Walt Mossberg Reviews The 3G iPhone
Walt Mossberg (ahead of schedule of course) got his hands on the new Apple iPhone 3G… he likes it but isn’t super impressed. The key points are these: Likes the from factor 3G speeds are a big improvement over the EDGE network… duh Audio and phone quality are better New AT&T pricing plan sucks Battery […]
Sound Of Jello Wobbling Recorded For The First Time
Not exactly a gadget… but there is some technical merit in the soundproof room and recording gear required to do this. Right? This reminds me of the gummy “lighthouses”, am I the only one with the dirty mind?
Weird Crawling Businessman Robot – Gotta Watch It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glUnzzoFUxg Japanese performance artist Momoyo Torimitsu made a robot that looks and acts like a crawling Japanese businessman. The video above shows the robot crawling the streets of Australia… not sure why. Best part of the video is the nurse pulling the pants down and removing an ass panel to replace the battery.
IZAP UV Toothbrush Sanitizer – Get The Poop Off Of Your Toothbrush
I am a big fan of sanitizing everything… especially my toothbrush. Don’t think that running hot tap water on your toothbrush will kill all of the cooties. And, considering your toothbrush hangs out in the bathroom and fecal matter seems to hop surfaces like a little leapfrog… get this case… and quit putting poop in […]
Segway CTO Joins Apple Design Team As VP Of Product Design
Doug Field, a driving force at Segway, is calling it quits and heading over to Apple where he will be the VP of Product Design. Is Apple getting into wheeled gadgets… or is Doug trying on a new hat? Either way, umm I really don’t care.
NosQuito CT100-NS – Does Not Work!
Every year my family descends upon Lake Crescent in beautiful Oregon for our family reunion/4th of July celebration. This year was more of the same… camp fires, beer, wine, marshmallows, boating, fishing, etc… The main difference this year was the amazing amount of mosquitos, BIG aggressive mosquitos! There were so many mosquitos that it was […]
Best Cities For Firework Shows
There are plenty of mediocre firework shows… but if you want to see something truly spectacular then you need to be in one of the following cities on the 4th of July. Los Angeles Chicago New York City St Louis Washington DC Miami Want more details? Read on.
The Google Sari – Spotted In India
I guess the Indian’s love Google more than most. The Google-themed sari was found in a fancy shopping mall in Guragon, India near Delhi. [Source]
Asus Unveils Eee Box PC
Asus has officially announced their latest PC, the Eee Box PC. The computer, which is nothing super exciting, is available in a handful of colors, uses an Intel Atom N270 CPU (1.6GHz), 1GB of DDR2 Memory, 80GB Hard Drive, 802.11 (b,g,n), Giga LAN, and a card reader. Ok?
Make Vista Boot Faster, Assuming You Have Multiple Cores
If you have Windows Vista… and it boots slow… and you have a multiple core CPU… read on. You can speed up the booting process by doing the following: “Run msconfig (type it into the Start search bar, press enter). Click boot, then advanced options. Then change the number of processors to 2 or 4 […]