December 2008
technabob’s most popular posts of 2008
December 31, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
2008: What a year it was. Every year there are a handful of posts that really make readers go wild. But at the same time, not everyone can be expected to read every post on the site (as much as I’d love for you guys to). So while I’m not a big fan of “top whatever” lists, I figure that once a year, I can get away with one…
ea’s hachi koi: it’s about touching girls
December 31, 2008 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
The ol’ “hero/heroine is about to die, so must seize life” theme is an oft-used one in all forms of literature, and Electronic Arts’ Hachi Koi is adding its own spin to the old saw, except in this Nintendo DS game, instead of seizing life, you’re tasked with seizing girl flesh. Literally…
elekit tornader robot is really a ball
December 31, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
This robot kit from Japan lets you build your own ball shaped robot that can pull off all sorts of wild and crazy moves as it gyrates around your floor.
While the Tornader robot from Elekit can drive slowly around the floor like most remote-controlled vehicles, the real fun starts when you set the Tornader into one of its insane spin modes…
geek graffiti hits the streets
December 31, 2008 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
It’s not only Internet/text shorthand, with its LOLs and OMGs, that’s everywhere; it seems lots of tech-based and inspired memes are creeping out into the world at large, including in graffiti and other urban art forms. Forget the old tags — meet the new tags, the tags rooted in HTML and lolcats…
verbatim speaker keyboard: more sounds than key clicks
December 31, 2008 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
This keyboard is perfect for people who don’t have a lot of space on their desk. Verbatim’s speaker keyboard integrates a pair of speakers into the keyboard’s top edge. The keyboard also has dedicated audio controls and a backlight.
I don’t think that the built-in speakers can match the quality of stand alone speakers…
bioshock bento box: come to (big) daddy
December 30, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
For those of you who have put in your fill of time playing Bioshock, you know that Big Daddy can be one mean dive suit wearin’ mutha-flippa’. But now that he’s been transformed into a tasty lunchtime treat, he doesn’t look so imposing anymore…
5.25-inch floppy disk coasters save tabletops, not data
December 30, 2008 by technabob · Leave a Comment
For some strange reason, I never thought I’d write a story about floppy disk coasters twice. But these really floppy, floppy disk coasters I found over on Etsy today were just too good to be ignored…
handheld n64 is awesome, non-ergonomic
December 30, 2008 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
The Nintendo Sixtyfree Lite-R: the past of gaming, futurized in handheld form. While playing this shrunken, portable N64 might be a challenge, particularly when it comes to, say, some of the console’s excellent first-person shooters, it certainly looks good.
BenHeck.com forumite SifuF cut away half the size of the original N64 and added a headphone jack to perfect this handheld design…
bang bang, my zapper shot you down [wii]
December 30, 2008 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
Some people want games to be as sweet as sugar, with showers of fresh blossoms and lollipops instead of blood, and frolicking in place of combat. Those aren’t the people who made this custom Wii Zapper. No, these are the people who crave more realism in gaming… or at least comfortable shooting controls…
hacked usb cable flash disk
December 30, 2008 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
USB flash disks are very popular not only because they carry a lot of data in such a small size. They’ve also become a hit because they come in all sorts of weird designs. It’s reached a point where if I see something small and weird I assume that it’s a flash disk. Sometimes I think my toes are flash disks. Anyway…
