A billboard completely made out of chocolate sounds like the coolest thing in the world - if you’re five years old. I supposed I’d break off a piece if I was the first guy in line. But considering it’s at prime height for every other kid, bum and pigeon, by the second day I’m guessing it has a whole new flavor. Two more chocolatey picks after the break.

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As usual, I haven’t a clue as to how this works, or if it really does, but it seems like a cool DIY gizmo. You rub some toilet paper over a pear, stuff in a flashlight and it works like a battery. So toilet paper creates electricity? Ah, OK. I’m not sure what you do with this. Perhaps an urban survival kit of rotten fruit and TP?

This is one of those words were are going to end up hating. And it would seem Calvin Klein is at the root of it’s coming proliferation. I’m sure you’re familiar with the term ‘metrosexual’, the city dwelling, overly stylisticly fashion conscious ambiguiously gay male - you know, Ryan Seacrest. Well now we’ve got the technosexual. The definition of technosexual is someone who is a heavy user of the internet and emerging social networking, Web 2.0 and gadgets and gizmos - I guess. But how is a technosexual supposed to know if he’s technosexual if their isn’t a Wikipedia definition yet? Isn’t that where he’d look?

Is the new techno sexual phrase is really just a marketing spin by Calvin Klein to sell cologne and perfume - their new CKin2u fragrance - to the unwashed masses who spend 20 hours a day parked in front of their computer interacting with the word through blogs and social networking. These superusers don’t need fragrance, they never see anybody. Their computer’s can’t smell them, even if their neighbors can. Nothing like building a product market out of people who don’t actually need your product. Let’s see if this one works. What do you think technosexuals, need some cologne?

While technically this has nothing to do with Gadgets I post on the premise that a better gadget might have kept this from happening. Whatever. It’s amazing nonetheless. Skydiver Michael Homes survives after both his parachutes fail to properly open. Both his own helmet camera and that of his partner filmed the entire accident. The dude landed in a blackberry bush and survived. Pretty amazing video. Nothing to gross or graphic, but if you’ve got a good imagination, his final seconds before hitting the ground might freak you out. Michael Homes is one lucky dude. If you’re up the entire (long video) hit this. The highlight footage from MSNBC is really all you need though.

Windows Vista was released today. For those of you wondering how to upgrade to Vista I found an instructional video on YouTube that I imagine is a pretty good estimate of what the process will be like. Hey, if this German kid can do it, anyone can.

Fender Guitars has unveiled a limited edition reproduction of Eddie Van Halen’s Frankenstein guitar. The edition of 300 was announced at this weeks NAMM. Aside from achieving a previously unreached level of ugly, the guitar costs $25,000. Really. It’s an exact replica of a home-built guitar made by Eddie Van Halen. It includes scratches, dings and cigarette burns. And if it’s truly authentic, the sweat of a 100 roadies and bodily fliuds from a thousands of female groupies.

I know they are like a zillion of these synchronized Christmas light videos out there, but it’s one of those things you can’t stop yourself from watching - like Steve O throwing himself down a hill or a bearded lady in a circus. It’s just to hard to look away.