The Ferret is once again a-wandering to lands afar, and so will not be posting – probably – until the 3rd November. Will you miss him, or will your love,…

The Matmos Air Switch lamp. Flap and glow. Kinda. £39.95. ‘For some unfathomable reason, waving your hand just above the rim of the Air Switch in a gentle, ‘These aren’t…

The Sitecom USB Notebook Hub looks kind of dinky and maybe even a little useful in the correct circumstances. ‘The USB notebook Hub enables you to connect several USB peripherals…

The Eye-Fo Computerised Frisbee is apparently ‘set to become this year’s phenomenon’. Not sure what kind, but let’s go along with it for a while, shall we? £11.95. ‘The EYE-FO…

The Blimp Bomber. Amazing what you can do nowadays with a bit of plastic tape, some helium and leftover foam shapes eh? £69.95 ($114.42). ‘Each bomb has a magnetic ‘nose’…

The Slim de Major. Sad tech. ‘This "Slim de Major" is a device about the size of a Tamagotchi, and has a tape measure included. You enter your body measurements,…

The Verbatim 5 in 1 Store n’Go. 128MB of RAM, video recorder (640×480 , 30fps), Digicam (3000 photos), Web cam, voice recorder. Around about £50.00. Plus freephone tech support. Bargin’….

The Bedside Assistant. $34.95. No really, I so get it, don’t you? The 3am startled twitch in bed as you remember that you forgot to buy the crucial bag of…

The Total Innerscan. £129.99. Look, you don’t want to just measure your weight ‘cos that’s for wussies. You really really want to measure your Visercal Fat Rating, Bone Mass, Basal…

Pino. The sensitive robot. And don’t say that you haven’t thought about putting a robot on yer Xmas list, because we all know you have. Who d’ya think your kidding…

Mmm, Lycos UK has introduced a 10GB premium email service. It’s not free (and they haven’t updated the Web site yet – tsk) but what makes it interesting and perhaps…

The Explorist eXplorist 300. $229.99. A very pretty GPS thingy indeed. Right, where’s those rugged outdoor places I keep hearing about? ‘eXplorist 300 gives you a trio of advanced tools…

Snap, Crackle, Pop kit. $24.99. Look there’s nothing more important of a cold winter’s evening – California residents please move on, nothing to see here – than to laze around…

The IPWireless Desktop Modem. You know how you hate to be stuck in the caravan down at the remote woodland holiday spot without high speed Web access? Well now you…

The Alcohol Tester pen. £19.99. As you may know, towards the end of the year in the UK a few peeps have been known to over indulge in two great…