WTF is a Honda U3-X and why?!
Yet again, scratching an itch we didn’t know we had, Japan offers a bolder alternative to Segway. Well technically it’s just a smaller, slower and much fruitier alternative. Apparently the Honda U3-X was built on the “huge success” of the robotic technology used in the ASIMO (the robot famous for its hemorrhoidal walk). The Honda […]
Segway Alternative – Bolder And Blacker…
As many of you know, I like picking on the Segway as the epitome of technological “mas puto” and the sign of the impending Apocalypse. Well, this morning a question was answered that plagued me for years (not really but please go with it). What would happen if an old Penny-farthing bike and Segway, ground […]
Belarus Style School Gear – To Pimp And Protect
A clothing company Slavianka in Belarus (once Soviet Russia) is busy cranking out business style school uniforms that protect the kids from electromagnetic radiation beaming from the kids cell phones! Specifically, these uniforms include a special shielded pocket, and for the pocket-challenged girls there is a special shielded purse. Not sure if the phone is […]
Sony Takes A Cheap Shot At The Amazon Kindle
That’s right, Sony is taking two cheap shots at the Amazon Kindle – a $199 shot and a $299 shot. Sony announced plans to launch two new, El-Cheapo (by Sony’s standards), electronic readers aiming directly at the Amazon Kindle. The Marketing Jedis at Sony even came up with wickedly snappy names that roll off […]
Microsoft Windows Live OneCare Customers Get The SHAFT!
A friend of mine bought a pretty fresh SONY laptop (Vista 64bit OS), and without consulting with me, purchased Microsoft’s Windows Live OneCare antivirus, backup, firewall, spyware removal “software solution”. Read on for the details of why you want to avoid using Microsoft OneCare!
The new Samsung NC20 is blacker and 2 inches bigger!
Last year, in anticipation of my Euro Trip, I bought the Samsung NC10-14GW notebook and was excited enough about it to write a semi glowing review. This year I decided to upgrade to the new Samsung NC20-21BK, feeling emboldened by the Obama administration, brimming with Hope and Change over the state of the economy ……juuuuust […]
Pirate Bay Whores Out For $7.8 Million
Some say you can’t put a price on principles, those people are left eating crow time and time again. Welcome to the real world! The Pirate Bay, the world’s largest BitTorrent tracker, undoubtedly the world’s largest distributor of bootlegged copyrighted material, the guys who talked a Big Game about values and not selling out,
From Russia, With Bike
Gennady Kolesnikov, a self proclaimed inventor philosopher from a small mining town of Gukovo in the Russian Federation, a town previously unknown for its philosophical or inventing prowess, attempted to improve upon bicycle design by adding an extra wheel… While for some, the idea of inventing a “better” tricycle immediately conjures up valid questions about […]
Teh Hardcorez Reveals That The iPhone 3GS Is Underclocked
Hot off the press, the true Uber Geeks are already gutting their Apple iPhone 3GS phones. The most obvious and the most wood popping discovery thus far is the Samsung S5PC100 processor that’s powering the latest iPhone. But the S5PC100 does not appear to be “going to eleven”, its only running at 600MHz instead of […]
Screw The Recession – $12.1 Million For A Ferrari
On Sunday, the fourth Testa Rossa evah built went for a frosty sum of 12.1 million dollars. That’s right, someone not shamed by the concept of Wealth Redistribution, has dished out 12.1 Million dollars for the 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa. This uber ride is surely guaranteed to land copious quantities of poon, speeding tickets, […]