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Woz Joins Danger

Remember the HipTop PDA/phone I mentioned last week? It seems that The Woz has joined the board of directors for Danger, Inc. That’s all the endorsement I need.

Cool Karaoke

Do you like karaoke? Well check out dictionaraoke anyways. I think this qualifies as a new artform.

Illegal Linkage

Oh, what the hell — I’ll join with the rest of the sheep and link to KPMG. Why? Well, it’s hard to explain….

The Real Santa?

In Germany, someone left presents for children at a day care. Several witnesses said that they saw a man in a red suit fleeing the scene after an alarm was tripped.

If I Was a James Bond Villian….

If I was a James Bond villain, I would be Dr Julius No. I enjoy fine dining, nuclear power, and initiating global war. I am played by Joseph Wiseman in Dr No. Who would you be? James Bond Villain Personality Test

Ook! Ook!

If orangatans could program computers, what would their programming language of choice be like? Perhaps something like this?

Y2Khai

Ready to get your mack on? So is Khai.

Virtual Slot Track Racing

When I was a kid, I loved those slot-track racers. You know, you have some plastic race track with these little electric cars that fly off the track when you go around the curves too fast? Now you can re-live that heady experience with RallyTrophy!

“Just where does he get those wonderful toys?”

A couple of cool gadgets spotted from slashdot: the Handspring Treo is a combination PDA and cell phone. There’s another PDA/phone combo called the HipTop, which runs Java and also has options for a camera and MIDI synth. Wow. And lastly, there’s a review at Tom’s Hardware of 3Com’s new NJ100 Network Jack — a wallplate jack with a built-in 4-port ethernet switch.

Are You an E-Bore?

Take this quiz to find out if you are an e-bore. I scored 80%, in case you’re wondering. (via dithered)