There’s a head-to-head RC Micro car showdown over at Extremetech. I’ve not read all of the 10 page article yet, it’s currently being slashdotted, so it’s real slow.

But how good are these cars, really? Just a passing fad, or real fun? And which offers better performance – the MicroSizer or the ZipZap.
Here at ExtremeTech we take our technology, and our fun, very seriously. So we set out to apply the same rigorous approach we use for testing motherboards and CPUs, and apply them to these pocket rockets.

These are not the same ones as the cheap knockoffs Steve and I got ourselves the other week. These are MicroSizers and ZipZaps.
Although when we went back for two more (for our daughters) Steve did manage to get himself a legitimate Bit Char-G (the MicroSizers in the article are the US-friendly version of the Tomy Bit Char-G) for the same price!

Steve‘s got a new toy.
Looks very cool! 😎

He sent me some video captures and the quality (even compressed) is impressive.

This Kodak Professional digital camera, the DCS Pro14n has 13.7 million pixels (4536 x 3024)! As well as all the features of a pro SLR camera, and 36-bit colour.

There’s also this awesome Canon Eos 1Ds (needs flash) at 11.1 million pixels! This one has some incredible onboard image control and manipulation settings.

Both cameras use huge full frame (24mm x 36mm) CMOS sensors. I’m going to read up properly on the technical specs. I have a tissue to catch the drool 😉

Theres an incredibly positive initial field report of the Canon 1Ds over at luminous landscape, which claims that for all practical purposes the quality is superior to film!

I’ll take one of each please! 😀

Links from slashdot

Wooh-weeh! The new (at least to me) Conspiracy Games site is awesome! The interface is something else. They have gone to a LOT of trouble over this.

You’ll need a fast machine, Flash 6, a fast connection (it’s huge!) and the sound turned up. From the loading screen, to the main interface, to the site help it’s a wonderful experience. There are hidden surprises (just try clicking all over). The whole site just oozes style.

The site was designed by Fantasy Interfaces who’s own site is pretty cool too!

I’m a text & cmdln man myself, but for the area it’s adressing and the intended audience, this site is soooo cool! 😎 😎

Go there, be impressed.

Update This site is now archived here. Link above updated.

Steve, had to take his to bits to sort out the steering:

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Yeaaaaah! Got One! Thanks to Steve, I’ve got myself a Thunderbolt R/C Racing Car.

These things are tiny and fast!
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Cool! 😎

The guys over at thinkgeek.com have done it again!

They are now selling the Watch Me Laser Show.

“Lasers are so cool!
You can probably think of no legitimate reason why you wouldn’t want your own portable laser show. Even if you can, we can just about guarantee that you are wrong.”

Cool! 😎

Thanks to Davezilla for this one. The awesome Hubzilla! 😎

Now if I only had firewire on my PC… oh, and some firewire devices to connect to it… A bit of a non-starter really 🙁