See it in action and get excited.
Watch this video for more technical details.
It’s dirt cheap and a great toy. Me want badly - even though I can’t play an instrument. But I think it’s a great toy to get into music.
More? Official Site - and some more electro pr0n at ThinkGeek
Need to make some money with religious devotionalia? Then buy Fred’s Holy Toaster Stamper - and a book on "How to sell stuff on eBay". Don’t miss all the other great stuff from Fred!
*Thanks to Jason for another great tip*
I love the mind behind these great designs. Make sure to explore the whole Glennz Blog for more brilliant designs - or simply buy one you like on his site or check out his huge portfolio of T-shirts on threadless.
Shopping doesn’t make you horny or provide any form of therapy, but it for sure makes your poorer. Your credit card company will love you tho …
I actually think this nutty product is a good idea. I haven have cold hands while writing - although my room is heated. The only thing I don’ like are the many cables - I think I am gonna use some old fashioned wireless gloves …
MSNBC has a nice feature highlighting the “debate” Paper vs Plastic. Pretty idiotic: let’s get rid of these stupid plastic bags. Paper is the way to go - or simply use a reusable bag made out of cotton …
I love fluffy tech and I like monsters. So this Monster Notebook Sleeve is just fucking brilliant. It even has a proper mouth and tongue when you open the monsters “jaws” to insert your precious machine.
Check it out!
In recent years we have seen an explosion of girly tech - gadgets specifically designed to appeal to woman’s sense of cuteness, styling and beauty.
But this new Sony Ericson phone in combination with it’s product website really takes the cake. A gold-pink cell phone is bad enough - but on a neon-green background?
Gimme a break. I’ll sue them for eye cancer!
But there are many golden, pink and other soft coloured gadgets out there - that are equally bad in terms of design and colour harmony.
Are woman really that hungry for pinkness in their mind? You girls know that pink is used to reflect your genitalia.
So in that context the Sony Ericson cell phone above ’says’: pink pussy below - and attracted to gold in the head, press the knobs to make her ring …
So Ladies - and don’t forget to ‘Bling’ your pink gadget to increase the girly ranking in your circle.
Shitsenders does exactly what the name says. They collect some nice poo, package it and send it to a friend of yours. You can choose between a variety of dung (cow, elephant or gorilla) - depending on your level of friendship and depth of message you want to send.
The price? About 20 to 30 US Dollars. The effect on the receiving end? Priceless …
*I will not mention your name - but thanks for sending in that shit*
I am sick and tired of Apple getting all that hype for it’s new MacBook Air. My Samsung Q-35 is already 14 months old and isn’t considered a hot item these days. Here are some numbers to illustrate my point that Samsung built a great machine over two years ago that still is almost as good as Apples new Yuppie gadget:
Weight:
Apple: 1.36 kg
Samsung: 1.9 kg
CPU:
Apple: Intel Duo 2 Core / 1.6 Ghz
Samsung: Intel Duo 2 Core / 1.6 Ghz
Battery Life (according to official propaganda):
Apple: 5 hours
Samsung: 4 hours
Display:
Apple: 1280×800
Samsung: 1280×800
Dimensions:
Apple: 325 x 227 x 4 - 194 mm
Samsung: 299 x 214 x 27.4~35.8 mm
My Samsung has more ports (Ethernet, Modem, 2x USB, Firewire, PCMCIA card) and INCLUDES a DVD drive plus a slot for all sorts of memory cards (why is that missing in a Mac?).
The Mac has a built in video camera and better graphics card (no surprise two years later). The 80 GB hard drive is more or less identical. The Mac has a bit newer Bluetooth and WiFi, but not that much different or better.
The new Apple keyboards are terrible - dunno if the MacBook Air feels as rubbery as these. The Samsung keyboard is brilliant - since I write a lot this was an essential point for me.
The new trackpad in the Mac seems to be a big innovative plus, but I am not sure if it makes any difference while writing or designing. Most people use an extra mouse even while traveling - and hardly anyone does design work with Photoshop or Illustrator using the trackpad anyway.
The Samsung Q-35 is no longer available - but you can get it’s successor Q-45 under 1.000 Euro with more power, bigger drive, CPU and better graphics. The new MacBook Air will set you back 1.600 Euros with NO DVD drive …
Every bathroom Elvis needs one! Don’t forget to squeeze it hard, when your singing gets too emotional … let’s foam and groan!
(Big audio geek rant ahead - just ignore it if you are not a sound nut like me 
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To say that I am a audiophile person would be a bit of an understatement. I hardly leave the house without my iPod and even while working I love to listen to music via headphones. My brain simply loves to be close to the sound of music.
