Blatantly Random » Gadgets http://www.blatantlyrandom.com Randomness and Other Stuff for Your Viewing Pleasure Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:20:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Happy Monday – iPad Takedown http://www.blatantlyrandom.com/2010/04/19/happy-monday-ipad-takedown/ http://www.blatantlyrandom.com/2010/04/19/happy-monday-ipad-takedown/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:57:45 +0000 Malcolm Owen http://www.blatantlyrandom.com/?p=592 1. If you’ve bought a new electrical device, you’ll want to take it apart as quickly as possible to see how it works. Sadly, most of us are unable to do so as we are klutzes and will damage the goddamned thing. Well, the people at TechRestore have demolished and rebuilt an iPad. In stop motion…


2. Happy Monday!

[TechRestore via TechMamba]

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2. I don’t understand the connection between mobile phones, jelly beans and underwear…


[via JapanSoc]

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…Problem is, the only task it does is to switch itself off.
Cool as it may seem, it’s currently not available in the shops. However, you could build it over at Instructables…

[via a few IM people]

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Mr Block (the guy known for going stupidly fast in a rally car) decided it would be a fantastic idea if he could make his off-road vehicle work in snow. Snow-chains? Too simple. Instead, cat-tracks were added, and it became a mountain’s 4WD nightmare.

I only wish I could add it to my Amazon wishlist…

[via Gajitz]

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Adam Savage, the guy from Mythbusters, had a phone bill from AT&T for $11,000. Apparently he was in Canada and got heavily charged for light data usage. Just like any other phone company on the planet, AT&T sent him the bill, expecting just a call on it’s customer service line from a person famous for blowing things up.
Sadly, AT&T failed to recognise that Adam had over 50,000 Twitter Followers watching whatever @donttrythis said.
To those that don’t know, that’s a lot.
Eventually the noise got to someone vaguely important at AT&T whom stepped in and sensibly (for a phone company at least) cut the charges down to a far more manageable size. Cue cheering from huddled masses of Twitter followers…

The use of Twitter: Mobilizing thousands to do what only one voice cannot. Let’s just hope that Adam doesn’t use his new-found powers for evil…

[via Computerworld.com via Switched]

]]> http://www.blatantlyrandom.com/2009/07/06/mythbuser-has-large-phone-bill-tweets-and-gets-charges-dropped/feed/ 0 USB Crunching Dog – Does Situps, Not Useful But Fun http://www.blatantlyrandom.com/2009/04/24/usb-crunching-dog-does-situps-not-useful-but-fun/ http://www.blatantlyrandom.com/2009/04/24/usb-crunching-dog-does-situps-not-useful-but-fun/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:28:21 +0000 Malcolm Owen http://www.blatantlyrandom.com/2009/04/24/usb-crunching-dog-does-situps-not-useful-but-fun/ There’s not much I can say to describe this, but this video does well enough..

USB CRUNCHING DOG

It’s a dog that, when plugged into the USB port, starts doing situps. It even has a six pack.
Seriously, whom thought this was a good idea to make? Somewhat cleaner to see than the humping version seen previously, it’s only purposes are to drain power via USB and to make people laugh.

Why did I get it? It was a freebie from Boffer alongside a world time alarm clock. How could I ever say No to it…

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Ed (Lau) has discovered the wonder that is the ICON A5. It’s a small and sleek plane with folding wings. If I had the money and lived on a river or a lake, I’d probably end up getting one. Seriously. Look!

Granted, it’s unlikely that the stars would align enough for this to happen to me, but I want one. The wings fold. FOLD! FOLD DAMNIT! And it’s $139k, which at the current exchange rate is about £79k, which is totally more doable than a Ferrari. And I don’t think Ferrari does a car that has folding wings.

Damn you Lau, damn you for making me want more things that I cannot afford…

[Via The [ED]ition]

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