The Pebble team:
Unfortunately we will not be able to ship out Pebble in time for the holidays. As a tiny act of compensation, we’d like to offer you this little holiday card. I know it’s not a Pebble, but I do hope that you can tell from these updates that we’re quickly moving towards the moment when Pebble will finally be on your wrist.
I dislike a lot of things about the retail sector in general, but the fact that Radio Shack used to be so badass is the saddest of them all.
Who wants this type of thing?
On this week’s Amplified, Jim and Dan talk about their growing businesses. The Loop is an awesome site, and this episode is a great look behind the kimono.
Spoiler alert: there’s a badass beard in there.
David Pierce:
The Up is an impressively powerful tool for your $129. I spent a week diligently entering everything I ate and tracking every step I took and movement I made (and wondering why Jawbone hasn’t used The Police in its ads), and I really did get a lot out of it. When I drank coffee at night, I didn’t sleep as well. (Shocking.) When I walked around a lot in the morning — walking to the second-closest subway stop instead of the closest, for instance — I felt better and more awake all day. When I read before sleeping, I sleep better than when I watch TV in bed. When I eat dinner late, I sleep poorly. These, and a thousand other little observations, did legitimately give me a way to be healthier, and sleep and feel better.
If you’ve never setup a cloud backup, you don’t have an excuse today.
There’s a subtle shift after 2007, but I can’t put my finger on what caused it…
Chris Velazco:
If you’re looking for a neat (and unabashedly geeky) way to keep tabs on how active you are, the Fitbit One is a wonderful choice — as long as you don’t mind keeping track of all those accessories too.
I’ve been wearing mine since Friday, and it just reinforces my thoughts on the Nike+ Fuelband.. While I’m working on a review, I’ll go ahead and spoil it now: I really like my Fitbit One.
Nintendo’s facing an unfortunate chicken-and-egg problem. Developers won’t devote the time to making their Wii U games sing unless a lot of people buy the console, and plenty of shoppers will skip over the console unless the games are great. Nintendo can’t rely on its lead-in, either: Wii sales have plummeted in the last year, falling at a much faster rate than its even-older Xbox and PlayStation competitors. The novelty factor of the Wii may have worn off, as customers demand more media features and a better gaming experience — Nintendo has to prove once again that it’s a real competitor.
Evan Brus takes a look at LEGO sets for building replicas of actual, working spacecraft.
It’s almost Christmas Shopping Season, and you should know what that means — the Tools & Toys Christmas Catalog is back. If you’re shopping for the pickiest of gadget geeks, software aficionados, snowboard junkies, music lovers, writers, coffee nuts, or all around collectors of fine paraphernalia, save yourself some hassle and check out what Shawn’s put together.
If you aren’t subscribed to the RSS feed, you should be. Each day, Shawn and I work to pick out awesome items for sale on the Internet. There’s a little something for everyone.