The Merge. $99.00. The inexorable convergence of cellular and landline takes yet another step forward. Be still my beating heart!  Simply place your Motorola cell phone into MERGE, which also charges the phone, and use cellular service to make and receive calls from any home phone. If you have landline service, switching between cellular and landline service is easy. Making the choice between an outgoing landline call or a cellular call is as simple as pressing the # key.

The Knock-in Key. An astonishing idea which I’m sure will work, knock on wood. Boom, boom! Thank you, thank you, we’ll be here all week. A$99.00 (around US$78.00)  Knock-In-Key is the World’s First Back-up Entry Key for your car that requires no external devices, keys or RF signal emitters. Made in Germany and very secure, all you need to do is KNOCK ON THE WINDOW or panel with your own code to unlock your vehicle. Designed for when you lock your keys inside…

The TerraLUX MiniStar Luxeon LED Kit For Mini Maglite. $26.95. I love my Maglite, a top quality product. But I reckon this kit could improve it significantly (hint: 6 x battery life?)  In addition to replacing the incandescent bulb in the MiniMag, the MiniStar also includes an upgraded reflector and adds the PowerPush circuit to produce a constant light intensity, avoiding the dimming and orange cast produced by ordinary incandescent bulbs. The PowerPush circuit also extends battery life by completely…

Heh, those Koreans eh? What a sense of fun. Salt and Pepper Dogs. Perfect present for the in-laws?

The 50 in 1 Video Game controller comes complete with two adorable little children and a massive widescreen…what? Oh! Sorry, apparently you just get 50 8–bit games. $39.95.  The controller connects directly to your TV or video display. No video game system is required, and you can choose from games similar to the arcade games of the past such as Motor Rally, GP Race, Sea War, Dart Champion, or Ocean Quest for hours of fun!

Why only the other day, Margaret, I was thinking – gosh, why has no-one come up with an inflatable sauna that looks like a stripey inverted mushroom shaped ball-gown? And now they have. Golly! £149.99.  First, fill the 850W steamer unit with ordinary tap water. Then inflate the steam bathtub using the footpump supplied and place a chair inside (a plastic garden chair or stool is ideal). Connect the steamer unit to the tub, set the timer and switch on. Now get…

Jewelboxing. Designer components for that professional looking DIY project? Nice idea. From $49.00 for a 20 pack.  We are professional designers who were unsatisfied with the materials available for packaging our DVDs and CDs. We created Jewelboxing to allow individuals to produce a short-run of high-end packages and to give them the freedom to concentrate on the most important part of the job, the creative.

The Say No to 0870.com site is dedicated to offering us Brits an alternative to the more expensive non-geographical phone numbers that companies are now forcing us to use. It’s a kind of opt-out search engine, if you will. Very useful.  If you have an ‘inclusive landline calls’ phone package, then it is very rare that 0870, 0871 or 0845 numbers are are included in your ‘free minutes’ allocation, unlike normal numbers…Many people don’t realise that there are many phone…

The Talk-to-Me Treatpup. Wanna know why Fido’s looking so confused? Just ask yourself where those treats actually emerge from. $19.99.  Give your dog a friend that will talk to him when you’re out of the house. The Talk-To-Me Treatpup is two toys in one. Not only will this soft, cuddly puppy talk to your pet in your voice, and dispense treats, it contains a Small Talk-To-Me Treatball, a fun toy in itself! Safe for all dog sizes, the Talk-To-Me Treatpup…