Patience can bear such wonderful fruit, can’t it? The electrified (and electrifying ) Karma , which first graced the world with its presence back in 2008 , has managed to negotiate the slalom course of funding and logistical issues that faces any new upstart company and can now boast its very first production unit. The Karma 1 above will be making its way out within a month (presumably after every nook, cranny and capacitor has been polished to perfection) and company spokesman Roger Ormisher says the plan is to ramp up very slowly and carefully, reaching “over 7,000 deliveries” by year’s end.

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EV milestone: Fisker rolls first Karma off the assembly line, aims to deliver 7,000 this year

A Wired/Jalopnik post details the sad history of the Schienenzeppelin, a Weimar-era German “rail zeppelin” that used a giant prop to pull itself down the railroad tracks: Conceived and built in 1930 by the German rail company Deutsche Reichsbahn, the Schienenzeppelin was a design alternative to the streamlined steam locomotives of its day. It was a slick and relatively lightweight at 20 tons, running on but two axles and powered by a 46-liter BMW V-12.

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Weimar Rail-Zeppelin: streamlined white-elephant

For a series built on its graphical prowess, the options in Crysis 2 on PC are a little on the bare side. These command line tweaks should improve things .

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Get Crysis 2 Running Properly On Your PC [Blip]

T-Mobile subscribers at this point are preparing for what could be a new, blue overlord , and now you can count Audi among the ranks of those wondering what’s next.

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Audi Connect signs contract with T-Mobile, surprised like the rest of us by the AT&T thing

The bad news is that our bulging tips box reports Netflix’s website and Watch Instantly streaming service have been mostly inaccessible for the last couple of hours. Those lucky enough to have the page open from earlier may still have access, and devices based on older UIs are up and running while the newer HTML5 based frontends seem to be down for the count

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Netflix suffers temporary website outage today (fixed!), permanent Dexter outage this summer

The bad news is that our bulging tips box reports Netflix’s website and Watch Instantly streaming service have been mostly inaccessible for the last couple of hours. Those lucky enough to have the page open from earlier may still have access, and devices based on older UIs are up and running while the newer HTML5 based frontends seem to be down for the count. The worse news is Crain’s New York Business reported today that a new licensing deal with Showtime will not renew streaming access to older seasons of currently airing shows like Dexter and Californication when they expire this summer

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Netflix suffers temporary website outage today (fixed on PCs), permanent Dexter outage this summer

Valve’s Steam platform will get the option to record video of gameplay “very soon,” according to a report from a recent visit to the developer, which cites studio founder Gabe Newell as the source of that information.

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Steam To Get Video Recorder, Possible iPhone & Android 'Expansions,' Says Report [Valve]

Skrikitty skrikitty scratch! This odd little turntable lets you rock the wheels of steel from the comfort of your own wrist, in turn becoming the most popular of your peer group excepting the kids with real talent and/or good looks. You can read the full Instuctable here or just watch the video a few times.

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DIY WristWatch Turntable

Rio, the computer animated avian comedy, is certainly a good enough excuse for more Angry Birds . To wit, Angry Birds publisher Rovio has released Angry Birds Rio for iPhone, iPad and Android, a game that’s a surprisingly capable improvement on the original. More

Although a post that begins with “over the past six months I have set up fairly complete printed circuit board fabrication lab in my apartment, cheaply and safely” can be somewhat disconcerting, I believe that a man with the chops to make a PCB fab in is apartment is a man worthy of knowing. Luckily, that man, one Jared Foster, has made these fancy persistence-of-vision business cards to share his info with you. The process includes full instructions for creating an etching tank, oven, and any number of electronical doodads.

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DIY Electronic Business Cards: You Know, For Nerds