Archive: January 12, 2009
laser-moleskine

Last year, I posted about a laser-engraving technique developed by Joe Mansfield that etches artwork onto the covers of your Moleskine notebooks. It was a very cool idea then but unfortunately the folks at Engrave Your Book found that the process was less than rewarding to one’s health. But now, Engrave Your Book is back [...]

floppy-disk-apps-07

I’ve posted stuff from ANTREPO before (containers and movie posters) and now I’m doing it again because this one is too good to pass up. For $120, you can buy a limited edition set of 4 posters that illustrate how many 3.5″ floppies it would take to hold today’s software. As an example, ANTREPO has [...]

fastmac-macbook-pro-battery

Do any of my readers use the FastMac MacBook Pro extended battery? At $100, it’s cheaper than the OEM Apple battery replacement and holds more juice than the original battery. I don’t need one at the moment, but I’m afraid that as my MacBook Pro gets older and outdated, that companies like FastMac will stop [...]

hulu-philly-sunny

Hulu made the really stupid decision recently to take off all episodes of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia and only allow 5 episodes to be online and streaming at a time. The consequences of this decision are being voiced in the discussion forum with many angry viewers saying that they’ll have to go back to [...]

white-cts

Black, yellow, and white aren’t always the best color choices if you want to stay relatively under the radar, so I’m glad to know that the white versions of the somewhat new Converse CTS skate shoe are just as good looking as its other family members. While I still would love the black and yellow [...]

floating-coffee-dunkin-donuts

Photo from o2b on Flickr According to Subway Blogger, Dunkin Donuts is running a promotional campaign this week at several different Subway stops in Manhattan where Dunkin Donuts staffers will be handing out free MetroCards (undetermined amount, but don’t bet on it being filled with much). To get one for free, all you have to [...]