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  • Don’t let taste stand in the way of buying a crystal iPhone stand

    Don’t let taste stand in the way of buying a crystal iPhone stand

    Posted on May 17, 2010 | No Comments
    Are you the kind of person who has to have the best of everything? Two-ply toilet paper? Nice plastic plates? The best mixture of Alpo and brown gravy spread liberally onto your chest as a libido suppressant? Then you're going to need the Calypso Crystal iPhone stands. These stands, which range from $199 to $349 for the Aurora model, are made of leaded crystal and take "15 days to make" in Central Europe. The sad thing is that these are actually probably made in Poland where leaded crystal is actually quite popular (my mom collects it, incidentally, but I doubt she wants these.)

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  • Magnetic solder might lead to a new computer age

    Magnetic solder might lead to a new computer age

    Posted on March 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Many countries like Japan and those in the European Union are banning electronics made with lead. This is bad news bears for those companies still using lead-based solder. But there's a new kid in town that seems to have a solution while addressing a few other issues surrounding stacked computer chips. The key is magnets.

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  • The best Avatar review ever

    The best Avatar review ever

    Posted on February 1, 2010 | No Comments
    The same guy who reviewed the Phantom Menace, apparently while sloppy drunk on a mixture of Percocet and vodka, just reviewed Avatar. His bottom line? Cameron made an affective film – affective in its purest form. Everything is “perfect,” culturally. Part two is after the jump. Good stuff.

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  • Old and busted: e-ink; New hotness: e-skin

    Old and busted: e-ink; New hotness: e-skin

    Posted on December 9, 2009 | No Comments
    E-ink is cool, sure, but it's still largely a black-and-white technology. Philips Research has moved into the color realm with what they're calling e-skin. “The first applications using the technology could be e-skins for small devices such as MP3 players or cell phones. However, the technology is highly scalable,” says Kars-Michiel Lenssen, Principal Scientist at Philips Research. The vision from Philips is an e-skin on your portable device that can be changed to match your outfit or your mood with the press of a button.

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  • Pictured: Magellan’s new iPhone car cradle

    Pictured: Magellan’s new iPhone car cradle

    Posted on November 16, 2009 | No Comments
    Hey, you! I know you. You’re the one that gets all hot around the collar over shots of unreleased iPhone accessories, aren’t you? Boy, oh boy – are you gonna love this.. Sure, it’s not much – but here’s the world’s first look at the just announced, GPS-boosting, speakerphone-touting iPhone car cradle from Magellan. If you’re [...]

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  • Thanks, Internet: Watch Cristiano Ronaldo’s Real Madrid presentation online for free

    Thanks, Internet: Watch Cristiano Ronaldo’s Real Madrid presentation online for free

    Posted on July 6, 2009 | No Comments
    Thanks to the Internet, and a healthy disregard for copyright, you, too, can watch Cristiano Ronaldo's presentation at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu today. Here's how.

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