There are three things in my life were I am constantly looking for a better gadget: keyboards (because I type a lot), mouse (for smooth clicking) and headphones (I only have that set of ears). Sure I also love to shop for good monitors (because I want to be nice to my eyes as well) and a kickass computer - but usually both items don’t need changing only every two years.
When it comes to my ears I am VERY picky. As a kid I had several serious infection and some operations on my ears - so I am extra sensitive when it comes to my eardrums. Plus I still can hear grass growing although I had these operations and tortured my ears with techno music in the early 90’s. Yes, I will donate my amazing ears to science when I die …
In the age of the every shrinking music players buying the right and good headphones is important as well as a joke. Why? Because of sound compression and bad sound chips.
Compression: Many MP3s sound like shit, because they have been ripped with a low compression setting (like 128 or 192 kps) and therefore ‘hiss’ or ‘jitter’. So with good headphones you can hear all these ‘damages’ done to good music. I try to get the highest quality rips for my music collection - it should be at least 256 kps or more.
Sound Chips: This little bugger transforms your digital MP3 files back into proper music. Most PCs have terrible sound chips, their quality makes most sound engineers weep and kill themselves. If you combine a bad sound chip with a low quality MP3 than you get the sound quality of a 1930’s radio transmission.
iPod’s are supposed to have good sound chips, but are still vulnerable to bad MP3s (shit in - shit out). That is one of the reasons why Apple pushed it’s AAC sound format when it introduced the iPod and iTunes - they wanted to make sure people got ‘well ripped’ music onto their new gadgets.
My serious headphones (Sennheiser HD 555): amazing sound quality and size. I feel like an Easter bunny wearing these. But with these good music is a revelation - they really make you LISTEN. Most excellent sensation my friends …
My machine actually comes with an acceptable SoundMax HD chip and some software based SRS sound. It is actually amazing how well this machine sounds WITHOUT external speakers. This little machine is enough to keep my small room filled with a decent sound - although not too much bass.
I use the small earplugs and earphones only with my iPod for portability reasons. The big Sennheiser is made for more serious audio - the pricetag of over €100 makes that painfully clear. The Sennheiser also mercilessly kicks the digital setup in the butt: every little hiss or frequency distortion is played back in it’s lousy inadequacy. Thank you so very much you overpriced set of ear muffs!
High Quality MP3s make a big difference here. Never mind the extra space they eat on my hard drive - it’s worth every minute of smooth sound.
With cheaper headphones you will hardly notice the differences, because they blur the sound anyway.
Small is beautiful! A note to Apple - please don’t sell me an overpriced MP3 player with such shitty earplugs. Everyone I know has thrown them away after unpacking …
The big Sennheiser sure sound great with the iPod as well, but is unpractical for the road. Plus the plug is made for big hifi equipment and therefore needs a ‘bridge’ for the smaller plug. The whole thing as actually big and clunky - and almost the same size as the iPod. Not something you want in your pocket.
My earplugs (Sony MDR-ED 31) - small, easy to carry around and quickly stuff into my pockets if needed. Good sounds, lacks a bit bass. Feels a bit like someone sticking fingers into your ears.
All iPods have a built in ’sound barrier’ - which especially annoys kiddies, since you can’t crank up the volume. You can ‘improve’ the sound a bit with the different equalizer settings, but once again low quality MP3 will hiss at you like a bunch of mad snakes. So once again it pays off to rip your music at a higher setting.
The Sony earplugs are nice to wear and don’t seal up your ears like so many other similar products. They sound good and very convenient for traveling.
My travel setup (AKG Acoustics K 412 P): for some good sounds and keeping the public noise out of my ears. Excellent sound quality - and they can be folded together, so they use less space in my messenger bag.
The AKG headphones are the best compromise between transportability and sound quality. You can actually fold them together, so they get even smaller. The audio quality is very good and they even have a warm and pleasant bass.
As a good consumer I have bought all the right products for each audiophile situation. Perfect - until we finally get some decent and usable Bluetooth headphones and iPods with built in Bluetooth as well. Then I can FINALLY get rid of all the cables and go wireless … and buy new headphones!
I hardly can remember my first (cheap) stereo system which was all the rage back then. You simply had to had a decent HiFi system at home - just a simply tape and record player was not enough to grantee your social status. Every since the 80’s audio freaks have gone overboard with special preamps, super CD-Player and all that expensive boy toys.
In that context I find it cynical that most people are now hooked to cheap ass speaker system on their computers to listen to badly ripped MP3 files. So the new digital revolution actually was a downgrade in sound quality compared to audio CDs and a good stereo system.
