Verizon and Google: Bed Mates

Earlier today Google and Verizon issued a joint policy statement surrounding net neutrality or what they refer to as a “Policy Proposal for an Open Internet”. I can’t even begin to lay out how wrong this is. <rant on> First, what the hell Google? Were you not one of the champions of an open a [...]

Alarm Clock App Knows When To Wake You

This might be nothing more than smoke and mirrors but the Sleep Cycle alarm clock claims to analyze your sleep patterns and chooses the best time to wake you up. You place your iPhone face down on your maters and the app analyzes your tossing and turning and figures out you sleep cycle. I haven’t [...]

Mini Lighter Cufflinks

Seriously, you’d have to be a cast member of the TV Show Madmen to be able to pull off something like these mini lighter cufflinks. Seriously, who smokes any more (besides me. I know I know). Not even the modern day super spy would want to be caught with these things, they’d opt for the [...]

Rock Band Smoke And Light Kit

Do you think that you are a? Play Rock Band day and night? Why not add to your experience with the Rock band smoke and light kit. Alright, so I agree with you, this is a stupid idea, but then again stupid people buy stupid things. Performance Designed Products will soon be selling a smoke [...]

Bong Or Bowl?

I know that this isn’t exactly a gadget, but tell me this isn’t the weirdest looking throne you have ever seen. Some Russians decided to have a bathroom design contest (who the hell holds a contest for bathroom design?) and this is what they came up with this toilet, named “Mrs. Hudosn”, maybe it’s a [...]

NES Controller Sockets

Been hacking up various old NES units just to get a hold of the controller connectors for your mod projects? Look no further because for the very first time you can buy the controller connectors by themselves. Parallax has just released a 7-pin socket connector that is compatible with the classic NES. For just $2 [...]

Guitar Hero In Your Pocket

Can’t get enough of the addicting Guitar Hero game? Now you can play it anywhere, anytime. Basic Fun’s tiny Guitar Hero game offers a variety of tune from both GH 1 and GH 2, including Rock this Town, Cherry Pie, Smoke on the Water, Miserlou, Message in a Bottle, Surrender, Jessica, and Heart Shaped Box. [...]

Rock Band Stage Kit, Live Your Dream

Rock band has quickly become one of the greatest group games to hit the store shelves in many years (okay, so the old NHL games rocked too). The only problem is the lack of the glitter and the excitement you get from a live concert, that will all change real soon. Gamestop is pre-ordering the [...]

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iPhone goes *poof* during Unlocking

Looks like someone wasn’t all that careful when trying to preform a hardware unlock on an iPhone. All they did was remove 3 screws and PUFF, the dreaded blue smoke.. Story: We were so happy, all the software part was done, so we started opening the iphone. The antenna cover was a bit tricky but [...]