Lose yourself in the beautiful pop hooks and electric noise of Danish alt-rock duo, the Raveonettes’ latest album, In & Out of Control! Sharin Foo’s pixie-ish vocals declare “kids wanna bop, out in the street / fa-fa-fun all summer long” as the power chords reach sugar overload. Of course, the palpable sense of excitement and happiness is obvious [...]
Continue reading...21. November 2009
The WD TV Live HD media player is an unassuming bit of tech: 1080p video playback, support for all your favorite codecs, both Pandora and Live365 Internet radio apps, WiFi, two USB ports for external storage, HDMI, composite and component video outputs, SPDIF audio output, and more. MSRP is $150, but as always Amazon has [...]
Continue reading...11. November 2009
Have kids and a DVD player in your car? Let them listen to their favorite episodes of Sponge Bob or Justice League Unlimited on headphones designed just for them. These smart MyPhones headphones from accessory vendor, Griffin Technology, are sized for smaller heads, have cover plates which allow you to customize the graphics and most [...]
Continue reading...11. November 2009
Layers brings you… layers– for the iPhone. There are a myriad of painting apps available for the iPhone, all with their own shortcomings. Layers isn’t Photoshop, but it’s a pretty cool painting app. This is the latest app from Ben Gotow, a Mac programmer, web developer and photographer, and senior in Computer Engineering at Vanderbilt University. The [...]
Continue reading...27. October 2009
The folks at Meninos make a full line of Mac, iPhone and computing-focused household items perfect for your inner-geek. Check out these iPhone-inspired playing cards. Made of PVC plastic, each washable 2.2 x 3.5 inch card assumes an iPhone’s shape and look, complete with shiny bezel. The “screen” of each card displays the face of [...]
Continue reading...14. September 2009
The perfect mash up of the 3 things you love? Well yes, if Feed the Beasts’ new project Mugo, has anything to say about it. Expected to drop in mid-October, Mugo is a flash based MP3 player and storage drive wrapped around an urban vinyl skin by acclaimed artists such as: Julie West, Shin Tanaka, Tougui, [...]
Continue reading...2. September 2009
Halo fan? Digital courier? You’re in luck. Just came across the “Bargain ‘Bots” page while cruising the Mimobot site. Mimobots are designer USB flash drives. They work like any other USB flash drive, except these ones are cool. 2 gigs will set you back $17, while 4 and 8 gigs will set you back $24 [...]
Continue reading...24. August 2009
We all can’t be Bear Gryls (Man Vs. Wild) or Les Stroud (Survivorman). Our survival instincts will have to be acquired by reading Frank Miniter’s The Ultimate Man’s Survival Guide. The Upper East Side metrosexual may be good at cocktail chat, but a real man knows how to fight off alligators, create a tourniquet out of [...]
Continue reading...24. August 2009
The Gothic Wedding Collection is a pretty cool spin on the music you grew up listening to in the 80’s, as performed by Los Angeles based string quartet– Vitamin. Vitamin’s mission is to offer fans exciting versions of their favorite songs performed in new musical contexts. From the label’s first album, “The String Quartet Tribute to Led [...]
Continue reading...20. August 2009
Internet and street fighting sensation, “Kimbo Slice” (real name Kevin Fergusson), former IFL champion Roy Nelson, Wes Sims and four former NFL players compete in a 16 man tournament in Spike Tv’s latest installment of The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights. This season, Quentin “Rampage” Jackson and “Suga” Rashad Evans will coach the 16 heavyweights vying for a [...]
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2. March 2010
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