POP Pager. Forward email to your cellphone. Free. Do note that this is a .nu address (and I’m not 100% happy with .nu domains for obvious reasons). So caveat emptor, eh? With this easy to configure mail-to-SMS/paging gateway you can get mail on your cellphone (as SMS message) POPPager is a FREE (for 1 user) application that runs on Win9x or NT 4 and that will monitor a POP3 mailbox. When mail gets sent to the mailbox POP Pager will send…
Read MoreMonthly Archives: February 2005
Low flyer.
Nope, not Photoshopped, just a very very strange airport approach in the Antilles. Another one here.
Read MoreAjar. Agape.
The B&D Jar Opener. Death Star kitchen design overkill? Sledgehammer. Nut. Crack? $49.99. This handy Black & Decker Jar Opener has a collapsible design that adjusts to fit almost any size jar, from large to small. To use the Black & Decker Jar Opener, lift its handle and place a jar on the turntable. Lower the upper body to rest on top of the jar, and then press and hold the on/off button until the lid is loosened. That’s it! When…
Read MoreShoft shoe shuffle.
Cordless Shoe Dryers. Because wet shoes are unhappy shoes. $24.95. An easy way to eliminate shoe moisture and odor, these small cordless dryers have tiny silicon gel granules with thousands of capillaries that draw dampness from the air without harming footwear. The ABS plastic dryers have a fold-out plug that connects to an AC outlet for charging; after an eight hour charge, they can be placed in shoes, closets, or anywhere moisture needs to be reduced.
Read MoreRace Pac.
Race Pac. £100.00. Fold up racing controls for consoles? With Dual Shock vibration? Uber cool! More here. Shame there’s no PC version though. It’s a completely unique system, compatible with both PS2 and Xbox games stations incorporating an adjustable racing wheel with an adjustable racing seat and pedals. When the [sic] it’s not in use, the Race Pac simply folds away and can be transported to a friend’s house or stored with ease under a bed or in a cupboard. The wheel…
Read MoreLightspace.
Lightspace. Cool RGB LED dance floor tech, kind of a dance mat on steroids. Watch the videos to get a real idea of the tech, like playing pong with your feet, or the stomping PacMan type game. Runs on Java apparently. [Thanks Dave]
Read MoreGames master.
Fascinating piece on the fightback by the arcade games business, after years of slow decline caused by the popularity of home gaming consoles like Xbox and Playstation. [Thanks Kevin] The hope is that new technology will once again push arcade games beyond what players can experience at home. Justin Burke, special projects manager at Sega Amusements Europe, thinks that this should be an easy task. “The next generation of graphics from Sega’s secret new hardware will out-perform the current excellent graphics found…
Read MoreCutting edge.
How to cut. Handle your knives like a real chef.
Read MoreSky blue.
Hmm…the Sky Plus satellite service – the hard disk PVR system – appears to be having a lot of problems with broken encoding on the top three standard movie channels (not Box Office!). The symptoms include intermittent and very annoying stuttering audio on playback of recorded movies, which can be ‘cured’ by rewinding for a second then continuing play. I’ve talked to the support dept twice and each time been told that they’re ‘working on it’. It’s a pretty serious issue since Sky Movies…
Read MoreeTrays.
Introducing eTrays.net. In a desperate, perhaps even pathetic, attempt to regain some badly battered street cred after a disastrous Valentine’s Day fiasco involving three pigeons, an ice cream cone and a small white rose, me and bestest programmer mate Tom are introducing eTrays to the world. What are they? Well, kind of like Google Ads for eBay. Yes we know there’s The Marketplace, but this is different. eTrays provide free, totally customisable closing auction boxes for your web site in your chosen category . We think it’s…
Read MoreAccenda remote.
The Accenda Universal Remote Control. $90.00. Voice control, simple to understand layout, easy read buttons. Why aren’t all remotes like this? The world’s first “accessible” remote, full of features and easy for anyone to use. Originally designed for use by persons with disabilities, the Accenda Universal Remote has two operation modes to accommodate every need. Smart Source technology automatically selects the right souce [sic] for each feature: TV, VCR, DVD, cable, etc. Flip-down key pad door conceals more rarely used…
Read MoreTakin’ de Mickey.
The Mickey Mouse Musical Toaster. $49.95. “It’s not enough we hafta eat dis early in the morning, but we gotta listen to the freakin’ toaster singin’ too? An’ what’s with the dumb picture on da slices? I’m telling ya, there’s gonna be some changes around here, you mark my words.” Special feature toasts Mickeys face onto bread! Plays Mickey Mouse Club March when toast pops up. Electric browning control.
Read MoreSockit to ’em.
The Socket SDIO 56K modem card. For Pocket PCs. S’it really. $119.00. Socket Introduces World’s First V.92 SDIO 56K Modem for Pocket PCs…transforms a Pocket PC with an SDIO slot into a portable data communications tool, enabling Pocket PC users to access the Internet with any available analog phone line.
Read MoreThink tank.
Think Tank. $225.00. Food for thought, eh? [Thank you, thank you, we’ll be here all week, folks!] This glowing life-like brain in a bubbling self contained unit, is much like the ones from the 1950’s horror films. It’s great as an office oddity, or Halloween effect. The constant bubbling can even be relaxing. The workmanship and detail are akin to that of Hollywood special effects departments. The tanks come fully assembled – (just add water!)
Read MoreLove Lewisham.
Love Lewisham? Hate Graffiti? Government sponsored mobile phone vigilantes. Charles Bronson. Grave. Spinning. Imaging the following scenario. As you are walking down your street, you notice some graffiti that you’d like removed. You have already registered and downloaded the free application to your mobile phone. So what can you do? Take a picture of the offending graffiti, enter some details and send it to us. It’s simple! We review all images sent to us a decide what to do….
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