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The 5 Dumbest Products in America, Circa 1977 [Retromodo]
by Chemmyone on Jun.03, 2010, under 2, 2010, 3, 5, 7, 7d, ANT, AR, Ac, Ad, Add, Ads, Advertisements, Ants, Bes, Bp, C6, Cars, Cia, Display, Ds, E, EC, Ea, Electron, Electronics, Emi, Et, Ge, Gizmo, Hd, Home Automation, Icon, Id, Im, In, Ir, Isp, La, Labels, Lg, MER, Men, Mic, Mod, NationalSemiconductor, Nes, One, Os, PI, Pad, Padd, Phones, Pixel, Play, Pot, Pr, Pro, Q, RSS, Rc, Retro, Retromodo, Rv, Semiconductors, Style, TI, TV, TVs, Tag, Tax, Telephone, Tent, Toaster, Toasters, Tools, Trash, Tron, Ui, Us, V, X1, age, ally, america, and, ash, bus, business, car, cat, clear, color, components, dash, de, electric, ff, gizmodo, hand, hands, images, mid, om, order, phone, products, quant, rom, serve, tech, telephones, what, world, xl
It’s 1977 and you’ve got a potentially world-changing semiconductor on your hands—but how do you market the thing? By trashing toasters, telephones, cars, and especially TVs, which are so dumb they can’t even pay your taxes! (What?) More
BP Knew of Deepwater Horizon Safety Risks Almost a Year Ago [Disasters]
by Chemmyone on May.30, 2010, under 17, 2, 2010, 3, 5, 7, 7d, A9, ANT, AR, Ac, Ad, Add, Ads, Ai, Ants, Art, Bp, CERN, Disaster, Disasters, Display, Ds, E, EC, Ea, Et, Eu, Executives, F1, F2, Ge, Gizmo, Gulf, HTML, Hd, Home Automation, Hori, Hp, Id, Im, In, Io, Isp, La, Labels, Led, Mexico, Mod, Ms, Of, Oil, One, Os, PI, Padd, Pixel, Play, Pr, Pro, Q, RSS, Rc, Rv, Style, T1, TI, TV, Tag, Tat, Top, Us, V, Water, X1, age, and, artic, cat, clear, color, de, deepwater horizon, fail, ff, gizmodo, gulf of mexico, images, learn, learning, mid, move, nex, next, nin, oil spill, om, order, orizon, pill, plan, quant, safety, serve, spill, tech, ted, unit, what
Top kill has failed . As BP moves on to whatever it is they plan to do next, we’re learning executives knew there were “serious problems and safety concerns” with the rig as early as 11 months ago, and did nothing.
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BP Knew of Deepwater Horizon Safety Risks Almost a Year Ago [Disasters]
Now Available: Sushi Push Pops [Food]
by Chemmyone on May.29, 2010, under 2, 2010, 3, 5, 7, 7d, A9, ANT, AR, Ac, Ad, Add, Ads, Ai, Ants, Av, Bp, Dc, Display, Ds, E, EC, Ea, Et, Fcc, Food, Ge, Gizmo, Hd, Home, Home Automation, II, Id, Im, In, Isp, La, Labels, Mod, Nes, One, PI, Padd, Pixel, Play, Pr, Pro, Push, Q, RSS, Rc, Rv, Style, Sushi, Sushi Popper, TI, TV, Tag, Us, V, X1, XP, age, aila, and, app, ash, bus, business, cat, cc, clear, color, cook, cooking, dash, de, ff, gizmodo, good, images, kin, late, mid, nomnomnom, now Available, om, order, products, ps, quant, serve, tech, ted, tub
“This isn’t just another frozen product — this is a frozen product that happens to be extremely good.” More
MacBook Pro Decal Reveals Secret LOST Ending [Accessories]
by Chemmyone on May.26, 2010, under 2, 2010, 3, 3D, 5, 7, 7d, ANT, AR, Ac, Accessories, Ad, Add, Ads, Ai, Ants, Arm, Ati, Av, Books, Bp, Cam, Ces, Chip, Dharma, Display, Ds, E, EC, Ea, Ebook, Ebooks, Et, Etsy, Gallery, Ge, Gizmo, HTML, Hard, Hardware, Hd, Home Automation, Id, Ie, Im, In, Isp, La, Labels, Laptop, Laptops, Lost, Lost decal, Mac, MacBook, MacBook Pro, Macintosh, Mit, Mod, Note, Notebook, Notebooks, One, Os, PC, PI, Padd, Pixel, Play, Pr, Pro, Q, RSS, Rc, Rv, Style, T1, TI, TV, Tag, Top, Ui, V, Via, War, X1, age, and, app, apple, book, cat, cc, clear, color, cost, de, decal, ff, gizmodo, images, kin, mid, movies, om, order, pre, ps, quant, serve, source, tech, white
Admit it. If you found out that Apple was behind the Dharma Initiative, it would have been a pretty freaking satisfying ending to LOST. Celebrate the non-reveal with this laptop decal that costs $5
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MacBook Pro Decal Reveals Secret LOST Ending [Accessories]
Watch BP’s "Top Kill" Oil Spill Fix LIVE [Disaster]
by Chemmyone on May.26, 2010, under Bp, Disaster, Home Automation, Oil, Uncategorized, live, spill
All systems are go for BP’s latest “top kill” oil spill fix, and they’re broadcasting the process live. The 21st Century: disastrous oil spills and the technology to let you watch them from your desk. Video feed after the jump. More
