If you’ve children or have seen children, you’ll know kids like them some toy train rails. Three companies are selling bits specifically designed to create tracks that are compatible with Thomas the Tank Engine sets. The original tracks and toys are amazingly and disgustingly pricey but obviously building your own could cost you more […]
If you’ve children or have seen kids, you’ll know kids like them some toy train rails. Three companies are selling bits specifically designed to create tracks that are compatible with Thomas the Tank Engine sets. The original tracks and toys are amazingly and disgustingly high-priced but obviously building your own could cost you more in heartache and pain than going to Toys’r’Us ever could. Toolmonger has links to each manufacturer although they advocate using MLCS’ kit to ensure compatibility. Good luck and send me a mess of tracks when you make them. My boy wants to recreate the NYC subway system in cheap Ikea train tracks and we can’t get enough wood to build the D line. $98.95 for the whole bit set.
You gamers should know how great Xbox Live can be, but do you know how the service came about, or what Microsoft’s plans for it in the future are? (You may also know how incompetent many XBL players are—playing Team Fortress 2, it never ceases to amaze me that on my team of eight players, […]
You gamers should know how great Xbox Live can be, but do you know how the service came about, or what Microsoft’s plans for it in the future are? (You may also know how incompetent many XBL players are—playing Team Fortress 2, it never ceases to amaze me that on my team of eight players, six were engineers, one was a useless dunce, and I was the only scout trying to get the briefcase. Teamwork!)
If you’re even remotely interested in that, I advocate you make your way on over to the recently revamped Edge On the internet, which has a nice tiny feature on Xbox Live. Given that it’s from Edge, a magazine I’ve praised here many times in the past, you can anticipate all sorts of Massive Boy treatment of the topic.
If you like Edge, might I also suggest the Game Theory podcast, which similarly treats video games as a proper topic, and not like some pastime for children?
Oh man, who thought this was a good idea? Pretty much all the massive companies were handing out goodie bags, so to talk, at IFA. Inside is the usual assortment of swag you’d find at any trade show: pens, buttons, maybe an extraordinarily cheap pair of headphones, etc. Not Sharp, though. They went above and […]
Oh man, who thought this was a good idea? Pretty much all the big companies were handing out goodie bags, so to talk, at IFA. Inside is the usual assortment of swag you’d find at any trade show: pens, buttons, maybe an extraordinarily cheap pair of headphones, etc.
Not Sharp, though. They went above and beyond the call of duty. They were handing out these giant inflatable, I don’t know, floaties or whatever. Who cares, sure, but picture this: ever third person on the crowded show floor—at some point, IFA opened to the public—carrying one of these, blocking walkways, getting in the way of products, etc. Just annoying from soup to nuts.
So to Sharp: let’s kick it down a notch next time, okay? Just a friendly request.
First off, Photosynth only works on Windows machines. That includes creating them and merely viewing them. I made this one using Boot Camp on my MacBook. That out of that way, this is a swift little Photosynth of Samsung’s booth at IFA 2008. Theirs was probably the most visually impressive at the show. More stuff on […]
First off, Photosynth only works on Windows machines. That includes creating them and merely viewing them. I made this one using Boot Camp on my MacBook.
That out of that way, this is a quick little Photosynth of Samsung’s booth at IFA 2008. Theirs was probably the most visually impressive at the show. More stuff on the way, as I just found out that the video I took with my cellphone is actually watchable. Amazing, this technology.
It’s not just iPhone users who can listen to the radio while toolin’ about their fine city. A just-released (well, re-released, kinda) application for the BlackBerry called the Mobiola xPlayer lets you listen to Internet radio (that includes live news and the like) and MP3s (and AACs and WMAs, etc.) Listening to MP3s and the […]
It’s not just iPhone users who can listen to the radio while toolin’ about their fine city. A just-released (well, re-released, kinda) application for the BlackBerry called the Mobiola xPlayer lets you listen to World wide web radio (that includes live news and the like) and MP3s (and AACs and WMAs, etc.) Listening to MP3s and the like won’t cost you anything, but to hear World wide web radio you’ll have to pay a one-time fee of $19.95.
