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Go here, keep adding random stuff until you reach $10k.

Much better than wasting money on TVs.

You could always try one of these... http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/bf21/?srp=13

Recently found that bluetooth support is pretty poor too. Good luck find games/apps (outside the ones on Cydia) that work with a PS3/Wii/generic wireless controller.

Yes, only keyboard type devices are supported of the HID protocol. For everything else, you have to use a special chip for bluetooth that you only get with a special license issues by Apple called "MFI", which is very hard to get (and the app has to implement it specifically).

However, there are some bluetooth controllers that act like they are keyboards. There's a pseudo-standard implemented that defines which keyboard keys match what controller input. One of those is the iCade, another is DRONE.

Not even talk about the lack of a file manager

The file concept doesn't exist on iOS.

and gimped WebKit

What is that supposed to do?

Across the pond, we have alligator meat which is one of the healthiest meats around. If you are fortunate to live in Florida, you can find it everywhere. Unfortunately for the rest of us, it cots $20/pound. Oh, and I think you can get Unicorn meat from Ireland.

Sort of like this one?

Granted it's a little later to the game than I would have liked. Could have saved me a lot of headache forcing PS3 controls to work with Linux, but better late than never.

While you might not, it can be useful for other people I'm out of the house all day so I have zero interest in heating it then but it would be handy to be able to call up the central heating and get it to turn on and off so the house is warm when i get home.

    Your typical android phone has 2 i/o ports the usb otg port and the headphone jack. There is also wifi , bluetooth and telephony 3g ect. Thats a powerful collection of i/o

heres a little toy which works via the headphone jack

http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/eb6e/

It's just a robot controlled by infrared using the phone screen to control it.
USB has even greater potential with the phone having usb host mode.

I would be surprised if on here most people didn't have a 2nd smartphone which is mostly gathering dust. I have a galaxy mini on pay as you go and it has no credit on the sim but it is still on the 3g network and I can call it (needs 1 call every 6 months to keep the sim registered). If I can call it I can control it with the right software. Since it has wifi I can use it without the phone side anyway.

Isn't it really a useful small HMI interface, Ideal for re-purposing into any number of projects?

Kind of makes a raspberry PI seem a little over priced.

Oh GOD!...Thinkgeek will destroy us all!

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They already exist: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/e9b4/

Find a spare box (limited only by the available amount of wrapping paper, big boxes with obsurd labels ("beauty care" for a dude, "Windows 8" for a Linux advocate, or perhaps "Extreme Chores"). Print out your gift or some ad for your gift, maybe use a card or something, put it in the box. Extra points for lots of packing ~peanuts. Wrap box, label, etc.

I once did this. I asked the clerk at Best Buy if I could have one of the empty Windows Vista display boxes. I got it. Real gift went inside. The receipient knew how adamantly against Vista I was, so it definitely turned her head.

I don't have recommendations for anything specific, but or a geek dad, you might browse InnovaToys or probably more appropriately ThinkGeek.

As part of the demonstration, Cui inserted and removed a small external circuit board from the phone's Ethernet port

Seems like it'd be easier to just slap a traditional bug under the filing cabinet if you're going to need physical access anyway. And maybe leave behind a hardware keylogger while you're at it. Possibly also an annoyatron. :)

I just thought, I should probably add in the link.

What about this? I have seen corded version popping up in the drugstores around here.

So get one of these and enjoy your shoulder and back pain.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/8928/

If your 10KW generator doesn't run your whole house, either your generator needs load testing, or you have some really hellacious electric bills. Perhaps a Kill-A-Watt could help you figure out why your electric meter is spinning like a top. For planning purposes electric utillities assume a household uses 1.6KW, your claiming your using 6 1/4 times the typical.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/eb04/

Not a blatent slashvertisment, it was the first hit on Goolge for the shirt.

Wow, it's like this t-shirt in real life. I have also replaced somebody with a very small shell-script, I felt like I should have gotten an award or something.

I've replaced numerous people with small (usually...sometimes they are a bit larger) shell scripts over the years.
The only awards I've gotten for that were more work assignments!

