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Nicholas here, from the past communicating to the future! (The site is all messed up, so I probably wrote these words several hours before you’re reading them. It’s like a Metal Gear Time Paradox or something.) Nintendo has said it will release the DSi XL on March 28 for $190

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Nintendo DSi XL: March 28, $190

Here are some stories featured on CrunchGear last week: Disney turns its Monorail into huge Tron light cycles Even as tiny blocks, you’ll recognize Super Mario Bros. in this Arduino project Inverted, ocean-bound “seascrapers”: aqua-communes for the future?

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CrunchGear Week in Review: Dotland Edition

Short Version: A bit of a twist on traditional induction chargers, Case-mate’s “Hug Wireless Charging Pad and Case” attempts to offset its $100 price tag by adhering to the Wireless Power Consortium’s universal charging standard, which promises interoperability with other charging pads and devices that are developed using the same technology. Full Review: One of the larger barriers to adopting new technology is the relatively high price tag pitted against the uncertainty of whether or not that technology will become widespread enough to spawn future devices.

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Review: Case-mate Hug Wireless Charging Pad and Case for iPhone 3G/3GS

This is a fun idea. Hip New York boutique and gallery Opening Ceremony has got some completely corduroyed-over furniture &mdsah; and not just cushions. The close-up pictures reveal it to be, well, not the most exacting upholstery job, but if you were making a chest of drawers with corduroy in mind from the first, you could probably do quite a good job of it.

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Corduroy: not just on your trousers any more

Another great DIY project: making your own bottle slide out of an old wine bottle. Bottle slides, if you weren’t aware, are those great things bluesmen use to get the high lonesome sound out of a lap steel guitar

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Well, the blue bottle was my blues – and the red bottle was what I made my bottle slide out of

Short version: An excellent camcorder with few faults except one big, fat, glaring one: it only records in 1080i. What year is this again?

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Review: JVC GZ-HM340 compact HD camcorder

I don’t know if you’re ready to see the future of phone communication. Call forwarding, call waiting, pagers, and *gasp* touch-tone phones. It’s a lot to handle, but the kind ladies of the 1964 World Fair Bell System pavilion will gently guide you through the complicated technology