POSTED AT 11:07 AM June 8, 2009

Recently at Boing Boing Gadgets

• Joel reviewed the Palm Pre. But first, he unboxed it reverently.

• The Pre's charger is, perhaps, just $5 of stuff sold for $70. Nonetheless, it's an amazing work of engineering.

• We spotted an ingenious and beautiful design for a steampunk thumbdrive.

• Maingear sells a PC with a superfluous map of futuristic city on the side.

• There was a Lego Ghetto Blaster Yoda.

• Reebok made a high-tech baseball bat.

• Behold! The Choculator.

• Olympus sneaked out a shot of its new retro Four Thirds camera.

• JVC announced what it claims is the world's thinnest 32" LCD display.

• We humbly request that someone autotune Jay-Z's latest, "Death to Autotune."

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