Wow, it's like this t-shirt in real life. I have also replaced somebody with a very small shell-script, I felt like I should have gotten an award or something.

The weird split ergo keyboard that many folks either loved or hated comes to mind. I'm happy with my hybrid, a cheap Microsoft "comfort curve" that gives some of the alignment effect of the ergo-board without actually separating the keys.

I also had a really nifty folding accordion keyboard for my Palm Pilot a decade ago. After folding, it was locked up tight in its permanent hard case, and it was safer than the actual Palm (and about the same size.)

And now Microsoft's new integrated smart cover keyboards are a thing.

Whatever happened to the laser keyboard? I'm surprised it didn't take off.

The key is to separate the solar panel from the phone. Leave the panel, with a battery, in a sunny place as you go about your business, and charge from it when convenient. ThinkGeek has them for $40 or thereabouts

http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/ed72/

Jimmy says "But I have my ID right here!" then pulls his ID out of his wallet and shows it to the administrator.

This shirt covers the methodology I've sadly seen far too often:

        http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/f141/ [Most Interesting Coder]

The SchrÃdinger's Cat I bought from Think Geek keeps dying half the time.

Is it possible to get the Slashdot's 15th Anniversary Shirt logo with black instead of white lettering, black instead of white lines, and a transparent background sized to fit a 11" * 17" paper? I would like to print a few as banners/signs for the Slashdot party.

n.b. Join me at Larkspur Landing Shopping Center on 2012-10-26T19:45-7

Stockpile this while you still can.

Have you considered using a Trembler? Any of the "Stick it on a flat surface and turn it into a speaker" stuff out there could work well, and may also keep eavesdropping to a minimum (if privacy might be an issue).
Over at Thinkgeek.com, they have this little portable option: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/eaf8/

Try your Google-Fu, and see what else you get.

Good Luck!

Is it possible to get the Slashdot's 15th Anniversary Shirt logo with black instead of white lettering, black instead of white lines, and a transparent background sized to fit a 11" * 17" paper? I would like to print a few as banners/signs for the Slashdot party.

n.b.Join me at Larkspur Landing Shopping Center on 2012-10-26T19:45-7

I went to a Slashdot party and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt . And what's with the F on the back?

Even my plants are carnivores.

What do basement-dwelling troglodytes buy anyhow?

Anything found on its (now formerly) sister site http://www.thinkgeek.com/, plus servers, UPSes and pizza.

Proclaim yourself the most interesting coder thinkgeek style.

I don't often test my code, but when I do, I do it in production.

This problem is already solved. http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/8928/

Technically, this already exists. iPad apparently supports Bluetooth keyboards, so you'll find many iPad cases with an integrated BT keyboard.

Here's an example at ThinkGeek.

This is one place where Apple's iron-fisted dominance of design comes in handy. The iPad is a nice consistent formfactor (only a couple of sizes to consider), so it's easy for a brisk aftermarket of compatible accessories, as long as those accessories can either license necessary compatibility technology (charge/audio/data port) or the compatibility is itself fairly open (Bluetooth); I haven't seen a one-size-fits-all equivalent for Android tablets simply because there's so much variability in size and shape.

But, as we all know, Edison and his employees did not invent anything – they stole everything from Tesla – which has already been mentioned. For proof see:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/ea08/?srp=1

And don’t forget the ancient Egyptians & Chinese. Sure, they got most of the tech from Atlantis, but still.

I was in my seat on a plane, waiting to take off for NYC for a work event.

Had settled in and was reading my kindle when the Jet Blue stewardess tapped me on the shoulder. "Nice shirt," she said.

Thanks. It was a present from my brother.

"Are you coming back from a conference?"

Um... No. Flying out to one, in fact.

"Can you take it off?"

Uh... what? The shirt? Um... Of course I could. But... that'd be weird. I'm on a plane.

"That's from a movie, right?"

Yep.

"I thought so. But can you take that sticker off of it?"

No, it's not a sticker. It's silk-screened or something like that.

"Some customers feel threatened by it."

