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Either I’m on some awesome drugs that I don’t know about or the Russian artists who designed this oversized iPod are. OK, I just gave myself a blood test; I’m sober. That means that both Aristarkh Chernyshev and Alexei Shulgin are out of their skulls for crafting this large, warped, fully-functional iPod.

It looks like they put a giant iPod in a brick oven then, once it was well done, connected some 500 XL speakers to it. I can’t imagine the purpose of this thing besides a conversation piece while you shout over the loud music coming through it. That is, if you can get around the tiring effort you’d have to put forth while simply looking for a song. Count me out.

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Everyone has been holding their breath for the next eye-popping accessory to hit the Nintendo Wii. I just can’t get enough of great products like the Wii MotionPlus and Wii Sqweeze. Those are two accessories you simply can’t miss out on.

If you’re a Nintendo fanboy, then you’ll be excited to hear the news of Nintendo’s latest brilliant idea. It’s called “Let’s Tap,” and it adds a whole new element of gameplay to the Wii that you never thought imaginable: tapping. That’s right, tapping. An activity once used for passing time when you’re waiting around for the bus has now been given new life, thanks to the Nintendo Wii. Just set your Wiimote on top of its flat surface and begin tapping away. That’s all we know for now, but boy are we excited!

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Rid yourself of the burden of carrying multiple books with an eReader. It just so happens that Sony’s latest digital reader is its best yet. This new model, the PRS-700, weighs only 10 ounces and features a touchscreen for easy transition from chapter to chapter. Sony’s also added LED backlights on the sides of the 6″ screen, so you won’t have to worry about lights out time raining on your parade.

With memory that can store up to 350 books, the chances of you running out of reading material are slim. In the rare case that you do run out of material, SD and Memory Stick Duo cards can breathe new life into the eReader with new reading material of your choosing. It’s as if a library was jam packed into a PDA, without the bitchy librarian and the “one book at a time” policy.

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Remember the Swiss “Fusion Man” Yves Rossy who attempted to cross the English channel in his jet powered wing suit? Well, he made it. Rossy is the first person to ever fly between France and England with a jetpack strapped to his back.  This historic flight took only 10 minutes as the “Fusion Man” flew at speeds of up to 120 MPH.

It took him at least five years to develop the jet-propelled device, which seems to have paid off in the long run, forever marking him in the history books of aviation. Congratulations to Mr. Rossy for his successful venture.

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Christmas is just around the corner and I, being the nice Jewish boy that I am, have completed my shopping early. I picked up this I-MU Vibro Speaker for my girlfriend. The lady has been begging for a Sybian for years now because I lack the stamina in the sack. She also happened to need a new speaker for her iPod.

So, I killed two birds with one stone by paying only $56 bucks for this vibrating speaker. Now, she’ll be able to listen to her favorite Josh Groban album while she straddles this speaker in between her legs. All the while, I can relax and watch C-SPAN all night without interruption. Life is good.

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When I’m headed to the beach, I’m usually carrying a heavy ass cooler full of beer. The problem is, I’m always going alone, all by myself. At first, it might not seem like that big of deal, but then it strikes me: who can I find to carry my stereo?

A question that haunts me no more, thanks to Boomcooler. This $900 dollar appliance is a portable stereo system and cooler. It’s no pushover stereo either, with two Sony Xplod speakers, an 1100 watt subwoofer, this cooler is bumpin’. It’s a damn shame only dry cooling is recommended. Dumping a bucket full of ice into this thing will certainly end the party prematurely.

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PARTY RATS IN FULL EFFECT!

Verse:

Yo what up I’m Vince and I’m here to say
That after gettin’ drunk I’m hittin the par-tay
Gotta show up in style, get my hot pants on
Use a jockstrap to increase the size of my dong

Get to the party and I see it’s a rave
Can’t show up without a party fave
Take off my jeans, put on a party hat
All I need now are my PARTY RATS!

Chorus:

PAR-TY RATS!
Lighting up on your fingers like a laser zombie

YES! IT’S THE PAR-TY RATS!
One for each finger, five colors can’t hate

Verse:

Three hours in and I’m feeling kinda loose
I decide to mix some vodka with the party juice
Got girls on my cock and fingers in the air
Waving ’round the PARTY RATS like I JUST DON’T CARE

My thumb is black and my pinky is blue
Don’t like my PARTY RATS? Who cares! FUCK YOU
This party is trash so I’m hitting up the club
Drinking with my posse all night, bottles in the tub

Chorus:

PAR-TY RATS!
Can you believe I wrote this shit?

YES! IT’S THE PAR-TY RATS!
Want to buy some? You’ll need dollars, about six.

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Ever wonder what other gadgeteers are carrying around inside their laptop bags? Surely a computer of some sort and a phone, but what about all that other junk bulging at the seams? Core77 has a great Flickr roundup of photos that showcase the inside of people’s bags. Among some of the items included, we found a joystick, SD cards, books, DAPs, iPhones, keyboards, headphones, stickers, pens and so much more.

What’s in your laptop bag? I tend to keep it light and usually only carry my laptop, books, chargers and iPod. Sometimes I like to bring my Nikon D40 DSLR with me as well.

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From the Atari Flashback Portable to the portable SNES, it seems almost every system has been turned into a handheld at this point. Over at the Ben Heck forums, user Hailrazer posted an impressive DIY project of his. Using an old Lazer Doodle he found at a flea market, he modded it into an impressive portable Nintendo 64 dubbed Darth 64.

I’ve always wanted to play Blast Corps while traveling on the road.  After seeing this custom handheld, I can’t help but think: what would be my favorite system to go handheld?  Well, duh, the PS3.  Hey, one can dream, can’t he?

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If there’s one thing that’ll interest you about Sony’s third generation internal Blu-ray optical drive, the BWU-300S, it’s not the specs. So, what if it can write single and dual layer BD-R discs at up to 8X speed, or if it writes DVDs at up to 16X, CDs up to 48X and supports DVD-RAM recording.

No, we don’t care about all of that. We care that this drive comes with a free movie, not the news about no DH DVD playback. So long as it comes with Men In Black on Blu-ray, we’ll buy it. That’s like – a fifteen dollar value. Unbelievable.

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