Yesterday at Boing Boing Gadgets

John Brownlee 1:42 am Wed Jan 28, 2009

Yesterday on Boing Boing Gadgets:

• We hung Jeeves and Wooster top hats from the ceiling and called them lampshades.

• Rob slathered the walls of his house with anti-WIFI paint.

• Panasonic's new Lumix digicams went both waterproof and metallically chromatic.

• We discovered an acceleration pedal that does nothing but make vroom vroom noises. Finally! I can stop using my mouth!

• Beer tab corsets sparked commentary debate about whether it was possible to get good beer in a can. Answer: yes, duh.

• This new Korean MP3 player has a really cool pixelart UI.

• Kim Jong Il intends on launching five rockets to drag the moon back to North Korea.

• Joel saw a plot to sneak product ads into Windows 7 context menus.

• We waxed eloquently for a recumbent Big Wheel for adults.

• We hung out in the cockpit of NASA's space shuttle in high-def.

• Brownlee secretly photographed an avatar of breathtaking physical violence using a netbook, and wondered who Asus' Marlboro Man would be.

• Rob started a PhotoShop contest: what will this liquidated Circuit City become?

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