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Girl on gadget action gets predictable
2008-01-09 13:00:00
While many of us tech-fetishists can't take our eyes off of the saturated-with-shiny CES floors, others have alternatives that catch their glance. The infamous I4U News (the ones that bring you your monthly girl-on-gadget moments) are taking their reporting to the array of oh-so-predictable booth babes. These are the lovely ladies that somehow got lost on the way to the AVN expo next door. Thankfully, gaggles of geeks are around to ogle and escort them around gadgets accordingly.
More About: Technology , Action , Gadget , Girl

Rock out with your controller out
2008-01-09 11:00:00
The title doesn't have too much of a ring to it, but guitar gamers everywhere are already singing praises for the new Rock Band plus Guitar Hero mashup controller. Finally, one controller to rule toggling between your two favorite ways of rocking out."Rather than wait for Harmonix and Activision to sort out the whole Rock Band/Guitar Hero/PS3 guitar incompatability fiasco, [Nyko has] gone ahead and released their own guitar, one that avoids the whole mess and gives PS3 owners a single peripheral that'll work on both games."Called the Front Man, the controller is set to rock your world in March.
More About: Gaming , Controller

Tuesday Tasting: Luxury, Ladies, and Lying Down
2008-01-08 13:00:00
Each week, Ariel Waldman serves a tasting of the latest in sex and tech.Non-Booth-Babe Babes Battle for CES Floor SpaceApparently I won the best summary of the CES news for twittering ?CES effectively splooged all over my Google Reader" this week. Thankfully, Gizmodo gives something for us to effectively splooge over: non-booth-babe babes at this year's CES. Captured in pixels, "Videographer Richard Blakeley and noted letch Nick McGlynn went out and snapped some pics of some of the real babes of CES". The Gawker site of course failed to mention their competition: the geek girl of CES, Veronica Belmont.Bed Speakers Make Your Lonely Bed into a BoomboxA new "technology" aims to drown out the sound of your sobbing in a lonely bed with dropping a few beats. The Slip Sonic Impact's BM101 speaker panel slips between your mattress and box spring to help vibrate your emptiness away without the need for a dishwasher afterwards. Turning your box spring into a boombox, the system will run you...
More About: Technology , Luxury , Lying , Ladies , Tuesday

Pin-ups push purses for Louis Vuitton
2008-01-07 15:00:00
Molded into classic pin-ups, six supermodels are gracing some of Louis Vuitton's latest purse promotions. From Claudia Schiffer to Naomi Campbell, the hair is big and the legs are definitely long. The revisit to retro was photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot. We could leave LV's Spring Summer 2008 collection behind, but we'd gladly get on the waiting list for some pin-up-esque lingerie.
More About: Photography , Fashion , Purses , Push

Digital battles analog over street art
2008-01-07 13:00:00
Analog graffiti may be on its way out, as a new street artist does digital to make their message. Known as "The Decapitator", the artist takes advertisements and obviously enough, decapitates the main characters that appear in them. With no words and subtle changes, this graffiti style is more along the lines of last year's Broken Link as opposed to the infamous and much-hated "The Splasher". Thankfully, "The Decapitator" keeps to his digital stance by maintaining a Flickr account.
More About: Photography , Advertising , Street , Digital , Analog

Massive 3D display uses balloons as pixels
2008-01-07 11:00:00
Vertically engineered, an interactive project called "Electric MoOns" produces a massive 10x10 3D physical display. The display uses 100 white balloons in a dark room to create the illusion. From Make:, "When music is played, the balloons synchronize their movements and their interiors are illuminated by dimmable super-bright LEDs". A screen-based UI allows for a user to tweak the movement and lighting of each balloon.
More About: Interactive , Display , Balloons , Pixels , Allo

LED hard drive visualizes data storage
2007-12-28 01:30:00
Conceptual in form and function, a hard drive proposed by Degroenebanaan would visualize your data storage in an artsy way. Called the IVY, the gizmo focuses on manipulability and customization. Depending on the amount of data stored, the OLED screen can change from being completely blank to saturated with a Mondrian-like design
More About: Design , Technology , Drive , Storage , Data

Fake it 'til you make it
2007-12-21 13:00:00
New research in the area of monkeys points to a natural reason for females to fake orgasms. Faking it may in fact help increase procreation rates, or at the very least, an enjoyable time for the male counterpart."Female monkeys may shout during sex to help their male partners climax, research now reveals. ... The researchers found that females yelled during 86 percent of all sexual encounters. When females shouted, males ejaculated 59 percent of the time. However, when females did not holler, males ejaculated less than 2 percent of the time."Perhaps faking it shouldn't make you feel so guilty anymore.
More About: Fake , Make

