Daily Archives: May 12, 2008

Gallery of shipping container data centers

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Joel Johnson

Royal Pingdom has a few images from the inside of portable data centers, the sort used by Sun and Google to drop massive computing power anywhere they can send a shipping container. I would like to hang a hammock inside … Continue reading →

Claim: business suit protects wearer from phone radiation

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Rob Beschizza

A tailor is making a suit that will protect you from cellphone broadcasts. Electromagnetic sensitives rejoice: hucksters are treating your condition as an opportunity! You know you’ve arrived when, eh? “Clothing company Remus has cut a gents’ suit with an … Continue reading →

Review: A couple of weeks using the Lenovo ThinkPad x300 notebook

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Joel Johnson

The nut: The Lenovo ThinkPad X300 is a no-compromise ultra-light laptop that weighs just 3.3 pounds (or less if you ditch the optical drive), but the famous ThinkPad industrial design is getting a bit long in the tooth. What a … Continue reading →

Squirt files between iPods with miShare

Posted on May 12, 2008 by John Brownlee

If the Zune ever had a killer feature, it was its ability to squirt an audio file from one Zune to another effortlessly. Unfortunately, it was a killer feature utterly squandered by the addition of DRM. Enter miShare, a less … Continue reading →

AT&T wants $100 more for pre-paid extra handset if you’re already a customer

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Rob Beschizza

In a single, perfectly-shaped act, AT&T proves that cell phone contracts are treated by operators simply as debts to collect. After the initial point of sale, you’re just a delinquent lendee that owes them $2,000 or so over 24 months. … Continue reading →

JVC and Kenwood to merge

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Joel Johnson

Quoth Reuters: TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese electronics makers JVC (6792.T: Quote, Profile, Research) and Kenwood Corp (6765.T: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday they would merge under a holding company on October 1 to fight fierce price competition and growing … Continue reading →

Review: A few days in the woods with the Brunton Solaris 52 solar panel and Solo 15 battery

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Joel Johnson

The nut: The Brunton Solaris 52 is a big panel in a small package — at least when it’s folded up — but you’ll want a good battery like the Brunton Solo 15 to go with it in most situations, … Continue reading →

Canonical: #boingboing IRC chat room

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Joel Johnson

The network is Freenode (chat.freenode.net), while our room is #boingboing. To connect you’ll need an “IRC Client,” dozens of which are available for almost every computing platform, including mIRC, Trillian, and X-Chat 2 for Windows; X-Chat Aqua and Colloquy on … Continue reading →

Alcatel’s Playboy phone not even good for masturbators

Posted on May 12, 2008 by John Brownlee

The Internet is so successful as a pornography distribution system that even the once venerable Playboy must expand its brand to include lingerie, t-shirts, plastic training potties and, now, cell phones. Alcatel’s OT-V770A is a shoddy little device, branded with … Continue reading →

Proporta Crystal Case for the Asus Eee

Posted on May 12, 2008 by John Brownlee

Laptop case makers Proporta have developed a case for the Asus Eee PC. Constructed of shatter proof and shock-absorbent polycarbonate plastic, the Eee Crystal Case has a secure closure catch and a 360-degree double hinge, which allows you to open … Continue reading →