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http://www.wilesco.de/wilesco/us/index.html is their site in English for the US. Check them out, they're really cool! ]]>Apr 12th 2009 8:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Apr 13th 2009 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Apr 12th 2009 6:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Apr 12th 2009 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Apr 12th 2009 6:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/
have you tried changing the batteries in an ipod lately? even my g1 with replaceable battery needs the battery in placee to charge, which is a pain if you want 2 charged up]]>Apr 12th 2009 6:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Apr 13th 2009 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Apr 12th 2009 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Apr 12th 2009 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/
Is it wrong that i kept all my lego electrical stuff...?]]>Apr 12th 2009 6:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Apr 12th 2009 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/
but i had to power it by hand, steam is far more awesome]]>Apr 12th 2009 6:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Crazy!]]>Apr 12th 2009 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/
but yeah, that's about it :P]]>Apr 13th 2009 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Apr 13th 2009 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/]]>Apr 12th 2009 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Apr 12th 2009 6:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Apr 12th 2009 6:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Apr 12th 2009 7:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/
Pull the stick out of your ass. You're like one of those ninety-eight year-old geezers that writes letters to the editor about things no one cares about. Just a thought: if you've got the time and energy to be correcting grammar on a tech blog, you should be getting out more.

And what's more, your criticism is incorrect -- the writer could just as easily be referring to Legos the product as Lego the company, making "Aren't Legos awesome?" a totally viable statement.

In short: STFU. ]]>Apr 12th 2009 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Apr 12th 2009 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/
It's LEGO - that's the plural form of LEGO... last time we have to say this? Douche...]]>Apr 13th 2009 1:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/
singular = LEGO "pass me that Lego block"

plural = LEGO "isn't Lego awesome?"

do you say arn't sheeps awesome?

please for the sake of sanity, stop it!]]>Apr 12th 2009 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Apr 12th 2009 8:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/
Lego has become a household name for building blocks, the same as Velcro has become for hook-and-pile tape. Rather than having extra words, such as 'Lego building blocks' or even 'Lego blocks', it's easier to type and say, 'legos', and last i checked, it is perfectly acceptable.

And since the Technics sets still have building block interfaces, i would presume it would also be acceptable to refer to them as legos, in the generic usage.

Unless, of course, you're a LEGOmaniac and obsess over honoring the corporation that brought us such a wonderful gift.]]>Apr 12th 2009 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/
I've never made a grammar comment in my life, but people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
In your angry grammar correction, which was not worded very nicely I might add, you used the following example:
"plural = LEGO "isn't Lego awesome?""

You do realize "Isn't" is sigular, right? You wouldn't say "Isn't nachos awesome?" or "Isn't these shoes rad?" would you? You would say "_Aren't_ nachos awesome?"

If you're going to correct the writer's grammar and be a dick about it, at least make sure you aren't making an error that's much worse.]]>Apr 12th 2009 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Have to agree with James on this one.

Singular Lego
Plural Lego

I get even more pissed with "The Mentlist" don't get me started!! :/

:(]]>Apr 12th 2009 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/faq.html):

"Which is correct as the plural of LEGO: 'Lego' or 'Legos'? Neither, actually. The word 'LEGO', when used as a noun, should only refer to the company that makes the product. Otherwise 'LEGO' is supposed to be used as an adjective. Thus, when referring to the pieces, neither 'lego' nor 'legos' is correct... rather one should say: 'LEGO bricks' or 'LEGO pieces' or whatever (using LEGO as an adjective -- and one should really capitalize all of the letters, and put the little 'circle-R' symbol after it (®)). This is all a matter of protecting the trademark of 'LEGO' for the company (using it otherwise degenerates the strength of the trademark). This is not to say that I use the word correctly 100% of the time... but that's the answer to the question (it's always fun/painful to read the near-flame-wars that start at slashdot.org over this topic... and generally, both sides are wrong)."]]>Apr 12th 2009 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/
What he says doesn't matter when the community at large takes a word and runs with it, i.e. we don't refer to facial tissue, we refer to "Kleenex". You'd only refer to the subject matter as "Lego bricks" if you were writing something legal or incredibly formal, in order to distinguish it from similar products made by other companies (example: Mega Bloks).

I never make grammar posts but enough is enough - both are correct and incorrect depending on context. In the context of "isn't" and "aren't", the correct usage is "isn't Lego grand?" because you refer to the multitude of bricks as a collective, singular whole, for the same reason you say "isn't Kleenex grand?". However, when referring to a smaller concentration of bricks; say, when building with a friend in a private home, you say "pass me the blue Legos" just like you would say "pass me the 4x5 flat bricks". Saying "pass me the blue Lego" would refer to a singular brick, i.e. if you had a huge pile of assorted bricks and there was 1 blue brick on top of the pile.]]>Apr 12th 2009 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Apr 12th 2009 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/
Analogies are dumb. You can always find one that validates your statement.

If we are being picky... Lego blocks are not called Lego or Legos. They are called blocks. They are only MADE by Lego. Lets move on... Please.



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'i.e. we don't refer to facial tissue, we refer to "Kleenex"'

I'm willing to bet it's all about localization. No one I've ever met, other than Americans, calls a tissue a 'Kleenex'. The brand, like 'Band-Aid', isn't a generic term in other locations. In the UK, for example, Hoover is a well known make of vacuum cleaner, so much so that 'hoover' is now a generic term for such a device and 'hoovering' is an accepted term for its use. In the US I presume you vacuum rather than hoover?

Similarly with Lego (LEGO) I've never heard someone from the UK call it Legos, although I have heard Legos from Dutch, American and the odd Swede.]]>Apr 13th 2009 4:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Apr 12th 2009 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/(Seriously, the ignorances of some peoples...)]]>Apr 12th 2009 8:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Apr 12th 2009 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Apr 12th 2009 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/
Anyhow... K'nex is where it's at :P]]>Apr 12th 2009 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/
I never said "hand me those legos" or any other variation of that. I just punched my little brother and took the Lego(s).
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Flux capacitor USB Charger for the win!!]]>Apr 12th 2009 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Apr 12th 2009 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Apr 13th 2009 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Apr 12th 2009 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Apr 12th 2009 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Apr 12th 2009 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/
I mean heck... it's totally impossible for 2 people to come up with the same thought as to take someone else's invention ('cause I'm assuming you didn't invent the steam engine, otherwise you'd be pretty friggin' old) and utilize it in some other different/creative way... Nope, never in a million years would that ever happen. ;P]]>Apr 12th 2009 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/steam-powered-usb-charger-keeps-your-ipod-alive-with-victorian-s/Apr 12th 2009 11:14AM