Bristlebot takes on Roomba
2007-12-20 15:00:00
Using a toothbrush head, motor and battery, you too can make a Bristlebot. After watching the video, we're convinced that the Bristlebot is some possessed mini-me version of the Roomba (Tantek has coined the term Toothba for the prickly palate cleaner). Admittedly, we'd like to create a whole army of them and watch them battle it out in a dirty bathtub.
More About: Technology

Victoria's Secret Stuffer Bear recalled for choking hazard
2007-12-20 12:00:00
We all know that presents from Vicky's help us get a little kinky in bed, but we've never been the type to be into choking fetishes. Supposedly, Victoria's Secret Stuffer Bear s are being recalled for potential choking hazards to young children. Yet another reason to keep Mommy and Daddy's "toys" in a safe place.
More About: Random , Hazard , Recalled

Toastvertising turns to spam
2007-12-17 12:30:00
Unlike cupcake vs. muffin, toast vs. spam takes on a more creative route. Smelling of toast for days, a team created a little "toastvertising" against spam using 220 pieces of toast. Thankfully it wasn't the other way around, as the smell of spam for days is quite worse than any email selling b!g er3ct!0n_s.
More About: Spam , Advertising

Stripped down "Shoppenboys" help women shop
2007-12-14 05:00:00
French shop Celio makes an effort to help women shop for their hubbies. Stripping down several men of varying sizes to their boxers, the cutely named "Les Shop penboys" provide a human template for trying on clothes. Similar to picking out cup sizes on cute girls in a lingerie store, women can pick out the man most similar to their own to see how the clothes fit. Men who are bored with shopping everywhere owe these nearly-naked, fearless few a beer.
More About: Women , Fashion , Stripped

Chocolate never tasted so geek
2007-12-14 04:30:00
Concepting a cute hub for the holidays, designer Sang-Hoon Lee created the Chocolate Portable HDD. Unlike other gadgets named Chocolate, this design would allow users to actively "break off" USB pieces of memory similar to a candy bar. Complete with a touchscreen interface, this design is best suited for those who have a sweet tooth for storage.
More About: Design , Technology , Geek

Garnier and PayPerPost go for broke, fail at viral campaign and life
2007-12-13 11:30:00
Update: The agency who created the site and Garnier appear to have been unaware of any activity executed by PayPerPost. The campaign itself is a cute spoof site, but didn't have the intention of marketing without transparency. Adrants is currently investigating who was behind the PayPerPost marketing. We're begrudgingly posting this to out Garnier's lame attempts at viral marketing and potentially another blogging blunder from PayPerPost (though, we're sure they're smiling at the idea of getting any buzz):Shake Well Before Use received an email from deanaburke@gmail.com: "Hey- So I saw this video on youtube- I guess Garnier pulled sponsorship of this show, the harry situation, b/c it was too sexed up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQGOZaG0kO g -deana" Of course, any attempts to Google this email address fail.The YouTube video shows a supposed Garnier employee telling viewers not to go to http://theharrysituation.com in a very *wink wink* manner.The Harry Situation site is a ho...
More About: Life , Advertising , Blogging , Viral , Campaign

Best Buy sends cease and desist letter to blogger
2007-12-12 23:30:00
Best Buy has never been a popular brand amongst bloggers with all the buzz around their Geek Squad stealing porn. Recently, LaughingSquid received a cease and desist letter from the ruffled retailers for coverage of Improv Everywhere's trademark intrusion apparel. Apparently, Best Buy viewed blogs as promotion, rather than an authentic news source. Contrary to many Consumerist reports of bad customer service, LaughingSquid was pleasantly surprised with an apology letter and follow-up call from their PR department. However, despite the "front-of-the-house" apology, other departments within Best Buy is aggressively trying to shut down the blog, sending a DMCA notice to LaughingSquid's data center.Update: The C&D letter was misclassified as a DMCA notice. More updates likely to come from Twitter.[img via Scott Beale/LaughingSquid]
More About: Blogger , Advertising , Blogging , Letter

Fashion goes follicular
2007-12-12 13:15:00
Corporate Adam & Eve by Adelle Lutz leaves little to the imagination. In fact, this latest fashion may be a good reminder as to why some things are better left under wraps.
More About: Fashion , Fash

