Gadgety News

Yup, those know-it-alls at Wired are going to open their fourth annual store from November 21 until December 28 in New Yoik.

There will be more than 150 items including the latest electronics, toys and transportation, which can also be purchased online from November 20.

The Wired Store will also recognise four different charities, and is set to feature a brand new green section created by Adrian Grenier and Peter Glatzer of Reconcile Productions as well.

Is Christmas coming or something?

Wired

Another feather in the cap for Sony’s Reader.

An update will allow it to use EPUB books as well as the ones from the Sony e-Book Store. 

This is something that the Kindle can’t do and opens up a large range of books to the new reader which it was definetly lacking before.

Could this be the start of more open readers?

Yahoo News

Now here’s a thing.

To get your own custom effects pedal can be a little on the expensive side - so why not do a Brian May and build your own?

The OpenStomp Coyote-1, whilst still in the prototype phase, seems a pretty well thought-out open source guitar effects module.

It has a Parallax Propeller 8-core processor running at 80MHz that can even generate basic video. 

A companion Windows application (OpenStompTM Workbench) allows users to combine effects into patches graphically, and to move patches and effects between the Coyote-1 device and their PC’s disk.

Combined with a 44kHz 24-bit sampler, two foot switches, and a two-line LCD screen for feedback it’s like a mini diy POD or similar.

The main brain behind it, Eric moyer, says he wants the pedal to serve as an “audio sandbox” with totally open-source software and fully documented hardware.

Although some feedback is anti the Windows requirement I’m going to keep an eye on how this goes forward for the future.

Via Make

OpenStomp Site