Recently at Boing Boing Gadgets.

Rob Beschizza 7:25 pm Mon Oct 6, 2008

Recently at Boing Boing Gadgets, we saw a promotional thumbdrive full of beer and a tasty motherboard cake. Breakfast is served!

John saw Sega's inadvertant return to gaming "hardware"; a cutting board with an astronaut etched on it; a non-stop spinning top; and hankered for a USB desk lamp in the shape of a giant letter C.

Joel discovered the art of Chindōgu, or useful but embarrassing technology; found spaceship-like sculptures made of foam packing; and found an amazing portrait of the Madonna made of dice, and posed the question, "Could you make a better fake rock speaker than Klipsch?"

We reviewed the Sorapot, a fancy teapot, the NZXT Avatar gaming mouse, Cloanto's Amiga Forever 2008 retrogaming set, and the last five years.

Looks like Apple's new MacBooks are going to have Nvidia inside. It's such a shame that Mazda's wonderful concept car, the Kiyora, isn't likely to ever have you inside. Console yourself with some vodka kept in bottles the shape of a skull.

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