Gesture-Activated Faucet, Or Project Natal for the Dishes [Concepts]
by Chemmyone on May.26, 2010, under 2, 2010, 3, 5, 7, 7d, ANT, AR, Ac, Act, Ad, Add, Ads, Ai, Air, Ants, Art, Bp, Cf, Concept, Concepts, Dc, Dish, Display, Ds, E, EC, Ea, Et, Eu, Faucets, Fb, Flow, Ge, Gesture sink, Gizmo, Hd, Home Automation, Id, Ie, Im, In, Ir, Isp, La, Labels, Mic, Mod, NK, Natal, Of, One, Os, Ouch, PI, Padd, Ping, Pixel, Play, Pr, Pro, Project Natal, Q, RSS, Rc, Review, Rv, Style, TI, TV, Tag, Touch, Ui, V, Via, Vide, Video, Vimeo, WD, Water, X1, Xbox, Yanko, age, cat, clear, color, de, design, faucet, ff, flo, future, gesture, gizmodo, images, magic, micro, microsoft, mid, nin, om, order, ps, quant, serve, sex, sinks, tech, ted, trick, view
In the future, we can only hope that turning on one’s faucet will require a pseudo-sexual air stroke. Groping is so pedestrian. [ Jasper Dekker via Yanko Design ] More
Leaked: Production-Level BlackBerry Bold 9800 Pics [BlackBerry]
by Chemmyone on May.23, 2010, under 2, 2010, 3, 5, 5D, 7, 7d, 9800, A4, ANT, AR, Ac, Ad, Add, Ads, Ants, BlackBerry, Blackberry 9800, Blackberry bold 9800, Bp, Cellphones, Display, Ds, E, EC, Ea, Et, Gallery, Ge, Gizmo, Hd, Home Automation, Id, Im, In, Io, Ion, Isp, La, Labels, Leak, Leaked, Leaks, Ming, Mod, Of, One, Os, PC, PI, Padd, Phones, Pixel, Play, Port, Pr, Pro, Production, Q, RSS, Rc, Red, Rv, Show, Sim, Slide, Slider, Style, TI, TV, Tag, Up, Us, V, X1, age, app, blackberry bold, bold, browser, cat, clear, color, day, de, ff, gizmodo, images, ion le, late, om, order, phone, prototype, quant, serve, tech, upc, web, webkit, what
If the Friday fix wasn’t enough, here are some more leaked pics of the upcoming BlackBerry 9800 slider. The phone pictured here is apparently a late stage/early production level prototype, similar to what we saw Friday. [ BGR ] More
The Simple Props of LOST [Image Cache]
by Chemmyone on May.21, 2010, under 17, 2, 2010, 3, 5, 7, 7d, ANT, AR, Ac, Ad, Add, Ads, Ants, Art, Bp, Crazy, Display, Ds, E, Ea, Et, F2, Gallery, Games, Ge, Geek, Gizmo, Hd, Home Automation, Id, Ie, Im, Image cache, Imagecache, In, Io, Ion, Isp, La, Labels, Lost, Lost props, Men, Mod, My, Nes, Nsa, OTS, Of, One, Os, PI, Padd, Pixel, Play, Port, Pr, Pro, Props, Q, RNA, RSS, Rc, Rv, Show, Sim, Style, TI, TV, TV shows, Tag, Tools, Ui, Up, Us, V, X1, age, and, app, ash, bus, business, cat, clear, color, cv, dash, de, exhibition, ff, game, gizmodo, good, images, kin, mid, om, order, ps, quant, rom, serve, tech, ted, television, twist
LOST may be full of insanely twisted plots , crazy tech, and supernatural mystery, but an exhibition of some props from the show appears to be full of simple, low-tech goodies—the important bits. More
Undersea Internet Cables Dangerously Vulnerable To Attack [Intertubes]
by Chemmyone on May.19, 2010, under 17, 2, 2010, 3, 5, 7, 7d, A8, ANT, AR, Ac, Act, Ad, Add, Ads, Ants, Art, Ati, Av, Bes, Bp, Cable, Cables, Commerce, Danger, Dc, Display, Ds, E, Ea, Et, Ge, Gizmo, Hacking, Hd, Home Automation, Id, Ie, Ieee, Im, In, Intern, Ion, Isp, Kye, La, Labels, Les, MER, Mod, My, Net, News, Of, One, Online, Os, PI, Padd, Pixel, Play, Port, Pr, Pro, Q, RNA, RSS, Rc, Rv, Satellite, Satellites, Style, TI, TV, Tag, Travel, Tubes, Underseatransmission, Underwater, Us, V, Water, X1, age, and, artic, cat, clear, color, data, de, eco, eee, ff, g2, gizmodo, images, international, internet, intertubes, om, order, ota, ps, quant, sabotage, sea, security, serve, tech, tub
Here’s a surprising fact: 99% of intercontinental data travels through underwater cables (not satellites.) But a report by the IEEE says that those cables, which are essential to international commerce, are vulnerable to sabotage and in urgent need of securing. More
The Fascinating Origin of the Word "Fanboy" [Retromodo]
by Chemmyone on May.17, 2010, under Fanboy, Fanboy origin, Home Automation, Retromodo, Uncategorized, words
As a badge of pride or a piercing insult, “fanboy” is wielded too lightly. We must understand its history, its context, and its gravity! We must know its provenance! We must respect the (word) fanboy.
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The Fascinating Origin of the Word "Fanboy" [Retromodo]