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  • Too much WWDC? There’s always this charming little video of kids acting out SMB

    Too much WWDC? There’s always this charming little video of kids acting out SMB

    Posted on June 7, 2010 | No Comments
    There’s always a good number of readers who complain ruefully about WWDC days. It’s Apple this and Apple that, right? Well, how about some kids named Ryker and Raiden (!!?) pretending to be Mario and Luigi while their parents act out the roles of Goomba, Princess Peach, and Bowser? It’s 6 minutes long and you generally [...]

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  • Another watchphone, this time with GPS

    Another watchphone, this time with GPS

    Posted on May 24, 2010 | No Comments
    Oh rapture! GPS 800G watch phone is here and it's ready to rumble! This phone has GPRS tracking, an SOS button, and can record how fast you're moving, allowing alerts to be sent to scared and frightened parents. But don't take my word on it:
    1.SMS & GPRS Tracking: Capable of text message (SMS) tracking & internet (GPRS) tracking 2. A SOS button for emergency help. 3. Have Timing & Positioning function , it can search the signal of GPS automatically ,then set the time according the time of satellites to choose the different time of every country . 4. It can store three alarm phone number . you can press any one alarm number button to get help actively…

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  • The AD/HD t-shirt, everyone

    The AD/HD t-shirt, everyone

    Posted on May 21, 2010 | No Comments
    Blame it on your parents, blame it video games, blame it on public schools, but some of you out there have ADHD and should warn the rest of us. $5.99 at tanga. (It’s a new site for me too)

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  • Oprah Moment, Take 2: Google gives an EVO 4G to everyone at I/O

    Oprah Moment, Take 2: Google gives an EVO 4G to everyone at I/O

    Posted on May 20, 2010 | No Comments
    Okay. Think back to elementary school. Your buddy got a brand new toy for Christmas -- the one you've been wanting for months. Your parents got you socks. Remember that feeling? That feeling of loss for something you never had? That's called jealousy, friend. Now magnify that by a hundred. Google just gave everyone at I/O the EVO 4G.

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  • Penthouse “smallest” watch phone is neither the smallest nor related to Penthouse

    Penthouse “smallest” watch phone is neither the smallest nor related to Penthouse

    Posted on May 18, 2010 | No Comments
    This weird monstrosity is the Penthouse watch phone. It’s creators claim that it is the “smallest” watch phone available, which is, as we see, a lie. It’s not even smaller than the crazy Kempler & Strauss W Phone, another good idea gone bad. What’s worse, this has nothing to do with Penthouse, which was my [...]

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  • Hands-on with MobileHelp, for when Dad has fallen and he can’t get up

    Hands-on with MobileHelp, for when Dad has fallen and he can’t get up

    Posted on May 15, 2010 | No Comments
    MobileHelp is a small device that works “beyond the home” allowing your loved one to call for help at a press of a button. The device also also tracks your loved one via GPS and, when they sound an alarm, MobileHelp’s staff will contact them directly and call the proper authorities. My mother tried this at [...]

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  • Skype Offers Free WiFi to Ease the Airport Pain

    Skype Offers Free WiFi to Ease the Airport Pain

    Posted on April 22, 2010 | No Comments
    Airports are wonderful places, aren't they? Everyone is friendly, the seats are comfortable, the prices reasonable, and the food delicious. I love hanging around airports. I relish the time between connecting flights, and I have been known to pack my bags and drive to the nearest international airport just to hang out and pretend I'm waiting for a flight. However, I realise that these feelings aren't universal; there are some people out there who don't enjoy airports. While I would be happy to relish in the extra few days of airport merriment that the recent flight cancellations have caused, Skype seem to think I'm in the minority, and have taken it upon themselves to give free internet access at more than 100,000 WiFi hotspots worldwide.

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  • Garmin nüvi 3700 series part of the pre-crime unit

    Garmin nüvi 3700 series part of the pre-crime unit

    Posted on April 19, 2010 | No Comments
    I think the standalone GPS device is all but dead – I’m a pessimist that way and I know that your parents and mine both use standalone GPSes but that’s because we never showed them how to use the ones on their phones – but Garmin is still churning out some nice-looking models. The members [...]

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  • EasyBloom Plus allows nerds to garden like a pro

    EasyBloom Plus allows nerds to garden like a pro

    Posted on April 16, 2010 | No Comments
    Hidden in the picture above is a fake plant. Not only is it a fake plant, but it's a high tech fake plant, complete with USB port and soil sampling technology like that used in the Mars rover! The EasyBloom Plus is the fancy successor to the EasyBloom not plus, which allows gardeners to collect sunlight, temperature and moisture data from their lawn or garden and track that data over time. The Plus model introduces a fertilizer subscription service to help make sure you don't over- or under-fertilize your plants.

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  • Allegation: School district used laptop to take 400+ photos of student without permission

    Allegation: School district used laptop to take 400+ photos of student without permission

    Posted on April 16, 2010 | No Comments
    Oh, this school district is totally boned. You'll recall that the Lower Merion School District, in Pennsylvania, had given students MacBooks so they could do their schoolwork. Fun. What wasn't fun, though, was that the school is alleged to have snapped photos of the students without their consent. The whole kerfluffle is wrangled in the legal system now, and one of the district's employees who had access to the images called it a "little LMSD soap opera." Replied another: "I know, I love it." Oh boy, not good for the school district.

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  • For Windows Phone 7, Only The Best Is Good Enough

    For Windows Phone 7, Only The Best Is Good Enough

    Posted on April 11, 2010 | No Comments
    Feeling a bit disappointed with the recent(ish) announcement of the feature-reduced, locked-down OS that is Windows Phone 7? Despite valid arguments for the change, it does feel a bit like moving back in with your parents after finishing college: sure it's a nice house, but what's with all the rules? However, a recent interview (in Dutch) with Charlie Kindel during the Dutch DevDay event says that while the first release of WinPho 7 may be a little "lacking" initially, missing features will be added in the future... but only when they're perfect.

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  • SPLORT FART: DIY Atari noises

    SPLORT FART: DIY Atari noises

    Posted on March 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Dear pre-teens: Want to piss off your parents? Buy and build this thing. It's a mini Atari-esque noise generator that fits inside an Altoids tin (not included.) While it makes noises like the Atari 2600 used to, it does not make "sounds" per se, in that said sounds could be pleasing to the ear. These are definitely not. It's only $25 and it's totally DIY. It also sounds like you're squeezing a gerbil through a clothes press.

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  • Using children to steal DVDs eh?

    Using children to steal DVDs eh?

    Posted on March 22, 2010 | No Comments
    Here's a candidate for the Canadian parent of the year award. Police in Richmond B.C. are looking for a couple that used their kids to load up on over $3000 worth of Blu-ray and DVD discs from Future Shop. The estimate is that the couple took between 80 to 100 movies.

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  • Goodnight, Forest Moon

    Goodnight, Forest Moon

    Posted on March 5, 2010 | No Comments
    In the great metal room There was a comlink and a Tauntaun and a picture of- The Executor flying over the forest moon That’s right: for those parents who don’t want to read their children the potentially death-tinged Goodnight, Moon we present Goodnight Forest Moon, a beautiful parody by Noah Dziobecki. You can download it here, print it out, and [...]

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