Monthly Archives: January 2009

‘Clicking’ cursor oven mitts let you mouseover baked ziti

January 21st, 2009 | Posted in Art, Offbeat News, Technology

It’s pretty simple, really: these “clicking cursor” oven mitts (which aren’t clicking, but whatever) would make a completely, mind-numbingly awesome addition to any gadget-lover’s kitchen. We want them now. Too bad they’re not available… yet.

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Handcrafted Scrabble keyboard could stand to be commercialized

January 20th, 2009 | Posted in Technology

Um, can you say “sell like hotcakes?” Datamancer’s incredibly amazing Scrabble keyboard is one of the slickest, most ready-for-market DIY projects we’ve ever had the pleasure of eying, with each letter key being constructed from an actual pre-owned Scrabble game piece. The USB keyboard itself was built with an aluminum casing for an “industrialized twist,” [...]

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Tech Support In The Middle Ages, How To Use a Book

January 19th, 2009 | Posted in Art, Offbeat News, Technology

Tech support in the Middle Ages was a bit more basic. Here’s hilarious comedy sketch showing how to use a book, from the Norwegian TV show “Øystein og jeg” Video after the break

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Microsoft builds pretend retail store, wants to play house later

January 16th, 2009 | Posted in Offbeat News, Technology

Microsoft’s new Retail Experience Center is a new showcase of Microsoft’s products and solutions for retailers — including back-end stuff and point of sale. It’s all pretty boring and corporate, but it could also be construed as a look at what a Microsoft take on an “Apple Store-style” experience might be. Result? It kinda looks [...]

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Shuttle’s X50 all-in-one desktop pulls up alongside the Eee Top

January 15th, 2009 | Posted in Technology

While the Eee Top may get a lot of zombie-hand loving, it’s not the only game in town when it comes to cheapo all-in-one PCs. Shuttle announced its X50 desktop at CES as well, a system with more than just a few similarities to the competition, namely its CPU, base RAM, display size and resolution, [...]

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Lego announces line of digital cameras, PMPs, etc. for your teeny human friends

January 14th, 2009 | Posted in Offbeat News, Technology

Legos has announced that it’s teamed with Digital Blue to bring out a line of digital cameras, PMPs, and walkie talkies for children. As you can see, the products will have the familiar “Lego” look to them (though not constructed out of actual bricks), and though we haven’t heard anything in the way of specs [...]

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