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I have a thing for freaky looking chicks. And to me, that’s a term of deep admiration, not an insult. Lately, the freaky chick I’ve been paying attention to is Amy Lee from the band Evanescence. She’s very pretty, and into the goth freaky look.
See? Pretty. Freaky. Mmmmmm. I looooove those boots.
[tags]Amy Lee, Evanescence, Freaky hot chicks, Eye candy[/tags]
What can I say – I really want to get myself one for my Jeep.
Think the tracking on that can handle the bumps? (via boingboing)
[tags]Highway hi-fi, I have to get one[/tags]
The site is lacking details on the when and where of this, but I couldn’t pass up showing this beautiful wooden keyboard shown at COMPUTEX 2007 up for view at aving.net.
Make that in a split keyboard style and I’ll have to get one. Of course, with how much time I spend on the computer, I suspect a wooden keyboard would wear down too quickly to be worth the price.
[tags]aving.net displays wooden keyboard, COMPUTEX 2007 show – wooden keyboard[/tags]
Really, wouldn’t you think this was a rather obvious idea, even if few places makes use of it?
The Unclutterer weblog points out a really neat home design idea: a staircase that doubles as a set of storage drawers.
As the article at LifeHacker points out, this is something done on yachts and boats where space is at a premium. Still, it’s not something I can ever recall reading about before.
[tags]Turning steps into storage space[/tags]
Geeks need cool, useless toys. I’ve covered that often enough here on the site that it should be pretty clear already. Many times, I’ll find cool toys that I don’t comment on or post, just because I find about 3-4 gadgets and toys a day. But occasionally, I find a toy that’s just too useless and cool to not mention. Today, I point out the USB plasma ball.
Absolutely no use, true, but really cool. Especially for us older geeks – a throwback to our youth days when these things were more common. (via Tingilinde)
[tags]USB Plasma ball, Cool geeky USB toy[/tags]
This is hard for me to explain concisely and well, so I’ll just slap up the image, direct you to the details of construction, and let you marvel at the interactive touch-board LED-based tetris game.
What is this thing? It’s the game of Tetris but played on a device that is composed of 240 buttons. So if you want to move the Tetris block right/left, you simply touch a button left or right of the current piece. To rotate a block you touch a button in one of the top two rows. And to drop a block you touch the bottom row. It’s a hands on Tetris game! Watch:
A few ‘wow’ numbers:
- 16 microcontrollers
- Total of 256 MIPS
- 720 LEDs
- 1.5A current draw
- 1300 lines of code
- 28800 bits being updated per second
- 9 people
- ? man hours
The full write-up is extensive and very interesting. There are pictures of the 2×2 board that is the basis for the entire system. But as awesome as it would be to have this, their estimate for pricing is around $1500. I believe that’s a touch more than the wife would let me spend.
[tags]Awesome touch-reactive tetris board game[/tags]
This is a gift that really few folks currently would understand outside the geek community, but I want it. The motion picture industry has been aggressively targetting bloggers and other manner of web site operators who have published the secret magic numbers needed to allow otherwise unauthorized software and hardware to decode and display high definition video from HD-DVDs. Of course, their actions have made the number spread more quickly than it probably would have otherwise. Since I am a follower of the law, I will not publish the number here. However, I would like to link to this cool shirt that ThinkGeek has for sale and mention to my viewers that this would make a great gift for me.
Meeting notes from a recent hypothetical meeting in the AACS-LA* office.
Lessons Learned:
- When trying to keep a secret, serving people legal notice re: its existence slightly less than effective. Possibly deploy ninjas next time?
- Members of online communities object to posts being removed. Ask owners of affected sites to replace posts with smiley face emoticons.
- Allowing lawyers to create public relations policy = bad idea.
- “Cease and Desist” kinda does the opposite.
Action items:
- See what other numbers we can get. Check on availability of 0 and 1 as vital part of circumvention technology.
- DMCA not working: investigate banning computers?
- Appeal to the kids. Introduce “Ernie the Encryption Key!”
- Expire the key. They can’t possibly crack it again, can they?
No, I won’t tell you what the number is that the motion picture industry is trying to protect. I do think option 1 under the Lessons Learned will serve the company well in the future, though – don’t you?
[tags]Perfect gift for the geek in your life, The shirt the motion picture industry doesn’t want you to have[/tags]
The picture, she is being worth one thousand of words and more!
A waffle meant for the true geek in your life. (via boingboing)
[tags]The typewriter waffle-iron[/tags
Another eye candy post that’s really just for me. I don’t know many folks who have the hots for Ms. Ricci, but I’ve had a thing for her for so many years it’s absurd.
[tags]Eye Candy, Christina Ricci[/tags]
Finally. The long-overdue PSP price drop has come to be. Starting April 3rd, the PSP core pack will be just $169.99.
Were you planning on picking up a Sony PSP tomorrow from your local Gamestop or EB Games? Excellent. Were you planning on paying for it? Super excellent. As a reward for your unquestionable moral values, you’ll be given a $30 discount on that purchase of “the past”. You see, as of April 3, the PSP Core Pack is being marked down from $199.99 to $169.99.
I’ve been planning on getting a PSP for a while. Looks like another push for me to get out and do it.
[tags]PSP price drops $30, PSP core now $170[/tags]
If I ever saw a dream job, this story about the offerings for game reviewers in Australia certainly seems to be the one I’d try to get.
Former editor of Official Australian PlayStation 2 Magazine Richie Young got his weekly editorial off to a very controversial start by suggesting that corruption is rife in the Australian gaming press.
Young’s accusations include reviewers being offered sex and money to change review scores, backroom deals in exchange for “exclusive” stories, elaborate gifts like overseas trips, and advertising support influencing review scores.
Time to start looking for a job down, I suppose, so I can pay the bills until I get the dream job.
[tags]Australian game reviewer offered sex for exclusive stories and better review scores[/tags]
Look familiar? That’s a modern remake of a really, really, really cool game from nearly 25 years back alongside a screenshot from the original.
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