Santa boots help heat up the holidays
2007-12-10 13:30:00
Santa suits are sweeping the States. From Santacon to the slutty-Santas of Fredrick's of Hollywood, santarchy is everywhere. Heating up the holidays in a slightly different manner, the USB Santa boots help keep your toes warm during the hours of tedious online shopping. Between USB boots and a scorching laptop, mistletoe make-outs won't be necessary to maintain that warm and fuzzy feeling through the winter.
More About: Holidays , Technology , Fashion , Santa , Boots

Laser hair removal taps into BDSM
2007-12-03 14:30:00
Sex in advertising sometimes pushes seemingly touchy subjects. Very few venture into fetishes outside of obsessing over whichever product is being promoted that week. Being a bit more bold, an ad out of Canada last year went kinky. Bringing attention to BDSM, the ad for laser hair removal displayed masked women in push-ups and panties with the tag line, "stop torturing your skin". While the ads were meant to combine the sex-and-shock sells tactics, it's unfortunate the spectrum of BDSM was tagged as torture. Some might prefer a spanking over repeatedly long laser hair removal sessions.tags technorati : bdsm canada fetish kinky laserhairremoval priciderm s&m sexsells
More About: Laser Hair Removal , Advertising , Laser , Fetish , Hair

Matchmaker ads target travelers
2007-12-03 12:30:00
As if the holidays weren't hard enough on the down-and-date-less, flipping through in-flight magazines offer no relief for travelers lacking relationships. Gadling takes to the skies to summarize their recent findings from a Continental flight magazine:"...their headlines read: 1. Eligible? 2. We have all been there. All your life you wonder if you'll find her. Does she even exist? 3. The more you have to offer the more difficult it seems to find the person who is right for you. ... The main question is: does extensive traveling make you lonely OR is it loneliness that makes you want to travel more."The answer is yes. Services like AirTroductions offer more relevant ways to spark matchmaking in the sky for those seeking someone to share their experiences with. That being said, traveling alone can always be titillating with a pleasurable combination of people and/or places.tags technorati : airtroductions continental dating flight flying matchmaking travel
More About: Travel , Dating , Advertising , Flying , Target

Company creates monthly work-in-your-lingerie day
2007-11-28 23:30:00
Perhaps in an effort to get their 500 women employees more excited for the work week, a Taiwan ese company did away with "casual Fridays" and went straight to camis and panties Wednesday. The company, Audrey Underwear, wanted to celebrate record sales of a new line of camisoles by asking its employees to come to work in nothing but knickers."We have been waiting for this day all month. Today, we are super high, and don't know where to put our eyes," salesman Cai Mingda told Straits News. More than 90% of female workers reportedly went along with the spirit of the day and worked in their underwear."With all the palpable excitement, the firm made a monthly day to look forward to getting laced up. If only America could take after Audrey Underwear, single women would be able to ensure their imported and expensive lingerie would garner at least a few looks. For the self-employed, we'll be celebrating in style from the comfort of our home office.tags technorati : audreyunderwear camisole...
More About: Fashion , Company , Random , Work

The future is fictional
2007-11-26 13:00:00
GUIs, ZUIs, and all the WIMPs in between, interfaces of the present don't meet the expectations of movies from the past. In 2006, a column by Nielsen outlined the top ten "bloopers" of using fictional interfaces in film. Highlights include "You've Got Mail is Always Good News" and "Access Denied / Access Granted". Visual designers such as Mark Coleran are responsible for what appears on the shiny computer screens for the big screen. 2007 certainly was no stranger to the foreign interfaces of the future. Ocean's 13 saw a text field with no buttons, where the user would be forced to type everything out without even the slightest usage of txtshorthand (e.g. "search for a good movie" or "zoom in to photo"). Hopefully, the interfaces of fiction don't have an IRL future.tags technorati : film gui interface markcoleran movies oceans13 wimp youvegotmail zui
More About: Movies , Technology , Future , Interactive , The Future

Mile High Club members take plane down
2007-11-19 05:00:00
The Mile High Club flew a little less high after two passengers spent more time being jerks than jerking off. Apparently, the ready-to-take-off ticket holders started fooling around in their seats and felt like taking the party to the restroom. When sex-less, law-abiding passengers complained, the flight attendants confronted the couple. The couple obviously had yet to climax, as they then threatened the attendants, which made for a mandatory diversion to Portland on their way to Las Vegas. The plane promptly kicked off the couple and left for Las Vegas, sans sex.[via]tags technorati : flightattendant jet lasvegas milehighclub plane portland
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Halo 3 gets sappy
2007-11-12 12:00:00
Aside from the non-stop shooting action or killing off whoever you can to stay on top of a hill, Halo 3 has its sappy moments. Making us feel all awkward inside, a player recently proposed to his girlfriend in Halo 3 using weapons to spell out "will you marry me?". Additionally, gamertag Moviesign asked her to be "his teammate for life." Gamernode responds, "At least it wasn't a virtual wedding, right guys?". Yes, because then it'd only be a matter of time before the Second Life furries invaded Halo 3.[Thx, Justin!]tags technorati : halo halo3 marriage marryme moviesign proposal
More About: Gaming , Marriage , Proposal

