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gadgets.boingboing.net - 1/20/2009

Scrabble tile keyboard - Boing Boing Gadgets

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scrabble1.jpg During the waning moments of the worst parties, someone always pulls out Scrabble (a game I hate) and tries to win me over from my face-curdled loathing by insisting I must be good at it, since I'm a writer. My response to this assertion is always just to stare, gobstruck, until ...

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i.gizmodo.com - 1/18/2009

Homemade Scrabble Keyboard: Double Nerd Score [Scrabble]

— i.gizmodo.com — This wood and brushed aluminum keyboard features real Scrabble tiles with the points score slightly modded to... show each key's secondary function. It's classy, it's nerdy, and it's worth a ton of points. I'm a huge Scrabble geek, so it's great to see ... (more) Homemade Scrabble Keyboard: Double Nerd Score [Scrabble]

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slipperybrick.com - 1/19/2009

Homemade Scrabble keyboard

— slipperybrick.com — Someone loves Scrabble a whole bunch and by creating this awesomely nerdy keyboard, they must have scored... themselves a quadruple word score. It’s a wood and brushed aluminum keyboard that features real Scrabble tiles. The points score is slightly ... (more) Homemade Scrabble keyboard

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cdn.episodic.com - 1/16/2009

Boing Boing at International CES (Gadgets) 2009: We Did it! - Video

— cdn.episodic.com — I have to say, I had a blast at this year's CES, hanging out with all the... BBG and Boing Boing Video crew, as well as many of our friends within the industry. We puttered around like the dilettantes we are, drinks in hand, and just tried to enjoy the ... (more) Boing Boing at International CES (Gadgets) 2009: We Did ...

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