Gadgets, gear, games and more
July 2006
July 31, 2006
SIGGRAPH '06: Please touch
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Geekery
As I explained this morning over at MacUser, I'm reporting this week from the SIGGRAPH computer graphics conference in Boston. There's a lot of neat tech on display here, but what makes it more interesting than a lot shows is...July 28, 2006
Pico the ripper
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Music
I've been meaning to rip my entire CD collection to MP3 for some time now, but I never seem to have the time to sit down and feed the discs into my computer, then import them one-by-one. It seems like...
Buddy on Demand is concept...for terrible horror movie
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Home & Household
This inflatable car passenger creeps me out. Especially these pictures of him in the inflating process. I guess the idea here is to make it look like you've got more people in the car, so that when you're driving late...
Samsung's 4GB Solid State Drive for PCs
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Geekery
Flash (or solid state) memory has become ubiquitous in digital devices: cameras, music players, video players, keychain drives. About the last place that it hasn't hit are traditional PCs. But Samsung and Microsoft are about to make that happen. We've...
Logitech G5 Laser Mouse is game to frag
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Games
If you're a PC gamer, your mouse defines you. Yeah, the keyboard's important, but it's the mouse that shows just how hardcore you are. Logitech has been at this whole mouse-building thing for a while, and I've been impressed by...July 27, 2006
Slice-o-rama cuts veggies, not fingers
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Home & Household
Just one more food-related item, then I promise: this madness will end. But how could I resist Oliver Beckert's Slice-o-rama? From the catchy name to the brilliant idea, this is one product that would find its way into my kitchen...
Nintendo's DS is cooking
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Games
That's literally. If you're big into Japanese food, but are still somewhat curious as to how you get the California into the California roll then Shaberu! DS Ryouri Navi—aka the Talking DS Cooking Navigator—may be just what the master chef...
For best results, buy fruit when blue
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Home & Household
Yesterday we had a bit of a food thing going on: there were square eggs and cupcake protectors. Today, in an effort to eat healthy, we have fruit. And with it, the eternal dilemma: how do you buy the freshest...
Kazaa is scared straight, to the tune of $100 million
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Internet
Looks as though peer-to-peer file sharing network Kazaa is pulling a Napster and joining the side of the angels. After legal battles with the International Federation of the Phonographic Industries (IFPI)—think the RIAA writ large—the producers of the software, Sharman...July 26, 2006
Cakes, cupped
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Home & Household
As long as we're talking kitchen gadgets, I have something to show you that will change your life. Seriously. Are you ready? Individual cupcake holders. Yes? Yes. Because there's nothing—nothing—worse than saving your delectable dessert until the very end of...
Eggs, Cubed. Picasso would be proud.
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Home & Household
I'm not exactly sure how I know I need an Egg Cuber, but I'm pretty sure that I do. For one thing, it's only $3. For another, it has the perfect name. I mean, come on: this sucker cubes eggs...
Nintendo toys with press, community
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Category | Games
I was wondering the other day if Apple had fired the guy who wrote their amusing documentation, but I think I found him. Apparently, he's taken up writing Nintendo's press releases. How do I know? Well, read the first paragraph...
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