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polaroid pogo: instant cameras are back!

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If you know what to do when Andre3000 tells you to shake it like a Polaroid picture, then you’re probably well acquainted with the anachronistic instant cameras from as early as the late 40’s. For the younger folks out there, instant cameras have built-in printers and use self-developing films, allowing users to print their pictures…

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May 27th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: digital imaging gadgets mobile tech technology

express your lack of creativity with faceinhole.com

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Have you ever seen those headless paintings or headless cardboard figures in parks or zoos or movie theaters? The ones where you can place your head where the head of the thing should be, such that you look exactly what an idiot would look like? Well now with FACEinHOLE those headless bodies are online, making…

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March 17th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: digital imaging just plain fun

redpost signbeta: linux pic frame gets an upgrade

RedPost Signbeta Linux Picture Frame

Almost a year ago a RedPost made news with their hackable Linux picture frame, the RedPost/Kit. Today, the guys at RedPost announced Kit’s better, faster, stronger kid brother, the Signbeta.

While it certainly can be used as a digital picture frame, RedPost’s real mission is to replace wasteful paper-covedred bulletin boards with an electronic version.…

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April 6th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing digital imaging hacks + mods

redpost/kit: hackable linux picture frame

RedPost/Kit Digital Picture Frame

The guys over at RedPost come right out and say it. They want you to hack their new digital picture frame and do whatever you want with it.

For starters, the RedPost/Kit is a gorgeous digital picture frame with a large 19-inch Hannspree LCD screen. A mini computer inside runs a modified install of the…

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July 6th, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing digital imaging hacks + mods video

whoops: sony posts pgr3 screenshot as gran turismo hd

Sony GTA HD or PGR3

The faux pas of the day comes to us courtesy of master of all things Xbox, Major Nelson. Apparently, some junior web developer over at Sony mistakenly used a screenshot of the Xbox hit racing game, Project Gotham Racing 3 in an advertisement for Gran Turismo 4.

The ad was posted for a short time…

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January 25th, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun video games