Posted by on under mitor, joe grand, time intervals, random time, blue screen of death, goatse, zoz, kingpin, frt, gadget, projector, ascii, timer, laptop, images | 
Make contributor Joe Grand (aka "Kingpin") shows his BSODomizer (www.bsodomizer.com) prank gadget in action. Complete plans are available or you can buy an assembled unit for $79. What is BSODomizer? BSODomizer is a small, battery-powered, mischievous electronic gadget that interfaces between a laptop or desktop and VGA monitor and flashes images onto the monitor at random time intervals or when triggered by an infrared remote control. When used to display a fake BSOD (Blue Screen of Death), the user will become confused and turn off his or her machine. Over and over again. Legitimate uses of the BSODomizer include monitor/projector/video calibration or a simple timer to remind the user to take a break from sitting in front of the computer. Various configuration settings are selected via on-board DIP switches. Created by Joe Grand (aka Kingpin) and Zoz. If you have any video or pictures of BSODomy in action, be sure to let us know and we can post things on this page or link to your site. Have fun! Welcome to BSODomizer...
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Posted by on under mini 1000, fashi, vivienne, clutch, elegance, laptops, hard drive, atom, nbsp, laptop, ghz intel, intel, hp |
Well, we heard that the Vivienne Tam-designed Mini 1000 was
coming in December, and here it is, available to order on HP's site. The custom 10-inch netbook is, as expected, sporting a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom with 1GB of RAM, plus an up to 60GB hard drive -- a little smaller than the 80GB we initially heard about. The fashion-conscious laptop is less than an inch thick and has a starting weight of 2.45 pounds, and though it's not exactly an example of "understated elegance," those who want to start (loudly) classing up their act can do just that for a starting price of $699.
[Thanks, Matt]
Filed under: Laptops
HP Vivienne Tam Edition Mini 1000 Digital Clutch now available originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted by on under mini 1000, fashi, vivienne, clutch, elegance, laptops, hard drive, atom, nbsp, laptop, ghz intel, intel, hp |
Well, we heard that the Vivienne Tam-designed Mini 1000 was
coming in December, and here it is, available to order on HP's site. The custom 10-inch netbook is, as expected, sporting a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom with 1GB of RAM, plus an up to 60GB hard drive -- a little smaller than the 80GB we initially heard about. The fashion-conscious laptop is less than an inch thick and has a starting weight of 2.45 pounds, and though it's not exactly an example of "understated elegance," those who want to start (loudly) classing up their act can do just that for a starting price of $699.
[Thanks, Matt]
Filed under: Laptops
HP Vivienne Tam Edition Mini 1000 Digital Clutch now available originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted by on under surprise appearance, nature of the beast, hardcore gaming, pro gaming, graphics chip, sideshow, litany, internals, lament, tv tuner, reviewers, geforce, novatech, laptops, laptop, failure, nbsp, fantasy |
Man, remember when everyone
thought their next laptop would
have a minuscule SideShow display baked in the lid? Yeah, whatever
happened to that
fantasy? Apparently the engineers over at Novatech never got the memo that said technology was
doomed for failure, as they certainly included a 2.5-inch color display on the lid of the X50MV Pro gaming laptop. That nifty inclusion aside, the unit also packed some pretty stout internals, though reviewers did lament the GeForce 9600M GT graphics chip. Still, the LCD was deemed gorgeous to look at, the inbuilt TV tuner was a welcome extra and performance was highly lauded in every area except hardcore gaming -- which is obviously odd given the nature of the beast. In the end, critics couldn't wholeheartedly recommend this machine over a litany of others for close to the same price, but there just might be a few unique features here that push you over the edge.
Filed under: Laptops
Novatech's X50MV Pro gaming laptop reviewed, SideShow makes surprise appearance originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted by on under surprise appearance, nature of the beast, hardcore gaming, pro gaming, graphics chip, sideshow, litany, internals, lament, tv tuner, reviewers, geforce, novatech, laptops, laptop, failure, nbsp, fantasy |
Man, remember when everyone
thought their next laptop would
have a minuscule SideShow display baked in the lid? Yeah, whatever
happened to that
fantasy? Apparently the engineers over at Novatech never got the memo that said technology was
doomed for failure, as they certainly included a 2.5-inch color display on the lid of the X50MV Pro gaming laptop. That nifty inclusion aside, the unit also packed some pretty stout internals, though reviewers did lament the GeForce 9600M GT graphics chip. Still, the LCD was deemed gorgeous to look at, the inbuilt TV tuner was a welcome extra and performance was highly lauded in every area except hardcore gaming -- which is obviously odd given the nature of the beast. In the end, critics couldn't wholeheartedly recommend this machine over a litany of others for close to the same price, but there just might be a few unique features here that push you over the edge.
Filed under: Laptops
Novatech's X50MV Pro gaming laptop reviewed, SideShow makes surprise appearance originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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