And that is "Hey Buddy, mind if I lick that cap?" It's just over 10 inches tall, costs around $50 and it does what all useful fridge magnets should do - namely crack open a cold one with the minimum of fuss. Actually, I'll give it another one. "Hey, excuse me, but I've noticed that you've fallen behind with your drinking." That's the Homer we know and love, a yellow, boggle-eyed vision of responsible boozing. – Ad Dugdale
Homer talks with each bottle opened [Ubergizmo]
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Can't get enough of digg.com? Put your plea for diggs front and center with this T-shirt from NerdyShirts. Check out this toolish dude wearing the shirt with his strategically-placed laptop and strained expression. WTF is he doing, anyway? One thing's for sure, he's begging to be buried. Not exactly the shirt to wear to the singles bar, Mr. Nerdy Pants.
As for the shirt, at least they could have inscribed 4521 diggs on there instead of just the loneliest number, 1. The irony is that most people will have no idea what this shirt means and the other tiny percentage who do probably won't be impressed with its low indicator of popularity. Now if that number would just go higher every time someone poked you in the chest, NerdyShirts would be onto something here. – Charlie White
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Getting your home movies to DVD can be a pain if you've got a geriatric PC/laptop with no FireWire ports. That's the crowd Creative is aiming for with their Video Blaster Editor. The external box offers all the A/V ports you need to get video onto your PC and helps your PC render video to MPEG-2. Though it works as promised, the guys at Laptop found that the unit has steep requirements, which your PC/lappie may not meet. Add to that the $199 price tag and you may want to reconsider. – Louis Ramirez
Creative Video Blaster Editor [Laptop Mag]
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Lists always make for good reading, if for no other reasons than you can feel good about your own technology and you can argue with people about what should have made it in.
This is PC World’s list of the Top 10 worst PCs of all time and is sure to spark the odd debate, not to mention furious emails from certain vendors. The winner of this worst series was Packard Bell, not just for a particular model, but for desktop PCs made between 1994-96, which is rather damning. If bottom-feeder could be applied to a brand, this one ruled the sea-bed in reliability surveys. The full list looks like this:
* 10. Dell Dimension 4600 (2003)
* 9. New Internet Computer (2000)
* 8. eMachines eTower 366c (1999)
* 7. Commodore VIC 20 (1981)
* 6. Texas Instruments TI-99/4 (1979)
* 5. IBM PS/1 (1990-1994)
* 4. Apple III (1980-1984)
* 3. Coleco Adam (1983)
* 2. Mattel Barbie PC (1999-2000)
* 1. Packard Bell PCs (1986-1996)
Like all lists, it’s probably missing a few and I’m sure there are some of you on this side of the globe that would like to nominate a few desktop disasters of your own. Be my guest.-Martin Lynch
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How much bass is too much? When the ground beneath your feet rumbles and you get a tingling feeling in your belly? Do you wait for the increasing pressure on your eardrums to build to an uncomfortable degree, your brain melts, or, until your frame is vibrating uncontrollably like someone having a fit?
At least that seems to be the goal of the Vibe Space Gate, an imposing demonstration unit from the car audio specialists, Vibe. There are 32 Space II subwoofers with 16 amps in this tunnel, helping to drive a head-popping 38,800 Watts of sound. I’m sot sure if people are actually allowed to stand in the tunnel since I’m pretty certain that deafening or killing potential customers is not the best sales pitch.
Still, with this much power, there’s every chance that once this baby kicks off, they’ll be pouring what’s left of you into a bucket.
You’ll be smiling, of course, but you’ll still be a puddle of goo. -Martin Lynch
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Sony took the sting of waiting 24-36 hours outside Virgin Megastore in London for the launch of the PS3 by giving the first 100 PS3 acolytes a free 46in HDTV each, worth £2,000. And a free taxi ride home.
Obviously, the TVs will be sent in the post since while getting mugged for your treasured PS3 was always a possibility, getting mugged for your PS3 and a 46in telly is a lot more likely. It was a big surprise for those queuing. Ray Maguire, Sony UK boss, took up a microphone before the doors opened and, standing in front of one of the Bravia TVs, said:
“This is a 46-inch Bravia W series. It's an award-winning flat panel and do you know what the good news, is guys? I'm going to give you one free. Every single one of you in this queue is going to get one.”
I’d just be happy getting that requested review model, Sony.-Martin Lynch
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