Today on Boing Boing Gadgets Rob sipped a new variety of Bawls that is root beer-flavored; we spied a concept ring that heats up once a year to remind you of anniversaries; gave the Sony VAIO TZ subnotebook a review, crapware and all; found a long-term review of the SPOT Satellite Messenger emergency beacon; admonished you about the tiny treasures found in our Flickr groups; uncovered a plastic helmet for baseball caps; questioned HP's hazy connection between its new workstations and DreamWorks; pondered some glow-in-the-dark wallpaper; tried to help Rob boost his Wi-Fi while he thought about taxes; considered how long it might take for a company selling Hackintoshes to get crushed under Apple's heel (apparently, not long, as their site is kaput); bowed our head and accepted our fate as servents of a tabletop kaiju miniatures game; discovered the diminutive son of a nose hair trimmer and a pepper mill; found an easy way for you to waste fifty large on skewered junker cars; pined for a motorized, remote-control paintball turret for our very own; looked at Jeff Atwood's numbers on extending laptop battery life (no DVDs, soldier!); simultaneously lusted after the new Sharp/Willcom D4 UMPC while wondering which engineer from Psion was sacrificed on a windy, Japanese mountaintop; discovered that sticking a tube of radium in your eye isn't as harmful as it may at first seem; and noticed that Hasbro has finally seen the light and will be issuing an updated, action-figure-scale version of that old favorite, the big ol' Millenium Falcon. Then some deals and retro links (including insect/bunny men hybrids?)
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Minecraft is 15 years old
Minecraft, the voxelated open-world everything game, is 15 years old. Aren't birthdays just great? I still remember crying hysterically after my cousin blew out all the candles on my cake.… READ THE REST
Non-Euclidean Doom, where the value of pi is not 3.14159
Welcome to "Non-Euclidean Doom," where circles aren't anymore. Jump to 7:33 in the video embedded below for the action. With pi equalling 3, "the walls are a little off, and… READ THE REST
John Wick pinball machine
The pinball revival is well under way. There's a Labyrinth pinball machine, a Pulp Fiction one, and now Ars Technica's Aurich Lawson reviews the latest: a John Wick pinball machine… READ THE REST
Save $169 on a lifetime license to Microsoft Windows 11 Pro and never look back
TL;DR: Revamp your digital world with this incredible lifetime license to Microsoft Windows 11 Pro, with its seamless interface and top-notch security, for only $29.97 (Reg. $199) until 11:59 PM on 1/07.… READ THE REST
Upgrade your tech for the new year with this refurbished iPad Pro, less than half price right now
TL;DR: Save over $350 on a refurbished Apple iPad Pro 10.5" 256GB, plus a free accessories bundle, with this sweet deal on sale for just $315.99 right now. Tech fans, it's time… READ THE REST
Make your rockstar dreams a reality for only $15.97 with this Guitar Lessons Training Bundle
TL;DR: The perfect last-minute holiday gift for an aspiring rocker, the 2024 Guitar Lessons Training Bundle is only $15.97 (Reg. $480) until 11:59 PM on 12/25. It's really never too late to make… READ THE REST