If I had bothered brining my BlackBerry 8800 with me, I’d be downloading this ASAP. But of course, being a total numpty, I forgot it. Oh well.
I mentioned it in an earlier post, but as it all went down while I was in the middle of swappin’ out cameras, I missed getting this tiny gem on video. Fortunately, ye olde Tube of Yous has come through. To explain what you’re seeing: About halfway through his set, Coulton pushed an iDVD-built video menu […]
I mentioned it in an earlier post, but as it all went down while I was in the middle of swappin’ out cameras, I missed getting this little gem on video. Fortunately, ye olde Tube of Yous has come through.
To explain what you’re seeing: About halfway through his set, Coulton pushed an iDVD-built video menu to the concert hall’s projection screens. It had two items: one labeled “Play this one”, one labeled “Not this one”. After a few rounds of playful banter between Coulton and a sound guy whos name he simply couldn’t remember, they managed to tag-team the audience into chanting for the not-to-be-played video (The camera used in that video up above didn’t quite pick up just how loud the chant was - people were pretty riled up). “Sound Guy” clicks the no-no video, aaaaaand it’s a rickroll.
There were a few thousand people in that concert hall. Could this be the largest simultaneous Rickroll in the history of the intarwebs?
Why you’d want to do this I can’t fathom - the data detectors are probably the best feature in Mail - but you can turn off the little pop-up windows that appear when you hover over dates, addresses, and contacts in the application. Go to your terminal and type: defaults write com.apple.mail DisableDataDetectors YES Then restart Mail. […]
Why you’d want to do this I can’t fathom - the data detectors are probably the ideal feature in Mail - but you can turn off the tiny pop-up windows that appear when you hover over dates, addresses, and contacts in the application. Go to your terminal and type:
Behold! PAX in pictures. There will be more later, I’m taking a photo each other step. There are cosplayers, nerds, enforcers, classy ladies, and everything in between. Click through for our first batch of PAX-y stills. If an explanation is required for the picture, hopefully it will be furnished soon (by me). Click the picture once for […]
Behold! PAX in pictures. There will be more later, I’m taking a pic every other step. There are cosplayers, nerds, enforcers, classy ladies, and everything in between. Click through for our first batch of PAX-y stills.
If an explanation is required for the picture, hopefully it will be furnished soon (by me). Click the picture once for more massive, and then click it again for even more massive.
At some point we are going to run into the issue of media players just slicing their way out of our pockets. You’ll have to buff the edges so you don’t slice your fingers off while changing tracks. I guess we’re not quite at that point, but 4.5mm is pretty damn thin. This thing doesn’t […]
At some point we are going to run into the issue of media players just slicing their way out of our pockets. You’ll have to buff the edges so you don’t slice your fingers off while changing tracks. I guess we’re not quite at that point, but 4.5mm is pretty damn thin. This thing doesn’t have much branding, and I’m not sure I have the ability to count on a place called “Component Warehouse” for support if my player snaps in half during shipment, but it’s all worth it to take off that last 2mm.
Brother has come out with a wide format printer for only 200 bucks. The MFC-5890CN is part of the ‘Professional Series’ line of Brother all-in-one printers. Combining the ability to print, scan, fax and copy the company is marketing these for business users who would like the ability to make ledger size prints. Massive prints […]
Brother has come out with a wide format printer for only 200 bucks. The MFC-5890CN is part of the ‘Professional Series’ line of Brother all-in-one printers. Combining the capability to print, scan, fax and copy the company is marketing these for business users who would like the capability to make ledger size prints.
Big prints make for a superior impact in any presentation, and pretty photos to hang on the wall are no exception. I don’t know how these would hold up for pic printing, but considering the price it might be worth checking out. Big 11″x17″ prints have always been a pretty sweet size for prints.
Also announced was the MFC-5490CN for $129, which handles the same tasks, but only prints up to 8.5”x14”. The wide format MFC-5890CN will be available in September and the MFC-5490CN goes on sale in October. Pictured is the MFC-6490CW, the currently available all-in-one from the ‘Professional Series’.
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