Posts by Category: Fun & Games

So maybe it’s pointless, but at least it’s happy!

Fun & Games December 18, 2008 posted by

Radio Controlled Skunk – peppy-le-who?

So it’s a Radio Controlled Skunk for $39.98. If you need to ask more questions, then you’re clearly not thinking like we’re thinking. Which says a lot about the quality of your character, dear reader.  Yikes! They’ll be running for the hills when they see this furry forest friend lumber up and raise its tail! Authentic-looking skunk mimics like the real thing–minus the spray, of course! Moves backward, forward, and flicks its tail at your push-button command. Tags: radio+controlled+skunk, gadget, toy


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Fun & Games December 17, 2008 posted by

Money Maker – perfect way to beat the credit crunch

This Money Maker tool seems to us the perfect gift for the investment banker in your life. Slot some blank paper in one end, crank the handle and out comes real live money at the other end. Or even funny money. Come to think of it, isn’t that what the world’s central bank wallahs are doing at the moment anyway? Gosh, life copies art yet again. $3.98.  Be the envy of them all when you magically turn a blank piece of…


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Fun & Games December 15, 2008 posted by

Spyfire RC Blaster – take aim, make enemies, goof off…

The Spyfire R/C Blaster is there to help you make friends. After all, what better way is there to ingratiate yourself with your work colleagues than to stalk them through the corridors in handheld mode or set unprovoked ambushes by the coffee machine? A few shots between the eyes and they’ll invite you to every party and social event on the company calendar. Oh yes they will. $29.99.  The SpyFire is a unique blaster. Not only is it a powerful,…


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Fun & Games December 11, 2008 posted by

Candy Grabber – you can’t help but help yourself

  Nothing worth having comes easily as the old proverb says. The Candy Grabber enforces this by making you work for your sweets. Pop in one of the provided tokens and control the grabber forwards-and-back, up-and-down and open-and-close to grab your treat. It even has 1 minute and 15 seconds of fairground music to keep you entertained as well as canned applause when you finally demonstrate your dexterity. $US39.99 and annoyingly needs three D batteries. What are you going to…


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Candy Grabber – you can’t help but help yourself
cool tech December 10, 2008 posted by

The Fuzebox – open source DIY games console, we don’ need no stinkin’ wii

The Fuzebox is a bare bones basic, 8 bit DIY games console. You can hurry along and buy a complete kit for $100.00 which you then assemble on the kitchen table. Make sure it’s the kitchen table because part of the gaming fun is making the other half as mad as a badger. Once you’ve assembled your little grey box, take it somewhere damp, cold and preferably subterranean and start the second part of the challenge. Yep, you’ve got to…


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Bookmark This! December 9, 2008 posted by

Eclipse Crossword Puzzle Creator – free software for crafting your own puzzle flavours

The Eclipse Crossword Puzzle Creator is a neat bit of freeware that gives you the power to create your very own crossword puzzles. Great for sharing specialist topics with friends and family, daily puzzles for your PTA association newsletter or what have you. The program also comes with a web module, so you can save a puzzle as a web page with interactivity and everything. Excellent value and loads of (3 letters, rhymes with bun). [Via Metafilter]  EclipseCrossword may be…


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Bookmark This! December 8, 2008 posted by

Instant Action – free browser based 3D games

Instant Action is an online video game portal with a difference. For a start the games are all in glorious 3D technocolour, and come complete with a range of game-play options including things like capture the flag and deathmatch. Most importantly though, the whole interface is geared towards making it easy to get your friends to join in and play. There’s a fast ‘email your friends an invite’ feature, and a nice built in chat room so you can make it…


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Fun & Games December 5, 2008 posted by

Electric Paper Plane Launcher – perfect for lectures

The key to any experiment is repeatability. If an experiment can’t be duplicated, it can’t be verified, just ask the Cold Fusion people. Now if you’re a budding aerospace engineer and you need to test your plane designs then you need repeatability people. That’s where the Electric Plane Launcher comes in. Capable of launching planes at over 30 mph this should be all you need to start work on the new Concorde. Best of all it’s powered by 1 AA…


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Electric Paper Plane Launcher – perfect for lectures
Bookmark This! November 27, 2008 posted by

Incredibots – fun fun, hard hard…

Incredibots. Yet more physics fun with this full-on robot building Flash game. You’ll need to acquaint yourself with the principles of physics, force and fulcrums before setting forth on your own, but luckily there’s a bunch of examples and try outs for you to play with. Have fun!  Hey there! Get ready for all sorts of wacky, physical fun – okay, more mental than physical, but there are physics involved – from the comforts of your computer chair! This is…


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Fun & Games November 25, 2008 posted by

Punch Head – stress relief gets a squidgy face

Punch Head is billed as the ultimate stress relief device, and we’ve got to say there’s something to it. OK, so we Ferrets are not big on mindless violence, but the idea of uploading a photo of your enemy [shouldn’t that be ‘problem person?’ – Ed], and stomping on the squidgy USB connected head to relieve your antipathy could possibly save some marriages, jobs and relationships no question. £27.99.  Witness the stress relief revolution unfold. Step one: upload a photo…


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Free Software November 25, 2008 posted by

TrackMania Nations Forever – freeware arcade car racing game goes vrooom…

TrackMania Nations Forever is a free arcade car racing game which looks like a lot of fun. There’s solo and multiplayer modes, a shed load of stunt tracks and apparently millions of players going head to head at any one time. The graphics are enticing enough to keep you interested, and the in-game editor to create your own tracks is just icing on the cake. Vrooom…!   A free game in the truest sense of the word, TrackMania Nations Forever…


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Bookmark This! November 21, 2008 posted by

Mastermind World Conqueror – free online real time strategy game for some Friday frolics

The Mastermind World Conqueror game looks lovely and sounds like fun, in a naughty Mr Bad kinda way. As with all RTS games, it pays to have nothing to do for a day or two before you start playing. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.   Tags: online+game, flash, real+time+strategy, mastermind+world+conqueror


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Fun & Games November 20, 2008 posted by

License Plate Flash Frames – cure that roadrage with wit

The License Plate Flash Frame is a scrolling LED board that attaches around your car license plate to beam your words of wisdom to the car behind you. You can preprogram up to 5 messages, each with 120 characters and select your message scroll speed. All it needs is attaching to the active wire and ground on your car electrics and you’re all set. You can even wire it into the brake light circuit so it only comes on when…


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License Plate Flash Frames – cure that roadrage with wit
Fun & Games November 18, 2008 posted by

USB Fairy Lights – add a little twinkle to your cubicle.

Just in time for [insert holiday here], these USB fairy lights will liven up any drudge-filled corner of meatspace. They’re 183mm long, don’t require drivers and work on PC or Mac, and I’d be willing to bet they’d work on Linux too. How much more class could you want for �6.99? Brighten up your day and show off in the office with these cool USB Fairy Lights. We all get bored sitting in a dark office with nothing but the…


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USB Fairy Lights – add a little twinkle to your cubicle.