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Best of the Rest: Coffee Gadget Guide, Top 8-Bit Cover Albums

by Thomas Houston on August 26, 2009 at 07:35 PM



There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
  • Feeling sluggish in the AM but don't want to drop cash at the local coffee house? Make your own coffee correctly (and cheaply) with Gizmodo's guide to coffee gadgetry, grinding, and brewing. [From: Gizmodo]
  • Check out our newest time-wasting find: 'Fig 8' involves steering an old-timey bike through a course of hand-drawn figures. [From: DownloadSquad]
  • 'Kind of Bloop,' the 8-bit cover of the classic Miles Davis album, has been making headlines lately, so our friends at Urlesque gathered together great retro-tuned album covers. The Weezer tributes are a must-listen. [Urlesque]
  • If you grew up in the '80s hunkered down in front of a Nintendo Entertainment System, this list of the 15 hardest NES games may be enough to get your blood boiling. [From: UnrealityMag]
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