technabob » old school http://technabob.com/blog gadgets, gizmos, games, cool gadgets, geeky gadgets Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:53:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 dos 2.0 pillow by art lebedev gets an upgrade http://technabob.com/blog/2009/11/06/dosugus-2-0-dos-pillows/ http://technabob.com/blog/2009/11/06/dosugus-2-0-dos-pillows/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:05:25 +0000 technabob http://technabob.com/blog/?p=22617 These clever Dosogus 2.0 pillows by designers at Art Lebedev Studio are embroidered with a directory listing from everyone’s favorite command line operating system – DOS.

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All your old favorites are there, including AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS. But if you look carefully, there are directories for WINDOWS and a HIBERFIL.SYS file, so this pillow must actually be running Windows XP or a newer version. And watch out for the PRON directory – you never know what’s hiding in there. The pillow also appears to have been infected with a trojan, so you might not want to actually sit your butt on this pillow.

The Dosogus 2.0 is actually an upgrade of Lebedev’s earlier Dosogus pillow, and I have to say the new model crashes a little less frequently than the original. Want one? Head on over to Lebedev’s online shop.

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2009/11/06/dosugus-2-0-dos-pillows/feed/ 0 plush retro macintosh computer http://technabob.com/blog/2008/03/10/plush-retro-macintosh-computer/ http://technabob.com/blog/2008/03/10/plush-retro-macintosh-computer/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:08:55 +0000 thescholar http://technabob.com/blog/2008/03/10/plush-retro-macintosh-computer/ Look at this fun squeezy Mac plush toy, made by talented crafter Maitreya over at craftlog. The idea was borne out of a need for a baby shower gift for a computer scientist and bioinformaticist. Being a nostalgic girl and Apple fan, the idea to make this old school design came naturally to her.

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Bonus: this was a patternless, freestyle creation. And since her kitty wouldn’t leave the computer alone, Maitreya made a lolcat out of him!

I think that hand-embroidered, multi-colored Apple logo down in the bottom left corner proves that it was made with love. What a special baby gift!

[via Craft]

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