Remember the PhotoFast compact flash adapter that would accept up to 4 microSD cards, allowing them to be used in a CF-only DSLR? Well the company’s JBOD USB Flash Drive is the exact same idea. It uses the JBOD or ‘just a bunch of disks’ protocol to make up to 4 microSD cards appear as a single USB flash drive when attached to your PC, and while the microSD cards can all be different sizes, the total supported capacity maxes out at 64GB. ~$64 from Geek Stuff 4 U.
Back before the whole world went nuts about Twilight there was another set of books/movies which drove tweens wild. I am of course speaking of Harry Potter. Sure, there are still a pair of movies to be released, but I’d say the excitement has died down considerably. That didn’t stop one creative individual from crafting a magical artifact from the Potter universe using muggle technology.
The Weasley family had a peculiar clock which instead of telling time, informed you where each individual was located. So how would one get a timepiece to display such information? Through the magic of Twitter, of course.
Your hybrid is great and all (never mind that it’s arguably more wasteful of resources than my old Volvo), but it’s no longer cool enough to just have a hybrid. Everybody is producing hybrids now, and they’re just not making enough progress where progress needs to be made. There are a few companies, though, who are actually stepping up and taking a risk on vehicles that don’t use gas engines as their primary means of propulsion. Check them out, after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Our old pal James Grahame from Retro Thing recently released three T-shirt designs. This is what he has to say about them:
After months of top secret R&D, we’re proud to unveil three limited edition Retro Thing shirt designs. They were created pixel-by-pixel on a curmudgeonly old Atari 130XE, ensuring maximum authenticity and the most convoluted workflow since the Apollo missions.
Each pixel tee is screen printed on a heavyweight 6.1oz Gildan Ultra Cotton shirt in Madison, Wisconsin by a genuine American named Rick. There’s no digitally printed tomfoolery here, nor are our shirts made by 3-week-old kittens slaving at gunpoint in North Korean sweatshops.
We’re big fans, so head over there before December 8th to order yours, for all of $14.
We’re sad this is just a concept. This product should be made right now. And anyone that wants to send the smokers in their life a little message should buy them and give them as presents. Or the really cynical smoker can buy them himself. Either way, we’re totally seeing a market for these.
The design is from R.J. Reynolds Ukraine. Yeah, we wondered about that name too and whether it was some kind of pun. But unless it’s all an elaborate joke, it seems to be the work of one Richard Joshua Reynolds. We’re getting imaginative here and smelling the trademark infringement lawyers in the air already if this ever takes off…
We understand sport venues’ desire to charge outrageous prices for their alcoholic beverages. Just as much as we hope they’ll understand our desire not to get gouged just because we want to watch a game live. Bringing your own booze is a great alternative! Of course that’s all fun and games until security catches you and forces you to throw your flask away. It’d be much better if it was one of these cheap, ($15 for a 3-pack) disposable, re-usable flasks.
These 7.5 oz. reusable foil pouches are portable, freezable, pocketable, and easily disposable, and feature airtight plastic lids that won’t leave tell-tale leakage marks on your clothes.
You realize, we’re sure, that the item’s usefulness is not limited to sports venue. Here are other suggestions: funerals, your kid’s play, church, a breakup dinner, dance club…
We first met Autom two years ago, back when she was a resident of the MIT Media Lab. Since then, she’s been significantly redesigned and her parent company, Intuitive Automata, is almost ready to unleash her upon the overweight world. Autom is sort of like your own personal weight loss coach, except she doesn’t annoy you by being human and in better shape than you are. Instead, she simply tracks your eating and exercise habits and talks to you about your daily progress. She’s able to figure out what works best for you and what doesn’t, adapting to your needs as they change. And she does a good job, apparently: people using Autom to help with their weight loss will keep to a diet and exercise routine for twice as long as people using more traditional methods…
Apple has managed to get the power adapter for their iPods and iPhones pretty small over the years, but if you still hate dealing with white cables you might want to consider DLO’s WallDock. ($24.99) It plugs into any wall outlet and thanks to a pivoting dock connector and cushioned top, your iPhone or iPod simply has to lean back against the wall and rest while its battery is recharged. Of course the design means the WallDock can’t really be used with a power bar, so if that’s all that’s available you’ll just have to suck it up and go back to using your sync cable.
To say that gamers haven’t really been blown away by the new Tony Hawk Ride game and its skateboard controller is an understatement. And while the Wii Fit balance board can be used with snowboarding, skiing and skateboarding games, it also lacks a certain something, which I think the FriiBoard remedies.
It’s nothing more than a curved plastic base that attaches to the underside of the balance board allowing it to rock slightly in all directions. Not enough to make balancing difficult, but more than enough to make most balance board compatible games more entertaining and slightly more realistic. I would almost call it a must-have add-on if you already have Wii Fit at home, but the $45 price tag is a bit steep for a piece of plastic. (Available soon!)
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