Gadget Humor

With the many e-book readers that flood the market today, it isn’t hard to believe that we will be a paperless society in the next few decades. Pretty soon, the only paper we will be using regularly is toilet paper.

So I guess it is no surprise that Japanese novelist Koji Suzuki has chosen to print his novel on toilet paper. Actually, I’m not certain whether Mr. Suzuki made the choice, or if the publicity department at his publishing house was really itching for a new marketing idea.

I honestly don’t think that Koji Suzuki needs any fancy gimmick to sell his works. If you never heard of this author, then you might have heard of a 2002 horror movie called The Ring. Yes, he wrote the book that the Gore Verbinski movie is based on. By the way, that movie was a remake of a Japanese movie Ringu.

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We all know about superheroes and how they have abilities that we’d love to own, although as at this point of time, it is still physically impossible for homo sapiens to be anything more than…human. There is no homo superior in sight, and none of us will be able to read another person’s mind anytime soon, while being exposed to gamma radiation will probably send us six feet under before we even end up being mean and green, wearing torn purple pants as a fashion statement. Take a look at all our astronauts - the spacesuits they wear must be pretty effective to keep those nasty cosmic rays out that resulted in the creation of Fantastic Four. As envious as we all might be of these superheroes found in the fictional world, does that mean they have no use for today’s gadgets? I’ve taken some time out from elaborating further on selected gizmos for the moment and concentrate on what superheroes will find useful in gadgets of today despite their apparent superiority over us regular Joes. Head on after the jump to know more. The last part is slightly NSFW, so you might want to be a bit careful with that.

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George Bush has certainly been the butt of many a joke throughout his tenure as President of the USA, and there has been no shortage of collectibles depicting his presidency as well. Here’s one of them - the George Bush Toilet Brush that, according to the product description, “the build up from the rest of his reign might be impossible to clean up.” This is one funny political gag collectible - pity the item has been discontinued by the manufacturer so make sure you can land one of these puppies for $19.95 before it goes out of office, to put it succinctly.

For almost twenty years, The Simpsons has been poking fun at American culture. Last Sunday, they satirized three things that are a long time coming: Apple, iPods, and Steve Jobs.

To protect themselves from copyrights, The Simpsons called the Apple store a “Mapple store”, substituted “My” for every “i” on the most well-known Apple products, and even had an appearance by Steve Mobs (do I need to explain the joke here?).

Since a picture says a thousand words, I definitely invite readers to check out a clip of the episode (“Mypods and Broomsticks”) after the jump. What the clip doesn’t show is when Lisa gets her first MyPod bill that is over $1,000.

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T-shirts have gotten more geeky these days thanks to advancements in the world of miniaturized electronics, and here we have yet another interesting piece of casual wear that will definitely attract attention of everyone no matter where you go.

This t-shirt was clearly designed for people who feel their undiscovered artistic talent needed showing off to the world. Whilst wearing this may make you feel like a walking billboard, it certainly should be cost-effective; no need to buy any more of those witty slogan t-shirts, when you can just write your own ones on yourself. The T-Sketch contains a battery pack which, when switched on, lights-up the screen on the front of the t-shirt and your message or drawing is brought to glowing life. Whatever you’re feeling, get it on your chest.

Powered by a couple of AA batteries, there is the usual care instructions for such a delicate shirt including NOT ironing the plastic and remembering to disconnect the battery pack whenever you want to wash it. The T-Sketch illuminating T-shirt will retail for £24.99 in small, medium and large sizes.

Set your TiVo for the Playboy channel on Monday, September 1st, at 7:30 PM EDT. Let this be known that I’m not prescribing a recipe for a cheap soft-porn thrill, but a new reality show called Gadget or The Girl.

The premise of this show is exactly what the title suggests. The rules of the show is that a contestant is given his choice of three beautiful women, and he can take two of these women on a date. Eventually, he chooses one beautiful woman to spend the evening with, but there is one final choice after that.

The contestant is told that he can either go on a romantic getaway with his final choice, or take home a new gadget, presumably to keep. Like Let’s Make a Deal, the contestant will have no idea what’s in the box until they are willing to bet all.

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When Apple announced Cocoa Touch, a special set of API’s for building iPhone and iPod Touch applications, at their special SDK event earlier this year, developers were instantly bitten by the iPhone dev bug. You could literally watch the drool run down their lips in anticipation of their chance to play around with the iPhone SDK (software development kit.)

The iPhone has the software development community all up in arms and foaming from the mouth. Enough so, that we’re confident that a healthy amount of these developers would love a t-shirt which can sum up their feelings in one foul swoop. Enter the “I am Cuckoo for Cocoa Touch” T-shirt available from Zazzle. The official uniform for displaying your Cocoa Touch fanaticism.

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April 1st might be done and over with, but that doesn’t mean you’ll have to put up a sour demeanor for the rest of the year. With this Shocking Pen, you can definitely get a few laughs in as you see curious colleagues pick up a pen that doesn’t belong to them only to receive a shock of their life!

The victim will then pick up the pen, and, without even a nub of conscious motion, their thumb will immediately migrate to depress the top of the pen in hopes of discovering a fine new writing instrument. Instead, as they depress, they will complete a circuit that creates a small magnetic field, which then simulates an alternating current and provides relatively high voltage to the depression point on the thumb. It all happens in a split second, as will the screech and instant profanity, but the office memories will last a lifetime…

It would be cooler if this pen actually contained some ink to write, but nevertheless it is the perfect “welcoming” trick for any new person to the office. $5.99 for some quick laughs (at other people’s expense) sounds like a pretty good bargain.