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Entries for January, 2011

White on White: Inside the Offices of Yummygum [Featured Workspace]

Callaway Golf to Introduce Next Generation UPRO GPS Device

CALIFORNIA, USA (AVING) — Callaway Golf Company have revealed its next generation golf GPS device, the Callaway upro mx. A successor to the Company’s acclaimed original upro device, which earned a Best of What’s New Award from Popular Science, the Callaway upro mx sets a new standard for innovation in the category with a host [...]

New 2011 Chrysler 200 Convertible Showcases Sophisticated Style, Comfort, Safety and Value with Top-down Fun

SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — •New Chrysler 200 Convertible sports a new design and new sheet metal, highlighting clean, sensual lines, the new face of the Chrysler brand and the choice of a soft or hard top •New powertrain option featuring the all-new Pentastar 3.6-liter V-6 engine mated to a six-speed automatic transmission provides 283 horsepower [...]

Kilogram Gets Controversial; Why Not Split the Difference?

gbrumfiel writes “As Slashdot has noted, the kilogram has a problem. The SI unit is officially defined as the weight of a 130-year-old platinum-iridium cylinder in France. But the physical object appears to be getting lighter. Scientists want to replace the cylinder with a new standard based on Planck’s constant, but two experiments designed to [...]

Complete Your Ensemble with the TV Hat

I thought the TV Hat was a joke at first, but it is apparently a real product.  The curtain that hangs from the front and sides of the hat’s bill has a pouch inside that holds an iPhone, iPod, or most other MP3 player so that you can watch videos without glare, without others seeing [...]

Whip Up Some Hot and Fresh Homemade Tortilla Chips [Food Hacks]

Ditch the store bought best-by-some-time-next-year mass produced tortilla chips and make some delicious and fresh ones right in your kitchen, only three ingredients necessary. More » Original post by Jason Fitzpatrick

Google Would Beat Bing At Jeopardy, Says Wolfram

destinyland writes “Stephen Wolfram, the physicist behind the Wolfram Alpha ‘answer engine,’ believes that Google would beat Bing in any contest based on questions from Jeopardy. ‘Wolfram took a sample of Jeopardy clues and fed them into search engines,’ explains one technology blog. ‘When it came to the first page, Google got 69 percent correct, [...]

Line 6 Pocket Pod Portable Effects Processor

This Line 6 Pocket Pod has the same features as the larger Line 6 Pod used in recording studios, but it’s small enough to travel with you.  Plug it in to your PA or amp to modify your sound as you perform, or use it with headphones for practice sessions.  The Pocket Pod gives you [...]

Open a Locked Suitcase without Leaving a Trace [Video]

Whether you’ve lost the key to your own suitcase and need to get it open in a hurry or you’re trying to plant some contraband in your dodgy roommate’s bag, this clever hack has to be seen to be believed. More » Original post by Jason Fitzpatrick

LEGO Coffee Tables Showcases LEGO Bricks as Pixel Art [Video]

LEGO bricks naturally lend themselves to creative 8-bit’esque creations thanks to their already blocky form. This clever coffee table decoration hack showcases how you can use the bricks to create pixelized messages (and includes an open source app for generation patterns). More » Original post by Jason Fitzpatrick