Photos: Heather Beschizza
Sorapot is a stylish and expensive teapot made from stainless steel and pyrex. Designed by Joey Roth, it is undeniably a beautiful creation. There's even a matching teacup.
But is tea brewed in it any …
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Photos: Heather Beschizza
Sorapot is a stylish and expensive teapot made from stainless steel and pyrex. Designed by Joey Roth, it is undeniably a beautiful creation. There's even a matching teacup.
But is tea brewed in it any …
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Unexpected, at least in Steel city! Many have no reservation.…
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The Sinclair Sovereign, a pocket calculator
from 1976. [Planet Sinclair]…
Joey Roth, designer of the wonderful Sorapot, has a new creation: Ceramic Speakers.
… Read the restAs you can see, it's a speaker system made from porcelain, cork, and maple wood. I wanted to reduce the speaker system to its most simple
T-Mobile's Sidekick data outage entered its third day on Sunday, according to The Consumerist. The official word:
… Read the restWhile we anticipate a significant portion of data services to be restored by Monday, some richer data services may lag. We sincerely
Via RGS…
Read the restBobster855's collection of ancient "National Lampoon" advertisements is fantastic--like a cross between comic book ads and Skymall.
I'm pretty sure that digital grandfather clock came to be.…
Read the restThe end-user license agreement is up at McSweeney's:
… Read the restCongratulations on purchasing the newest iteration of our electronic readers, the Kindle Genius Browser. We have made this new device compatible with all previous versions of the e-book, but there are some
Prices start at $250. [Etsy via Dinosaurs and Robots]…
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An entire world could be built around them. More at Biblio Odyssey.…
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I like Rob Brennan's cake. [flickr]…
Read the restTo wrap up our visit to its R&D lab in Palo Alto, Mercedes-Benz's Gordon Peredo demonstrated "Smart Stop," a wireless safety system that stops cars automatically when the driver fails to heed a red light.…
Read the restEtsy via Cult of Mac.…
Read the restFrom the Cincinatti Inquirer:
… Read the restA clerk at the Apple Store in Kenwood Towne Centre kept a cool head when a customer reportedly took his frustration with his iPhone too far. Hamilton County sheriff's deputies say Donald Goodrich, 38, took his
From Continous Lean, via Daring Fireball.…
Read the restDr. Kal Mos, Engineering Director for Mercedes-Benz R&D, North America, demonstrates future in-vehicle entertainment and information systems at the company's Palo Alto lab.
In the fourth post from our visit to Mercedes' North American research lab in Palo Alto (…
Read the restOoma sells lifetime VOIP subscriptions for $250, including excellent hardware: a great deal if you are even remotely capable of financial planning. Its new model, the Telo, also includes a matching DECT 6.0 handset.
I prefer the blocky look of …
Read the restHP's latest mediasmart home server can stack up to 17TB of storage in a box the size of one of those little desktop fridges you can buy from Skymall.
Data. Beer. Your decision.
P.S. it has much-improved Mac admin software, …
Read the restThe irony being that searching for "Pirate Bay" now brings up the infinitely shiftier piratebay.com. From the Google results:
… Read the restIn response to a complaint we received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have removed 4 result(s) from this
Sony's PSPGo, though a nice piece of hardware, is a raw deal for customers: the only way to buy games is online, from Sony, and the prices are jacked way up. Ars Techinca describes it in scathing terms.
… Read the restSony's
"Great hardware, but..." could be Sony's epitaph. …
Read the restWolf offers an electric Lambo to go with Tesla's Lotus-a-like. But looks, like batteries, only go so far. From Autoblog:
… Read the restPowering the theoretical electric supercar will be one 134-horsepower electric motor per wheel for a total of 536 squeaky-clean horses
Skymall's Travel Bidet--lavender, daisy-garlanded design and continental name notwithstanding--is a portable arse-cleaning kit. The only thing it lacks is a USB connection!
Customer reviews: Be the first to write a review!
Sanicare Travel Bidet [Skymall via RGS]…
Read the restFrom one commenter: "Transportation on the project seems to be neglected."
Illustrator: Raymond Hood (1929)
SKYSCRAPER BRIDGES [BLDGBLG]…
I'm a fan of the semiotics of silly names for colors. What do "ceramic white" and "piano black" say? Classiness?
PSPGo Available Now [Playstation]…
Read the restBluetooth is a standard feature on Mercedes' COMAND system, allowing owners of many phones to use the dashboard's phone keypad to make calls. SMS messaging will be introduced some time down the line, too.
But we'll admit that trying to …
Read the restFrom Greenpeace:
… Read the restThe 13th edition of Greenpeace's Guide to Greener Electronics rewards Hewlett-Packard for putting a PC on the market that is virtually free of PVC (vinyl plastic) and brominated flame retardants (BFRs). Only the power supply unit and
Sony's "edgy" marketing gets it attention, but it's remarkable how tone-deaf it is to what people other than teenage boys will think. It's as if it doesn't see that the story should be "PlayStation 3," not "look how crude and …
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