Get Ur Geek On

Looking for an uber-cheap way to protect your smallish digital devices (oh, we're sure your digital devices are huge, don't worry)? Try a condom! Pictured here protecting an iRiver from an unexpected splash of, uh, liquid, we're sure it could make your iPod safe from all sorts of effluvia, too. Photo from Gizmodo (the permalink isn't working for some reason), idea via MisticRiver.

Apple bowed to complaints that their Mac Mini add-ons were overpriced, dropping the cost of the Airport/Bluetooth, 1GB RAM and 80GB hard drive upgrades signifcantly [from Slashdot]. Hey, what's the point of having proprietary technology if you can't bilk people for the accessories? For those of you who thought what SFist thought when they saw the Mac Mini -- "Set-top Box" -- Engadget has a great how-to on turning your brick into a DVR and media hub for the house.

And in truly geeky news that has nothing to do with the Bay Area but everything to do with the folks who grew up playing Sid Meier's Civiliation, Take Two interactive has purchased the rights to make Civilization 4 [also from Slashdot]. SFist is trying to decide now if they just want to go ahead and give up the idea of getting married, because it sure would get in the way of playing Civilization continuously for the rest of our lives. Memo to Take Two: Pretty please port it to Mac OS X?

And in a personal note, congrats to Niall Kennedy on his new job at Technorati.