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Apple has some of the best and apparently the worst of gadgets around. The 2009 iPod Shuffle model was rated a dismal 51 out of 100 points, the worst among 9 similarly specced MP3 players. Navigation of the device was apparently one of many key problems, the voice controls ranked as one of the most common complaints. T3 points out ...

Ahh, it’s nice to be reminded of home. Unfortunately this skateboard reminds me of my roof, rather than my cozy couch. How awesome would it be to build a roof using only skateboard? Designer Devin Barette created several artsy skateboards, including the Shingled Skateboard, for an art show and auction to raise money for charity. Link [via]

Silly Balloon Boy, tricks are for kids. Oh… wait. The Balloon Boy Halloween Costume kit includes everything you need to start your own media frenzy, minus a seven-year-old boy. You’ll have to get your hands on one of them yourself.

Every year around Halloween I go on a serious sugar bender. There’s something about this season that fuels the five-year-old inside of me. The problem is that I can literally look at a slice of cake and gain five pounds. So while this Game Boy cake looks extra scrumptious with its M&M Tetris design goin’ on, I think I might ...

Instead of rolling a pair of dice to see who goes first in Monopoly, why don’t you use a pair of hard boiled eggs? I guarantee they’re a lot tastier than the dice. Winner gets to eat the dice, as long as they don’t mind their eggs to be rolling around on some random surface. The Egg Cuber boils your ...

It’s hard to look productive when Solitaire is clealry your top window. Your boss might think your slacking, but… hell, let’s be honest… you are slacking. But there’s a way to avoid slacker persecution! CantYouSeeImBusy.com disguises your gaming as work, making you appear as if you’re extremely consumed in your work… EXTREMELY!!! Even if you’re just playing a game such ...

So, yeah, that big music service we were talking about earlier that Google was supposed to be launching? Turns out the truth of the the matter is slightly more anticlimactic than we had hoped. As it turns out, the Google Music service is actually going to be the One Box search engine, a search engine that will blend results from ...

The laws of physics always hold up, even in a world such as Star Wars. Gravity still holds Mr. Skywalker on the ground and Mass Times Acceleration still equals force. But does it equal The Force? That is the question. Was Yoda really nothing more than a physics professor? Is Darth Vader simply an allegorical symbol of the possible destruction ...

Windows fans. If you want to show your Microsoft OS pride, what more accurate way is there than the classic BSOD, probably the most common sight you see. The Blue Screen of Death Belt advertises the most famous fuck-up in OS history, right where it should be. Only inches from your Windows-loving vag. I so could not imagine a world ...

I have a major drinking problem. And that problem is that I can’t sit back with a chilly brew when I’m on the move. Whether I’m at work or waiting for the the train, I need a constant flow of beer flowing down my gullet and until now that just wasn’t possible unless I wanted to carry around one of ...