The touristy shops in San Francisco's Chinatown are teeming with gadgets, but it's usually overpriced cameras and items of questionable authenticity. But in one of my favorite fun crap stores, I found a variety of gadgets that will shock you — literally.
I knew the geek prank of late was shocking gadgets, but I had only seen the games, as evidenced by the Sugar office showdown! I didn't know there was a whole world of punkings to be had with hand-shocking gadgets, but in Chinatown, I found them.
Boss bugging you? Give him a USB stick with your latest "project" on it and watch his palm buzz. IT guy making fun of you again? Put this mouse on your pad and shut him up right away. Annoying little brother that keeps asking for an iPod? Give him this one!
Megan Fox showed up to a party Monday as a hero to geek girls everywhere; not only was she sporting a Star Wars t-shirt (the best of us are worshipers of "The Force") but she also had an iPhone!
At first glance, I thought she had a new, white 16GB iPhone 3G, but upon closer inspection, it appears to be a first-generation iPhone with a white case around it.
Whether you want to fool passersby into thinking you have a newer phone, or if my accessory options for the white phone just swayed you into loving the look, check out my suggestion for a case like Megan's when you read more
You can tell by the way I use my walk that I am rocking; on my way to work, from work, and even while I'm working. Whether I buy new music, rip my old CDs, or whatever, one thing is clear: I listen to music more often than ever.
The digitalization of my daily life soundtrack has given me the access, and I take advantage. I always look for new bands and songs now, too, buying when I find something I like — because I've already been exposed to it, because of what I like to call "the age of downloads."
Disney has noticed its music sales rising as well, crediting teen and tween music consumption. But I think it's credited to everybody, and the access we have with digital music and downloads. What do you think?
All this recession talk has me scrambling for cheaper laptop bags (the horror!), relishing gadget-price slashing, and finding more online resources to help me make smarter choices with my money. When I hunted down a personal finance site a while ago, I was surprised that I only really found Mint, which I loved.
Now WalletPop has jumped on the money organization bandwagon, and even though I love Mint, I say the more, the merrier.
WalletPop integrates financial calculators for a variety of things, and a sale aggregator as well. I might make it through this recession after all!
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I can't wait to check out The Wackness to see what kind of 1994-era tech they might have, but the movie is giving us something else to do with its online Graffiti Throwdown contest!
To promote the film, Brickfish has teamed with Sony to sponsor a contest that challenges participants to create their best web graffiti and title the piece "The Wackness." I've always shied away from making real graffiti, it being illegal and all, but I am more than happy to indulge my inner riff-raff, especially including the grand prize — a Sony Bravia home theater system!
I know you remember those telephones that were huge in the '80s; you know, the ones that had a clear plastic exterior, so you could see the inner workings of your phone while you twirled your hair and chitchatted with your buddies?!
If that appealed to you then, you might be into this electronic tape dispenser now! I've never actually stared at my tape dispenser and thought what goes on inside there, you fascinating animal?, but far be it from me to say you don't.
Get Douglas Adams', the genius behind The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, very own and very old autographed Hermes Standard 8 typewriter for $25,000. — Gizmodo
Rumors are swirling that Amazon is planning to release two new Amazon Kindle models by the holiday season. — CrunchGear
The touristy shops in San Francisco's Chinatown are teeming with gadgets, but it's usually overpriced cameras and items of questionable authenticity. But in one of my favorite fun crap stores, I found a variety of gadgets that will shock you — literally. 
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