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crazy calculator constantly crashes

filed under: cool toys | strange and wonderful

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…

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December 5th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

dead ipod gets second life as a mouse

filed under: computing | hacks-mods | media players

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 trash bin…

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July 7th, 2008 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

a quick fix for the xbox 360 red rings of doom

filed under: video games

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…

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November 28th, 2006 4 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

the flying wii controller

filed under: video games

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 hitting the wall…

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