Skipped over Sunday
2007-11-12 07:00:00
[A weekly link post of skipped over (and slightly stale) sights and stories]? Getting dressed inside-out: Mobius dress? More cringe-worthy than white after Labor Day: MySpace users recruited to help fashion marketers? An entire book dedicated to s'mores with marshmallow-y food porn goodness? Chopsticks + spoon = choon?? Carpet alarm clock makes you get out of bedtags technorati : alarmclock carpetalarmclock choon chopsticks dress foodporn insideout marketing marshmallows mobius mobiusdress myspace s'mores spoon
More About: Marketing , Design , Fashion , Advertising , Myspace

Sight for the week's end
2007-11-11 11:00:00
Softcore gaming: Plushie 360tags technorati : plushie plushie360 xbox xbox360
More About: Gaming , Xbox , Sight

Order a C-cup of miso soup
2007-11-08 11:00:00
As we've seen previously, the Japanese company Triumph has a thing for making their undergarments unique. The latest in their line is a bra that has one cup resembling a bowl of rice while the other is a cup of soup. Environment ally friendly, the underwire boasts a pocket to hold chopsticks, inspired by the Bring Your Own Chopsticks movement. We're sad to hear that the concept bra is not yet for sale, as it would definitely have high Halloween costume demand.tags technorati : bringyourownchopsticks chopsticks ecofriendly environment japanese misosoup mychopsticks myhashi rice triumph underwire
More About: Fashion , Rice , Soup

Poking fun at fetishes
2007-11-07 12:15:00
YesButNoButYes pokes fun at a variety of niche fetishes found across the interweb. The list starts with a link to a specific fetish that had a sad outcome. A man on Flickr had a thing for women in the backseat of cars wearing seatbelts. He had apparently favorited an entire collection of examples. When a few Flickr members realized that their public photos were becoming a fetish, they called him out and he deleted the entire account.Luckily, the list of ten "funny fetish" sites may help satiate your niche needs without the nasty account deletion. From Japanese Girls with Big Shoes to Sneezing Babes to Slave Leia societies and more PG-rated obsessions like girls drinking tea, the internet is a truly a series of infinite niches. [via]Elsewhere: Tracking fetishes on Twittertags technorati : fetish fetishes japanese leia seatbelts slaveleia sneezingbabes tea teabirds
More About: Photography , Fetishes

SMS makes users socially-inept
2007-11-05 10:00:00
Targeting your txt-fetish, a new study tries to conclude that text messaging is creating a lack of social confidence among the T9-hungry teenagers."The social impact of text messaging is the subject of renewed concerns as SMS use stretches to notifying someone of a death in the family, wedding RSVPs, breaking up with long-term partners and even quitting a job. News.com.au reports. "Experts say the text-messaging generation is fast becoming socially inept as it hides from "normal communication"."Are door knocks and phone calls really still the norm? Is communicating in 160 characters avoiding social interaction or getting to the core of it? Most likely, it's best to be titillated rather than timid about technology, as it has always been known to drive social change.[img via]tags technorati : mobile qwerty sms social t9 text textmessaging txt
More About: Social , Technology , Culture , Text , Users

Sight for the week's end
2007-11-04 05:40:00
"B-SIDE", reverse street sign graffiti by Andrea Acosta.tags technorati : andreaacosta graffiti streetsigns urban
More About: Graffiti , Urban , Sight

Forget films, David Lynch's latest fetish is footwear
2007-11-02 12:15:00
Deliciously deadly, David Lynch has partnered up with designer Christian Louboutin to create a frightening set of five fetish-worthy footwear. The "Fetish" line is to be on display until tomorrow in Paris at Galerie du Passage."Louboutin says of the collaboration, "The models wore these unwearable shoes with natural grace. Their very white skin, very dark eyes and bright mouths melded with Lynch's aesthetics?As is his habit, David Lynch made it into a décor populated with shadows.""Lucky for Prada, Lynch won't take his passion for haute couture heels beyond this limited edition.Elsewhere: Tracking fetishes on Twittertags technorati : christianlouboutin davidlynch fetish footwear heels highheels paris prada shoes
More About: Photography , Fashion , Shoes , Films , Footwear