Daily Archives: September 10, 2008

Review: Peek puts email in your pocket and removes voices from your head

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Rob Beschizza

Peek is a cellular handset that looks like a smartphone, but does one thing only: mail. A basic contact manager and image viewer serve that end, and the color scheme and audio alerts can be tweaked, but that’s it. It … Continue reading →

Peek Email Theory

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Rob Beschizza

The Peek, a simple handset that looks like a cellphone but does nothing but email, makes an argument for cheap, on-the-go messaging. Continue reading →

Spooky CCTV captures pub ghost splotch

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Joel Johnson

You’re forgiven if, like me, you first mistook the ghost in this image captured from a CCTV camera to be the looming silhouette of Alfred Hitchcock. But nope — it’s the little smudge near the top of the stairs. Owners … Continue reading →

New watches from Crispin Jones

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Joel Johnson

Crispin Jones has a new series of watches available for purchase. Pictured here is “The Average Day” model, to my mind the most attractive, but the “The New Decider”, which switches between the display of a simple “Yes” or “No” … Continue reading →

WowBacon Microwave Cooker simplifies the impromptu PB&B sandwich making process

Posted on September 10, 2008 by John Brownlee

One would think that humanity would be satisfied with science’s existing bacon-delivery mechanisms: it comes pre-cooked, it comes in cans, it comes in sprinkles, it comes in salt — but never underestimate Infomercia’s ingenuity in scratching an itch you didn’t … Continue reading →

Amazing custom pedal cars

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Joel Johnson

The Antique Automobile Club of America is auctioning off eleven one-of-kind custom pedal cars, each of which is too gorgeous to be sullied by the jam-thickened fingers of any wriggling ape larvae. Custom Champion Comets at Hershey [Blog.Hemmings.com via DaddyTypes … Continue reading →

UMPC Portal reviews the Everun Note (Verdict: Not a netbook, but a fantastic UMPC)

Posted on September 10, 2008 by John Brownlee

UMPC Portal have posted their review of the gorgeous Everun Note: a UMPC straddling the physical dimensions between a traditional netbook and a Nintendo DS with the look of an Apple-designed portable dictionary. They are really enthusiastic about it, citing … Continue reading →

BlueTrack: How Microsoft’s new mice see more surfaces

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Joel Johnson

Two of Microsoft’s new mice use a new “BlueTrack” technology instead of the traditional laser. Maximum PC interviews an engineer about what makes it better than older tech. It sounds like it works like all optical mice of yore, just … Continue reading →

Gentlemen! Behold! The Autovolantor flying car!

Posted on September 10, 2008 by John Brownlee

Dr. Paul Moller enters the room, the very picture of an inventor: a middle-aged man wearing a lab coat and spectacles with a puff of crazed cotton candy hair, his eyes wobbling around in a cadaverous, rictus-stricken skull like googly, … Continue reading →

FunFlyStick: World’s smallest, most boring Van De Graaf generator

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Joel Johnson

The “FunFlyStick” is a wand-sized Van De Graaf generator capable of keeping a wisp of mylar floating on an invisible bed of static electricity. Hendrik Ball, the owner of retailer Grand-Illusions.com and presumably the man in the video, suggested we … Continue reading →