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Five Custom Gadgets You Can't Buy

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

photojournaliste noted a little story running over on Forbes which kinda looks like their editors read Slashdot. Their Five Gadgets You Can't Buy include a few things you might have seen here, as well as some new custom hardware hacks. If you didn't get it for christmas, maybe one of these will inspire you to build it yourself.

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  1. Re:Only one that was even remotely intersesting by fataugie · · Score: 3, Funny
    Holy shit, my spelling is horrible. You'd think I was on IRC.

    I apologize to everyone reading my comments above. Really, I did graduate High Skool.

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  2. How about... by elid · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...a Phantom console? :-)

  3. Next week, 10 things you cant buy, ever! by ActionJesus · · Score: 5, Funny

    1: Jupiter
    2: My toe-nail clippings
    3: Profit!
    4: A profound sense of well being.

    My (not very good point) is that just because you cant buy them, doesnt necessarily mean youd WANT to buy them.

    1. Re:Next week, 10 things you cant buy, ever! by Gorffy · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'm sure if you talk to the right dealer you can buy a profound sense of well being, at least for a short time

    2. Re:Next week, 10 things you cant buy, ever! by roman_mir · · Score: 2, Funny

      I would love to buy Jupiter and then change its name to GNUpiter is not Jupiter.

      How much?

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  4. Ipod battery by NetDudeFL · · Score: 3, Funny

    Looks like something MacGyver would come up with. Just try to get it through a TSA screener!

  5. Re:Worst Story Ever. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Actually, I would say it's a dumb story because:

    It's a story on Slashdot, linking to a story on Forbes, which is essentially a story from Slashdot, which SLashdot originally got from somewhere else in the original Slashdot story itself. And on top of it all, the article self-references this third-party referencing of self-referenced slashdot referenced material.

    Retarded.

  6. Re:Reason why this shit was posted by rolocroz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, it was a pretty shitty article, so maybe Forbes is taking cues from Slashdot's journalistic style?

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