Apple just never ceases to impress me. This is another home-run. Go watch the video and see how huge this tiny little laptop really is.
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For the Star Wars geek in all of us, stormtrooper ornaments can restore order to your intergalactic Christmas. Also available: Leia, Luke, Amedala, Jabba the Hutt, and more.
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No Pastafarian Christmas tree would be complete without the Flying Spaghetti Monster ornament.
Any steampunks hiding among us won’t be able to sleep until they have adorned their tree with a Cthuluclaus ornament.
And for the super-conservative, liberty-hating, support-the-troops crowd, my personal favorite is the unaborted commando fetus ornament. Now you can support the troops from the womb to the war and topple despotic scrooges for the holidays.
Here’s a great way to deal with that cable clutter at home, and do a little bit to help the environment, too: charge your phone or iPod on the go with a solar-powered messenger bag. Not only are they cool and gadgety, but they’re also rather stylish, not to mention green.
The only catch is this little bit on their product page that says “6 volt boost required for some cell phones“. It sure would be nice if they gave more information about what that means. If you have to carry additional hardware, or worse, a battery pack, it would just be defeating the whole purpose of buying this rather expensive bag.
Maybe I’ll have to pay a visit to Noon Solar and find out.
Something strange happened over the weekend. Last week, everywhere I looked were Halloween-themed decorations. But somehow, between Friday and Monday, all of that disappeared, and now there are Christmas decorations everywhere I look. Funny how there’s never any thought given to Thanksgiving… it’s already time to ramp up the holiday sales.
So, if you’re looking for Christmas gift ideas for that hard-to-shop-for person you know, here are a few suggestions.
DIY Donuts
Light the sign in your front yard, the donuts are hot off the press! Who needs Krispy Kreme? Now you can package all the sugar and starch into bite-sized donuts all by yourself with the Dough-Nu-Matic. $130.
Cubicle Doorbell
The cubicle dweller on your list will never again be surprised to look up from the exhausting workload only to find that someone’s been hovering over their shoulder for five minutes. Now, visitors can signal their visit by ringing the Cubicaller. $12.
Portable Rotary
This is incredibly cool. It’s a fully functional mobile phone, but it looks like an old fashioned rotary dial phone. It even has something that no other mobile phone has… a dial tone! Just stick in your SIM card and you’re up and going on your existing account with your Port-o-Rotary. $249.
Flintstone Car
If you really want your Christmas gift to be neat and original, you’ll have to make it, rather than buying it. A Flintstones car, for instance, would be an ultra-cool, enviable present for a toddler.
The rumors are true. Canon will release the EOS 5D in October, at an estimated street price of $3300. It will feature a 12.8 megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor powered by Canon’s DIGIC II processor.
The 5D will also feature a new high-speed, vertical travel, focal plane shutter rated for 100,000 shots. Shots will be viewed on a new 2.5" TFT LCD with a 170-degree viewing angle. Autofocus will use a new 9-point system with six "Supplemental AF points".
Visit Canon’s EOS 5D page.
Yesterday it was on Engadget, and now today I see it on Photoethnography – there is rumor spreading that Canon has a new digital SLR coming to market soon.
Rumors of the EOS-5D include:
- 13 megapixel full-frame sensor! (24mmx36mm)
- 9 point autofocus (w/ 6 invisible points)
- up to 60 frames at 3fps with JPG high quality
- 2.5" LCD display
- USB 2.0
If there is any truth to this, an announcement should come within weeks, and the camera itself should be available in October. Street price is rumored to be around $3000 USD.