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hello kitty mimobots: too much kitty

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To celebrate the insanely popular Hello Kitty’s 35th anniversary, Sanrio teamed up with mimoco to come up with a flash drive cartoon character named Hey Flashy. I’m just kidding, of course they came up with Hello Kitty MIMOBOTs. Although I think one of the designs went too far:

It’s Hello Kitty wearing a Hello Kitty…

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October 4th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing gadgets just plain fun

t-rex usb drive: dinosaurs became extinct so you could save your data

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Hey kids! Meet T-Rex. He may be small – 6″ x 2.5″ x 6″ – for a dinosaur, but he’s willing to protect your files. And with those big claws and teeth, not even Swiper will risk the wrath of T-Rex!

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August 30th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing cool toys gadgets just plain fun

kingston data traveler 256 gb flash drive may be as expensive as your laptop

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The latest member of Kingston’s Data Traveler USB drives is the Data Traveler 300, a flash disk with a gigantic 256 GB data capacity. 256 GB. That’s more than 50 DVDs. More than 40,000 songs. In your pocket. Mind blown.

As always, cutting edge tech ain’t cheap: the “Buy” links in Kingston’s website all come…

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July 27th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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storage we need: obama flash drive preloaded with inaugural address

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Someone – I forgot who – once said that politics is “showbiz for ugly people.” Well the United States of America beg to differ, as they now have a leader whose charms are so far above Hollywood levels that he makes betting on the NCAA Final Four absolutely bewitching, even to yours truly, a Filipino…

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April 22nd, 2009 comments (20) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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lacie usb keys open up a world of frustration

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LaCie have made it their mission to come up with creative and entertaining products that allow customers to unintentionally destroy or misplace their data as easily as possible. After releasing their coin-shaped CurrenKey flash-drives, LaCie now present to us flash drives that look like keys. Prepare to lose data in the name of industrial design.…

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March 14th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing design just plain fun mobile tech technology

iusb: bone driver iphone flash disk

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Bone Collection is a Taiwanese brand of gadget accessories and portable storage. It’s also what the Bone Collector does. It might also be one of those processes shown in CSI, the boring ones shortened to a couple of scenes accompanied by savvy and dark background music.
Going back to the Taiwanese brand, they have this…

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January 29th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: just plain fun mobile tech

thug tech: throw up some data with these gang sign flash disks

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I can’t decide whether these things are awesomely offensive or offensively awesome. Imm Living’s east and west Hand Sign USB flash disks lets people flaunt their allegiance even if your only territory is a 5 x 5 cubicle.

The picture above makes for a great wallpaper. The larger version anyway. I really don’t know what…

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January 26th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing design just plain fun

sir, the possibility of you successfully purchasing this c-3po mimobot is approximately 1 to 1

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Are you an Ewok? Then I have good news and bad news for you. The good news is that you now have a statuette of your god, the “Golden One” itself, C-3PO. Plus it can store up to 4Gb of data. The bad news is that you’re an Ewok.

The C-3PO Mimobot is 2.5″ tall…

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January 23rd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing geek art + craft interactive just plain fun mobile tech retro

victorinox targets handyman geeks with presentation pro

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I saw this comic strip where everything that the characters needed for camping – pots, pans, tents, sleeping bags, bonfire, even a fridge – was tucked inside a swiss knife. It’s funny, sure, but it would really be neat if there were Swiss knives like that, ala Dragonball’s capsules. Victorinox‘ Presentation Pro doesn’t have a fridge…

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January 13th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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hacked usb cable flash disk

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USB flash disks are very popular not only because they carry a lot of data in such a small size. They’ve also become a hit because they come in all sorts of weird designs. It’s reached a point where if I see something small and weird I assume that it’s a flash disk. Sometimes I…

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December 30th, 2008 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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santa flash disk ho-ho-holds your data

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If you have a lot of friends but you still feel compelled to buy gifts for each and everyone of them come Christmas, you could do far worse than these Santa Claus flash disks. They come in various Santa designs too, although they’re not particularly admirable or cute.

Santa’s data-belly capacity ranges from 64MB to…

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December 5th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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