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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on December 5, 2007
I actually have a pinball machine in my house. I used to also have air hockey and foosball tables several years ago, but that was a couple of houses ago.
If you're looking to start your own amu...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 22, 2007
One of the things my wife makes during our traditional Thanksgiving meal is Carraway Puffs. They are a kind of biscuit-the fluffy, bready kind, not the thin, cookie kind. And they are oh, so good. But...
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by Michael Pick on November 19, 2007
If you're loaded, like watching movies, playing games, immersing yourself in high definition pornography, AND have no friends, this one is bound to tickle your fancy.
Crave report:"Despite...
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by Michael Pick on November 17, 2007
You've just brought home a sixpack or a bottle of wine, and all that hard work carrying it home has made you parched. Now usually you might have a wait ahead of you while you sit it out as your be...
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by Michael Pick on November 14, 2007
You love your TV. So much so that you want to take off all of your clothes and jump in the hot tub with it. Well now, if you have the cash, and don't want to get fried, you dream just came true.
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by Mark Rollins on November 6, 2007
The Gamerator is an odd name for this product, and only implies one of its uses: a place to play traditional arcade games. However, if you look under the controllers, you will find something that brin...
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by Michael Pick on November 1, 2007
The Dynamic Daylight Display Window from philips has a distinctly Science-Fiction feel to it, but is actually very soon to find its way into a hotel near you.
Geekologie report:"By waving your...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on October 30, 2007
While I remember listening to my parent's album's when I was a kid, I never actually owned my own vinyl. It's a shame, really, because some of those albums-and yes, to this day, I still ca...
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by Mark Rollins on October 9, 2007
Even if you don't have any children, you can still appreciate the I Can Play Guitar from Mattel. I suppose that this is intended to be like Guitar Hero, and there is an interactive video game that...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on October 9, 2007
Back in high school, I took four years of Japanese. One of the things I remember doing as part of that class was attempting to make sushi. Attempting being the operative word. I couldn't get the s...
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by Michael Pick on October 8, 2007
Remote controls are so very last year, now that JVC has unveiled its latest technology, a TV that watches and listens for your gestures and claps to effect the action on screen.
Mark Wilson over at...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on October 5, 2007
One popular thing at our nearby Chuck E. Cheese is a kind of "green screen" where kids stand in front of a TV camera pointed at a blue screen. The kids can see themselves projected into wh...
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by Michael Pick on October 4, 2007
If you want to take your devotion to all things Nintendo to the next level, or just fancy having a house that looks like it was invaded by art student layabouts, then Mario Mushroom lamps are going to...
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by Michael Pick on September 28, 2007
If you fancy the ability to demand a massage at any given moment in time, and have your every command obeyed, you would probably be best advised to get yourself a voice-operated massage chair rather t...
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by Michael Pick on September 25, 2007
Okay, so maybe you're a big fan of Star Wars - and if you're a male born somewhere in the seventies this is likely to be the case to some extent - but really, do you need to take the franchise...
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by Mark Rollins on September 12, 2007
In case you are in the market for a new home theater system, you might want to look into the SE2 Labs ITC One.
The SE2 Labs ITC One has an Xbox 360 with an HD DVD external drive, an iPod dock, AMX H...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on August 18, 2007
Is it a wall? Is it a couch? Is it art? It's all of the above! Quoting from Jordi Canudas:
Behind the Wall is an intriguing two sided piece of furniture that is both wall and sofa. It offers a ...
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by Mark Rollins on August 6, 2007
If you've never played the electronic toy Bop-it, then you should know that it is the most annoying yet addictive toys ever to hit the market. All you need to do is start it up, and do what it say...
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by Mark Rollins on July 16, 2007
For those of you looking to purchase one of those HD projectors, the Dreamvision DreamBee may be the best on the market. Well, maybe not, but it's contrast ratio of 15,000:1 is pretty darn impress...
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by Eric Hanson on June 15, 2007
As Father's Day draws near, a new gadget emerges to make parents worry they're not doing enough for their kids: the LENA System. The idea behind the LENA is that researchers have shown that th...
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by Eric Hanson on June 4, 2007
It's not a new idea, but it's certainly a cool one, when you think of all of that time and effort spent mowing the lawn: the Husqvarna Automower. Based on a system of control wires that define...
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by Eric Hanson on May 16, 2007
The number of people who brew their own beer at home as a hobby has grown over the past few years, so it's no surprise that someone would put together a gadget that would let you do the same with ...
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by Mark Rollins on May 10, 2007
I think that we can all agree that children spend way too much time in front of the TV. Now there is a device that can regulate their non-quality time with the TV timer.
The TV Timer affixes to your ...
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by tiago on April 30, 2007
While some people like to go out to specific places to get a massage, others enjoy to stay at home and use some of the many available gadgets that offer the massage experience - one of those is the ...
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by tiago on March 29, 2007
The Cerwin Vega folks have come up with another audio product, this time targeting people that like small but good devices. The two fresh speakers are named CVA-121 and CVA-118, and the important di...
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by Mark Rollins on March 20, 2007
For those of us who need to watch TV and DVDs in the kitchen, there are several under-the-cabinet systems for that. However, this is the age of the ipod, and it looks like Philips is on the ball with ...
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by Eric Hanson on March 6, 2007
We're not quite there yet (the windchill must be something like five degrees here in New York) but eventually the colder parts of the country will be out of the winter and into the hot, hot summer...
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by Eric Hanson on March 2, 2007
Perhaps you're familiar with absinthe, the green alcohol that's distilled from wormwood, anise and fennel? You know: artists in 19th century French cafes, supposed hallucinogenic properties, w...
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by Eric Hanson on February 24, 2007
I'll admit it: I hit the snooze button pretty much every morning. In fact, I deliberately set my alarm to compensate for snoozing, which is something I used to make fun of people for doing. I blam...
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by Mark Rollins on February 7, 2007
I never heard of the Japanese company Thanko until today, but I will say a hearty "thank you". This company has designed a charger for the Wii Remotes. You know, the ones that eat up a lot o...
