For ThinkGeek, April Fool’s Profits Are No Laughing Matter

Since 2001, the company has posted a series of gag products on its site, everything from the World’s Largest Remote Control Car, a standard-sized car with its own toy-like remote, to a Monolith Action Figure a la Stanley Kubrick’s 2001, a rectangular black “figurine” of the shapeless villain with absolutely no moving parts. The joke?

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Sonos: My Favorite Music Solution

I’ve long been a fan of the Sonos music system, a collection of small, cigar-box-sized devices that attach to any stereo in my home and allow me to wirelessly stream digital music. I couple it with the music subscription service, Rhapsody, and get access to some 5 million songs — virtually anything I want to hear, whenever I want to hear it. As good as it is, Sonos got a little bit better today with the unveiling of a variety of upgrades and a new, free iPhone application

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