work over HDMI! I truly believe the different departments of Sony Corporation are entirely staffed by different breeds of hamster. I simply state that Sony has gone so far off mission that I wouldn’t be surprised if they start selling Sony Slap-Chops. via BBG

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, you can read about... * A steel key ring screwdriver set; * The GoPro Hero helmet cam; * A man who faked a webcam suicide; * A light made out of thousands of straws; * USB dongles inside the case (pictured above); * The slim PS3 is here!

Carefull, this is not an MP3 player (it’s JT’s fragrance)
CrunchGear — ... everyone knows that so when you’re cruising through Sears or JCPennys, you don’t accidentally buy it. Because, well, chances are that if you read this blog, you probably aren’t the target market for JT’s fragrance. But you know what, if there was an MP3 player like the bottle above, and the bottom part was a fuel cell, I’d be all over it. I’m guessing most of you would be as well. See, we’re definitely not suppose to buy Play. [Play by Givenchy via BBG]

Boing Boing in TIME's "Best Websites of 2009"
Boing Boing — Oh, this is a nice thing to start the week with. TIME very kindly named Boing Boing (and by extension, Boing Boing Gadgets, Offworld, and Boing Boing Video) #8 in their "50 Best Websites of 2009" list. There's also an accompanying video (for which embedding is disabled, oddly), in which you are advised to "visit Boing Boing every single day." We concur! Thank you, TIME editors. * Boing Boing: 50 Best Websites 2009 * View the complete list * TIME video: 50 ...

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing — Lots of fun stuff today over at Boing Boing Gadgets. For example: * A burrito app for the iPhone; * Beautiful pizza cutters; * Glasses that let graffiti writers tag with their eyes; * How many Brompton folding bikes fit in one car parking spot? * Sony's new touchscreen 3G e-book reader; * A note on Steve Jobs' attention to detail; * New Mac ads; * A new line of Sanyo Xacti's; ...and Robocop on a unicorn.

The return of Steve Jobs, and new iPod news on BBG
Boing Boing — This morning in San Francisco, I covered the Apple announcement for Boing Boing Gadgets. The highlights: Steve Jobs made a surprise comeback, iTunes got a makeover, the iPhone has a new OS, iPods got cheaper and slightly fancier, and Norah Jones sang from her upcoming album. ...

Because it's a Saturday...
Core77 — ... ...so maybe I can get away with this, I present to you the two finest pieces of artwork ever brought to my attention by Boing Boing Gadgets. ...

Yet another HDD clock
MAKE Magazine — Lovely hard drive clock. Unfortunately, the text is all in Polish, but you can derive a lot of the details from the hi-res images. HDDClock [via BB Gadgets] Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Remake | Digg this!

Boing Boing: The World's Greatest Neurozine!
Boing Boing — ... • Rob Beschizza and Lisa Katayama, two of our favorite tech writers in the world, are shifting their efforts from BB Gadgets to the front page of Boing Boing. If you're a BB Gadgets reader, don't fret -- now all of that material will be hosted right here. Meanwhile, Rob and Lisa will also get a chance to go beyond the gadget realm to explore the other microuniverses that fascinate them. Rob is also busy as Boing Boing's first ever managing editor -- he does a masterful job of keeping us all in line, even if that line is quite curvy. ...

Hamleys forgets to renew web address
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