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i-Tab Offers Rock Stardom By Way of Huge Geekdom

27 Feb 2010

Music and technology aren’t unfamiliar bedfellows, but the i-Tab offers a unique method for enhancing your guitar with gadgetry: clamp it on. Like a TomTom for tunes, the electronic songbook prompts players with chords and lyrics for thousands of songs.
For hundreds of years guitarists have mastered their instrument with patience and practice. But this is [...]

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Tags: Guitars, i-Tab, Songbook

Just a Cheap iPhone/iPod Adapter USB Hub

In: Apple| Gadgets| Hardware| iPhone| iTouch

2 Dec 2009

If the Griffin Simplifi is too expensive for you, this $15 generic iPhone/iPod 3-port USB hub will allow you to sync an Apple product while accommodating up to three other devices that resent your favoritism. [USBFever]
(Via Gizmodo.)

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Computer That Sent First Email 40-Years Ago

In: Gadgets| Internet| Software| Technology

31 Oct 2009

What you’re looking at above is the computer that sent the very first email via ARPANET, 40-years ago on October 29, 1969. Simply put, ‘the message was sent from the UCLA SDS Sigma 7 Host computer to the SRI SDS 940 Host computer.’ Click here for first picture in gallery.
Like most systems of the era, [...]

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Top 10 DIY Projects for an Extra Day Off

In: Gadgets| General| Projects| Stuff

7 Sep 2009

It’s the last day of an unusually long weekend, and there’s absolutely nothing on the schedule. Break out the tools and pull up one of these nifty DIY projects to improve your living space and boost your can-do cred.
10. Light up your yard with mason jars

Buy a mess of ground-staked, solar or battery-powered yard [...]