So smart watches are all the rage right? People are queuing on the streets to grab one (probably), taking them home and then putting them in the drawer when they realize it’s yet another thing that needs to be kept charged every day. Boring. Who needs more hassle, when there’s enough to cope with using phones, cameras, music players and stuff?
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Remember when four propellers were the thing? When we couldn’t get enough of these little critters scurrying across the sky doing backflips and dive bombs? Well that was then, and now is now. And quads just don’t cut it any more. Nowadays everyone wants bigger, faster, more powerful six rotor craft. But you’ll probably have to settle for this if you’re on a budget.
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The rise and rise of digital photography has really blown up the editing software market, so there’s no shortage of tools out there to make your images look cooler or more professional. The interesting thing about this Perfect Effects 8 pack is it’s available in a number of different formats, depending on your needs.
Read More![Perfect Effects 8 Free – free photo effects turn you into an image editing pro [Freeware]](https://www.redferret.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/perfecteffects8.jpg)
Thanks to the power of couriers and online stores, we’re now increasingly buying our stuff directly from factories and Far Eastern wholesalers, rather than relying on local stores. This is very bad news for national retailers, but very good news for buyers and shippers. Or is it? Because the hidden sting in the tail of most of these transactions is the duty and tax you have to pay when the item lands in your country. Now there’s a way to…
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Real laptop road warriors will know how frustrating it can be when you rock up to a location and realize you’ve left a vital tool behind you needed to get your work done. It can be something as banal as a USB plug adapter, or as vital as a mouse or connector cable. Now you can make sure you’re never without the right tool for the job, no matter what.
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If you run a small business, or even have a large hobby, you’ll know how useful data can be to ensure you make all the right decisions. Even personal tasks like planning a party or working out your household budget, can be a royal pain unless you know how to balance the budgets and make the financials work. But it’s generally not worth hiring a book-keeper or accountant to do the job, which is where these free downloadable spreadsheet templates…
Read More![Spreadsheet123 – free premium spreadsheet templates will make your life so much easier [Freeware]](https://www.redferret.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/spreadsheet123.jpg)
When the chips are down, you definitely need eggs. And of course the best way to harvest the little critters is to get your own personal laying factory in place. Which is where this very cute Hobbit Chicken Coop, from US artisans Wooden Wonders, comes into play.
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Snapping a decent photo with your 13-megapixel smartphone camera shouldn’t be a big problem in good lighting conditions, but when the environment is a bit dark, the camera’s small LED flash doesn’t help much in taking a great picture. This is where an external flash would come in really handy.
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Here’s a quick round-up of Red Ferret posts from the past week for those who missed them. Enjoy.
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If you’re going out in the dark then you’d better be prepared to face the darkness, right? Unless you’re a Lord of The Night. So a good durable flashlight is a must have in these conditions, to light up your path. However, packing an extra torch may sometimes make your gear a bit heavy which can slow you down.
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Sustainability is fast becoming a standard in the construction industry. Consumers often favor using FSC certified products. BarkClad, a wood siding product that’s Made in the USA, repurposes the bark from trees that have already been cut, utilizing what would have gone to waste. This high quality natural product takes carefully hand-peeled Tulip Poplar bark that’s hand cut on-site from trees that have been sustainably harvested for the furniture and plywood industries. This distinctive and beautiful bark siding is found…
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We were in town yesterday for the launch of the new Android superphone from Sony, the Sony Z3. What’s clear is this is more of an evolution than a revolution in technology, since the new phone looks, feels and operates almost identically to the older Z3 which it replaces. However there are a few differences to note.
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[image] The big tech news of the moment, and probably of the year or decade, is the revelation about a massive security hole in something called Bash, which is an arcane bit of geek code which is installed on many of the computers which power and host the Internet (and also Apple Mac computers). Here’s our plain man’s guide to what it means for you. 1. Over 51% of all web servers (i.e. websites) are running on the Linux operating…
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Have you ever missed a cool event in your area, or online, because you didn’t know it was on? Annoying isn’t it? We recently missed the annual Wheeltappers Club cheese tasting and plum rub event, and it really rankled. Well now there’s a way to keep up to date with all the events you may be interested, which is actually a pretty cool idea.
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Sleep is a big deal, so what a shame that so many of us have difficulty getting enough. Too much stress, bad diets, no matter what the cause, we’re a world full of bad snoozers, which can’t be good for health or wealth. Now there’s a new product on the market which may help those suffering from problems at noddy-time.
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