Uggggghhhhhh. Now it all makes sense.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/9f70/

So I say "Sure, no problem" and start to get up to get a spare shirt out of my carry on to change into.

"Sir, the fasten seatbelt is lit!"

Um, you just asked me to change my shirt.

"You'll have to wait until we're in the air"

Really? We hadn't even left the departure terminal.

Time passes. Noise-cancelling headphones on, asleep, a tap on the shoulder. We're in the air and the seatbelt light is off.

"You can change your shirt now"

Having had time to think about it prior to dozing off, I'd decided this whole thing was ridiculous. "To whom on this plane do you report?"

Had to repeat that a few times, and it was all downhill from there. I was nothing but polite and civil, whereas this raving stewardess was just about foaming at the mouth. On her side, it got pretty heated. Passengers around me were seemingly all incredulous; comments ranged from "this is ridiculous" to "it's not worth getting arrested over".

With a heavy heart, I relented and said I was willing to change my shirt. I remained seated, though- she was blocking me from getting up as she continued to berate me for my fashion sense.

Finally I pointed out that I couldn't get up as long as she was standing where she was. She moved, I got up to grab my bag from the overhead bin and, spare shirt in hand, headed toward the back of the plane to change in the bathroom. Whoa, nutcase was back there. Went to the restroom in the front of the plane instead.

And who should I see up there? A new stewardess- one that doesn't look angry or insane!

"Excuse me, may I trouble you for your opinion on something?"

She readily agreed, so I described the situation. As I recounted the insane hassling about the shirt, the threats, etc, her jaw dropped. Her face went pale. People seated within earshot said things like "People need a sense of humor" and "This is completely absurd". She said "Sir, this is completely not a problem. You can just go back and have a seat, there's no problem at all." And then the maniac sprinted up to us and freaked out again. Sane stewardess roared her down.

I went back to my seat and had the most uncomfortable flight of my life with the lunatic stewardess looming and glaring. Haven't flied JetBlue since and have in fact gone to great lengths to avoid flying at all.

and lately I've been thinking of using a 3d printer to make new model 500 rotary phones. With bluetooth to talk to your smart phone.

Not exactly as you were thinking, but close: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/287
I bet the bluetooth only version would have a Much better price tag attached though!

I have seen just the M500 handset in bluetooth form: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/8928/?srp=2

Still, not a bad idea, especially so if you got the manufacturing of the phone body itself down cheap. The bluetooth bits n bobs shouldn't add much on their own.

Refer to this chart

People who plan to make games in genres that don't work well on a touch screen

You mean the guys developing apps for the iCade? Or other alternative gaming inputs you can buy for the iPhone or iPad?

The question stands.

I'd say, ask you boss what is required for you to wear. If he's ok with jeans and tshirts, go for it.

No. If you boss recommends jeans and t-shirts, because that's a company culture thing, then and only then go for it. Otherwise dress at least one step up from those you supervise, or better yet at an equivalent step to what your new supervisors are wearing.

People are visual animals and a very large portion of behavioral queues are completely sub-conscious. The phrase "clothes make the man" may be disturbing from an intellectual standpoint, but it's entirely accurate from a human-reality standpoint. Do some experimentation - attend various service locations in differing levels of dress and pay attention to the body language and other sub-conscious queues you're given.* You should want those you supervise to unconsciously look up to you, and you may also want your new supervisors to think of you as one of their peers. It's the uniform of the professional - it's not very different than the blue coveralls a mechanic wears in the shop. Sorry, but the days of this are gone.

* You might want to check your jurisdiction's laws before experimenting much with a negative control.

If you and your staff meet the public, in that you do house calls, then a service uniform would show professionalism and would be reasonable. Look at the uniforms of other trades ( electric company, meter readers, etc.). If your staff is always backroom and do not meet the public, then genes and tee shirt is appropriate, unless safety clothing is absolutely a priority.

