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Crapgadget: 'atrocious amalgam' edition
Sure, it may not be as functional as a 3 megapixel camera conspicuously disguised as a magnetic cat, but what could be more secure than an oversized pseudo-padlock thumbdrive? Not your style? Well, surely you have use for a new towel, complete with iPhone pocket? No? Might you enjoy re-training yourself to breathe while basking in the glow of your iPod-ready black light? Fine. Negative Nancy (shown above). We'll just leave you to your USB-warmed coffee and rage relief button. When you're ready to come out and play, hit up the links below to help us crown the king of crappy combos. Read - Brando Flash Drive (Looks like a padlock!) Read - USB cup warmer (with a massive 56-inch USB cable!) Read - A black light -- with an iPod dock! Read - Visualizing pulse meter (for learning how to breathe!) Read - Gym towel iPhone pocket! Read - The unfortunate offspring of the Staples Easy Button's sordid love affair with a stress ball. %Poll-63853%
Visualized: the PlayStation towel
And like the Sony NGP, it's touch-friendly on both sides. The officially-licensed, Taito-produced, 28 inches long absorbent cloth comes in three styles and will ship next month for $23.90.
Club Nintendo offers Dragon Quest IX screensaver, Mario towels
Club Nintendo has introduced two more choices for your fun-money shopping. Another 10-Coin screensaver is available, this time featuring Dragon Quest IX artwork against a backdrop of the world map. If you're less prone to screen burn-in and more prone to spill your drink, you may be more interested in the other new item: the set of three Mario towels originally released in Japan last July. Of course, given that each towel goes for 350 Coins, you'd probably be better off reaching for the paper towels, instead of ordering one of these and then waiting several weeks for it to arrive. We don't want to imagine the horror of actually cleaning with one of these. They're too ... collectible!
Come work at Microsoft, you get free towels!
As part of an employee perks package intended to retain and attract programming talent, Microsoft has reinstated its "free towels for the company showers" offer alongside better canteen food and a free laundry service. The towels were cut two years ago when a human resources director from... wait for it... Dell, the company that mastered cost cutting, decided to scrap them. So, who reckons Sigil would have stayed had Microsoft granted them access to fresh, clean towels for the post-meeting showers?
