Hasta La Gadget!

Despite a delay from an originally intended launch in March the Popbox media streamer and its streamlined-for-mass appeal spin on the Popcorn Hour series is almost upon us. Now the focus is on courting content partners by promising easy porting of current Adobe Flash applications to its new all-Flash platform and display “virtually any multimedia file” on the TV. That strategy has already brought some internet content to the family of devices, and with a newly released SDK (more info after the break) promising compatibility across existing C-200 and A-200 hardware we’ll see if it induces others to join in.

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It’s out — the V-LUX 20 — what was rumor is now official courtesy of a Leica press release. The 12.1 megapixel superzoom with 25-300mm Leica DC-VARIO-ELMAR 4.1-49.2mm f/3.3-4.9 ASPH lens and integrated GPS is slated to ship to the UK in May for a suggested retail price of £495 (about $757, likely a bit less when priced Stateside). The matte-black finished compact sports a 1/2.33-inch CCD sensor, 720p/60fps Motion JPEG video recording, a 460,000 pixel 3-inch LCD, 11-point AF, SD/SDHC/SDXC storage, and plenty of options to drop into manual mode when you want a bit more control of the action. Nice huh? Just remember that the V-Lux 20 is a near exact replica (same lens, sensor, LCD, and GPS) of the DMC-ZS7 which lists for just $399, is smaller, and shoots HD video in the more sophisticated AVCHD Lite format. Yeah, we know.

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This article was written on June 28, 2006 by CyberNet.

NetZero has released a voicemail service called PrivatePhone. This free service will give you a local phone number that has a voicemail capable of holding 10 messages. You can then hand out this phone number to people instead of giving out your real phone number. This is supposed to be a great solution for those people publishing their phone numbers in locations like the classified ads.

You are able to choose your state, city, and area code for your phone number. PrivatePhone also lets you choose if you want to be notified via email or text message when a new voicemail arrives. To retrieve your messages you can call the phone number or listen to them online. Their free service limits you to just 10 messages and call forwarding is not included with the free plan. They have two plans available that range from $3.95/month to $14.95/month if you wish to receive additional features.

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Pop quiz: What’s the most important tool in any toolbox? If you answered “duct-tape” or “gaffer-tape” you would be correct (if you said “gaffer’s” or “gaffers”, you’re still right, but need some practice when it comes to reading).

But even gaffer-tape can’t help if you don’t have it with you, which is why the Infinity DuKJug looks so good (it even has an odd distribution of capital letters in the name, the word-equivalent of MacGyver’s mullet). The polypropylene water-bottle has a slim waist covered in a silicone grip. Peel this grip back and you’ll find space to wind two-meters (6.5-feet) of the magic tape, enough for most emergency uses.

The bottle also has a sippy-lid, a cord retainer for the regular screw-top and weighs just five ounces. The bottle costs around $10, and you can choose from a delight of Bondi Blue iMac-era candy-colors. MacGyver would be so proud.

DuKJug [Amazon via Digital Story]

You know a sport is going mainstream when a market springs up to sell you gear that you don’t need. It happened with the skateboard (invented in 1955 by Marty McFly when he ripped the handlebar off a home-made scooter) and now it is happening with Hard Court Bike Polo.

The gear in question is this mallet-head from Milwaukee-based bike peddlers Eighth-Inch. Bike polo mallets are made from old ski-poles joined onto heads made from water or gas pipes found in the street. Add a single bolt, wrap the top with an inner-tube for grip and you’re done.

The Eighth-Inch polo mallet head is made from the same HDPE plastic as theose tough pipes, injection-molded into shape. The heads are 150mm long, with marked circles to guide any cutting-down to shorter lengths, and have a sleeve running through the center for the shaft to enter, adding strength. The best part, though, is the addition of end-caps, for more accurate shooting. These are notoriously hard to make and fit, or at least to make them strong enough not to break after a few whacks.

Here I should probably rant about the selling out of bike-polo, the home-made culture and so on. But who cares? These mallet heads look pretty good, and those end caps alone are worth the price of $20 (replacement caps cost $8 a pair). Nobody is going to stop making their own mallets any time soon, and the variety of home-made designs I see every time I play is huge, and impossible to copy. And if you haven’t tried bike polo yet, do. It’s the best combination of dangerous sport and beer out there.

Eighth-Inch Polo Mallet Head [Eighth-Inch via Corpus Fixie]

See Also:

• Bike Polo
• It Had to Happen: Bike-Polo Mallet Shafts Openly On Sale