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Month: February 2006

  • Old Model, New Battery

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    I’m wondering if anyone could help me. With the advent of YouTube, which means an easy way to share video with no bandwidth concerns, I’m thinking about what I could do with that, which brings me to my digital video camera. Bought in 1999 or 2000, the rechargeable battery completely died a while back, and…

  • New Radio OK Fred Guest Mix

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    Yes, Radio OK Fred, the podcast that won’t die, is back with a brand new guest mix (#3 — you can download previous mixes by O.Lamm and Marxy here), this time by D*I*R*T*Y Sound System. You can download the mix directly from this link, or subscribe to the Radio OK Fred podcast (past shows can…

  • Angryman

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    Ola over at Next Century Modern comes with a new Snapazoo creature, which he dubs “Angryman!” Nice one, and he’ll be adding instructions soon. Also, I haven’t officially announced it, but I can now take orders for all of the Snapazoo colors (before I was asked to only sell the Swedish Style version). They go…

  • More OH

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    Another Flickr photoset of Omotesando Hills has popped up. Update: And yet another one here.

  • MomuS Vs. MS

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    I just got a kick from watching Kahimi Karie’s performance of “One Thousand 20th Century Chairs” on MUSIC STATION back in 1998, featuring Momus on guitar, thanks to YouTube. I’ve never seen Momus so genki!

  • QRIO Quits

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    I know this is old news, but sad nonetheless: Sony announced on January 26 that it would stop development and production on its 2-legged robot, QRIO, due in part to the company’s restructuring scheme. QRIO has appeared in commercials as a company icon. Sony, however, confirmed the continued R&D on Artificial Intelligence, the technology that…

  • The Best Game Controller Ever

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    Found in last week’s issue of METROPOLIS (in “The Small Print”): Nissan has fitted an Xbox 360 game console into the trunk of its new Urge model, so that when the car is parked the driver can play a wild driving game using the steering wheel, accelerator and brake pedals of the car itself. I’d…

  • ART iT 10

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    I’ve been so busy of late that I didn’t even notice the latest issue of ART iT (10), covering a subject I’m quite interested in: art in China.