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crazy calculator constantly crashes

Takumi Crash Calculator

I can’t decide what I like best about this “unique” calculator from Japan. I’m torn between the keyboard that’s arranged into a completely non-standard configuration that’s sure to trip up even the speediest touch-typists, or the calculator’s oh-so-special random crash mode.

The Takumi CRASH Calculator apparently is designed to crash itself when it feels like…

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December 5th, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: cool toys strange + wonderful

dead ipod gets second life as a mouse

iPod Mouse by stefferroo

Got a broken old iPod lying around? Besides dropping it in the dumpster, what else can you do with it? Well if you’re like this resourceful modder, you turn it into a mouse.

After stefferroo’s brother dropped his iPod under his car and then proceeded to run it over, it was surely headed for the…

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July 7th, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing hacks + mods media players

a quick fix for the xbox 360 red rings of doom

Some crafty Xbox 360 owner in Brazil has come up with the Occam’s Razor approach to fixing the console’s “red rings of doom” failure.

When in doubt, the simplest solution is usually the right one… simply smack the crap out of your hardware. Perhaps Microsoft will begin recommending this to their customers.
(Now is it…

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November 28th, 2006 comments (7) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: video games

the flying wii controller

There are all kinds of stories starting to surface on the web about how the Wii-mote is flying out of people’s hands and breaking various things. Apparently the wrist strap isn’t really designed for significant stress. Well someone caught the “flying Wii-mote” on video…

I just cringed when I heard the sound of that controller…

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November 24th, 2006 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: video games