Hasta La Gadget!

From the moment we saw the so-called “magical device,” we knew the lucrative digital cookbook market would never be quite the same, but it’s one thing to imagine an iPad as the centerpiece of one’s kitchen, and something else entirely to see to see it in the flesh. TUAW reader Alan Daly built his directly into the side of a kitchen cabinet, and set it to work doling out Epicurious recipes, streaming Jamie Oliver, and surfing some of the world’s best websites (in our oh-so-humble opinion) well out of the way of troublesome meat splatter. In lieu of flying toasters, his screen displays a virtual aquarium when it’s not in use, and the whole assembly seems to be a simple matter of cutting a hole and affixing a pair of wooden strips for support. It’s not clear, however, how he keeps it charged. Maybe that’s the magic Steve keeps talking about. Video after the break.

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Droid, Milestone, Eris, Moment, Spica, even the Hero, all have had their Eclair, one way or another. G1 and myTouch 3G? Not so much. But don’t worry, Android early adopters, because Cyanogen‘s got your back. Most all the bells, whistles and hardware-accelerated graphics of Android 2.1 are coming to the HTC Dream, Magic and Sapphire in CyanogenMod 5.0.7, and you can see a video of a T-Mobile G1 running the new build after the break. Twitter buzz indicates the ROM will be out any minute now is nearly ready; the dev himself tweeted that it’s good to go and just needs G1-friendly bite size packaging.

Update: Don’t stay up all night waiting — Cyanogen says he’s got “two more bugs to kill” and is “hoping for a test1 public beta tomorrow night.”

[Thanks, Philosophics]

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The quest to build the perfect portable Nintendo 64 continues, but we imagine we’ll stop seeing so many disparate designs soon. That’s not because Bacteria’s latest bulbous handheld has achieved perfection — far from it — but rather because he’s provided a 2.5-hour, step-by-step video guide to help you build it from the ground up. And hey, the system isn’t too shabby, either. The “iNto64” portable features integrated Controller, Rumble and Expansion Paks for complete N64 functionality, built-in speakers and a headphone jack, rechargeable batteries for up to three hours of play, even a video-out port if you get tired of staring at the ubiquitous 5-inch Sony PSone LCD. The only obvious oversight is controller ports for more inputs — seems our buddy Bacteria wasn’t a big fan of GoldenEye. See it play some of N64’s other best games after the break, while we dust off our gamebit screwdriver. Obvious though it may seem, know what you’re getting into before you do likewise; ripping up classic cart-based consoles isn’t for the faint of heart.

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If you’re a diehard iPhone user waiting for a similarly-gorgeous Android phone before you jump ship, you could spend time pining for a new HTC or Dell. Then again, the Droid you’ve been looking for might be right under your nose. Intrepid Linux fan planetbeing claims to have ported a debug version of Android to the iPhone itself, drivers and all, and you’ll find a thoroughly convincing demonstration of his bona fide dual-booting Apple device taking calls, playing music and even surfing the web after the break. While the iPhone isn’t the speediest Google phone around, it’s not all that sluggish, either, and with the iPhone’s hardware buttons remapped to Android controls, planetbeing seems to get along just fine. Now, let’s see him work on some pinch-to-zoom, eh? Video after the break.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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If you’re a tech geek who longs for the past, the iMac steampunk mod above should cater to your fashionable hypocrisy. Hand crafted with oak and brass, the base cover sports a marble finish and will take you just “seconds” to install on your iMac, according to its maker Old Time Computer.

Covers are available for the 24-inch and 20-inch Core 2 Duo iMacs, starting at $265. (The antique keyboard ships separately for $345.)

Frankly we can’t imagine any of you will buy one of these, unless you live in the house pictured below.

Photos: Old Time Computer, Almost Jaded/Flickr