Geek In Me

by Darren Murph via engadget.com

Fair warning: this here post is nerdier than usual, and those who begin to feel nauseous at the mere mention of data-bending may want to refrain from continuing on. For you brave, hardened souls that are following through, feast your eyes on the “first piece of software ever sold by Apple.” The Apple I BASIC cassette wasn’t even included with all of the 200 Apple Is produced eons ago, but a few engineering souls have managed to extract the data and create an MP3 of the wave structure. Not surprisingly, the tone resembles that of a 1200 Baud connection, and if we should say so ourselves, would make for a wicked ringtone. Believe us, it gets even weirder in the read link, but you’ll have to determine whether venturing down is something your brain can handle.

via ubergizmo.com

Now the Digital Message Tape will probably be one of those ideas where you go “Why didn’t I think of it before?”. Guess your chance to make millions has just gone, buddy. This Digital Message Tape features a seemingly endless sequence of white LCD characters - actually that’s due to the fact that you have to do the hard work of blacking out the ones that you don’t need. Available in 2″ and 0.7″ wide rolls, each purchase comes with its very own marker pen. Not only is this rather fun for those who tend to pack a lot of stuff, it also won’t break the bank by retailing between $4.99 and $8.99 a pop.

by Darren Murph via engadget.com

It takes some serious game to rise above the legions of mediocre DIYers out there and stand tall as a true legend. Judging by the video posted up after the cut, James Houston can now consider himself one of the elite. Somehow, this cat managed to tackle the nearly impossible task of remixing Radiohead’s Nude without defacing it entirely (read: merging bits and pieces of the tune into a 4/4 arrangement and calling it a day). Instead, he utilized a host of aging hardware (Sinclar ZX Spectrum, Epson LX-81 dot matrix printer, HP Scanjet 3c, etc.) to create a rendition that even Yorke could admire.