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$40,000 Speakers Make You Feel Like Marty McFly in Back to the Future
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These substantial looking speakers are the Mark Neumann Coliseum XLS and they’ll blow your socks off, just like Marty McFly in Back to the Future…. If you have any question about how beefy they are, the pair has a shipping weight of 580 pounds! |
June 29th, 2011
Autographed Minecraft Head: Can’t Mine This
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Here’s a rare piece of cosplaying accessory that would go well with the foam pickaxe. This Minecraft avatar cardboard head was one of only three such heads given away at E3 2011. You might be thinking to yourself, meh, that’s not so boss, I could print one on my own.… |
June 24th, 2011
iTunes Costs $1.3B to Operate Each Year (Estimated)
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I would bet that many people out there have purchased music or apps from iTunes at some point. Even if you don’t use the iPhone, iTunes is still the most popular digital music store around. I know that Apple keeps a chunk of the money that sellers make when they… |
June 14th, 2011
Macbook Air External Battery Uses C Batteries, Defeats the Point of Owning a Macbook Air
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One of the main selling points of Apple’s MacBook Air will always be its incredibly small size and weight, so a complementary bulky charger that uses bulky, heavy batteries seems quite an absurd idea. But stranger, far less sensible things have existed, so I’m not that surprised by Bird Electron’s… |
June 14th, 2011
Endless Happiness Pen: Jewel-Encrusted and Worth… What?
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If I had a million dollars, I’d buy a new car. Maybe I’ll build my puppy a fancy doghouse, like the one Paris Hilton built for her Chihuahuas. Or maybe I’ll invest it in the stock market, maybe open up a franchise of some fast food restaurant. |
June 10th, 2011
Liquid-Cooled PS3 Laptop Sells Hot on eBay
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The old PS3 models occasionally had a problem with overheating, so when modder and PS3HAX administrator Pirate decided to make his second PS3 laptop mod, he decided to install a liquid-cooling system to ensure that it won’t be fried. The result? A portable PS3 that can go for 48 hours straight… |
June 9th, 2011
The $6 Million Dollar Toy Pistols
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A pair of decorative pistols was snatched up at a Christie’s auction last May. Instead of shooting bullets, a bird pops up in each pistol when their triggers are pulled. Sounds like a pair of lame toys right? Certainly not worth the $5.8M (USD) that the anonymous buyer paid for… |
June 3rd, 2011
World’s Most Expensive Camera Sold for $1.9 Million
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How much would you pay for an old Leica? Hundreds? Thousands? How about $1.9 million (€1.3 million)? That’s how much this Leica 0-Serie Nr.107 fetched at auction. This camera is one of only 25 that were made back in 1923.… |
May 29th, 2011
LEGO Minifig Jack Sparrow USB Drive: Arrr, Why is it So Expensive?
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While I haven’t had time to watch the most recent Pirates …movie, there are still many people who love Johnny Depp’s drunken Jack Sparrow character. This this little handmade Jack Sparrow USB drive is perfect for fans of the drunken rogue pirate. |
May 27th, 2011
Lian Li PC-U6 Cowry PC Case: A Sizable Home for Your PC
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Making unique cases for desktop PCs isn’t exactly a new thing to Lian Li; in fact, given one of their previous efforts I’d say this one’s a bit tame. The company calls it the Cowry, an attempt to build a case that’s both practical and artistic. I’d say the Cowry… |
May 13th, 2011
