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With all this talk about the Palm Pre, it’s easy to see how one could get washed up in the hype surrounding it. But check this out: It’s called the Palm Eos and it’s due out sometime after the Pre. It will use that WebOS Palm has been raving about and features a full QWERTY keyboard. Rumor has it that ...

Thank god! I was worried that Harmonix wouldn’t be releasing a Rickenbacker-replica along with the upcoming The Beatles: Rock Band but my prayers have been answered! Check out these super sweet replicas of old 1960s axes. There’s the classic Gretsch Duo-Jet (my uncle has one of these) and a Rickenbacker 325 (I used to own a 330), both of which ...

Are you like me and too damn lazy to be bothered with crap like a mop and a bucket? Glad we’re in agreement. That’s why I’m considering getting a pair of these Walk N’ Clean slippers. I can just pour a glass of water on the floor and start dancing and moonwalking across it. Ten minutes later, my feet will ...

I’m tempted to call Photoshop but goddamn that looks like it must have hurt. Either way, it’s as close to Morpheus as you’re going to get. Link

Now here’s a concept we can really get behind. A folding skateboard concept designed by Jin-Seok Hwang. Dangerous? Probably, but c’mon, it’s skateboarding. This would make it much easier to bring a skateboard with you on a bike ride and would allow you to chuck it in a backpack and roll out. Though it’d really suck for this thing to ...

What do you get when you combine Blade Runner, the Sun and Kate Moss?A piece of “jewelry” known as the Lux. It’s a solar panel necklace that you wear around at day and when night comes, the pretty white lights come on. With two hours of sunlight a day, you can light up the night bright as a kite for ...

Have $25 and drink a ton of beer at parties? Slap down a Lincoln and Jackson and pick up this Chug Meter glass. It measures how much you can chug in one shot, essentially showing the world that you’re either a beer drinking champion or a big pussy. Link

While I’m not one to feed the rumors, there’s just too much hype to ignore the upcoming large-screen Kindle from Amazon. Check out these pics of the upcoming “Kindle DX”. It supposedly will have a 9.7-inch display and is geared towards textbook use. I was thinking about the whole textbook strategy and it could really propel Amazon into the stratosphere. ...

Don’t get any ideas with the words ‘brick form’ floating around, you pothead. The bricks I’m talking about are none other than LEGOs. Some guy named Fantastic Rob managed to construct this beautiful homage to the original Donkey Kong video game, complete with flames, barrels and a big ol’ ape sitting atop it all. Ten bucks says it’s easier to ...

Man, today is all about the rumors floating around and I’m not liking it one bit. Know why? Rumors are all hype, little fact and always disappointing. Take for instance the latest one. The Internet is saying that Amazon is preparing a new Kindle with a large screen for newspapers that will drop this Wednesday. Pretty bold, right? Yeah, it’s ...