Today on Boing Boing Gadgets

John Brownlee 12:44 pm Tue Sep 16, 2008

Today on Boing Boing Gadgets, we started off with a gory CRT headshot, then chased it down with a how-to: using an extraterrestrial humidifier to prevent the sloughing of skin.

Apple continued to be awesomely evil, patenting DRM for clothes. Mini-systems are just as gorgeously monstrous as they ever were. The Bokia N810 makes a dandy mixing console. And the iPhone does some awesome Kraftwek covers.

Rob wondered why anyone would pay for a Moleskine when you can make your own? Brownlee furrowed his brow over World of Warcraft terror plot. Joel reviewed a DAP that lets you record satellite radio anywhere. And Cray leaps into the home desktop game.

We also looked at 10 greatest hacks of all time and the tiniest quality digicam. Brownlee looked back at an encounter with a Quebecois pool shark and speculated that, armed with a laser pool cue, the encounter might have gone very differently.

And there were, of course, spaceships a-go-go.

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