The people over at Mimoco just sent me three Mimobots to pass on to you readers. Now, these are the 1GB models (there’s 8GB models available now) but if you’re like me and 1) value appearance over storage capacity (well… sometimes) and 2) like free stuff in general then keep on reading.

The models I’ve got are Galacula, Pirate Nero (by tokidoki) and Ptry and they all come equipped with plush ZipperBack ProtoHoodies for protection.

Write me a comment and tell me why you should get one and I’ll pick three suitable winners to adopt them by July 19th.

UPDATE:

Since I’ve come to the sad decision of putting Freshpilot on ice I’m picking out three winners two days in advance. Here’s the lucky winners:

Pirate Nero:
“I desperately need a new flash drive to keep offline copies of Freshpilot to read while commuting! :)”
–Nitzer

Galacula:
“Because i waited for you, day after day while you where gone(china?)eager for some news and update and now when you’re here i think i deserve a free mimobot in addition to that i’m in desperate need for flash drive.”
–Behrem

Ptry:
“Don’t give it to me, I’ll never use it but admire it’s beauty ;-) Btw, I think I’am your most persistent commentator *hint hint*”
–Mathias

I’ll contact you guys by e-mail right away, congrats!

As most of you who read Freshpilot ought to have noticed by now I haven’t had the time to write as much as I used to. Part is due to heavier work load at my day job and part is due to me going on a trip abroad. I’ll be spending about 3,5 months in Asia as of now – seeing everything from Tibet to Tokyo (Akihabara!) and Beijing to Mumbai.

Thanks for reading Freshpilot so far, and I really hope you come back sometime near midst of May when I get back.

Cheers,
Tobbe,
Freshpilot

Well, right now there’s just 9 hours left of 2007 (a.k.a the-year-of-the-iPhone) and I’d just like to take this opportunity to thank you guys for all the comments and tips this year and I really look forward to see what 2008 has in store for us.

Cheers, and a Happy New Year everyone!

// Tobbe

AudioJunkies has put together a list of what they think is the world’s top 15 sexiest speakers. While most of them are insanely expensive they still work well as eyecandy.

(Glad to see that they have my favorites in there, KEF Muon. 2 meters tall, ubershiny and just $140,000 per pair…)

AudioJunkies.com: The world’s 15 sexiest speakers

Gizmodo’s Brian Lam has written an article on why he doesn’t recommend buying the jesusphone iPhone anymore, and it’s really worth reading. And I ask the same question as Red Ferret, what would the public reaction to crippled and bricked iPhones have been if it was Microsoft who stood behind it instead of Apple?

“With this, I’m going to have to move our recommendation from “Wait” to “Don’t hold your breath.” I’m done with this handset until third-party apps come back. Argh, I didn’t want to have to write this, but this is what’s on my mind.”

Gizmodo: iPhone Revisited (Verdict: Don’t buy)

• Guided video tour of the new iPod Touch
• Stylish coffee table / arcade game hybrid
• Bang & Olufsen Beo 5 Remote Control
• Vestal Monte Carlo Watch
• House of Liu Vinyl Figures
• Nokia Portable Mini Speakers MD-6
• Quiksilver Drop Out Watch
• SanDisk’s Ducati-branded USB Flash Drive
• Dodecasub: The 12-sided Subwoofer (That’s 6000 watts total)
• HP Blackbird 002 (Serious gaming rig)
• PlusDeckEX (External USB-powered cassette player)
• The portable Rotary cell phone (Oldschool deluxe)
• Sennheiser VMX-100 Bluetooth Headset
• Sony debuts two HD Bravia projectors
• Uber-cute Penguin USB Flash drives
• Toyota launches iPod integration kit

• The new Apple iMac (with the first ad)
• The new aluminum Apple keyboard
• The new iMac vs a Dell XPS 410, miss those cables?
• Transformer MP3 player that actually transforms
• Creative Zen V Plus with a whopping 16 GB of Flash storage
• Neon Green 9" Monkey Boy Collectible
• Sole Mio, the solar powered wireless mouse
• TechTools Flying / Hovering Alarm Clock
• DecalGirl’s iPhone Skins
• E-volve Glass Table, mighty stylish
• The Corner Tree Bookshelf

So, I hope you’re able to follow my example and enjoy the analog world out there for a while, if not you could always check out some of last week’s posts:

• iPhone opened – and dissected
• WESC Street Fashion Headphones
• Belkin iPhone Armband
• Nokia Wireless Car Speakerphone HF-300
• Monster iFreeplay: iPod Shuffle Headphones
• Vestal Shepard Fairey Watch
• Nixon Watch: The Block SS
• Monster iEZClick iPod Remote Control
• Nokia Prism 7500
• Motorola MOTORIZR Z8

Cheers!

// Tobbe, Freshpilot

Drew Curtis, the man behind Fark.com, has published Fark in book form, calling it It’s Not News, It’s Fark: How Mass Media Tries To Pass Off Crap As News:

“The editorial principle behind Curtis’s Web Site Fark.com is remarkably simple: readers submit news stories with their own wacky headlines, inviting snarky commentary from other readers. Here, he steps back to examine why “Mass Media” keeps churning out the sort of inane stories that are “supposed to look like news” that make the site so wildly popular. The critique is familiar—see Barry Glassner’s The Culture of Fear, among others—but Curtis delivers it with richly sarcastic humor.”

(There was some alarm about Drew Curtis changing the Fark comments copyright to himself a while ago, this might just be why)

Amazon.com: It’s Not News, It’s Fark: How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap As News ($13.60)

News aggregators has been done numerous times before but.. who cares. Let me introduce you to Freshpilot News, a new (and quite useful) subsection of Freshpilot.

Basically it helps you stay up to date with the current web buzz by scanning a large number of popular and useful websites ranging from user-submitted news sites (like Digg, Reddit, Shoutwire, del.icio.us) to respected blogs (like Engadget, Gizmodo, Uncrate), more visually stimulating sites (like Flickr, Youtube) and design resources (Styleboost, Web Creme, Computer love, Logopond).

All this content is then divided into three main sections: News & Buzz, Technology & Gadgets and Design, Style & Inspiration, the latter focusing mainly on web design.

Enjoy!

Freshpilot.com/news/