Daily Archives: April 2, 2009

The most beautiful dovetail saw ever made

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Joel Johnson

I will never have a need for a Veritas Dovetail Gang Saw in my life—I buy all my joints pre-cut—but I still want one all the same. It’s $212, plus shipping. [via Toolmonger]

Hustler Zeon, a big yellow electric riding lawnmower

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Joel Johnson

The Hustler Zeon is an all-electric, zero-turn riding lawnmower—they say it’s the first in the world. Hustler’s site has nearly no information, but Uncrate reports the Zeon will have up to 80 minutes of mowing time per charge. That sounds … Continue reading →

Leatherman Freestyle multitool finally to be released

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Joel Johnson

Tool Guy D looks at the new Leatherman Freestyle multitool, scheduled for a May release. Inexplicably, it appears they’ve ditched the screwdriver, which might make it all thinner, but would seem to diminish the usefulness of a multitool quite a … Continue reading →

The iPhone’s “great leap forward”

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

John Gruber wrote a column yesterday on the evolutionary, iterative process by which Apple develops excellent products. He explains why the iPhone lacked so many desirable features in its initial release: it’s because Apple exposes innovation by simplifying implementation as … Continue reading →

Ion, that being a nettop with decent graphics

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

It’s not the sexiest thing you’ve ever seen, but this prototype of Nvidia’s ION nettop platform shows its colors. Bristling with USB ports, audio jacks and eSata adapters, it wants to prove that performance can come in small packages. How … Continue reading →

Asterisko

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

A high-def handicam with GPS

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

Sony’s HDR-TG5 is smaller than a Sanyo Xacti of any stripe, but offers 1080p AVCHD video, 10x optical zoom, 16GB of built-in storage and built-in GPS, so everything you shoot is geo-tagged. It costs $1,200, of course. Sony’s tiny HD … Continue reading →

Wrong Tomorrow

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

There is a site up that finds testable predictions and grades them at the moment of truth. The records of our nearest and dearest are not great: Robert Scoble and Dave Winer, it transpires, are merely writers of extraordinarily mundane … Continue reading →

Kozo Lamp

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

David Benatan works for a design outfit in Tel Aviv, where he makes lamps out of pipes. You even turn them on and off using faucets! Kozo lamps by David Banatan {Dezeen]

Hubcat

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Rob Beschizza