March 12, 2007

  1. HorrorClix Cthulhu

    Previously available only to retailers who ordered at least 12 cases of HorrorClix, WizKids has released its awesome 16″ Cthulhu HorrorClix figure for general sale — though it will set you back $70-$90 depending on where you buy,

  2. DC Superfriends Batmobile

    Marvel has its Spider-Man and Friends line of toys for toddlers, and Mattel is soon going to be bringing out a DC Superfriends line aimed at the same market. There are definitely adults who collect these, but I find most of them annoying (my dog, however, loves the ones my son leaves on the floor).…

  3. Using Twitter to Read Books?

    BookTwo is using a Twitter feed to read James Joyce’s Ulysses one line every 15 minutes. The BookTwo site includes a downloadable PHP script that will do the same thing to any text. Micro-serialized novels anyone?

  4. 500 Billion Digital Photographs in the United States Alone?

    ZDNet summarize a Tabblo survey which foundthat 11 percent of U.S. respondents said they had more than 10,000 digital photos. Breaking down all the groups, the survey estimates that Americans have about 500 billion digital photographs stored on their hard drives and memory cards. That is an enormous estimate which highlights just how much digital…

  5. Fan Efforts to Build an Open Hardware E-Book Reader

    Not Another E-Book LLC is an effort by contributors to the Baen forums to build an open (i.e., no stupid DRM) e-book reader. Essentially the idea is to put together a spec for the reader, then get enough people to sign on to buy one to contract with an manufacturer to produce the device. The…

  6. Pope Slams Violent Videogames

    Back in January, Pope Benedict XVI condemned violent/sexualized videogames saying, Any trend to produce programs and products — including animated films and video games — which in the name of entertainment exalt violence and portray antisocial behavior or the trivialization of human sexuality is a perversion, all the more repulsive when these programs are directed…

  7. SoupToys

    SoupToys is a widget like toy that sits on your desktop and lets you mix and match all sorts of different “toy” building blocks that can be used to construct some amusing toy constructions. Its completely free, but Windows-only.