MIC Gadget has an iPad adapter that many professional (and semi-professional!) photographers might be interested in: a CF card reader that seems to work really well. They tested it on the iPad 2 and transferred three 21 megapixel photos in 4 seconds. More »
Imo.im: The new imo.im app (which is available in beta right now) has gotten quite attractive and is a huge improvement over the current official version. The beta uses a tabbed interface (sorta similar to eBuddy) and has a brand spanking new UI where everything is a lot easier to use. The beta is only a "preview" of what's to come in the official 2.0 update but from what I'm seeing, it's pretty much ready to go. One thing: I don't like how the "Send" button is near the text box and not on the keyboard itself. Free.
You know the dri-fit type shirts people use when they work out? Yeah, the fabric that wicks sweat away and keeps you cool and dry. These bed sheets, by Sheex, are made from that same material. The idea is that the microfiber polyester/Lycra Spandex fabric blend makes your bed sheets breathable, keeps them stretchy and wicks the sweat from your body from tumbling around with your workout partner. That way you can focus on performance rather than getting sweaty and stuffy. More »
The rabble rousers at 4chan are creating fake OkCupid profiles in an attempt to create an involuntary flashmob in New York City. It's sad for the potential victims but I gotta admit, sorta funny! More »
The premise of The Drill Plus, a top down, uh, drill-em-up, is your scrawny hero transforms into a drill in times of need, in this case, an invasion of monsters who look like they came from a Frankenberry commercial. This is like Beck lyrics. Actual words strung together in a grammatically correct fashion that make no sense, but seem to have a cool meaning behind them. More »
Just because you own an iPad 2, it doesn't mean you have to purchase the Apple-official Smart Cover—but it's likely that you'll still want to take advantage of its (incredibly cool) auto-wake feature. So we've rounded up all the third-party iPad 2 cases with magnetic sensors, just for you. More »
Radioactivity levels have spiked in seawater just offshore the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Tests have found that the radioactivity is 1,250 times higher than normal with radioactive water being found in 3 of the 6 reactors. Three workers have actually sustained burns after being exposed to the radiation. [Reuters] More »
As a reminder, these are the three countries who don't use the incredibly sensible metric system: Liberia, Myanmar and of course, the United States of America. U-S-A! U-S-A! Hell, we should all form some sort of alliance! Non US-people, feel free to tell us why we're dumb for not using the metric system. [Wikimedia via ZME Science] More »
It's highly unlikely that you're going to see any new nuclear power plants built any time in the future, given the now worsening situation at Fukushima. But knee-jerk reactions to the accident are not what's really to blame for the inevitable decline in nuclear production. Even before this month's nuclear disaster in Japan, the economics of nuclear power were bleak. More »
The Spire Clock is yet another quirky timekeeper that puts some charm back into the humdrum task of telling time. Essentially, the clock is an assymetrical Japanese fan. More »
Boy Genius says that the wraps are coming off the HTC Evo 3D smartphone and the Evo View 4G Tablet at CTIA this year. More »
Click to viewThe stars of instaclassics Sean of the Dead and Hot Fuzz do their best to reenact a familiar scene from Star Wars. These are the droids you seek, if you seek droids that bicker in that adorably British way that they've mastered. More »
TwelveSouth's BookBook case, which we've admired before for it's nice leather exterior and adjustable stand mechanism, has been updated to play nice with the iPad 2. It's still $70. [TwelveSouth] More »
According to Wired's Gadget Lab, the Amazon App Store for Android should launch on Tuesday (3/22). You can purchase apps directly from your smartphone or the Amazon website. [Wired] More »
Your bracket's already in the can, so why not relax and enjoy these incredible Lego reenactments of memorable NCAA tournaments plays past? Favorite touch: Lego Christian Laettner's future is so bright, he's gotta wear shades. [Deadspin] More »
Grand Rapids resident Richard Leon Barton Jr. was married last July. Which is wonderful! Except that he was already married to a woman back in Rhode Island, and had been since 2004. He would've gotten away for it, too, if it weren't for that meddling Facebook. More »
Read It Later: Read It Later is like an Instapaper—saves articles to read later—but as Instapaper doesn't have an Android app, this is as good as it gets for enjoying long form reads when you want. The app gives you really clean viewing of the articles, without the jumble of sidebars and banner ads. Decently cheap at only $1.
