Screw Mario Bros, those are the things that Springheeled Jack is wearing in the early part of Charles Stross's novel 'Accelerando'. Sometimes the insanity of an idea is vastly outweighed by its science-fictional cool factor. This is one of those times.
I read most of the big gadget mags, including this one, by RSS, because I like to get the whole spread. I like the more weird things you run, plus your focus on environmental angles from time to time. Plus your articles are more in depth and a lot less fanboyish. Leave the Apple swee and new-laptop hand-waving to the guys who are best at it, and keep with the fringe ideas. Everyone needs a unique selling point, and that's yours, IMHO.