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  • Lens pr0n: The Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 fisheye monster

    Lens pr0n: The Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 fisheye monster

    Posted on May 26, 2010 | No Comments
    You really don't need to know anything about the lens to appreciate it. It's eff'n gorgeous. Mir.com has you covered just case you want the technical details and whatnot about the lens.

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  • Unsurprising: TI doesn’t approve of calculator hacks

    Unsurprising: TI doesn’t approve of calculator hacks

    Posted on October 15, 2009 | No Comments
    It wasn't too long ago that hackers were successful loading custom firmware onto Texas Instruments calculators. This hasn't been sitting well with TI, who have been sending legal threats to the plucky hackers. I'm not surprised, are you?

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  • Mountain Hardwear Refugium Jacket keeps you warm and your gadgets charged

    Mountain Hardwear Refugium Jacket keeps you warm and your gadgets charged

    Posted on September 28, 2009 | No Comments
    Genius! The Mountian Hardwear Refugium Jacket is simply genius. The winter jacket has a battery pack by Ardica that - get this - heats the coat and can charge your gadgets. Amazing! Too bad it's eff'n expensive.

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  • Jabra, you got me good with the Stone headset teaser pack

    Jabra, you got me good with the Stone headset teaser pack

    Posted on September 26, 2009 | No Comments
    So I got home a few minutes ago, grabbed the mail and sat down to watch Michigan sneak a win over Indiana. I noticed a small, black package in the mail, but I didn't care about it until I was sure that Michigan was going to hold off Indiana. After all, I thought, it was probably just another flash drive with some random press release on it. After Michigan intercepted the ball - and the call was upheld - I opened it up only to find a small satchel and a card that clearly showed the Jabra Stone teaser image. Oh man, we've already seen what it's suppose to look like but I didn't think the Stone was suppose to come out for another couple of weeks, I thought. So I quickly opened the black pouch and was instantly disappointed. You suck, Jabra.

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  • Proposed law would give White House ‘cybersecurity emergency’ powers over the Internet

    Proposed law would give White House ‘cybersecurity emergency’ powers over the Internet

    Posted on August 28, 2009 | No Comments
    Internet King and America's news editor Matt Drudge is freaking out right now, complete with his trademark scare quotes. (I swear, you could probably write a thesis about how Drudge influences the American media.) There's a bill that's currently floating around the U.S. Senate that would, in times of emergency, put the Internet, in a sense, in control of the White House. And then the government will make you eat fruits and vegetables! Tyranny!

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  • HP demonstrates why Greenpeace dubbed the company “Hazardous Products”

    HP demonstrates why Greenpeace dubbed the company “Hazardous Products”

    Posted on August 23, 2009 | No Comments
    Take a guess what’s in that shipping box from HP. A few notebooks? Maybe a large, multifunction printer. Or it could be a production quality CRT monitor. All those are possible because, well, the box is huge and it’s on a shipping pallet, but they are also all wrong. This is crazy. That huge box contains [...]

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  • New Limited Edition Marc Ecko Star Wars hoodies and jackets

    New Limited Edition Marc Ecko Star Wars hoodies and jackets

    Posted on August 12, 2009 | No Comments
    The Star Wars March Ecko hoodies are pretty legondary now. They are an icon of hip Star Wars nerds and guess what? There are now six new models to choose from and the old ones are still on sale. Yeah, they are still expensive. The new models start out at $98.00 and the coolest one [...]

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  • The 40th anniversary Fisher Space pen

    The 40th anniversary Fisher Space pen

    Posted on July 20, 2009 | No Comments
    What a great way to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Moon landing by owning an $800 pen. The Fisher Space pen is of course legendary for it's ability to write in space, but this one packs a little something special. The top of the pen features a bit of thermal insulation used on the Columbia Command Module that's engraved with a picture of the Moon landing. That's eff'n cool, but I don't know if it's $800 cool. If you think so, you better hurry up 'cause there is only going to be 1,000 available.

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  • 24 songs: Woman ordered to pay $1.92 million to RIAA

    24 songs: Woman ordered to pay $1.92 million to RIAA

    Posted on June 19, 2009 | No Comments
    Stan Lee couldn't have created a more hated super-villain than the Recording Industry Association of America. It's the ultimate heel stable. Get this: a woman in Minneapolis, Jammie Thomas-Rasset, has been ordered to pay $1.92 million in damages for downloading and sharing 24 songs. That works out to about $80,000 per song. Clearly the RIAA deserves props. Mad props.

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