Gadgets

New York-based iPodMeister takes your old CDs and DVDs and magically transforms them into Apple gear. What you get depends on what you give. In exchange for 220 discs, you�ll get an 8GB iPod Nano. A 16GB iPhone 3GS goes for 330 discs. And a 16GB iPad with Wi-Fi can be had if you have 600 discs. If you want ...

If you were wondering why Mario was naked, I think we just discovered this answer. This sly dog stole his most prized outfit, and oddly enough an outfit fit for a plump Italian plumber just happens to fit this pooch to a tee. What a coincidence. For $16.50, you can dress your pup as either Mario of Luigi, whomever you ...

The What Would Steve Jobs Do? Wristbands are simply unneeded if you have the real thing sitting right on your desk. Jay Hauf’s Steve Jobs Papercraft Cubee is free to print and easy to make. With a few folds of high-quality paper, you can have your very own mini-Steve helping to guide your way�towards�success. He might be tyrannical and he ...

While GameCube was never my favorite console (I don’t recall ever playing on it much to be honest), I’m always happy to see a portable port of a gaming console that was simply not-so-portable in its original state. The Flip-Top GameCube design by Mike Szczys allows gamers to bring the game wherever they may roam, including under my neighbor’s bed… ...

If I’m ever in charge of a department, I’m so going to send memos to everyone in the office on this stationary, reminding them that they are prohibited from tweeting at the office.�Especially�during a fire. Take that corporate! I owe a debt of gratitude to designer C�sar Santiago for this piece of genius. You can make your own Twitter Notepad ...

I sort of don’t mind when bacon gets stuck between my teeth. It leaves that deliciously smoky pork flavor in my mouth all day. I’m just restricted from going out in public. It might taste great, but it looks like I have some sort of weird (albeit delicious) oral disorder. I’ve finally figured out a way to de-pick my teeth ...

The Big Picture recently took on a rather interesting topic – world record holders. Among those 30 odd photos, this image of Pokemon collection record holder Lisa Courtney instantly caught my eye. Not only does this girl go beyond geekiness and beyond fangirlism, but she delves into the nether regions of obsessiveness. 12,113 pieces of Pokemon memorabilia. And that number ...

Designed for Iceland’s design festival DesignMarch by Reykjavik-based designer Sruli Recht, these Parchment Gas Masks are composed of the simplest materials, just folded parchment and a few gadgety doodads, yet are both effective and might I say, pretty damn bad ass. Each mask contains respirators with replaceable filters, so the actual fume filtration system should work nicely while letting you ...

Now this could put quite a damper on your picnic. That’s no moon… that’s a watermelon. Om nom nom. Juiciest damn space station in the universe. Now, if melon isn’t your thing, you can always try some of the delicious Pumpkin Death Star. Or at least whatever’s left of Pumpkin Alderaan. Link [via]

The world of a blind geek must be a difficult one. Many of the luxuries we take for granted (watching Star Wars, reading fanfiction, witnessing Steve Jobs unveil the newest device in the Apple arsenal) just aren’t possible for the blind to the extent that the fully-functional among us have become accustomed to. Imagine Star Wars without being able to ...