Archives: 2007 December

Filed under: Portable Audio, Transportation

Alpine’s cutting straight to the chase with its new iDA-X200 and iDA-X300 headunits. Forgoing a CD mechanism entirely, the two systems are designed primarily for use with an iPod, though they do pack a few extra goodies. The X200 works with Alpine’s Sound Imprint system for some fancy DSP, while the […]

Filed under: Cellphones

There’s certainly no shortage of solutions out there for those looking to control their home from their cellphone, but it looks like the select few with a HAI home automation system will soon have an app specially tailored to them. Set to be officially unveiled at CES, HAI’s Snap-Link Mobile app will work […]

Filed under: Cellphones

We’re not planning on seeing any sort of confirmation from Sprint on this, but word on the street has it that the carrier has actually halted shipments of the LG Rumor to its retail outlets. Apparently, the handset has a “known issue where certain sets of key presses during startup can trigger […]

If you’re going to tattoo a Platonic solid on your arm, it might as well be a gamer’s “d20″ icosahedron die. Link (Thanks,
Church!)

The Record Industry has changed its tune on personal use of music you own. It used to say that copying songs from your CDs was fine, but now it’s pretending it didn’t say that.
The Washington Post reports:

Sony BMG’s chief of litigation,
Jennifer Pariser, testified […]

Filed under: Gaming
Controller abuse has always been a mainstay of the video gaming existence — no need to blame your thumbs when there’s this hunk of plastic to chuck at the floor — but who knew Nintendo was working such violence into its own official support curriculum? Wired’s Russ Neumeier gave Nintendo support a ring […]

Filed under: Transportation

Anyone can claim to be a friend of the environment while proudly jaunting about in a sporty Tesla, so what really separates the hardcore greens from the Hollywood posers is the willingness to shell out nearly twenty-five grand for a no-frills, no hype (and no doors?) solar-powered runabout. It must be this dedicated […]

Make your own moldable sand with ordinary play sand, corn starch, and water.
One of the hot Christmas items this year was Moon Sand. But while it’s certainly not a bank-breaker, it is costly for what is basically wet sand. So, I did a little digging around (pun intended) and discovered a way to make your […]

Filed under: Cellphones
It probably doesn’t come as much of a shock to you that plenty of texting goes down midnight-ish tonight, and naturally the carriers are gearing up for just such an onslaught. Palm isn’t so optimistic about the proceedings: according to a study it commissioned in the UK with lpsos MORI, 70% of people […]

How is it that phone cords, earbuds, and the string for my son’s gyroscope so often end up a knotted mess? To find out, biophysicists and mathematicians are developing experiments to exploring how knots can spontaneously form so quickly. Their research may provide […]