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VIDEO: Reverse polarity battery test
Hey everyone. This week’s video is about batteries again, but I’ve decided to do something a little bit different this time. Something exciting. Something dangerous!
I though I’d see what happens when you put batteries in the WRONG WAY ROUND. Will there be a fire? An explosion? Some leaking chemicals? A matter/anti-matter detonation that rips a hole in the space/time continuum?
Guess the function of the thing!
Is it a wall clock? An interactive work of art? A barometer of some sort? The new Rubik puzzle that’s going to be the next big thing for Christmas of 2008? Or is it an ancient alien artefact just dug out of a hole on the surface of Mars by the Discovery rover?
Halo shoes – for the man who has everything to do with Halo, apart from the shoes
They’re by Adidas. They have the Halo logo on them. They are black, which is definitely the best colour choice for an item of clothing aimed at teenage males who are into Halo. It’s quite subtly done, but chances are you still wouldn’t really want people to see you wearing them.
Here they are:
The InterOffice Envelope Sleeve – yet another hilarious and ironic MacBook Air envelope case
So. To recap. Last week we had the Studio Leung MacBook Air case. Before that we had the AirMail Envelope Case and then something from Belkin.
And now there is this – The InterOffice Envelope Sleeve. It’s another help-my-sides-are-bursting amusing take on the Steve Jobs manilla envelope revelation moment, only, brace yourselves, this one has a ZIP.
Official: Mac users are pervier than Windows users
That’s right. Under Steve Jobs’ cuddly sweaters beats a heart that’s FILTHY and DEPRAVED and DIRTY. And there’s some Chinese love balls lurking in those trousers. It’s not me saying this, mind. It’s UK sex-toys retailer LoveHoney.
Xbox 360 Elite laptop – by special commission only
You may well have heard of Ben Heck before – he’s regularly the source of amusement and amazement for gamers across the world, thanks to his love of ripping apart games consoles and rebuilding them in exciting new formats.
Like that thing to the left there. It’s a standard Elite Xbox 360, only transformer-ised into a green laptop, complete with HD LCD screen and keyboard for chatting with fellow clan members about which Halo map you’re going to play tonight…
US Navy boasting about how hard its new railgun is
The US Navy has been boasting about its military might on the internet, releasing photos and videos of its magnetism-powered new railgun to the masses. It’s the sort of thing you expect of Middle-Eastern countries or North Korea, not the USA.
The US Navy boffins are so pleased with themselves and their awesome new way of keeping the world in check, they’ve put a few videos of their rail-gun being tested up on YouTube. Here’s one:
Stephen Fry loves his Eee PC – and hates Microsoft
We already knew he was well up on the mobile phone scene, but now it turns out Stephen Fry is also loving his Eee PC at the moment too.
Writing with his customary enthusiasm, Fry’s latest Guardian column has him analysing the pocket-sized wonder-laptop in immense detail – and slagging off Microsoft’s Windows as “expensive, clumsy, costly, ugly, pricey” while he raves about Eee PC’s awesome little Linux build…
The BBC's iPlayer now works on Firefox
Great news. The only time I’ve had to use Internet Explorer so far this year was when loading up the Beeb’s iPlayer to see if the new series of Torchwood was as bad and as homo-erotically-charged as everyone said it was. It was.
Fortunately, iPlayer now works on Firefox. Without any extra fiddling around. Look at that image there – I just took that in Firefox. It worked. There was no fiddling around or installing of stuff. Internet Explorer is now dead to me…
VIDEO: HI POWER HEAVY DUTY battery power test
Hey everyone. This week’s video is about batteries again. Sorry about that. but if you’re not interested in batteries you don’t HAVE to watch it. I’m not forcing you. I can’t force you, and even if I could I wouldn’t, as I’m actually like a kindly and gentle old grandma in real life.
So. Battery test. In a new and exciting universally standardised format. How long will the HI POWER HEAVY DUTY last?
