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filed under: computing | hacks-mods | retro
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Back in its day, the design of the classic iMac was pretty groundbreaking. Sure, by today’s standards, the original iMac was a little bulbous, but did it really deserve this punishment?
The mutant offspring of an old G3 iMac and a VHS deck, Cory Baker’s iVHS casemod is one of the ugliest Mac designs I’ve ever seen…
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posted: May 9th, 2008
author: technabob
filed under: gadgets | just plain fun
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Can’t get enough of the sound of your own voice? This desktop bird plugs into your PC and parrots back what it hears.
The electronic parrot offers up an array of random phrases, plucked from the words it overhears, all the while gesticulating its mechanical wings…
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posted: February 28th, 2008
author: technabob
filed under: design | media players
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Who needs headphones when your MP3 player’s main feature is a big old speaker right smack dab in the middle of it? That’s what these digital music players from China are all about.
Lanhui’s LH-555 media players come in several bright colors, and have a retro sort of feel to them…
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posted: September 7th, 2007
author: technabob
filed under: Uncategorized
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I was over on DBSTalk this morning reading about some fun I was having with my DirecTV HD DVR, when I stumbled across this interesting image.
The upcoming DirecTV HR21 PRO looks like a whopper of a high-definition DVR, capable of recording up to 100 hours of HD programming…
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posted: August 31st, 2007
author: technabob
filed under: digital imaging | gadgets
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This new gadget out of Japan could save you lots of time and money if you ever get into a car wreck. It’s a little camera that mounts on your car’s windshield records vehicular accidents.
The Clarion DriveEye camera automatically senses emergency braking and captures video before, during and after an accident…
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posted: July 23rd, 2007
author: technabob
filed under: home entertainment
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Today, TiVo began selling its new Series 3 high definition recorder.
The long-awaited Series 3 features a 250GB hard drive, enough to store about 32 hours of high-def content or about 300 hours of standard-def programming. The device also features dual tuners, allowing simultaneous recording on two channels…
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posted: September 12th, 2006
author: technabob