Monthly Archives: April 2004

general April 7, 2004 posted by

Terrible.

Terrorbet. I really don’t know what to say. Really. Despite being publicly savaged a while ago, these folks really think that it’s still socially acceptable to set up a market trading in terrorist information. That’s people betting on the likelihood of an attack. Wow what a world! ‘By creating a real market in opinion regarding key civil events around the world, TerrorBet aims to provide new methods to analyse the new forms of terrorist threat we face in the 21st…

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general April 7, 2004 posted by

Geek tan.

Look, you spend far too much time in front of your screen reading and surfing, geek dude. You’ve got a sort of..well…pasty, wan, unhealthy prison pallor about you. Take a trip to the Sunnysite online tan shop immediately and get a warm glow on. ..or try the CyberTan service, I don’t care. Just get it sorted!

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Blog that product.

Is the product weblog (the prodlog?) a new online trend or something? I’ve started to see an increasing number of these enthusiast sites start up, as an adjunct to forums I suppose. For instance the Winamp blog, the Google blog, the Palm Tungsten Blog, the Photoshop911 blog and the Javascript blog (yeah I know that Javascript isn’t a product per se, but bear with me, OK?) How far will this go I wonder? Will we get version blogs (e.g. the…

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Photo recovery.

Fujifilm has just announced its Image Recovery Service. If you accidentally delete your precious photos, send them the card and for �40.00 (for any card up to 1GB in capacity) they will try and recover the images and return a CD to you with the recovered material. The service handles just about every media format, from Memory Stick to Microdrive and xD cards.

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general April 6, 2004 posted by

PocketMX

The Arex PocketMX [Babel] handheld video player is really quite cute. DivX certified, MP3, SD slot, USB. Guaranteed acronym friendly too.

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Wet drives.

In the cause of bettering the world and in pursuit of totally fair and balanced reporting, the Ferret is proud to present to the world a set of Preliminary Plans To Run Your Car on Tapwater. These plans are complete and unexpurgated and are delivered in full knowledge of the risks to his furry-ness from unscrupulous members of the automotive industry who may want to silence his….uh….excuse me for a moment, that’s a knock on the door…. …..

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general April 6, 2004 posted by

MP3 bork, bork.

The Swedish chef has come out with a new MP3 player which is rather fab. The Jens MP300 features 26 hours of battery time from one AA cell, MP3 recording, FM tuner and transmitter (where allowed) and standard USB flash drive functionality. The only thing missing really is a SD storage slot. Bork bork.

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Tech Tatts.

Tech Tatts. Weather resistant decals for your mobile phone, MP3 player, PC, PDA or other tech device. [via OpticalPoptitude]

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Chatter box.

Create your own ChatBot. Why? Well…‘To add an English speaking interactive element to your website so users can have ad-hoc discussions with a chatbot that you have trained to be knowledgeable in an area that you wish to communicate to visitors.

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HeartScore.

HeartScore is a free program which can help predict whether someone is likely to suffer a heart attack or other heart problems. ‘It operates with the same risk factors, end-points, colours, etc� but shows total risk in a bar-chart and the distribution of modifiable risk factors in a pie chart. The expected effect of intervention is calculated from large randomised clinical trials in hypertension and hypercholesterolemia and is also shown in a bar chart.’

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Songfacts.

Songfacts. Everything you ever wanted to know about songs. And then some. For instance did you know that Stairway to Heaven is – ‘The most played song ever on American radio. It runs 8:03, and proved that people wouldn’t tune out just because a song was long.’ No neither did I. I know that it’s probably the most badly played riff in guitar shops though!

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general April 5, 2004 posted by

Sitting in the dock of the say.

SuperTooth is a Bluetooth hands-free kit for mobile phones that can clip to your vehicle visor or be used via a charging dock on your desk. $119.00. I love the gorky look on the driver’s face in the web site photie. Looks like he’s really enjoying his hands free conversation!

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LidRock.

It’s a ridiculously simple idea. Insert mini CDs into plastic soda drink cups. With music or games on them. The cup lid becomes the CD case and your banker becomes your best friend. LidRock – Satisfy Your Thirst for Entertainment! ‘The backbone for LidRock� is one particularly cool piece of technology that morphs something ordinary — a fountain drink lid — into something extraordinary — a way to bring the latest music, video, and games directly to people who want…

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