Archive for the 'Spoofs' Category

Dell acquires Alienware

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

Dells acquisition of Alienware was a bit surprising but not illogical. Dell will now have an high-end line (XPS), a higher-end line (specials such as the $9930 XPS Renegade) and Alienware. Dell has over the years seen the competitors merge and then vanish, they have not ever made any major acquisitions.
Alienware will loose some street […]

Google Moon

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

Google has created a little spoof called Google Moon. It is a Google Map of the moon. The spoof is when you zoom in all the way…

Which P990 is better?

Wednesday, October 12th, 2005

So which P990 is better:

Manufacturer
Walther
Sony-Ericsson

Model
P990
P990

Dimension
177 x 136 x 30
114 x 57 x 26 mm

Weight
777g
150g

Front sight
White Dot with 4 inter-changeable blades
Low-res video camera

Rear sight
2 Dot Adjustable
2 megapixel camera

Frame
Polymer
Polymer

Safety
Striker, Trigger, Out of Battery
Password

Includes
2 Magazines
64 megabyte memory stick

Action

Double Action Only
You might get some if you buy it early on

In conclusion
Double action sounds nice
It is really light and […]

Not always nice to be dug

Friday, September 30th, 2005

Guy nicknamed breathe, makes commercial spoof of Ipod Nano. Ends up with US $17000 bill for bandwidth after being dug by lots of people. Guy was able to negotiate bill down to $129 a month. And yes, the video is very well made.

Tricky direction to Mensa New York

Monday, August 29th, 2005

As most of you know Mensa is not for everyone. In order to get the instructions on Google Maps you have to solve a puzzle.

German human overclocking

Sunday, August 28th, 2005

The excellent editors at Toms Hardware Guide have conducted a little experiment with human overclocking.

Lenovo modifies Think trademark

Monday, August 15th, 2005

One of the items that was included in the Lenovo purchase of the IBM PC Division was the “Think” trademark. After consulting with the Chinese communist party, Lenovo has decided to reformulate the motto.
The new motto is “Think Again”.

However the notebook line will keep its current name: Thinkpad.

Secret photos of next generation Nike Free

Friday, August 12th, 2005

Hardly anyone has been able to avoid the publicity for Nike Free. But we have been able to get spy pictures from the field tests of the next generation Nike Free. Working name for the new model is Nike Really Free.
The new shoes shoes will let you “go barefoot running in a invisible shoe” […]