I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt
1767-1835, German Statesman, Philologist
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Archive for the ‘Toys & Gadgets’ Category

iPad to Hit Stores on April 3rd

We finally know when the “giant ver­sion of the iPhone with­out the phone” [as it’s been pop­u­larly called] will be out! Ear­lier today, Apple announced that the Wi-Fi model of the iPad will be avail­able to buy in the United States as of Sat­ur­day, April 3rd. The Wi-Fi + 3G mod­els will be released sometime […]

Nintendo Classic Sells for $13,105 on eBay

today, the best, most high-tech gam­ing con­soles will run you any­where between $250 to $500 — depend­ing on what region of the world you live in. in amer­ica, i think the nin­tendo wii starter bun­dle goes for about $220 and the playsta­tion 3 for around $300. and those, as well as oth­ers, include sur­real high […]

The Long Awaited Apple iPad is Finally Here!

it’s real and it’s here! if you’ve opened a paper, a mag­a­zine, the inter­net or sim­ply been  breath­ing the last few months — then you’ve heard about the 2nd com­ing in the tech­nol­ogy  world. what we thought at one point could be called the ‘islate’ is in fact the ‘ipad’ — apple’s newest gad­get. the […]

Sony’s Dash — A Personal Pocket-sized Internet Viewer

ear­lier this month, at the con­sumer elec­tron­ics show (ces) in las vegas, sony revealed their new touch­screen pocket device for surf­ing the web — oth­er­wise known as dash. it looks like just about every­one is try­ing to com­pete with apple’s upcom­ing tablet — rumored to be launched tomor­row at a press event under the name ‘islate’. although […]

Smartphone Faceoff — Nexus One vs. IPhone

google’s new htc-made, android-based, nexus one, has cre­ated quite a stir in the mobile world. but most of all it’s given the almighty iphone a run for its’ money! in the ongo­ing debate of which smart­phone is bet­ter, cooler, faster… here’ are 6 fea­tures that the google phone has which the iphone doesn’t.

it’s unlocked — […]

Wooden Combination Lock

here’s one for all you lock pick­ers! mechan­i­cal and wood­work­ing expert, matthias wan­del, demon­strates the inner work­ings of a com­bi­na­tion lock that he clev­erly made out of wood. look on the bright side — if you can’t fig­ure it out, you can always torch it!

IPhone You Free

peo­ple are always look­ing for ways to save money; even if it means crack­ing a few codes and fool­ing the sys­tem. and if you live in lebanon, you know that no one does this bet­ter than the lebanese. this teeny tiny coun­try off the mediter­ranean coast excels in every­thing that has to do with swiping […]

Deck the House With Lights of Folly

christ­mas is right around the cor­ner. only 6 more days till the big day.
your stock­ings are hung by the chim­ney with care, your snow flecked tree is adorned with orna­ments and flair, your presents are all wrapped for your kids to tear — all in hopes that st. nick soon will be there! wow, this really […]

How To Make A Metal Detector

so you’re strolling along the beach and you stum­ble across a rusty old coin which looks like it dates back to the early 16th cen­tury. although it prob­a­bly doesn’t you sim­ply decide that  its from that time period because a wave of intel­li­gence has sud­denly struck you and your long lost pas­sion of becom­ing a […]

 
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