But never mind. It’s small and portable or big and clunky on your desktop - but most of all it’s bloody convenient! So we see once again new high tech gimmickry to give is better sound. JBL, Apple and many others offer a gazillion highly evolved speaker system to play your hissing and badly compressed MP3 files in your living room.
Ah, the irony of high tech. But at least it looks cool when it sounds like shit.
And another great USB gimmick. This one actually keep you fit - or at least helps you to walk a bit more …
The Pedometer tracks how many steps you have made. Via USB you connect the device with your computer and feed the data into a statistic and fitness website. Nice!
Motivation not included.
The ‘electronic book’ was already dead when it was first proclaimed as the next big thing on CD-ROMs. But nobody bought those shiny edutainment books on CDs, no matter how annoyingly they stuffed down our throats. Remember when almost every magazine had a silver disc attached to it?
Then came the mainstream web and the browser - and once again the book was considered dead by tech pundits - the web was the new "electronic book". This didn’t stop companies like Apple, Sony and Palm to also sell their PDA’s as new "electronic books".
Everybody knows that reading a long text on screen sucks - even on very good screens. But Amazon.com has decided they do it all better. Their new "electronic book" reader is called "Kindle" (which is already a weak name) and it has WiFi, built in search, a weird keyboard and an extra nice screen, so we can read it in the bright sunlight.
Forget Kindle - buy an Asus Eee PC …
Amazon has rolled out a huge launch page on it’s site with many videos, reviews, celebrity endorsements and stuff you can already download via your Kindle.
But the user reviews are a disaster. Anyone reading the specs of this ‘contraption’ immediately sees that it is hardly state of the art. And it lacks basic PDF support among other things, battery lifetime is too short and the thing is simply bloody ugly. They should let Apple design a new one.
But for the most part it’s totally overpriced: $399 for a simple eBook reader? You can buy for less dollars any old decent Palm and get more value for your money. Or you buy a really cool and more useful Asus Eee PC for also $399. It’s bloody small, has a proper browser and office suite - and can also be used to view eBooks.
Of course for $399 you can buy many books and magazine … without all the digital hassle and simply read without worrying about battery time and sunlight reflection on your display.
Computer Aided Gardening! No shit Sherlock. This thing comes complete with seeds, a program to monitor the growth, a watering reminder (very handy!) and bookmarks for further information to grow a digital green thumb.
I am wondering how many nerds use this to grow their own drugs with this? But it’s a great idea.
I am afraid the plant won’t be enough to offset the greenhouse gases your computer creates. But it’s a start to start your own CO2 emission program.
I am usually not much of a fashion person, but I do like T-Shirts (and other crap) with a mission. Jeremy Kalgreen has created some cool designs and used the many shopping system on the intranets to sell his wares.
But I really do like the designs and humor behind them. If you gonna wear something wacky, than choose something good like this.
Buy here: http://wearscience.com/
There is no such thing as a big enough monitor. So I upgraded from a 19" to 22" monitor. This Samsung beast is excellent: great contrast, brilliant colours and brightness like a sunbed. I only wish it was a little bit bigger …
Love H.P. Lovecraft? Love cool Toys? Then head over to Dreamland Toyworks - they have some nice plastic paypals for you and me.
I think these are fucking brilliant!
So far the U2 iPod was pretty unique for some time. But now more and more Celebs discover the tech market for merchandise deals.
The J. Lo USB-Stick … sooooo coooool!
Can’t wait to see stuff like the Nokia Paris Hilton edition - silvery cell phone with gems and glitter. Sometimes celebrity endorsement is simply more then stupid.
And I hardly trust Madame J. Lo to give good support for my USB-Stick if it’s broken …
Yeah, USB Gadgets are gonna save the world some day - and clean your desk! Get this gadget here.
Watch the video …
That’s more I can take for one weekend. Modern consumerism doesn’t know any limits and insults my cultural sensitivity all the time!
Ouch! This means war … or I order some here.
I just love this: this shirt literally shows you the good vibes around you - actually the strength of a nearby WiFi connection. God bless modern geeky consumerism. Another great gimmick from ThinkGeek.
Full review @ Everything USB
This is not a Mouse - this is a highly complicated input device for 14 year old wankers. It is amazing what some people are willing to buy to prove they have a dick.
Actually some MS mice are pretty nice. This one - nope …
I just don’t get it. So many people are into Nazi porn, buying Hitler’s dinner plates, Wehrmacht medals or old German Helmets. I understand the fascination for weapons - but not for a perverse political dogma that ruined Europe.