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A few funnies by Demetri Martin. (via Conan)

You know how you get a cereal box and if there's a cool toy on the box, it always has a little disclaimer that says Picture Not Actual Size or something like that? 
Well, not this time.  This is actual size.  Forget your 1/144 scale or 1/60 scale.. here's a life-size Gundam, 18 whopping meters, 1/1 scale.  This Gundam statue will be on display in Odaiba, Tokyo until August 31st.   Simply amazing!

With the video recording capability offered from the iPhone 3GS, it was only a matter of time before companies would offer tripods.  I personally knew I could never be a surgeon, let alone a pro with the handy cam, since my hands have a slight shakey-shakey thing going on.  Maybe this tripod would work out well for those of us who still want to dabble at a little videography while they’re on the go and eliminate some of that shakey footage.  I think the concept is interesting, though I know serious filmographers will scoff at the idea of decent video production from a mobile device.   If anything, it would add just a little more quality to the output, and you don’t have to sacrifice convenience.  Perhaps if there was an affordable consumer version, I might bite.  For now, they only offer the PRO edition, which equates to $295 – eep!  ..close to the same price as the iPhone itself. 

OK not the world.  But hey, they've got to start somewhere.  For anyone who is a Rilakkuma fan – here’s a netbook just for you. 

Once there’s a ridiculously cute craze that takes over Japan – this type of product’s inception is imminent.  We should’ve seen it coming, right?

As tempting as those cute little harmless, innocent eyes of his are, just couldn't justify investing in one, especially not $850.

[via gizmodo: http://bit.ly/t9PaJ ]

So I have trouble waking up in the mornings (don't we all?)  and it's progressively gotten worse over the years.  Oddly, as a teenager, I used to spring up out of bed at the crack of 5 or 6 without so much as a flinch or hesitation.  Now that I'm oh let's just say way beyond my teen years - I just fight the inevitable having to roll out of bed.  And then I came across this..



If you suffer from the same lag when you roll out in the mornings, bet this would help speed up the process!  Clever, so clever.

Sports fans, remember Michael Chang?  How about his kicks?  They're making a comeback, you can find the Pump Victory II's at Zappos if you want to throw it back to something a little old school.  Gotta love the commercial.

If Mac came out with a netbook, wonder if it would sell?   This is a concept by the famed Isamu Sanada, the great mac mockup designer. 

...and I came across this one.  Hot or not?

Think of them as a tiny, portable computer solution with the bare necessities you need for tasks such as surfing the web, emailing, document creating and chatting.  For those of us who live and die by the iPhone, Blackberry, or any other mobile phone which offers internet capabilities, the netbook might not be that essential  in our on-the-go computer diet.  Why carry an additional mini PC when you already have your handy-dandy-all-in-one super-mega-ultra phone?   But for those of us who never seem to stick around in the same place for long  and desire a bit of a bigger screen and don't want to lug around a full-sized laptop, a netbook might offer that instant internet access and minimal computer gratification. 

The PC industry also seems to be targeting more women with mini notebooks, netbooks, lifestyle PCs, whatever their parent companies have labeled them.    HP has partnered with Vivienne Tam, fashion design extraordinaire, to bring out a swanky fashionable version of the netbook that may entice us girlie girls with its pink and red mix.  The Sony P is not as blatantly catered towards women, but hints at women with its multiple color options, and clutch-sized feel perfect for a purse.

Each tiny PC varies in specs so it was hard to decide which one ranks best.  Pricewise, the Samsung is clearly a winner, just because I cannot justify dropping $899 on the Sony one, when I can get a regular sized full-featured notebook for the same price if not less.  But overall, the Sony P Series is probably the best bet in terms of features – with a 60GB HDD, 1600 x  768 res screen and it looks as slim as a tin mint-box weighing in at only 1.4lbs.  Not pictured, the Dell Mini 9 and the Asus EEE PC are other popular comparable mini PCs.

Oh, by the way, if you ever want to customize your notebook with a unique design, there are also companies that offer stickable skins, such as http://www.skinit.com  or a little more permanent pro color jobs like http://www.colorware.com   

As for me, I'll stick to my iPhone for now.

     

On a lighter post, what do you think about these mugs?  These have been floating around the blog world.  I've always been a sucker for happy faces.