Daily Archives: March 26, 2009

ShamWow versus Zorbeez: Two men enter, don’t both die in a fire because there is no god

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Joel Johnson

There’s a rivalry in Hucksterville, as Billy Mays has called out Shamwow’s pitchman Vince Offer to claim that the Zorbeez chamois was the original and bitch shouldn’t front, etc. According to PopMech there was even some rapping involved, I’m sure … Continue reading →

Photo: Glowing Girls

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Joel Johnson

Above, four models clad in EL wire and conductive thread, fashions crafted by our friend Diana Eng using techniques from her book Fashion Geek: Clothes Accessories Tech, available now for the dollars bill.

Opening a garage door with an iPhone

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Joel Johnson

Rakesh Agrawal rigged together a rather convoluted system of relays and X10 controllers to enable him to open his garage door using his iPhone. However janky the hack, the result is one I’d like to share—without the X10. Is there … Continue reading →

Morning tech deals highlights

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Joel Johnson

⌦ Netbook – HP Mini 1030R refurbished netbook for $280. (Atom, 1GB RAM, 16GB SSD, XP Home) [Slickdeals] ⌦ Wii Keyboard – Although I find it a bit surprising, I know several of you are reading BBG using the browser … Continue reading →

Every possible 4-bit 32-sample waveform…

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

… is being generated as I write by a computer program. It will take about a nonillion years to complete its task. [Little-scale via Make] A while back, Joel and I wrote a script that would generate every possible 1-bit … Continue reading →

Power On Self Test: LEGO Fail Whale

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Joel Johnson

The eye is shopped. I can tell by the bricks and that I’ve read a lot of descriptions of this image on his Flickr page in my time. Photo:Bjarne P Tveskov

Legend of Zelda theme on Tesla coils

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

SexyBack vs. Legend of Zelda Theme on Two Tesla Coils from Trammell on Vimeo. From Arc Attack: ArcAttack employs a unique DJ set up of their own creation (an HVDJ set up) to generate an ‘electrifying’ audio visual performance. The … Continue reading →

Sal pocket video camera

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

At last, a pocket video cam with good design. And a great advertising tagline: “Share a Love, Share a Life. Sexy and Lovely.” The spec sheet says it’s got 2 hours of life on a charge, 2GB of internal memory, … Continue reading →

Appstore contract says devs must refund 100% to unsatisfied customers, but Apple keeps own commission

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

From CrunchGear, a neat distillation of why some people fear and loathe Apple’s walled gardens: if iPhone users decide that they want a refund for an app (users can get a refund within 90 days, according to Apple policy), Apple … Continue reading →

ISPs deny participation in RIAA “three strikes” scheme

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

AT&T denies participating in the RIAA’s latest “you lose your internet” file-sharing crusade, even as it sends nasty letters to customers threatening them with exactly that if they don’t stop sharing files. [Wired]