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  • Itazura Bank: The cutest piggy bank you’ve ever seen (video)

    Itazura Bank: The cutest piggy bank you’ve ever seen (video)

    Posted on December 11, 2009 | No Comments
    Japan is the country of piggy banks. Most of them either cute, weird or both, and the newest model, the Itazura Bank [JP], clearly falls in the first category. This thing is just adorable. Here's how it works: You place a coin on the fish bone-shaped button on the top of the piggy bank, which alarms the small kitty that lives inside the savings box. It meows, opens the lid with its head, reaches out its paw, grabs the coin and moves back into the box with another meow.

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  • Motorola Droid already getting accessorized

    Motorola Droid already getting accessorized

    Posted on October 20, 2009 | No Comments

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    If there's one thing that's sure to break a new Droid owner's heart, it's scratching the hell out of it -- or worse yet, dropping it to its untimely death. Wouldn't that be a tragedy? Of course, one quick and dirty way to avoid a lot of that heartache is to equip your phone with a beefy protective case, and from what we're seeing here, it looks like there won't be any problem whatsoever finding such cases on day one of the Droid's availability (whenever that happens to be). What we've got here is a third-party case (excuse us -- "carrying solution") that's popped up over at Best Buy Mobile, though interestingly, the Droid's model number of A855 is being featured far more prominently than the catchy name itself. Given the look of this thing, we think you'll need to have an extreme dedication to preserving your phone's rugged handsomeness to actually equip it, but hey, more power to you -- meanwhile, we'll carry on with letting our phones rustle around with coins, keys, pens, and switchblades in our pockets.

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  • Party Van!

    Party Van!

    Posted on October 15, 2009 | No Comments
    I imagine most new yorkers are used to the crazy artists than run around the Village. I’m not quite that jaded yet, so I still have to stop and stare at something like this. If you feel like wasting fifteen minutes of your day, come take a look. I was walking next to Washing Square Park [...]

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  • Brighten up your day (or salad) with a homemade 1UP Power Up!

    Brighten up your day (or salad) with a homemade 1UP Power Up!

    Posted on September 3, 2009 | No Comments
    radish-1-upGenerally speaking, the preferred method for procuring a 1UP Power Up is collecting 100 golden Mario coins to smash your fist into a giant question mark block. BUT, if you're really in need of a quick (and less painful) pick-me-up, grab yourself a shiny new radish, a paring knife, and maybe a Sharpie (for the eyes?!). Follow the visual instructions above and...voila! 1UP! Power Up!

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  • Daily Crunch: Surprise Pup Edition

    Daily Crunch: Surprise Pup Edition

    Posted on August 5, 2009 | No Comments
    Brando tests the limits of consumer behavior with folding credit card light bulb Zelda-fy your baby with this handmade Link outfit Dog? Check. Laptop? Check. Both in the same bag? Check.

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  • Hitachi presents biometric-based vending machine

    Hitachi presents biometric-based vending machine

    Posted on July 28, 2009 | No Comments
    It's no secret the Japanese have a penchant for vending machines (even though there are - contrary to popular belief - no machines selling panties in this country). Now Hitachi made one step forward by developing a machine that doesn't need to be fed with coins or bills anymore. Your finger will be enough.

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  • Sony PSP Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines bundle coming in November

    Sony PSP Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines bundle coming in November

    Posted on July 16, 2009 | No Comments
    Same ole song and dance from Sony today. The AssCreed: Bloodlines PSP bundle will drop in November with a white PSP-3000, the Bloodlines game, an unannounced UMD movie and a 2GB memory card for $200. Enough with the freaking PSP bundles, Sony! Update: You’ll want to read the Q&A in the PS Blog post, but I’ve gone [...]

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  • The Future is Now: Metal detecting sandals

    The Future is Now: Metal detecting sandals

    Posted on June 9, 2009 | No Comments
    76779If you've ever wished to indulge in the fine art of metal detection but you worry that strolling around the beach waving a big magnetic dish back and forth would make you look dumb, might I suggest these metal detecting sandals from Hammacher Schlemmer? They're sandals attached to what looks like a house arrest anklet. Slightly less dumb-looking and nobody will dare talk to you, leaving you to find your treasure in peace.

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