Tag Archives: peripherals

USB Crunching Elmo: Because Elmo is Fat

I hate to dis on the red dude, but let’s be honest, Elmo has always carried a little extra weight. That’s what makes him so ticklish and cuddly. Well it seems that Elmo is sick of the fat jokes. The USB Crunching Elmo allows you to plug Sesame Street’s favorite little fat boy into your USB port so Elmo can ...

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Brand Keyboard Types Your Way to Capitalism

The brands and logos of the major corporations have become just as recognizable to us as our own alphabet, thanks to modern commercial advertising. Each letter has its own major brand and corresponding logo. The Brand Keyboard by Ignacio Pilotto replaces the QWERTY keys with company logos, the company names beginning with the same letter as the intended key. Something ...

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What To Do With A Broken Mouse? DIY Toothbrush Holder

Have a few dead computer mouses laying around? They’re probably sitting in the same spot you keep the skeletons in your closet. You might be having some trouble parting with them. And that’s fine, totally normal. People become attached to inanimate objects all the time. So, if you want to actually do something USEFUL with those dead mice, you might ...

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Just When You Thought USB Drives Were Safe…

We were just starting to believe that USB drive designers were finally starting to lay off the gaudiness. And then we see something like this. I swear, if it wasn’t my habit to wear sunglasses indoors at all times, I would have been blinded by this thing. If you happen to be into layers and layers of crystals or wearing ...

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Honoring Billy Mays the Only Way We Know How… A Keyboard Mod

As geeks, we have slightly skewed and sometimes inappropriate ways of handling stress. Most of the time we like to mix in some humor with our mourning. It helps to lighten the mood. This keyboard mod memorial renames the “Caps Lock” key the “Billy Mays” key. Your loud, boisterous voice will forever live on in our hearts and keyboards, Billy. ...

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Twitter and Facebook Mousepads

Apparently your mousepad is in dire need of a social life. And who are we to hold it back? The Twitter and Facebook Mousepads give your mouse and mousepad an outlet for social networking. It’s about time the mouse showed the keyboard who’s in charge. The keyboard has been walking around with its nose up in the air for far ...

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Optimus Prime Transforms Into USB Speakers

I knew Optimus could transform into some groovy vehicles and even become a peripheral or cool tool every once in a while, but I had no idea that he was in the home entertainment biz as well. The Optimus Prime USB Speaker Set is a three-pound faux Transformer robotic head, with a helme which folds out to be a pair ...

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Stuffed Star Trek Spock USB Drive

Leonard Nimoy will be honored to discover that all of his promotion of living long and prospering has paid off. Forget the reams of fans and the flocks of trekkies. Spock can now find comfort in the fact that he has been immortalized as a USB flash drive which more closely resembles an Asian teen dressed in a Spock outfit. ...

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DIY: USB Cigar Flash Drive

All of the fun of cigars, without the smell! This helpful step-by-step DIY allows you to create your very own USB Cigar Flash Drive. A perfect gift for expecting fathers and dudes who like smoking cigars after successfully fending off an alien invasion. The drive glows orange like the hot embers of the finest stogies. When you delve into disk ...

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Silver DualShock 3 Controller Now Available

Live near a Gamestop? Most likely since they’re more common than McDonald’s these days. The retailer is selling a new silver-colored DualShock 3 controller for the PS3 now. It’s $55 and will get you nothing but street cred*. *- Actual street cred may vary. Link

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