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... talk about 'iGesture' and 'Next Generation Input Devices' and leave out the iGesture Pad?

It's a pad that can be used as mouse replacement (as known from laptops) but also executes macros from your gestures.

... talk about 'iGesture' and 'Next Generation Input Devices' and leave out the iGesture Pad?

It's a pad that can be used as mouse replacement (as known from laptops) but also executes macros from your gestures.

We have Roll up Keyboards and now a roll up monitor. Once some new, smaller, hardware comes out, what's stopping someone from having a complete fold-up/roll-up system???

Just imagine being able to roll up your entire computer, with a 17+" monitor and stick it in your backpack, or fold it up and put it in your pocket!!

Like these?

You missed my point. I don't drink coffee, and I only drink caffeine free coke, and I doubt you ever used to think like me! I was parodying people like you!

I goto Uni in the morning, all the lecturers are fapping over their morning 3 cups of coffee, the one when they wake up, the one in the car (with their nice shiny coffee travel mug. Shit, Thinkgeek even has a fucking section totally devoted to caffeine.) and then the one in the lecture, not to mention however many other cups they have through the day.

It was a case of 'rinse and repeat' whenever I went to work too.. "caffeine, caffeine.. I can't possibly work a second later without my liquid gold" or whatever other 'witty' name the waste of skin had come up with!

It's like a lifestyle choice for the terminally crap!

BTW. you are an oversensitive drug addict. If you can't go cold turkey, cut down by one cup a day for a week, then drop another cup the next week etc, or use less coffee! Shit 10 cups of coffee a day has got to be bad for you!

You missed my point. I don't drink coffee, and I only drink caffeine free coke, and I doubt you ever used to think like me! I was parodying people like you!

I goto Uni in the morning, all the lecturers are fapping over their morning 3 cups of coffee, the one when they wake up, the one in the car (with their nice shiny coffee travel mug. Shit, Thinkgeek even has a fucking section totally devoted to caffeine.) and then the one in the lecture, not to mention however many other cups they have through the day.

It was a case of 'rinse and repeat' whenever I went to work too.. "caffeine, caffeine.. I can't possibly work a second later without my liquid gold" or whatever other 'witty' name the waste of skin had come up with!

It's like a lifestyle choice for the terminally crap!

BTW. you are an oversensitive drug addict. If you can't go cold turkey, cut down by one cup a day for a week, then drop another cup the next week etc, or use less coffee! Shit 10 cups of coffee a day has got to be bad for you!

And, you forgot the onHandPC at http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/5a1a/, and the various Casio DataBank watches (I'm looking at the color E-DataBank at http://www.casio.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=products .detail&catalog=Watches&section=E%2DDataBank&produ ct=EDB700DA%2D2V... they've also got a color camera watch now.)

That Fossil Palm watch isn't a full PDA, it still needs to sync up with a regular Palm (or PC). I suggest looking into the only true watch-PDA, the onHand PC Watch. It has an estimated three months battery life, as opposed to the Fossil's 4 days (at 30 minutes a day). Not sure about the daily usage of the onHand, but I haven't had to change the batteries since I got mine in March.

It also comes with an open-source dev kit, not to mention IR and serial connectivity, and 2 megs of RAM.

... one of Weta's biggest problems was the lack of space, which prompted the move to blade servers - slim units containing processors and memory which slide into a separate chassis containing power units, fans, floppy drives, switches and connections to the other servers.

Why not use a cluster of Cappuccinos then? They fit neatly into the previous description, don't they?

See...

1- Cluster of Cappuccinos
2- ?????
3- Time trip to Soviet Russia (where Cappuccinos cluster you)
4- PROFIT!!!

Now seriously, imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!!!

I think I'll go to sleep.

with an ethernet connection (using built in port) or a pcmcia modem you could email your pictures back home whenever you can find a convienient connection. Also backs up to windows and linux and can play movies/music with its built in output ports.

All of this in a 7x3.2x1" package

Here (for free)

Here too (for free)

This one too (for free)

This one also (free)

And don't forget this classic ($30 poster)

-T

Thinkgeek also has a one hand keyboard. Works a bit different though.

