Category: Geek

I don’t know… It looks sort of like a Sears backyard toolshed, from hell. See it and other casing curiosities at ExtrremeTech’s Week 3 Case Mod contest.

And, is it just me, or has “extreme modding” kind of “jumped the shark?” (Not that I, in any way, want to stop people from putting computers where they don’t belong, I’m just sayin’…)

Want a free one year subscription to Electronic Gaming Monthly? Of course you do. Who says no to free? (My mother is probably filling out the dang form.) Just go to this page on the VideoGame Expo’s site and sign up. No obligation.

[Via Gizmodo]

This geekly blogger has written a how-to on unlocking a T-Mobile SDA phone so that you can use it with any provider (T-Mobile, Cingular, Verizon, any provider using a SIM card) AND setting up the phone so that you can use it with your Skype account.

[Via hackAday]

Check this out! It’s an estate sale where the house is almost filled to the rafters with comic books. The liquidators found upwards of 3,000 golden age books, 37,000 other comics, 4,000 graphic novels and trade paperbacks, and countless posters, figures, magazines, toys, cards, etc. Many of the items were never even opened. Among the hoard was an Amazing Spiderman #10, valued at US$1700.

Last night, Street Techie Alberto Gaitán and I attended a planning session for a DC area “chapter” of Dorkbot, the loose confederation of electronic arts groups where artists, geeks, and gadget weenies of all stripes get together to confab, demo, and socialize. This first coffeehouse klatch was small, but we’re planning to expand, maybe adding YOU to our roster. If you live in the DC area and want to get involved, go to the Dorkbot DC webpage and sign up for the mailing list. I’ll also be posting notices here on Street Tech for upcoming meetings and events.

True to the Dorkbot spirit, even though this was a planning meeting, we still did a little show and tell of cool widgets. Among other casual demos, the meeting’s instigator, Thomas Edwards, showed off his newly acquired RVHE MCU, a teeny and feature-rich US$90 microcontroller. He also showed us a vid of his “Differential Touch” project, where he’s going to have virtual hands that can communicate touch over the Internet. It was great to meet Thomas. He was the artist who created my two favorite pieces in last year’s Art-o-Matic, the Sycophant (pictured here) and the School of Fish Pain. Hysterical and poignant geek art.

Definitely consider joining up if you’re in the area. We’re planning to have guest speakers in the future, demos, ongoing projects, and larger events. It should be a lot of fun.

Make has a fun little line up of last minute, mainly homebrewed, gifts for dad. I like the “Who’s Your Daddy?”/”I’m Your Daddy?” T-shirt combo and the skeleton/robot tie or towel rack (shown here).

Gina Trapani, the Lifehackertrix, was “taken to task” by well-known sex author Susie Bright for not having much about sex on her blog. Susie invited Gina onto her podcast, In Bed with Susie Bright, to talk about it, and to talk about IT. The appearance has even sparked some discussion about starting a spin-off blog, Sexhacker. I’d read it.

More ’70s van-worthy art from Alienware, with their “Daily Planet Edition” PCs and notebooks, emblazoned with vivid Superman imagery.

You better be 12 years old, tops, if you’re going to show yourself in public with that notebook in tow. Actually, now that I think about it, you’d likely get the cotton beaten out of you at any age.

You know we love the geekly fashion statements here at Street Tech Labs. I’m particularly fascinated by electronic components and how cool they look. They seem to be especially suited to making earrings and necklaces, as these “Nerd Jewerly” pics will attest.

[Via Boing Boing]

There may be a reason why the online boutique selling these recycled cassette tape belt buckles doesn’t show someone actually wearing one — we suspect they make you look more like Napoleon DynaDORK than Dynamite. We like the idea of recycled dead media as contemp couture, and it’s at least cool that you can choose the artist or type of tape (Milli Vanilli, Prince, Barbie Workout, Spanish language, blank Certron, etc.). US$15, you provide your own hand-tooled signature belt. Sveet.

[Via Gear Factor]