Author Archive: Technabob
iPad 3? iPad 2S? Mysterious iPad Aluminum Case Surfaces
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The rumor mills have been flying that the iPad 3 is in the works and set for a reveal sometime this March. Now, some pictures and video have surfaced of a new aluminum case that looks suspiciously Apple-like, but definitely different from the iPad 2.… |
February 13th, 2012
Godfather Casemod Makes You an Offer You Can’t Refuse
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It’s been a while since I’ve spotted a cool casemod I thought was worth of a mention. Here’s one that I think you’ll like – assuming you enjoy movies about the mob. What you’re looking at here, my friends, is the Godfather of computers, literally.… |
February 12th, 2012
Energy Stream Radio&TV 120 Packs Internet Radio and TV in a Portable Package
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With services like Pandora, XM and Sirius, you might think FM radio is well beyond its heyday. You’d be right. But that doesn’t mean you still can’t listen to FM with a modern gadget. This handy pocket sized device from Energy Sistem combines an FM radio with media player and… |
February 12th, 2012
Bullet Train Chopsticks Speed Food into Your Mouth at 200MPH
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Do you like to pick up your food with chopsticks? Me too. Heck, if I could eat soup and the milk at the bottom of my cereal bowl with them, I would. Sure, they’re’ probably not as efficient as forks, but they’re a lot more fun for exercising your manual… |
February 12th, 2012
Mike’s Mega Man and Mario Mosaics Make Me Mappy
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No matter how many new video game franchises come along, it’s still some of the earliest console games which have the most popular gaming characters of all time. Take, for instance, Mario and Mega Man. Both released nearly 30 years ago (yikes, I feel really old), these iconic gaming characters… |
February 11th, 2012
R2-D2 Still Life: The Fruit Bowl You’re Looking for
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R2-D2 is one of the most versatile maintenance droids out there. He can project holograms, repair spaceships, hack security systems, swim through swamps, and even vacuum your carpet. But I never thought about using R2 as a fruit bowl – until now.… |
February 11th, 2012
Starfleet Uniform Pillows: for Outer Space Pillow Fights
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We all know that if you wore a red shirt on Star Trek… (the original series) that your days (or minutes) were likely numbered. Maybe it’s just that working for the Security or Engineering departments on a Federation starship is more dangerous than most other jobs. But even if you’re |
February 10th, 2012
Gerber Steady Multitool Puts a Tripod in Your Pocket
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There are seemingly thousands of different multitools on the market, but I can never decide which one I should buy. Now, my decision might have just gotten easier, thanks to Gerber’s Steady Tool, which adds a handy tripod to their latest pocket-sized tool.… |
February 10th, 2012
Ferarri Knock-Off Cell Phones Defile the Ferrari Name
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You’ve got to hand it to the cheap Chinese gadget makers. Not only are they amazingly ballsy to release products which clearly bear the branding of products they haven’t licensed, but in this case, they’ve produced something that doesn’t even bear a slight resemblance to the product in question. While… |
February 9th, 2012
Giant Scrabble Board Still Guaranteed to Give You All Vowels
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Being a tech geek, you’ll more often find me playing video games than board games, but that doesn’t mean I don’t still enjoy a good old game of Scrabble. Sure, you won’t be playing with someone across the globe, like with Words with Friends,… but at least you get to |
February 7th, 2012
