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If you happen to have an old Mac keyboard or two sitting around the house, why not get crafty and USB-ify it? Stuffing USB flash drive internals into mundane objects is the latest rage. But you know what, I love it. Many years from now, geeks will compare their flash drive collection as a sort of “right of passage”. No joke, I want this.
If DIY isn’t your cup of tea, thesleekgeek (Etsy) will happily do the grunt work for you, $60 donation provided of course. So what do you say: DIY or pre-built?
We’ve highlighted plenty of game cartridge/console mods in the past. I’m sure we’ve even done some similar to the Game Boy cartridge flash drive you see above. Though, if I can be brutally honest, I’ve got the memory of a gold fish. No joke. So if it’s managed to slip my memory, forgive me.
Either way, forgotten or not, the Game Boy Cartridge Flash Drive is right up there with the NES controller flash drive in terms of coolness. Although, the Teddy Bear Flash Drive is another runner up if we move past gaming peripherals altogether.
Meh, I’ll leave the deciding up to you. All you need now is the $30 price tag for the 4GB flash drive above and the link — Game Boy Cartridge Flash Drive | Etsy
I’m honestly at a loss for words here. Food will probably taste better, odors smell more distinct, and colors more vibrant now that I have seen this Teddy Drive. Of course, the poor bear won’t ever taste, smell, or see anything again. But that’s besides the point.
I really don’t see how this can be topped. I have a sort of sick, twisted humor that finds headless bears crammed into computers funny. Forgive me if that offends you. Though I really don’t care. That’s just good stuff right there. Anyone else have a good rofl at this bear’s expense?
When even 11 isn’t far enough — Kingston has a beast of a flash drive with their latest DT310 usb device. Some geeks may be bragging of their new 128GB flash drive that they just picked up recently, boasting of their supreme nerdiness. At the top they are no more for Kingston has a new 256GB DT310 drive that now dwarfs the latest attempts of only a few other manufacturers. At 256GB, the drive is easily larger than a fair selection of lower end netbook and even many laptop hard drives. A big bragging point for sure. Then again, filling up 256GB worth of space over USB 2.0 isn’t exactly a pleasant experience. An $836.38 price as tested doesn’t exactly bode too well for curious (or hopeful) shoppers either.
Think we’ve reached a point at which the storage size has finally outpaced need?
Dvice > Book of Joe
- February 24, 2010 2:30 pm
“Lightsaber flash drives” you say with abated breath and a racing heart. Yes, your very own futuristic death sword retired and sent back into the working world as a lowly flash drive. The storage size is a bit puny as far as modern flash drives go — only 1GB — but that shouldn’t stop the most obsessed Star Wars fans. The icing on the cake comes in the form of exterior illumination when plugged in.
For only $20 at ThinkGeek, why not?
NerdApproved
- December 15, 2009 6:36 am
Have you heard the old saying “You’d lose your head if it wasn’t attached?” I can be pretty forgetful. In fact, I’d venture on to say that I have the memory resembling that of a goldfish — simple, quick, and short. Hell, notes I write to remember things either get forgotten themselves or lost in the shuffle of the daily grind we call life. Yet somehow I still manage.
You see, my head is still attached so I couldn’t ever possibly get too lost. Though my little surgeon friend here won’t fare as well should his cranium ever come up missing. Not only will he lose his face and the most dashingly good feature of his upper region, but the protective powers of his plasticized skull will leave the really important bits — the USB plug itself — exposed to the elements good and bad.
So next time you’re feeling like your memory isn’t quite up to snuff and getting down on yourself, just remember that it could always be worse. You my friend don’t have to keep track of where you last sat down your head…
Tech Fresh
We’ve all had days where time just seems to draaaaaaaaag along, each second seems like an hour. When you’ve already finished playing eye spy with yourself, counting the dots on the ceiling, (we’ve all done it), and walking laps around the office, why not get something that will keep you entertained and happy for at least another 30 seconds? The Maze Pen will do just that. While your long term sanity is still screwed, with copious amounts of boredom to soon follow, at least for the few minutes that the Maze Pen captivates you can you really escape from the everyday hub bub called life and relax. Of course, trying to navigate a maze stuffed inside of a pen can lead to frustration and more anger, so it’s best to limit maze navigating sessions to under 10 minutes. Not for you, but to save your co-workers’ life when you snap. How much will 5 minutes of freedom cost? $1.99.
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Source: Geeky-Gadgets, Craziest Gadgets
James Bond is perhaps one of the greatest heros of all time for many boys and grown men alike. He gets all of the ladies, vacation hot spots, and most importantly, the gadgets. For years boys and men alike have drooled at the TV screen with each new gadget that Bond ads to his arsenal, dreaming of an imaginary life in which they too could hold that gadget in their hand, whatever it may be, and for a moment live the life of bond. If said dream corresponds more or less with your thought process, today is starting to look up for you. The USB Spy Pen is just for you. Why? Now you can secretly record video in AVI format at a 352 x 288 resolution and snap stills at a slightly more ocularly *new word* pleasing 640 x 480. Jump inside for the full specs and even more ocular goodness.