More specifically you need Bawls . Buy some over at ThinkGeek.

Don't get the iMike mixed up with the iMic! See also the ThinkGeek site for more information.

It also says, later on down the page: "KEEP AWAY FROM FOOD." If that's true, someone should tell these guys that caffeine and food don't mix.

I'm just worried that it's not worth injuring my health over. :)

Okay, this was modded to interesting, but is it for real? As I read it I thought the moderators were on crack, and it was a joke, but after reading some of the replies I think that I'm either way too gullable, or this is a real thing... I was picturing something like the iGrill

Yes, and isn't there an even more porable small item availible on thinkgeek? USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive

Features include a 3.8" LCD screen for viewing movies and photos, FM tuner, MP3 playing and recording, 20GB or 40GB HD models, USB2.0 (optional Firewire) connection, TV-out, MPEG-4 encoding from a video/audio-in signal, digital photo (3.3 megapixel) and video camera, and much more.

All those and it can't cook me a steak?

Bah, I'm not impressed.

Mike

I just finished my freshman year at Virginia Tech. I brought a new desktop to college, fully loaded all the best gear blah blah blah. After finishing my first year I wish I had bought a laptop.

If you have the resources I'd sink most of my cash into a nice laptop, and then get a cheap desktop that you can load up with a ton of hard drive space. If you cant afford that, try getting a laptop with a DVD burner in it so that you can archive movies/tv shows/mp3s. When you have 10mbit access to the internet day and night you download a lot more than you realize. I managed to fill up over 400GB of hard drive space and still was not satisfied.

If you are going into a more technical major a laptop is a MUST, you will notice people bringing them to class and in some cases you may actually be required to have one.

Another good investment is a good speaker system for your computer. I had a klipsch promedia 5.1 and they were amazing, having the loudest speakers on your hall is a must ;). You might also want to grab a portable mp3 cd player for those long walks to class across campus.

One last thing, make sure you have a good printer! It's a pain in the ass if yours breaks and you have to run around mooching off friends to pring stuff, and if youre anything like me you'll be doing a lot of printing.

A lot of cool gear is available at thinkgeek.com, one new toy they just made available is a portable light for reading that actually lays in the crease between the two pages of a book. Perfect for late night studying in the dorm room.

Funny you should mention the use of the screen as flashlight, as I regularely use my 6310i large backlit screen to wander around my in-law's house at night on my way to the toilets. That doesn't quite have the same output as my trusted Photon Light but comes in always handy when unexpected :)

All hail Thinkgeek, they have some crazy keyboards, built in gesturing, zero force w/ gestures, even ones with customizable sections. They seem a bit pricey however, and theres a bit of a learning curve for zero force and gestures, but they may be what your looking for.

All hail Thinkgeek, they have some crazy keyboards, built in gesturing, zero force w/ gestures, even ones with customizable sections. They seem a bit pricey however, and theres a bit of a learning curve for zero force and gestures, but they may be what your looking for.

All hail Thinkgeek, they have some crazy keyboards, built in gesturing, zero force w/ gestures, even ones with customizable sections. They seem a bit pricey however, and theres a bit of a learning curve for zero force and gestures, but they may be what your looking for.

All hail Thinkgeek, they have some crazy keyboards, built in gesturing, zero force w/ gestures, even ones with customizable sections. They seem a bit pricey however, and theres a bit of a learning curve for zero force and gestures, but they may be what your looking for.

This thing is tiny. And it is mostly battery. If it runs off of the phone's battery its size and power consumption would both be negligable.

LEDs generally have an itty bitty mirror built in. Look at a clear one that is off some time, it is pretty easy to spot.

-Peter

Tm

Another Interesting Keyless Keyboard. Thought this one was equally interesting, something fellow slashdotters might be interested in if they hadn't seen it.

t would be nice to find programmable ROM cartriges for the 2600.

Sorry, but the Cuttle Cart has been discontinued. I'm sure there are alternatives, though.

