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Gadgets June 30, 2008 posted by Nigel

Pyramat PC Sound Chair – rockin’ the cubicle baby

The Pyramat PC Sound Chair comes with 2 x 8 watt speakers, a 40 watt subwoofer and some cool blue LEDs for lighting goodness. Oh and it’s completely wireless (uses…

cool tech June 30, 2008 posted by Nigel

Klimatic Base 1 AirWater Machine – self filling water cooler extracts drinking water from the air

This Klimatec Base 1 AirWater Machine is a self-filling water cooler which extracts water from the air, purifies it and serves it up in nice refreshing dollops of goodness. Or…

Gadgets June 30, 2008 posted by Nigel

Fire Bucket BBQ – safe, simple and obvious

The Fire Bucket BBQ is a pretty obvious piece of kit really. Bright red and scrummy useful in the right hands. Just don’t try putting out…OK let’s leave it at that,…

Freeware June 30, 2008 posted by Nigel

Sauerbraten Game Engine – build your own game worlds with this free tool

Sauerbraten / Cube 2 Game Engine. You’ve got a computer game idea burning in your breast. You’ve been looking for the perfect engine to use to build it. So here…

Bookmark This! June 30, 2008 posted by Nigel

FontStruct – create and share your own fonts for free

FonStruct is a free online font building tool. You create the font, and the service then turns it into a ‘high-quality TrueType font’ ready for Mac or Windows. You’re also…

hmm..interesting June 30, 2008 posted by Nigel

WireWize – online help with setting up your home theater system

WireWize is a new service designed to help people get their home audio/visual systems working. Yep that’s right, the home theater and A/V makers have produced such a disgustingly complicated mess…

reprise June 29, 2008 posted by Red

Ferret posts this week

Here’s a quick round-up of Ferrety posts from the past week for anyone who missed them. Enjoy. Ladybug USB Card Reader Charger Money Detector – combo device offers super geek…

Gadgets June 28, 2008 posted by Nigel

Wireless Roll-Up Spill Proof Keyboard – super portable, tough and practical input device

This Wireless Roll-Up Spill Proof USB Keyboard combines the kind of small package portability and no wires convenience that made our world what it is today. Yep, we’re talking honest…

cool tech June 27, 2008 posted by Nigel

TurnSmart Mirror System – solar mirrors with blinking lights promise safer turns

The TurnSmart Mirror System features a set of small stick-on wide angle mirrors with solar powered blinking LED lights which operate alongside the regular turn signals to provide extra traffic navigation…

Gadgets June 27, 2008 posted by Nigel

Roll-a-Bout – the crutch replacement with wheels

The Roll-A-Bout is a replacement for the crutch or walker, designed for those with leg or feet injuries below the knee. Just rest the knee and leg on the cushions…

diy June 27, 2008 posted by Nigel

DIY Anti CCTV Glasses – hide your face from the nasty cameras with these digital hoodies

Fed up with being watched? Then you need to make yourself some Anti CCTV Glasses . Not rocket science, just some ordinary shades with two UV LED lights embedded in the…

Bookmark This! June 27, 2008 posted by Nigel

GSpace – free online storage using your Gmail account

GSpace is a free and very cool plugin for Firefox which gives you direct and easy use of your 2GB Gmail account space for file, music and photo storage. Yep, just…

Bookmark This! June 27, 2008 posted by Nigel

Jogli – very cool music search engine manages to deliver value in mega crowded market

Just picked up on the public outing of Jogli, a new music search engine from Israel. No wait, come back, it’s actually pretty good. Why? Well it claims to have…

hmm..interesting June 27, 2008 posted by Nigel

Massive Yahoo! domain name price rise – is it to pay for the lawyers?

Wow, a friend just received a notification from Yahoo!. They’re raising the annual price of their domain name registration from $9.95 to $34.95 a year from next month? Really? Wow, they must be in…

Fun & Games June 27, 2008 posted by Nigel

SatNag – silly, funny, dangerous GPS toy

The SatNag is a fake GPS satellite navigation toy that is far too dangerous to be allowed to live. Press the button and instead of guiding you to your destination the…