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Micro S’mores Brings S’mores Out Of The Stone Age

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

smores, microwave, easy

S’mores: they’re the most efficient way of getting chocolate and marshmallow and graham crackers into your mouth. And I’m all for efficiency (and chocolate and marshmallows and graham crackers). The issue with s’mores, though, is that making them relies on obsolete technology: fire. And fire is obsolete for a reason… I mean, who really wants to be outside, where it rains, next to a fire that makes you too hot on one side and too cold on the ...

Origami Toilet Paper

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

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When you’re in the bathroom, taking care of ‘business’, you really should be concentrating on the task at hand. But occasionally you do have time to kill, which is when this roll of toilet paper covered in origami instructions would come in handy. I assume all of the projects use TP-sized paper, otherwise you and your guests will be tearing up old issues of Reader’s Digest to make paper cranes and what-not, that is ...

Datel sues Microsoft over Xbox 360 memory unit crackdown

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

microsoft, memory, 360

Datel Design & Development, a maker of memory units for Microsoft's Xbox 360, has filed an antitrust suit against Microsoft over its moves to prevent the U.K.-based company's products from working with the game console. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, says Microsoft is unfairly favoring its own Xbox 360 accessories by disabling the functionality of competing technologies.

Microsoft announced last ...

Upcoming Free Xbox LIVE Weekends

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

xbox live, free, weekends, xbla

With the latest batch of new LIVE Features now available, we're kicking off a few FREE LIVE Weekends so that Silver members can get a free trial of all the Xbox LIVE features.

During the free LIVE Weekends, all Xbox LIVE Silver members can enjoy: online multiplayer, Facebook, Twitter, Last.FM, Netflix, Sky Player, Halo Waypoint and 1 v 100 (Some features are only available in specific ...

Namecheap Coupon October 2009

Here is the namecheap coupon for this month, October 2009. It will knock off 10% of your fee on registering new domains. It will not work for transfers or renewals!

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Datel sues Microsoft over Xbox 360 memory unit crackdown

The suit seeks an injunction to prevent Microsoft from “disabling or erecting technological barriers to Datel accessories,” in current and future game consoles. It also seeks unspecified monetary damages.

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Leaked Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM image indicates just minor improvements over 6.1

We are slowly sick and tired of reporting various rumors about Windows Mobile 6.5 considering that in roughly 3 weeks everything will be known, but apparently some early version of Windows Mobile 6.5 for certain old model of a Windows Mobile phone has leaked, and it is inept beyond belief…

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Monster Commode Seat and Lid

Easily the scariest commode seat/lid we’ve ever seen! Cast in stone-finished resin, it includes easy-to-install hardware that fits standard commodes.

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