The old joke with consumer electronics used to be that you didn’t make anything new, you just took something old and shoved a digital clock into it. Antelope Audio went a few steps past that with their new Rubicon preamp — it has a 10M Rubidium atomic clock. To paraphrase Marty McFly, “This sucker’s nuclear.” The […]
Author Archive | Jeremy Goldstone
A Crossbow That Fires Buzzsaws Is Headline Enough
Patrick Priebe of Laser-Gadgets.com may have a little too much time on his hands, but please, don’t let him know I said that. Previously, he’s made such weapons of mass destruction as a laser-equipped, wrist-mounted crossbow and the Flame Glove, which lets you shoot flames. From a glove. Now, he’s gone one step further into making video game-inspired […]
Crayola Headphones From Griffin Make Music Colorful, Quieter
Remember that episode of The Simpsons where Homer shoved a crayon up his nose? According to Griffin and Crayola, Homer picked the wrong orifice, with the release of their new line of headphones. MyPhones, which come in both earbud and over-the-ear styles, aren’t just designed to draw the kiddies in with wacky, super colorful designs […]
SnApp Judgments: DoubleTake
Every night at 12:15 AM Pacific, Amazon gives away a free paid app through their Amazon app store. As I am usually awake at 12:15 AM Pacific, why not let you know if today’s app is useful, or just more clutter in your app drawer? Today’s free app is DoubleTake by Retro Dreamer which usually runs for $1.99. […]
Pleasantly Bust Your Eardrums With Sennheiser Headphones And Amps
Sometimes just listening to things isn’t enough — you need to have sound shoved into your skull in the most efficient way possible. To that end, Sennheiser announced the release of two new products today, the IE 800 headphones and the HDVD 800 dynamic headphone amplifier. The IE 800’s feature technology were only seen before […]
SnApp Judgments: Hockey Fight Pro
Every night at 12:15 AM Pacific, Amazon gives away a free paid app through their Amazon app store. As I am usually awake at 12:15 AM Pacific, why not let you know if today’s app is useful, or just more clutter in your app drawer? Today’s free app is Hockey Fight Pro by Ratrod Studio Inc and […]
Sci-Fi Made Real: Real Life Tricorder Inspired By Star Trek
Do you remember that scene in Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home where Scotty teaches an engineer how to make the future technology of transparent aluminum? Canadian scientist Peter Jansen didn’t need a man from the future to show him how to make things from Star Trek when he built himself a tricorder. More […]
Netflix Adds To Its Toybox With Hasbro Deal
Are you a Brony? A Transformers fan? Do you dress up as Sgt. Slaughter from time to time? (And yes, that’s me in the link.) Then, you’re going to want to subscribe to Netflix‘s streaming service, because their deal with Hasbro is giving them online rights to various versions of My Little Pony, Transformers, G.I. Joe, and […]
SnApp Judgments: NodeBeat
Every night at 12:15 AM Pacific, Amazon gives away a free paid app through their Amazon app store. As I am usually awake at 12:15 AM Pacific, why not let you know if today’s app is useful, or just more clutter in your app drawer? Today’s free app is NodeBeat by AffinityBlue and usually runs for $1.95. […]
Bateflix — Finding Nipples On Netflix
There’s something about searching for nudity on Netflix Streaming that almost feels quaint, in a 1980s, trying to spot nipples on the scrambled porn channels kind of way. With so many actual porn choices available at the click of a mouse, scanning for full or partial nudity on Netflix is almost family friendly by comparison. Who […]