I haven’t seen one of these in stores yet, but from the pictures at least this Case Logic case for the Nintendo DS looks like just a rebranding of Case Logic’s portable hard drive cases . . . which isn’t a bad idea for a case.
December, 2008
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Mark Bauerlein wrote an interesting analysis back in September on whether or not “screen reading” is comparable to more traditional forms of literacy, and ultimately finds the former wanting, Once again, this is not so much about the content students prefer — Facebook, YouTube, etc. — or whether they use the Web for homework or not. It…
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Another must-have t-shirt from Split Reason . . .
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Sideshow Collectibles is accepting pre-orders for this 1:4 scale Blackbeard figure. Arrr, but it will cost ye $399.99.
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Reuters reports on a four-year study of 600 U.S. adults whose average age was 72 when the study began. After four years, adults who had at least one parent who lived to be 100 had statistically signfiicant lower mortality rates as well as lower risk of diabetes, heart attack and stroke. “These findings reinforce the…
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Ryan Greenberg has written a survey and analysis of what Jason Kottke calls “single serving sites” — sites that are typically just a single page, and occasionally just a single word such as HasTheLargeHadronColliderDestroyedTheWorldYet.com which currently just displays the word “Nope.” Greenberg writes, Dozens of tiny, single serving sites provide a venue for pop culture…
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DC Direct recently announced this Green Lantern Mini-Neon sign (7″ wide by 9″ tall) shipping in August 2009 for $89.99.
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Suspense.net has a thorough list of clichés that you should avoid like the plague.
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Where would the world be without bizarre Japanese toys? Bandai is planning to release this Endless Periperi “toy” which lets the user repeatedly experience the joy of ripping open cardboard packages! I’ll take two.
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Tokyo-based JUN Planning took over the toy licences for Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas awhile ago, and they are releasing piece-by-piece a gigantic 1/4 scale Halloween Town diorama, based upon a similar diorama that Burton had created as a reference prior to the creation of the film. Grabbed the photo of the full diorama set…