Today at Boing Boing Gadgets

Rob Beschizza 6:25 am Fri Feb 27, 2009

• Mat Honan finds a bedazzlingly ridiculous thread about … well, you should just go and see it.

• Joel greeted you from outside Denver.

• In an unused ad, a BlackBerry destroys an Apple.

• There was a secret gathering of the Order of the Lamp

• We hid our spare keys in a sprinkler head.

• Big Dog, the military pack-bot, is back for more creepy robot ballet.

• Electrically-heated pants prove snowboarding is the new golf.

• You can buy tiny models of classic Sega arcade games.

• Behold! The world's smallest escalator.

• The iPhone is now free in Japan.

• Some Circuit City liquidators are being nice about testing stuff you've bought before you leave the store.

• Details emerge of Sony's Playstation Portable 2. CEO Stringer got a promotion, and a free hand to restructure the company.

• Small British ISPs declined to work with the self-appointed censors who blocked Wikipedia and The Internet Archive.

• Motorola "launched" a cellphone. Into a field.

• Google banned "Netbook" ads at Psion's behest.

• Would you like a Steampunk empire? Build one out of Lego!

• Datel made a NES-style Wii controller. Cheap!

• Verizon announced the LG Versa.

Review / Logitech MX Keys

Logitech’s MX Keys [Amazon] is what it finally took to lure me away from mechanical keyboards. It’s a slim yet solidly-constructed full-size model that's similar to and superior to Apple's… READ THE REST
Microsoft to permanently close its retail stores

Microsoft is to shut shop on the high streets and malls of America, permanently closing its 116 retail stores. Only 10 were overseas; flagship stores in New York City, London,… READ THE REST
Traintrackr is a light-up circuit-board map of the London Underground or Boston Metro

Traintrackr is a powered circuit board showing a map of the London Underground, lighting up in real time to show train positions on 333 stations on all 12 main lines.… READ THE REST
Short Post, just one paragraph

Dessert cheesecake wafer bear claw fruitcake. Fruitcake chupa chups donut candy canes marzipan. Apple pie sweet roll tart chocolate cake macaroon marshmallow carrot cake gummi bears sweet. Pastry sugar plum… READ THE REST
Save 50% on a 1-year subscription to Dashlane's premium password manager

We all know vital information about ourselves and our private digital accounts can be compromised by cybercriminals. However, many would be frightened to know just how compromised they and their… READ THE REST
The Bite Helper removes the itch of a mosquito bite in seconds

While mosquitoes have certainly earned their title as the deadliest animal on earth, their impact on most of our lives is usually a lot less consequential. But even though they… READ THE REST