Costco turned Zune boxes into tables to sell iPods

Muhahahahahahahaha

Doomed to fail!

Kenpachi Vs. Ichigo

I was watching the awful dub of Bleach on Adult Swim, and that made me bring my cousin in to see what is probably the greatest fight of the “Soul Society Arch” in Bleach.

Doesn’t get much better than that:

Soda Popinski?

Join the ASOS Brigade!!

Fan made video hailing the release of “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya” in the United States.

Samsung laptops run for a month

BOFFINS at Samsung Electronics have developed a docking station equipped with a fuel cell capable of powering a laptop for a month. According to Engadget, the new docking station, which works with Samsung’s Q35 ultraportable laptop contains a 1200-watt-hour fuel cell.

The dock can power a laptop eight hours a day, five days a week for a month. Apparently the boffins are working on a miniature version which can power a laptop for more than 15 hours “on a coffee cup’s worth of fuel”. Although it is not clear how much fuel there is in a cup of coffee.

The dock is powered by a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell with a maximum output of 20 watts. This technology is jolly good at producing small amounts of power over a long periods at low temperatures, making them well suited to mobile devices.

Samsung says that the cell’s 650Wh/L energy density is four times that of its competitors. Apparently the dock will hit the shops at the end of next year

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This is very sweet. The future of mobile devices is upon us.. and we are getting closer and closer to the shipstone, inc.! (Yay Heinlein reference, now I’ll laugh in my own nerdy little world!)

Dragon Quest Swords

“Since 1986, the DRAGON QUEST series has gained acceptance around the world and has been a staple of video gaming history,” said Yuu Miyake, Executive Producer, Square Enix. “We believe its appeal lies in simplicity that anyone can enjoy, and the excitement of becoming a hero in an epic adventure. With the Nintendo Wii, we believe that these aspects of the DRAGON QUEST experience can be taken to a whole new level of fun and interaction.”

DRAGON QUEST SWORDS: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors is being developed with every aspect of the unique Wii hardware in mind. Additional details, including ship date and pricing, will be announced at a later date.

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12 player multiplayer in WarioWare: Smooth Moves

Siliconera has come out with a video that shows how twelve player multiplayer works in Warioware: Smooth Moves. A really cool, fast paced game featuring angels, godzilla, and chasing people into a mall… I think.

The minigame based party game looks like it’ll be a very fun game and another step to improving the use of the wiimote as more and more games are released.

Tubular for Mac

A really cool app that turns the power of youtube into a neat desktop application.

You can pre-order it here for $13. Not a bad price butI’m not sure if it’s worth just for watching youtube video. If you have a video iPod however, this is probably the way to go.

Nintendo Wii Controlled Smarthome

This is my Nintendo Wii Controlled Smart Home. Using the Wii-Mote and my Nintendo Wii, I have an onscreen Flash User Interface that lets me control the following aspects of my home: Lights, Thermostat, Security Camera, Music Playback, Cable DVR, and more.

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This is way every home will be in the future. It’s very cool. Central intagration in a single workstation… that is the way things should be done.

5 Predictions for Apple in 2007

1) Expanding the Mac Brand – 2007 is going to be the year of the “Mac”. Apple is going to expand upon the Mac branding to include the new Phone product (my guess is MacMobile), and possibly even the “i” software suites. MacLife anyone? The “i” branding is played out, and, with the exception of the iPod and possibly the iMac, the “i” is on the down hill slide. There will be a dramatic shift away from the lowercase “i” in 07.2) The “true” Video iPod…Finally - After years of speculation, the full screen video iPod will make it’s debut just in time for the 07 holiday season sales push. The device will feature a beautiful screen and a new, clickwheel-free, design. My guess is it will not be touch screen, and will in no way live up to the 2+ year hype surrounding it…in spite of that, however, it will be a “must have” item for Christmas 07.

3) The Next Generation of iMac…featuring Blu-ray I hope I’m wrong about this, actually, since I do not think that Blu-ray has much of a chance of winning the format wars, but I predict that we’ll see the high end models of next year’s iMacs with built-in Blu-ray drives without a significant cost increase over the current high end iMacs. Disney is behind Blu-ray…to me that means Jobs is behind Blu-ray as well…and that means Blu-ray equipped Macs.

4) Palm CEO Ed Colligan will eat his words – “We’ve learned and struggled for a few years here figuring out how to make a decent phone…PC guys are not going to just figure this out. They’re not going to just walk in.’’ This is one of the most asinine statements I’ve ever heard in my life, and I think Mr. Colligan is going to regret saying it when 07 comes to a close. Apple is gunning for Palm, Blackberry, and every other Smartphone manufacturer out there, and while I don’t think they will become a market leader next year, I do think Palm will be feeling Apple’s presence weighing heavily on their bottom line next year.

5) OSX and Windows, working together at last – I expect to see Parallels fully integrated into Leopard by the time the OS is released, giving us the first OS in history (to my knowledge anyway) that will allow us to seamlessly run our Windows, Mac, and even Linux programs from the same desktop. Finally, Mac Users can run those Windows only applications that seem to crop up from time to time. The new Parallels Beta already makes this possible, but if integrated into Leopard, you can officially say, “Vista…who?”

I’m sure all of you have your own opinions about what 2007 holds for Apple…and I’m extremely certain that some of you completely disagree with what I’ve just written…so, feel free to leave your comments, beratings, or whiny rants below.

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I don’t think that Blue-ray will reach macs any time in the near future. But it’s an exciting idea.