Another interesting idea is for some small company to develop gameboy-size atari 2600 pads with most of the games built in. Could even be incorporated into cell phones, now that I would buy.

Go ahead.

But if we could only combine current media (an 8/16 MB compactflash card could hold every version of every game ever written for this machine) you'd have something. Especially now that Sean Kelly doesn't seem to be able to offer his carts for sale any more. Sorry.

I should really have split this to 3 different posts to max the karma benefits. Oh, well. Maybe I'll get the rest in offline karma.

No doubt it depends a great deal on context--and it probably has also evolved significantly over time. It's like the term 'geek'. Earlier in this century, a geek was "a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake."

Later the definition was expanded to include a more general class of social misfits, eventually coming to mean those socially awkward individuals with a strong intellectual bent.

Now, the name 'geek' has been claimed as almost a badge of honour for members of that misfit intellectual community. In some circles (I'm looking at you, gentle reader), there is no stigma attached to being considered a 'geek'. The term has been picked up by mainstream marketers (ie ThinkGeek) who probably see it as a valuable demographic.

They (thinkgeek) are one step ahead of you -- check out the Duct Tape Wallet! ...and they cite Z!'s quote equating Duct Tape to the Force. (I worked with Z! circa 1990...)

I belive they already have that taken care of. And if that doesn't work, at least it will save your credit card from SARS or Antrax or something. Maybe.

APATHY.

If We Don't Take Care of the Customer, Maybe They'll Stop Bugging Us.

it's kung foo

Shoot, they've got duct tape wallets at Thinkgeek, why not tinfoil??? Opens up a whole new market.

I concur.

While the hops themselves smell pretty bad, I like the sell of the wort as it's brewing. The house smells warm and cozy, with an oaty, grainy smell. It's rather pleasant.

Though it may be an illusion, but I swear the homebrew tastes better out of an #include <beer.h> glass, after having been poured from an e-z cap bottle.

It's also available at ThinkGeek.

>The usb cord seems to hide inside the wristband.

Non totally. Look at the bottom/side picture at thinkgeek.

Looks like it does fit into the wristband, but is still exposed/visible.

ThinkGeek says water resistant.

(pause)

Kill me. Kill me now.

It's a really cool idea...i think i should get one. Thinkgeek has a nice one. Anyone also notice that the page is /.ed with like 5 comments? i went looking for the google cache and it's empty for that page.

and the Thinkgeek watch's USB cable tucks neatly into its wristband.

Thinkgeek's USB Watch

Nice looking watch

Look at loads of pics from thinkgeek here

what about the terrapin mine at thinkgeek its got ethernet and USB. Seems ver flexible. only 10gigs though but you maybe able to drop a 20 or bigger into with minor hacking...

... because Sharp actually did issue the news in a language more comprehensible to this audience either:
Linux "clamshell" PDAs with an Intel Xscale PXA255@400MHz, 64 megs of RAM and up to 128 megs of built-in flash are only some of the mouth-watering specs for the new SL-C760 and C750, just released in English to make geeks world-wide wish they were in Japan - the only place, again, for which Sharp has announced to market the new models. The predecessor, widely acclaimed for its excellent "Continuous Grain Silicon" VGA LCD, has been made available by third parties in the USA, Germany, and directly from Japan, but if you're looking to replace e.g. your aging Psion with the latest and greatest Linux PDA from a local vendor, you may want to get Sharp to change their mind and make it available world-wide this time.
In other news, in India the Simputer is expected to be shipping below US$200 (10000 rupies) soon.
Wouldn't both of these be rather compelling items for ThinkGeek to carry as well (just in case the current vendors get overwhelmed by Slashdotters buying up the equivalent of a monthly production - BTW, what's the discount at 30000 units) ?

Interestingly enough, thinkgeek claims to sell the ultimate computer chair.

This is more like it.

Buy the T-shirt (view back) based on that Megatokyo episode at ThinkGeek.

Buy the T-shirt (view back) based on that Megatokyo episode at ThinkGeek.

If they were anything like these monkeys, I wouldn't be surprised.

Code monkeys have feelings, too!