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I’ve posted about the city-wide WiFi project in Philadelphia before but usually with bad news. This time around, I’m happy to report the project has been revived by a private group of investors. Boathouse Communications Partners LLC has big names from the area, including former mayoral candidate Tom Knox and a former Verizon executive. Instead of using shitty bridges as ...

Too negligent to monitor a server system? Well, if you’re a huge Star Wars geek like these Japanese fellows, then you can build your own R2-D2 server monitor out of a $3,000 dollar R2-D2 projector.� The R2-D2 alerts workers whenever a server goes offline and can even project server status on a wall or ceiling. Sooner or later, someone will ...

Web searches on your PSP just got a whole lot easier with the upcoming v4.00 firmware update. Now the Google Toolbar is available for any Wi-Fi connected PSP, bringing you loads of internet meme fun. Another feature coming to the PSP via v4.00 is the ability to change viewing speed during playback of videos stored on your memory. While the ...

Our favorite itch to scratch, John Brownlee, brings to our attention a photo found on Flickr. It features a red Toyota Prius being pulled over by a police officer on a motorcycle. This isn’t any regular Prius though, this is the Google Street View car that takes all those lovely pictures for Google Maps! Considering how huge that camera mount ...

You may recall from our Father’s Day guide that I recommended Firefox 3 for a download. After all, it’s free, safe and full of computational power. Now that it’s June 17th, it’s time to help set a Guinness World Record for most software downloads in a 24-hour period. Head on over to SpreadFirefox.com and pledge to to download FF3 when ...

If you have an old Nokia 6100 lying around, put it to good use! Rip it apart, grab that LCD and follow Alex’s instructions on how to turn it into a picture frame that displays photos from Flickr. Don’t use Flickr? Then you’re just not very Huey Lewis & The News. If DIY projects aren’t your forte, you may want ...

Some days, we wake up and begin our day differently than we had previously planned. Today is a perfect example considering that I’ve just discovered a service that will – get this – trap Maine lobsters for you and will ship them to whoever you want, whenever you want. Yes, I’m trying to tell you that you can rent a ...

Could Sony have gotten anymore simplistic than naming their new mouse with an integrated Internet phone Mouse Talk.� It has single-handedly inspired me to invent a toilet with an embedded radio I’m calling “Shit Listen.” If you’re gay for VoIP and you have no need for a comfortable mouse then Mouse Talk is for you. It lets you make and ...

Emilie Darrigade is the world’s youngest tattoo artist. Having worked on her father’s tattoo at the age of five in a Montreal tattoo parlor while under the supervision of expert tattooist Robin Labreche, Emilie managed to fill in a black and yellow bumble bee on her father’s arms without going outside of the lines. Excellent Emilie. You get a gold ...

What happens when two Marlboro boxes, two matchboxes and a box of condoms join together? They make one sweet decepticon that is more than meets the eye. YouTube user “Jimmyleekalimantan” has made this stop motion video as a tribute to Transformers. 32 seconds into the film the Marlboro boxes start to go at it; really. Link