Dice can be some cumbersome equipment to carry around for board games. That’s alright though, because as long as you have your iPhone on you, you’ll have a set of some topnotch dice that’ll have any D&D enthusiast drooling at your feet. It’s only 99 cents from the Apple store, after which you’ll be rolling away with your D20 Gaming ...
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Icahn to Yahoo!: Your Ass Is Mine
The Fourth of July has passed and now we’re stuck on a Monday with a big week ahead of us. However, nobody’s week will compare to that of Jerry Yang’s. Jerry is CEO and co-Founder of Yahoo!, a dying Internet company you probably use daily. Today, money-maker and powerhouse Carl Icahn issues a letter to Yahoo! shareholders telling them that ...
Read More »Pop Up A Hotel Room, Anywhere
Have you ever gotten the sudden urge to just sprout up living quarters anywhere you see fit? We have too, that’s why the Abilmo Pop-Up Hotel Rooms caught our attention.� It can be difficult finding an affordable room and board while taking a cross country road trip.� Abilmo themselves deliver these pop-up rooms and set them up on site for ...
Read More »Jot Dry-Erase Refrigerator Is Fun For The Kids
The days of slapping magnets all over your refrigerator are thankfully over with the Jot Dry-Erase Refrigerator.� Leave messages, reminders, chores or just doodle right in the privacy of your own kitchen. Is someone drinking from the milk carton? Tell them to “Fuck off!” with one of the many colored dry-erase markers included.� Has the cheese gone bad? Leave a ...
Read More »Waterboard: Play With Water While Keeping Dry
Getting wet sucks, especially if you’re that alien species from the movie Signs. Michael Burton has crafted an award-winning concept of a virtual water interactive installation. Unlike the Light Rain, you won’t find shoddy poetry and goofy dancers throughout this video. Rather, you’ll see people playing with life-like water displayed on a board. The water will react to anything pressed ...
Read More »Midify for the Nintendo DS Available
I stumbled upon the greatest hack/mod/sandwich for the Nintendo DS. It’s called Midify and as any dork or musician could guess, it’s MIDI-related. This little board adds MIDI ports to your DS, allowing Electroplankton to shine at its full potential. Apparently the interface is very easy to work with and mapping triggers shouldn’t be a problem. At $35, DS enthusiasts ...
Read More »New Element Deck Pushes The Envelope
The lightest most durable decks to hit store shelves, Element’s new “Push Construction Positive Negative” series of decks is leading by example and showing old-timers that wood isn’t good. Element had previously released a featherlight helium deck which trapped air in between the layers of the deck. Combining that with with carbon fiber material has spawned the first three pro-skateboarding ...
Read More »No One Does BWL Runs Even If You’re Standing
No one wants to stand during a raid. Yet, these German fellows who turned the Wii Balance Board into an interactive control mechanic for World Of Warcraft do want to stand as they play. They’ve done a similar project with Google Maps but this software mod sets the all time precedent of uselessness. Relaying data to a laptop via Bluetooth, ...
Read More »The Overpriced Way To Leave Mom and Coworkers Notes
The TaskWatch is an glorified dry erase board with an analog clock. While the home-based TaskWatch has a complete round dial, the TaskWatch designed for office use is of the 9-to-6 variety. It’s a helpful tool for leaving coworkers messages like, “Where’d the last donut go?” or “Who shit in the water cooler?” The combination of a clock and dry ...
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