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From smug asshole and (possibly) Nazi extraordinaire Armin Heinrich comes the most ridiculous iPhone app of all time. It costs $999, which is the highest priced application available, and does not do anything. It displays a glowing red gem. Know why? Because you’re rich. In fact, that’s what the app is called. I Am Rich. Yup. Apple takes a 30-percent ...

Nothing is for free in this world. Unless of course you work for Universal and get free screenings. Then of course you try to sell DVDs of your shiesty recordings during the screenings. That’s the reason behind Universal Pictures canceling all non-executive employee screenings until further notice. According to Nikki Finke’s source: “…some dumb fuck pirated Wanted at one of ...

What happens when you put Windows Vista on a Playstation 3? Just an assload of down time, that’s what. This video shows some schmuck successfully running the OS under emulation and requiring nearly 25 minutes to fully boot up.� It even takes twelve minutes to load up Notepad, which is an amazing feat considering how demanding the application is. This ...

My links, my links, my lovely lady links. You wanna get with my links? You betta’ read my links. Super Soakers + DIY + Cars = Organ Cause a headache the next time you hit up the grocery store Only in NYC could you charge $110 for an hour of Wii play Jack in just like Neo did It’s nearly ...

Hyun Jin Yoon and Eun Hak Lee have designed this jagged edged wooden phone dubbed the Maple Phone. It’s made up of African Blackwood and sports some of the latest features you’d find in any cellphone to date. An MP3 player, digital camera and the basic functions like calling and SMS are all incorporated into this wooden phone that’ll have ...

These days, watches aren’t confusing enough. We’ve got the Caterpillar watch, which rotates around your wrist while displaying the appropriate time. Weird, but not confusing. Then there are watches which display time in binary. Dorky, but not confusing. I’m looking for a watch that is as confusing as it is expensive. The kind of watch I wouldn’t trade any sports ...

What happens when a bored DIYer throws a $20 DVD player inside an old Nintendo Entertainment System? You get a shoddy-looking, fully-working DVD player inside an NES. Get the cred, solder the lead, watch Club Dread. Link (via)

Yesterday, we reported that Circuit City was up in arms over a Mad Magazine parody of the big box electronics retailer. Circuit City ended up asking stores to destroy copies of the humor mag and sent out a stern letter to managers. Now the company is trying to pretend it has a sense of humor and has issued what seems ...

Not every belt is built for hard liquor. Some are built for hops lovers others for gay pirates, but man oh man, I could’ve used this in high school. As for college, I slept next to a mini-fridge, no $18 beer belt needed. This belt reminds me of my senior year in high school. The chess team had just won ...

Peter Callesen’s website seems to be the holy grail of papercraft. I’ve never heard of him before but his works are absolutely astonishing. I’m particularly fond of this miniature castle Callesen made out of paper. It’s one of the most intricate works of papercraft I’ve seen and it looks very medieval. Be sure to visit his site for the full ...