That news article about the naked guy, did anybody else notice the name of the Police Commander? That was almost as funny as the article itself. And I'm sure that I'm going to hell, and if I ever go to Southern California I'm going to jail.
A popular gamer mag down here in australia
PCPowerPlay did an article this month about gifts for us geekier ones:
LOLMagnetz from
www.thinkgeek.com
-think those headline magnets crossed with the literacy of LOLCats. I'm looking at half this forum :P
R2-D2 Garbag from
www.thinkgeek.com
-think of a little R2D2 as one of those pedal trashbins.
29 piece tool kit from
www.tesora.com.au
-tiny tools in a pouch with a flashlight. no not a fleshlight. sickos.
fingerprint access control from
www.tesora.com.au
- yes just a fingerprint scanner, recognises up to 500 users
usb drumming santa from
www.usbgeek.com
-possibly the saddest entry to the list, its a little santa you plug into a usb port that sits there drumming away
WoW guild Tabard shirt from
http://warcraft.swagdog.com
-yes, the WoW guild tabard shirt.
Then they listed a whole heap of games including Lich King, Little Big Planet 2, and AoC for us mmo junkies, followed by all the latest cpus and graphics cards, mice keyboards, headsets and speakers (and btw, the headset they linked was the eDimensional AudioFX Pro 5.1) blu-ray players, home theaters, the panasonic 150" plasma "LifeScreen", DS, PSP, mini laptops, mp3 players, mobiles, a $10,000 watch , an 8gb usb key that's worth $900, the new fastest production car in the world, a private jet, a charter cruise on a 1920's gentlemans yacht and a surround sound setup worth over $200,000.
Later in the mag they also ran a regular feature called "Hotware":
Rovio from
www.wowwee.com
-a little rover that connects via 802.11b/g and streams its results back via internet to you, anywhere you log in. Designed to patrol your home.
X-Rocker 4.1 from
www.acebayou.com
-a rocking chair that has a 4.1 sound setup in it, I'm buying 2 of these. must have.
Nolan N84 N-Com from
www.nolanhelmets.com
-motorcycle helmet with a headset built in, allowing you to connect to mp3 players or mobile phones. Also allows you to play/pause/skip from helmet.
Moller Skycar from
www.moller.com
-a proper VTOL car that travels over 600km/h. Apparently once mass production kicks in, the price will drop from $500,000 to $60k-$80k US.
DSLR Camera Armour from
www.canon.com.au
-yes an armour shell designed to fit dslr cameras.
Harkonnen Chair from
www.hrgigermuseum.com
-proper replicas handmade to order from the maker of the original. goes for between $15k to $50k.
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