Chocolate mouse: neither edible nor a rodent

The Chocolate Mouse belongs to a rare class of objects, with seemingly sensible names that turn out to be doubly stupid. Like the English sparrow, which is neither a sparrow nor English, but merely an Average Bird. Or jellyfish, which any halfwit can tell are not made of jelly and are no fish; they’re obviously an advance alien party tasked to eradicate humans, one sunburned teenager at a time.

Meh. I don’t care how much people love chocolate, this wireless mouse doesn’t look like it’s comfortable to use. But as the old saying goes, to each his own Chocolate Mouse. You can buy one at Lazybone for $33 (USD). Batteries not included.

Optoma hd20 projector: 120 inches of hi-def for $1000! *head asplodes*

Back in 2007 Optoma released the HD80 1080p projector. It’s initial price was a whopping $3,000 (USD), but actually it was one of the cheapest in its class. Think about that for a moment. Now think of the quality and size of a $1,000 HDTV nowadays. Think about that for a moment. Now get a load of this: Optoma’s new HD20 projector is capable of displaying full 1080p with a maximum display size of 120″ (diagonally, of course). That’s 10 freakin’ feet of HD for the price of a 42″ HDTV! Then again, I already revealed everything in the title. Dammit.

The 6.4 lbs. HD20 has two HDMI inputs, as well as VGA, component and composite video inputs, and it supports a boatload of video and computer formats. It has 1,700 ANSI lumens of brightness, with an estimated lamp life of 4,000 hours in standby mode and 3,000 hours in bright mode.

The HD20 ships early this Fall and is available for pre-order over on Amazon now.

Iphone playing cards: you gotta know when to hold ‘em

Our friends over at Meninos are at it again. The same guys who gave us those great iPhone icon coasters are back, and this time they’re packing a deck of iPhone playing cards.

While they look a bit more squatty than the proportions of an actual iPhone, these whimsical playing cards definitely get the point across. Each one features a colorful card face printed onto a PVC plastic card. And when the King calls, you’d better answer and not send him to Visual Voicemail.

I can’t find any pictures of what the Jokers look like, but if I designed them, I’d put Bill Gates on one, and Steve Ballmer on the other. You hear that Meninos guys?

The iPhone playing cards are available over at the Meninos shop for $25 (USD) a deck. Sure, that’s a bit expensive for a deck of cards, but I’m sure you’ll win that back the first time you flop a pair of pocket Aces and take down the whole table.