1, Dec 2008
Gas Powered Snowboard

Lazy snowboarders rejoice… a new gas powered snowboard is here.  This yellow monstrosity can take a fat guy like me (up to 250lbs) for a two hour ride at speeds of up to 18mph.  The gas powered snowboard uses a 6.5hp 4-cycle gas motor and is available for $2,000.

25, Nov 2008
iPod Dock That Upscales Video To HD

Considering everything is going to HD… makes sense that you would want to try and watch your iPod videos on your HD TV without having to use a lesser input.  Just checkout that backside… Aay Chiwawa! The HomeDock HD Pro, "takes your stored media and pumps it out via HDMI…

24, Nov 2008
Remote Control Car – Paintball Assault Vehicle

A crafty fellow named Chris Roger’s converted an RC car into a paintball shooting assault vehicle named WROMP.  His description is most likely better than mine… “this is a weaponized version of the Remotely Operated Mobile Platform. It is wirelessly controlled from a safe zone using a color wireless Audio-Visual…

19, Nov 2008
Kanguru eSata and USB Flash Drives

Not sure whether you are USB or and eSATA type… don’t choose… get both.  The Kanguru e-Flash drives have both eSata and USB on the same flash drive. The eSATA is powered, and Kanguru tossed in a eSATA + Power bracket and eSATA + Power cable for whichever scenarios might…

19, Nov 2008
Oil-Less Turkey Fryer – The Big Easy

Just in time for the holidays.. the Char-Broil’s “The Big Easy” Oil-less infrared turkey fryer.  Everyone knows, or should know, that a deep fried turkey tastes amazing.  The downsides to frying a turkey are the dangers of cooking a huge tub of hot/flammable oil… and the affects on your waste…

18, Nov 2008
Yamaha’s My Room II – Sound Proof Singing Room

  Everyone knows that the acoustics in the shower are some of the best for singing… just ask my neighbors… but there is the problem… my neighbors can hear me singing.  Yamaha has a solution to this with a little sound proof room called the My room II.  Yamaha’s My…

17, Nov 2008
IQAir – The Ultimate In Air Purification

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPpdHLrhYIQ I am not usually one to get excited about air filters… but that is because most of them tend to suck.   I have tried many brands and types of air filters, including the famous Sharper Image ones (which spew ozone).   Long story short… I always just assumed…

17, Nov 2008
Incase Power Slider – iPhone Case With Built In Battery

We have seen many of the add-on batteries for the iPhone… and frankly most suck.  The Incase Power Slider has to be the best example of a external battery… and heck it even doubles as a hardshell case.  The Incase Power Slider uses a lithium-ion battery, an optimized power management…

13, Nov 2008
WTF Stamp – Perfect For Most Corp Jobs

How often have you read a note or report from a colleague and thought… WTF?  Time to stamp it and send it back with the WTF stamp for only $6.99.  Would be perfect for teachers too but we Americans are a bit too uptight for that.  I would run out…

13, Nov 2008
Spam A$$hole Shut Down In San Jose, California

San Jose California was the home to McColo, a ISP/hosting company that apparently was a major source of the world’s spam email. The company was shut down after investigations by the Washington Post’s Security Fix Blog fingered McColo as a major spammer.   The good news… spam volumes dropped immediately by…