PepsiCo’s new Mountain Dew flavor, “Game Fuel,” is one of the few products targeting gamers with the empty calories they need. We’d like to see some new gamer-oriented products, like Frito-Lay Chipotle-Ranch High-Power Pwnage Pellets and a Reebok Exo-Armor Expanding Track Suit.
Original post by Lore Sjöberg
Clever little tips and tricks to make your life easier, more efficient or more productive used to come packaged under the banner Hints From Heloise, but a new techy-sounding name makes it seem like a novel idea.
Original post by juniper.foo@cnet.com (Juniper Foo)
Toys are cooler now than when some of us were kids — except for the sad pretend mustard. Here’s a quick look at the more advanced toys they’re fobbing off on bored children these days. Commentary by Lore Sjöberg.
Original post by juniper.foo@cnet.com (Juniper Foo)
If velcro doesn’t do it for you, someone somewhere in Hokkaido, Japan–specifically World Work Company which doesn’t seem to have a Web site (surprise, surprise)–has come up with magnetic buttons. Developed more for the elderly and disabled, one assumes these fasten on really well and won’t pop open as easily as they snap close….
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Don this, and you’ll be guaranteed instant geek status on the office block. What’s more, you’ll not only look cool, you’ll feel cool. From the wacky folks at Japanese e-store Thanko comes a USB fan tie, though whether it can power on away from a USB port isn’t clear. Just remember to unplug that USB [...]