Hasta La Gadget!

For obvious reasons, February 14th is the day that most single people dread. If you’ve been dumped, cheated on, lied to, or jilted by a scumbag of an ex-boyfriend (or ex-girlfriend) recently, then it’s time you placed an order in for some bitter Valentine candy. I don’t mean bitter, as in bitter to the taste. Rather, I mean sweet little heart-shaped candies that carry a mean and definitely not well-meaning message on each.

Necco is well-known for their candy hearts, and they’ve begun offering a ‘personalize your own Necco‘ service lately which you can use to achieve your bitter ends this (anti-)Valentine’s Day. They’ve got filters set up to prevent people from personalizing profanity-riddled hearts… But where there’s a will, there’s a way.

Crude, I know, but hey, anything to cheer the lonelies and the heartbroken on Not-So-Happy Hearts Day, right?

[via BuzzFeed]

Even though Instagram reportedly lost a significant number of users due to their TOS fiasco late last year, millions of people are still happily snapping away at their stylized Insta-pics. If you’re an avid Instagrammer, you’ll be happy to know you can now make your own custom watch using one of your Instagram pics.

The InstaWATCH was designed by the team at May 28th. To create your own, simply upload a photo of your choice, and they’ll print it in full color onto the face of your custom watch. Actually, it doesn’t even have to be one from Instagram: you can upload any image you want. You can also choose from a wide variety of pre-existing designs too.

You can choose from 14 different band colors, and the watches are water-resistant but not waterproof. Your own custom InstaWATCH will cost you $44 (USD).

[via HiConsumption]

Darth Vader is still one of the greatest villains in the history of entertainment. But did you know that his helmet was inspired by the helmets of Japanese Samurai warriors? Well you do now. In tribute to the Dark Lord’s Japanese roots, toy maker Avatar666 created this awesome little guy.

This custom Munny toy perfectly mashes up Vader with his Samurai inspiration, with a shiny little helmet, adorned with warrior details and dual-wielding blue lightsabers. Thought I really want them to be lightkatanas. And red.

This particular toy has already been sold, but you can email avatar666 if you’d like to custom order one for yourself.

You can check out more pics of Vader and avatar666′s other builds over on Flickr, where you can also find a custom Samurai Stormtrooper.

[via ToysREvil]

And so it passed that Congress didst layeth its blessing on the jailbreaking and rooting of all manner of devices; the hacking community saw the miracle and rejoiced. But that amendment to the DMCA two years ago was just a temporary exemption and the Electronic Frontier Foundation has been vigorously lobbying to get it reinstated. The Library of Congress has now done just that through a new three year extension, but with some serious caveats: After 90 days, unlocking of new phones will be verboten and all tablet mods will still be illegal. This differs from the 2010 decision which did allow unlocking, because the Librarian decided that a recent copyright ruling means fair use rules no longer apply to a handset’s OS. It also said the exception isn’t needed anymore because carrier rules regarding unlocking are now more liberal — although the lawmaker may be confounding chicken with egg by that reasoning.

Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Mobile

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When you have a baby, one of the first things that you need is a good stroller. I mean, you have to let your kid have some sunlight. Sunlight is good, along with a walk at a nice leisurely pace. Well, that wasn’t fast enough for one dad.

So Colin Furze built a stroller (or pram, as they like to call them in England) with a 10 horsepower. 125cc engine that’s designed to propel Colin and his one-month-old son Jake up to speeds of around 50mph. That’s way too fast. All the ladies can’t even eww and ahh over your baby at those speeds as you speed past them. So what’s the point of even taking your kid out for a stroller ride?

This kid is going to be all about speed for his entire life now. Forget college. Start paying for his speeding tickets. The stroller even has 4 gears to help with hill-climbing and a cup holder.

[via Daily Mail via Obvious Winner]