Boing Boing Gadgets , we saw new Walkmen from Sony , hoped that Kindle 2 will be less ugly , and laughed out virtual at NASA's space virus woes . There was an touchscreen PC with Netbook-like specs ; a Pac-Man Mini which saw Namco in a new box, and a beautiful Haight St. apartment filled with old typewriters and cameras .We mused at Bloomberg's iMacabre Steve Jobs obit snafu , but was otherwise indisposed .There were creepy robots ; a severed head ; three ways to improve Windows 7 ; and offered an insight into Honda's hybrid strategy .John doesn't want an iBikeConsole (it makes listening to your iPod while biking even easier, but no more stupid), but he does want a HP Elitebook with 24 claimed hours of battery life . As ever, marketing strays somewhat ahead of reality . Consolation: Esquire's unimaginatively-used e-ink cover is genuinely hackable .Rob spotted a portable printer from Canon ; an amazing wooden robot ; and spotted a brilliant steampunk phone that uses punchcards . He also spotted a tiny hard drive ; a massive price drop for the Redfly ; and found an amazing portrait of the Madonna made of dice , and posed the question, " Could you make a better fake rock speaker than Klipsch? " We reviewed the Sorapot, a fancy teapot , the NZXT Avatar gaming mouse , and saw a new pocket guitar amp . John reviewed Trust's useful ReadyBot is ready to see you; the springy Zing! spoon is ready to see you; the springy Zing! spoon is ready to fling food at you; and Art Lebedev's new keyboard won't be ready for ages. Whether Psystar is ready for Apple's inevitable lawsuit remains to be seen! Thinking of trying to combine your Gmail-based life with all of MobileMe's new stuff? Think again.
