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Pixely ’90s Cursors Make Retro-Wonderful Tablet Styluses
By Engadget at 9 September, 2011, 3:40 pm
There was a lot of charm to the bygone experience of using a computer in the ’90s; I remember the nuances of my modem’s soothing screech better than the hook from “I Want It That Way” (which is reallyreallyreally well). And the goofy pointer finger cursor was so wonderful that this novelty cursor tablet stylus is actually kind of tempting. (more…)
Read More >>Mouse On 757 Grounds Flight, Causes Bad Samuel Jackson Imitations
By Gizmodo at 9 September, 2011, 8:00 am
A Nepal Air flight out of Hong Kong has been grounded for two days now due to a mouse onboard a plane. Yes, a rodent mouse. Yes, it’s weird. But also sort of charming, in a disgusting, verminous way. (more…)
Read More >>The Baddest Cake Mixer You’ve Ever Seen
By yanko at 8 September, 2011, 6:20 pm
Some people get a nice photo frame as a store-warming gift, others a calculator or something. The guys at Charm City Cakes West in LA got the Dough Rider — a chromed out, Lakers’ purple-and-gold, ground-effect LED-lighted cake mixer. (more…)
Read More >>AFOL: A Blocumentary Is Required Viewing For Lego Fans
By Engadget at 19 March, 2010, 12:20 am
newVideoPlayer( {”type”:”video”,”player”:”http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9581676&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1″,”customParams”:[],”width”:570,”height”:375,”ratio”:0.75,”flashData”:”",”embedName”:null,”objectId”:null,”noEmbed”:false,”source”:”vimeo”} ); I’ve seen some of the brick masterpieces produced by the AFOL (Adult Fans of Lego) community, but never knew the people behind them were so flat-out charming until I watched this documentary. Also: tons of bricky goodness. (more…)
Read More >>Internet Explorer 9: A Fresh Start, With HTML5
By Gizmodo at 16 March, 2010, 11:55 pm
Ninth time’s the charm, sometimes! At least that’s Microsoft’s hope with IE9, which they’ve just announced at Mix, brings new HTML5 support (including HTML5 video!), hardware-accelerated graphics for text and images, and a totally new Javascript engine. (more…)
Read More >>The B&N Ereader iPad App Is On The Way (But Will Apple Maim It?)
By AutoBlog at 12 March, 2010, 12:22 am
As specumalated in yesterday’s Giz Explains , Barnes & Noble is reportedly coming out with an iPad version, which will, interestingly, include B&N’s bookstore. Really ? (more…)
Read More >>Giz Explains: How You’re Gonna Get Screwed By Ebook Formats
By AutoBlog at 11 March, 2010, 3:00 am
“We use the epub format: It is the most popular open book format in the world.” That’s how Steve Jobs announced the iPad. And wow, that sounds like all the ebooks you own will just work on anything. Um, no. (more…)
Read More >>Paper War Depicts My Youth In Terms Of Paper Aeroplanes
By AutoBlog at 20 February, 2010, 12:20 am
newVideoPlayer( {”type”:”video”,”player”:”http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9491180&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1″,”customParams”:[],”width”:570,”height”:375,”ratio”:0.75,”flashData”:”",”embedName”:null,”objectId”:null,”noEmbed”:false,”source”:”vimeo”} ); You don’t need to speak German to appreciate Papierkrieg (Paper War) by Makaio Tisu – you just need a sibling and/or one long-repressed paper aeroplane obsession. Two children face off, creating paper creations of increasing imagination. And it’s charming . (more…)
Read More >>17 Clever Tricks Of Scale
By Gizmodo at 16 February, 2010, 4:00 am
For this week’s Shooting Challenge , we asked you to abuse the principles of perspective to confound our sense of scale. The results are as charming as the y are clever…or someone took out a second mortgage on that giant Aibo. (more…)
Read More >>Crowbot Puts An Army Of Crows At Your Command
By yanko at 13 February, 2010, 6:40 am
If this Crowbot, which can attract and repel crows with the playback of different recordings, isn’t quite weird enough for you, wait until you hear about Crowbot Jenny, the elusive superhero babe who uses it to command her crow army. (more…)
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