One of the stranger iPod accessories we’ve ever seen that still manages to have some practical use is the RadioRaft floating stereo. It’s a completely submersible iPod dock and stereo system. Your iPod goes inside a waterproof iPod dock, and you control the sound using waterproof controls. The system has 400 watts, 5 speakers and […]

Remember last month’s blogging can kill you hysteria?

In April, the New York Times ran an exposé on the health risks of blogging. At the time, we were skeptical, and it turns out that our instincts were right.

Researchers now say that blogging is actually good for you.

The Phoenix Mars Lander has a Twitter feed, and as Evil Mad Scientist notes, the Mars Lander is Twittering in the first person: I’m sitting on very flat surface here. Tiny rocks around my foot pads. The horizon is flat and looks perfect for digging!!! It’s unclear if this is an official feed or not; […]

Ever struggle to get a decent recording of your voice for a podcast? This video, from poykpak, shows that there’s more to life than great voiceovers….

Last week, the venerable New York Times blew the cover off the shocking world of 24/7 blogging, where bloggers blog until they drop…….if not sooner. Now, BarelyPolitical has gone undercover to reveal the tragedy of indentured blogitude, a problem that until now has gone completely unnoticed. And if it’s happening in the world of blogs, […]

It’s tax day in the US, and it looks like that’s not the only bad news. Here are a few news items related to new media that aren’t exactly making my day: Twitter is adding advertising. Would you like spam with that tweet? Google’s “Don’t Be Evil” motto is sort of optional; they run new […]

Remember all the goofy things you did as a kid, and how you’re glad sometimes that people don’t know about them? Things are different now. With YouTube, today’s kids are completely pwned. WFMU’s Beware of the Blog has a great post that looks at a terrifying and hysterical sub-genre of YouTube videos: AP English classes’ […]

Chuck the Poetic Prophet offers a rap that looks at how web standards and proper design can affect the ranking and conversion of pages on your site. Yep – user generated media about search engine optimization and proper coding. You gotta watch that! The rapping may be a bit wooden, but the advice is good, […]

Apple Japan is researching the iPod nano for defects after one of the popular digital music players reportedly shot out sparks while recharging. A defect is suspected in the lithium-ion battery in the iPod Nano, model number MA099J/A. The problem surfaced in January in Kanagawa Prefecture southwest of Tokyo, and Apple reported the problem to […]

iEmulator.com, a provider of emulation solutions, has announced iEmulator Touch,¬† a touch-enabled PC emulator environment for iPhone and iPod Touch users running firmware version 2.0. “Imagine being able to run most popular PC software anywhere, with full Internet connectivity, without having to lug a notebook PC around,” said John Czlonka, General Manager of iEmulator.com. “It’s […]