Archive for July, 2009
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Friday Bot With Stuff
31, Jul 2009The Battle of Wits Has Begun!
Yeah, I’ve made the mistake of getting involved in a land war in Asia once or twice… Bad times.
As always, you can catch the other Bots With Stuff from last week over on The Shoebox Blog, including a robot with that blue stuff that you put combs in, and a [...]
- In: Robots and such
- Tags: Art, Humor
Original Futurama cast returning to the show!!!
31, Jul 2009In case you didn’t notice, Peter Ha was a tad upset when news broke about Fox recasting Futurama. Good news though, a deal has been reached. The original cast is returning after agreeing to the “studio paying more and the actors accepting less” according to TheStar.com. I just hope that Peter can get some sleep now. [...]
There’s nothing truly special about the Eee Keyboard beyond the fact that Asus did it first. Sure, it took some fancy configuring to get the PCBs, RAM and everything in there, but if you were a dedicated DIY computer guy, you could do something similar. And this guy did — no touchscreen, no wireless HDMI, and it’s not as fast, but hey, it’s a computer in a keyboard!
- In: Tek Oh!
- Tags: diy, Eee keyboard, Headline
Remember that quote from Sony’s CEO about not lowering the price of the PS3 because they’d lose money on every one? Not exactly the truth. In fact, since the statement was made just a few weeks ago, it actually seems that the man was telling an outrageous lie.
I mean sure, when it was introduced almost three years ago, it cost a bundle, but according to new Sony statements, manufacturing costs gone down by nearly three quarters since then. And yet the cost to you hasn’t changed! Weird.
- In: Tek Oh!
- Tags: CrunchArcade, Headline, ps3, sony
World’s first USB 3.0-capable motherboard gets nixed
31, Jul 2009
Asus dropped word last week that they would be coming out with the world’s first USB 3.0-capable mobo, and I was itching to make it the basis for my next PC. But then Asus had to go and spoil my dreams by cancelling the P6X58… and why was that again?
Not for any particularly interesting reasons.
God, thanks for clearing that up, Asus!
Bethesda dates WET For September 15
31, Jul 2009Bethesda’s third-person shooter, WET, is slated for a September 15 launch on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It’s voiced over by the lovely Eliza Dushku, if that makes a difference to you.
On a mission to find the man that left you for dead, you’ll master the controls that will allow you to create [...]
- In: Tek Oh!
- Tags: bethesda, CrunchArcade, wet
$500 for the mother of all radar detectors
31, Jul 2009
It doesn’t look like much, but if it does its job right, and you really love to speed, it may pay for itself after a few close calls with the Highway Patrol. I was just on a road trip and the radar detector we had was not entirely reliable — but for less than $30, you can’t expect too much. This thing, though, is supposed to detect potentially harmful police radiations up to 13 miles away.
I have a secret to tell you. I’m a fan of the Fast & Furious franchise. Actually, the second one sucked really badly. But I’m not reviewing the fourth installment in the riveting saga here, just the Blu-ray iPhone app.
So, is the app everything it’s cracked up to be? Well, it delivers on what [...]
Years from now, people will look back on the year 2009 as the year A) Apple lost the goodwill of a sizable chunk of the Internet audience; and B) when a high school kid sued Amazon because it remotely deleted an illegal copy of 1984. The kid is suing because he annotated the copy of the book, and now is without said notes. So of course, sue right?
Review: JVC Everio X GZ-X900
31, Jul 2009What is the Everio X GZ-X900? Is it a pocket camcorder like a Flip? Is it a fully-fledged video camera? Is it a YouTube-uploading device? Is it a hybrid of all of these – and more?
This new Everio is basically a compact video camera that records at full 1920×1080 1080i resolution at 24Mbps in its [...]