Month: March 2010

LEGO Table Means You Finally Have an Excuse for Being So Distracted

Ever sat in a meeting and, for no good reason, couldn’t focus? Well now at least you have an excuse – an awesome excuse! This amazing LEGO meeting table was created by ABGC Architecture and Design for Boys and Girls ad agency. Rather than being made to look like LEGO, it’s actually made of 22,742… Continue reading LEGO Table Means You Finally Have an Excuse for Being So Distracted

Pink Floyd… in 8 Glorious Bits

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euLdKW_Db1k[/youtube] Chiptunes – that genre of music that takes classic tracks and then covers them using 8-bit video game sounds – has always been a bit controversial. Some geeks love the retro-tech aesthetic, while others find it sacrilege to take the treasured music of their youth and turn into bleeps and blips. Well, if you’ve… Continue reading Pink Floyd… in 8 Glorious Bits

3D Printed Jewelery Makes Vanity Efficient and Futuristic

3D Printing has always been a bit of a confusing concept. It’s always seemed a bit befuddling to think that 3D objects – things you can pick up and hold and use – could be printed in the same way that a document or photo are. All that said – who cares? Look! Shiny jewelery!… Continue reading 3D Printed Jewelery Makes Vanity Efficient and Futuristic

Google Envelopes Snail Mail Concept to Please Both Luddites and Fans of The Absurd

Those of you are fans of both letter-writing and Samuel Beckett-like absurdity are really going to like this: Google Envelopes is a concept that would allow you to send snail mail from within GMail. Designed by Rahul Mahtani & Yofred Moik, the idea is to put an extra button into GMail that would let you… Continue reading Google Envelopes Snail Mail Concept to Please Both Luddites and Fans of The Absurd

Friends Don’t Let Friends Buy Expensive HDMI Cables

Have you ever been suckered into buying a high-end digital cable? Don’t be ashamed – we’re geeks, right? We want only the best. But, you now have no reason – like no reason at all – to ever consider spending more than $10 on a cable to connect your Blu-Ray player, cable box or PS3… Continue reading Friends Don’t Let Friends Buy Expensive HDMI Cables

Unvarnished Lets People Leave User Reviews of… You.

Well it’s difficult to imagine what might go wrong this idea. Unvarnished, which today launched into a private beta, is a new service that lets people leave anonymous reviews of you. Yep. Anonymous reviews. About you! Fun! In theory, the site is meant to be a sort-of open version of Linked-In where anyone can post… Continue reading Unvarnished Lets People Leave User Reviews of… You.

Judge to Isohunt: Remove all Infringing Content. Isohunt: Erm, dudes? That’s Like All We Have.

While it’s true that there are legitimate uses for Bittorrent, let’s be honest: most of us use it solely for downloading movies or the latest episode of Grey’s Anato— erm, I mean, Mad Men.  And it seems that point hasn’t been lost on a U.S. judge,  who has ordered that popular Bittorrent search site Isohunt… Continue reading Judge to Isohunt: Remove all Infringing Content. Isohunt: Erm, dudes? That’s Like All We Have.

iPad Coming to Save All Those Backward Countries on April 24th?

In the tech world – especially when it comes to Apple –  it’s a known fact that America gets everything first. But fear not people of other countries! It looks like that at the end of April, you too will have iPads to put next to your black and white TVs – or maybe even… Continue reading iPad Coming to Save All Those Backward Countries on April 24th?

World’s Hottest Golf Cart with A Chilling Price-tag

Golf carts are interesting and fun. They get you from point A to point B without having to walk. And while you can’t take them for a stroll down the highway, they are useful for short-distance transportation. Some people — no matter how short the distance — must travel in style, and the golf cart rarely… Continue reading World’s Hottest Golf Cart with A Chilling Price-tag