Markee Dry Erase Paint [Stuff We Like]

If you liked the idea of the wall-sized whiteboard calendar but weren't keen on the price, or maybe you wanted to go even bigger, now you can—Markee dry erase paint turns any surface into a dry erase board. It's not cheap, at $97 per gallon, but it's cheaper than the wall calendar, and you should ...

Five Email Addresses that Convert Documents [Conversion]

The Digital Inspiration blog offers up five email addresses that offer free file conversion for Word docs, PDFs, and even MP3s with no fuss, no muss—just attach a file, send it, and wait for the reply with the converted file attached. For mobile device users who can't read or open certain formats ...

A Directory of Wonderful Pro Audio Equipment

Music Thing took a spin through the Canford Audio Catalogue—an 1,296 page collection of broadcast and other pro audio gear—so you don't have to. There's some cool stuff in there, including five different types of gaffer's tape and the pictured Noise-Activated Warning Sign which, were it ...

Itch-Free, Temperature-Regulating, Sex-Preventing Pajamas Created [Sleep]

If pajamas get itchy when you wear them to bed, I have a great solution: sleep naked. If that's not an option for a self-hating person like yourself, some fancy new PJs have been developed that are totally "itch-free" and will even regulate your temperature. They're made from a fabric called Dermasilk, ...

Col-Pop: Fast Food Drink Caddie for Snacks

Serious Eats' Adam Kuban documents the "Col-Pop," perhaps the future of popcorn chicken and soda delivery. It's available at BBQ Chicken, which has only a handful of stores open in the U.S. at the moment, but will be expanding soon.And the genius doesn't stop at popcorn chicken. In South Korea, sister ...

Working Class Heroes "Unfold" Laptop Bag

The "Unfold" is a lovely laptop bag from Working Class Heroes, half leather and half felt, which can be folded in half to work with smaller laptops or kept extended for larger, longer models. A carrying handle at the top is attractive, although I question how practical it would be to use with something ...

LEGO Predator Head Bust

"Mister Zumbi" has created this wonderful Predator bust out of LEGO, suitable for placing in your alien study or music room. Dig that crazy base! Gallery [Brickshelf.com via Bros. Brick]

Spambots Can Now Fool Yahoo CAPTCHA Tests: Yes, Worry [Spamalot]

You know those anti-spam tests that make you enter funny characters to prove you're a human? Well, non-humans can finally fake their way into systems using the "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart" too—even Yahoo's pretty secure system, according to new reports.A ...

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Bird Poops In Local News Reports Mouth

January 25, 200820 second clip! Local reporter violates the cardinal rule of walking under a large flock of birds: don't look up with your mouth open. He gets what he deserves and the reaction is priceless. It's a great quick laugh to start your day.

Video: Clip from "Ikarie XB 1," Czechoslovakian Space Noir (1963)

Here's a clip from "Ikarie XB 1," a Soviet-era sci-fi flick from Czechoslovakia in 1963, in which cosmonauts explore a derelict space station. I'm watching it now. It's gorgeous. I want a copy of this—and I can have one, it seems, from XploitedCinema.com. ($30, but it's in PAL.) I would also ...

Jailbreak the iPhone 1.1.3 Firmware for Third Party Apps [How To]

Third party iPhone app lovers who also want the latest and greatest Apple firmware rejoice, as iPhone hacker extraordinaire Nate True has released a new jailbreaking application for the recently released iPhone 1.1.3 firmware. Currently the software is Windows only, but Nate says a Mac version is on ...

Canon Rebel XSi: Great New Entry Level DSLR

My photography is intermittent at best. Sometimes I love my Canon Digital Rebel XT, while other times I'd rather just leave it at home and take crappy snapshots with my phone. I wait so long between sessions that I forget half of the theory I learned, meaning I've got to figure it all out again when ...

Quotable: Levy on the Macbook Air

The opening paragraph from Newsweek's Steven Levy's Macbook Air review:Early in my writing career, I had an assignment to follow around a mohel--the guy who does ritual circumcisions in the Jewish tradition. My subject learned the trade by watching his dad, a renowned figure in the field. One day, father ...

BioShock and Assassin's Creed for $40 at Best Buy [Deal]

This week's Amazon Ad lists two of the biggest titles of last year BioShock and Assassin's Creed each for $39.99. Also avialable is Enemy Territory: Quake Wars for $19.99 and an online only deal that will net you two games priced $19.99 each for $30. Some of the titles offered in that deal include COD ...

Capcom Promises to Fix Hot Dogs If We Fix Spelling [Podcast]

Incessant rambling! Recently, I appeared on Capcom's Bionic Commando podcast to discuss game journalism, gaming in Japan and why the hell Capcom should ditch the hot dog arms. The discussion got heated, and Capcom promised to fix hot dog arm in Bionic Commando if we fix the spelling mistakes. No sweat! ...

Warner Bros. Goes Blu-ray Only, Format War Lingers On [Hd Era]

In another "win" for "consumers" Warner Bros. Entertainment announced today that it would be going exclusively Blu-ray for hi-definition movie releases as of May 2008. This point in the W column for fans of the Sony-backed, PlayStation 3-approved format will probably help in calming those still basking ...

Advance Wars: Days Of Ruin [Clip]

It's official: I'm now 100% behind the new art direction. I'm not hating on the old style, I've just...grown to accept and love the new designs for what they are. So when you consider I was already 100% behind any and all further Advance Wars DS games, you can see I'm in a mathematically-impossible ...

Take A Stroll Through Portal's User-Generated Maps [Portal]

For a game that's captured the internet's heart, we don't hear much about Portal as a game. You know, the parts you play, rather than the tired cake jokes and endless hand-crafted companion cubes we've been subjected, and subject you, to. Which is why it's a pleasant diversion from my regular Saturday ...

Hot Flashes: Death Village [Flash]

Too cheap to go buy any decent games this weekend? This should cover you. It's called Death Village, and sees you tasked with guiding kind, dear old real estate agent Kevin from the entrance of a haunted room/house to its exit. Thing is, you can't control him, just the environment. And the only way to ...