Lol, I'm used to it myself. That's Slashdot for ya'. ;)

Heh, I'm helping develop the computer systems for the new Icelandic branch of the Pirate Party (we're fortunate, as our founder is already a member of parliament, so we've instantly got representation - yeay!). So I painted my nails as such for the meeting. I usually try to do stuff like that - for example, one time when I was meeting with a group of physicists to discuss an idea of mine for using anodized aluminum oxide templates to produce nanoscale capacitors, I painted my nails with the probability distribution function of spin-0 particle in 1 dimension. Nail pens are just awesome ;)

Thinkgeek is always great for accessories - everything from an anatomic-heart necklace to a sundial ring.

I'd say, ask you boss what is required for you to wear. If he's ok with jeans and tshirts, go for it.

No. If you boss recommends jeans and t-shirts, because that's a company culture thing, then and only then go for it. Otherwise dress at least one step up from those you supervise, or better yet at an equivalent step to what your new supervisors are wearing.

People are visual animals and a very large portion of behavioral queues are completely sub-conscious. The phrase "clothes make the man" may be disturbing from an intellectual standpoint, but it's entirely accurate from a human-reality standpoint. Do some experimentation - attend various service locations in differing levels of dress and pay attention to the body language and other sub-conscious queues you're given.* You should want those you supervise to unconsciously look up to you, and you may also want your new supervisors to think of you as one of their peers. It's the uniform of the professional - it's not very different than the blue coveralls a mechanic wears in the shop. Sorry, but the days of this are gone.

* You might want to check your jurisdiction's laws before experimenting much with a negative control.

The condition of your clothes is just as important as the clothes themselves. As a director, take the extra time to make sure everything fits well, is free of rips/tears, and is pressed (or at very least not wrinkled.) It won't matter what you're wearing if your pants are too short, your shirt if too big, or you're just a wrinkly mess...

The clothes themselves will vary a lot depending on your office and location. I've found that the East coast (particularly from DC, north) is extremely fond of jackets and ties every day, whereas the west coast is much more khakis and polo at best. Just look at what other directors in other departments are wearing and use that as a guideline. If you want to keep the geek references, they're going to have to get a bit more subtle. Wear a bow tie on occasion (I hear they're cool) or a monogrammed polo with some geek reference. A few examples

Or perhaps relegate the geek references to your office (you get an office as a director, right?) On the site I linked above, you'll find Portal inspired book-ends, Tardis coffee mugs, Rubix Cube coasters, etc. More than enough paraphernalia to show off your inner geek. Just keep it somewhat low-key. Don't want people mistaking your office for their kid's bedroom.

i draw the line when thinkgeek.com stops selling them. this is just bullshit. hitting any page that used to reference them now shows a list of other magnetic toys, and if you manage to hit this page http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/bbe8/b/ and order them, it tells you that your cart is empty. fuck you, thinkgeek.

Not for kids or adults under 12.

i draw the line when thinkgeek.com stops selling them. this is just bullshit. hitting any page that used to reference them now shows a list of other magnetic toys, and if you manage to hit this page http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/bbe8/b/ and order them, it tells you that your cart is empty. fuck you, thinkgeek.

already have them http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/wec.shtml

And, as with so many of these technological "breakthroughs" we see today, Telsa beat them to the punch, a century ago.

who clicks on ads?

Come on, what slashdotter can resist the Enterprise Pizza Cutter:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/dea2/

I was surfing space.com when Bam! There it was. Trek + Pizza; sure geek hit.

The right ad to the right person does the trick.

for wifi, I have a t-shirt. If I come across an unexpected signal (indicated by my chest lighting up) out comes the netbook and sixty seconds later if it's a WEP node I'm in. Sooner if it's an open node.
for Bluetooth I have a nifty little custom app on my netbook that beeps every so often and logs any and all Bluetooth activity that comes into range. Oh, to have something like that on an Android phone...

A good one-size-fits-all tool I've been using for years is a wideband RF meter. This gadget uses custom 802.1x receivers to scan from 1.5GHz, through the entire 2.4GHz ISM band up to around 6GHz for wifi, Bluetooth, domestic microwave leakage, satellite transmission cones, RADAR, pretty much anything that uses this range of frequencies. It can be attenuated for most situations with a simple turning of two dials.