Over at the estimable BoingBoing Gadgets, fellow expatriate Brit Rob Beschizza has found a solution to the ever growing waistline that is the inevitable result of the typical English diet of Fish’n'Chips, Full English Breakfasts and deep-fried Mars Bars.
The Waistband Stretcher, unsurprisingly found at the SkyMall, clamps onto your slacks and slowly strains the waistband to fit your blossoming belly. SkyMall says that you can expect an increase of up to five inches, depending on the fabric being stretched.
Alas, this is to late for Beschizza, who long ago switched to an elastic-waisted, thrift-store trouser for his day to day clothing needs. It really is rather sad to see the sartorial slide of a fellow countryman. I have heard rumors that he is planning to buy a fanny pack, but hopefully that’s just cruel internet speculation. $30.
Product page [SkyMall via BBG]
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Add another trick to Dell’s Mini 9. The mod-happy netbook has already been seen hanging out with GPS and OSX and now the inevitable: a touchscreen. Fitted with one of those ubiquitous eBay touch panels, user Deldotb of the myDellMini forums loaded up the appropriate Ubuntu drivers and kicked the rather unresponsive USB 1.1 panel to life. Unfortunately, he had to sacrifice a USB port for the privilege. See the Tux Paint “hello world works” video after the break.
[Via Jkkmobile]
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Video: Dell’s Mini 9 hacked with touchscreen originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It’s no secret that OLED gurus have had the toughest time improving the life of blue luminance to match the lifespans of its red and green counterparts, but a team of South Korean scientists have purportedly stumbled upon (or developed, as it were) a breakthrough “true blue” material that can “accelerate the development of next-generation organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays.” Up until now, scientists have been able to create highly efficient green and red OLED materials, but the inability to make a true blue OLED material was really holding things back. So, now that this little hurdle has been hopped, how’s about we get some big screen OLED HDTVs out to the people?
[Via OLED-Info, image courtesy of Universal Display]
Filed under: Displays
South Korean scientists claim development of “true blue” for OLED displays originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The Linux Foundation has strategically leaked a report showing that the “Linux ecosystem” — distributors, resellers, support specialists, and other hangers-on of the free-to-download operating system — is now worth $25 billion. Ignore the inevitable quibbling over methodology; what this means is that every open-source entrepreneur out there is going to slap that figure on a PowerPoint slide, trot down to Sand Hill Road, and get funding for the latest open-source boondoggle. The sales pitch: “It’s the Linux of distributed databases!” Translation: It’s just like Linux, except for the $25 billion.
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video
With firmware 2.1 now out for the iPhone and iPod touch we bring you the inevitable PwnageTool and QuickPwn response. Apparently, the DevTeam took offense to a previous posting where we questioned the relevancy of continued jailbreaks in the age of the AppStore and official, worldwide iPhone distribution.
So, we’ll put it to you dear reader: as much as we respect these guys for their gen-1 iPhone unlocking and pre-AppStore era work, is PwnageTool and the ability to jailbreak your phone still as important as it was?
Update: By a three-to-one margin it’s clear that you still love your Pwnage! As such, we’ll continue to cover the DevTeam’s exploits just as obsessively as before.
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