Daily Archives: March 31, 2009

Royal Enfield Military 500 motorcycle

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Joel Johnson

Rob and I are both under the weather today, so pardon if we’re not up to our usual military-grade precision. Swiss watches we are, of normal. But today our clockworks are busy churning up phlegm. Gross! Why am I… So … Continue reading →

Dell splashes color onto the Inspiron desktops

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

Behold! Dell’s new Inspirons come in a range of colors, again reminding the world that its days of gray ‘n’ beige are slipping into history for good. But are they the right colors? To my eye, almost all of them … Continue reading →

Nyko Metal Pedal can handle your videogame rocking

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Joel Johnson

The Nyko Metal Pedal, an aftermarket upgrade for your Rock Band or Guitar Hero drums with metal plating and “hard rock design”, is now hitting stores for $20. I’ve finally upgraded fully to Rock Band 2 gear, but I’m more … Continue reading →

Elegant One tea kettle does not exist

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Joel Johnson

Both kettle and pitcher, the One from Vessel Ideation can be set on a gas hob, its blue porcelain-like print becoming apparent when the water is at the right temperature for tea. Then place the pot on a trivet that … Continue reading →

Game-800 has camera, media player, retrogaming … and text-to-speech ebook reading!

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

It plays Sega Megadrive, NES, SNES and Gameboy games, has a wimpy camera, and can do the tunes. Chinagrabber’s Game-800 even reads plain text files out loud, perfect for those upset by Amazon’s kill-switched Kindle 2. You bring your own … Continue reading →

Randi off the ‘Tube

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

James Randi’s YouTube account got suspended. A dollar says it’s another specious DMCA takedown.

iPhone 4G: will it slice bread?

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

Dotdosh imagines the next iPhone with an unsourced pic: Could this be the next iPhone? A photo that was recently posted shows these images, but are to be taken with a grain of salt. If this is the next generation … Continue reading →

NDA! Laptop Lauren can’t say what she thinks of that $700 HP

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

Though I thought Microsoft’s ad featuring Lauren De Long was its best yet, its reality TV scenario set off the internet BS alarms. Seth Weintraub found that the HP laptop she selected is junk with terrible reviews. Even the pretty … Continue reading →

New Wind nettop sports 18.5″ display

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

The Wind Top AE1900 is a nettop all-in-one with a 18.5″ 1680×1050 display, an Atom 230 CPU, GMA950 video, up to 2GB RAM (it’ll likely come with 1GB, though, as it’s running Windows XP), a wecam, gigabit ethernet and a … Continue reading →

Wheel Mouse (groan)

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

$14 at Brando.