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Wow, here’s a way to really crap up your PC…
The Haro PC case is a big green blob that encases your computer and attempts to give it a personality. The weird looking creature holds small computers (like the Mac Mini) with ease. When connected, it the case provides animated expressions, which can be controlled by the provided remote…
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May 24th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: computing | hacks-mods | strange and wonderful | video games
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While it’s certainly not the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen, you’ve got to hand it to this casemodder for his gumption.
This supremely modified Nintendo Gameboy has become host to an entire Windows XP computer. The system uses that new EPIA Pico-ITX mobo I was telling you about a few days back to get things down to size…
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May 9th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: computing | just plain fun | strange and wonderful
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Sure, we’ve seen toast with images of Elvis, Jesus and other famous cultural icons, but this device lets you create any image you’d like, in toast form.
The computer controlled toast burner uses a specially modified CNC fabricator with a hot air gun in its carriage. As the system moves along the horizontal and vertical axes, the heat source is modulated by a computer…
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May 2nd, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: computing | retro | strange and wonderful
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Check out this rare DELTA-C vintage Soviet computer (if you can call 1991 “vintage”) that I found over on eBay. It’s apparently a clone of the classic Sinclair ZX personal computer, but it sure looks like something you’d find down in a Dharma station on LOST.
I especially like the keycaps that have paper labels with a mix of cryptic English and Cyrillic characters on them…
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March 19th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: computing | design
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The Sony VAIO TP1 reinvents the wheel (literally,) by placing the latest in media center PCs in a case that’s shaped like a wheel. The TP1 features all of the requisite media PC bells and whistles, such as an HDMI port, a DVD burner, memory card slots and built-in Wi-Fi…
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January 7th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: computing | design
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While the rest of the world continues to become more and more plastic, the folks over at Wood Contour are interested in using natural materials in their products.
For starters, Wood Contour offers keyboards, mice and monitors constructed from solid hardwoods such as cherry, mahogany, beech, oak, ash, and maple. Each device is made entirely from a single, solid piece of wood…
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December 21st, 2006
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author: technabob
filed under: computing | home entertainment
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LG Electronics has announced a new device that combines a widescreen LCD television with a full-fledged Windows PC.
The computer adds virtually no bulk to the flat panel display. The first system in LG’s TVPC lineup will come with an Intel Celeron 430 CPU, 160GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM and on-board WiFi connectivity…
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December 17th, 2006
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author: technabob
filed under: computing | gadgets
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The oh so small netstix series of computers from gumstix are full-fledged Linux systems in the form-factor of a pack of gum. Now the maker has announced a significant speed bump from the earilier 200MHz processor to a new Intel XScale 400MHz processor.
The tiny computers have 64MB of RAM and 16MB of Flash memory on board…
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October 23rd, 2006
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