The Ameriphone Wake Assure Alarm Clock. Sleepy head? Really really sleepy? Then you really really need an alarm clock with a loud buzzer, bed shaker and flashing lamp feature. Or save the cash and find a light sleeping sadist of a partner? $79.00. With its loud buzzer, flashing lamp and strong bed shaker, the Wake Assure will wake up even the deepest sleeper • The super bright 2″ display makes it easy to read the time – day or night • Loud…
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Stack-o-matic.
The Crosley Stack-o-Matic. Isn’t it kind of weird to pay $179.00 for a device you couldn’t *give* away 10 years ago? And let’s not talk about how autochangers really cherish your precious vinyl platters, eh? Considered a luxury by their parents, but a staple for 50s era teens, the record changer quickly became a part of every American home. This classic beauty features the traditional vinyl cabinet with authentic accent work—including the mesh chrome grillwork. Turntable holds up to eight 7”, 10”…
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The Rocky Mountain GPS 7100–B vehicle tracker. With magnets and waterproofing. $520.00. The GPS 7100 unit is a real time tracking system that accurately shows location, speed, and travel direction, with no monthly fees. Pay only for what you use. Other key features include: ability to disable vehicle if stolen, notification of airbag deployment and alarm activation…You can set the unit to update its location every 5, 15, 30, 60 minutes, 4 hours, daily or weekly…To locate the vehicle,…
Read MorePaint power.
The Paintball Splat Gun. Warning: this is not yer granny’s favourite indoor parlour game, OK? £12.95. This sleek 11″ (28cm) silver gun fires small paintballs accurately over a long range; we estimated at least 50 metres (the minimum recommended shooting distance is 5 metres). The balls are fired by a high-powered spring mechanism as no batteries or CO2 are required, unlike some similar models…The paint is bio-degradable and water based so it washes off. Protective goggles and a wipeable…
Read MoreShameless nosh.
Shameless Restaurants.com. Oh my. Restaurant employees ‘dish the dirt’ on places they have worked. Vicious, illuminating and slightly addictive. Originally New York city only, but now seems to be roaming further afield. Ouch!
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Freerip maestro Maurizio Giunti just dropped me a line to introduce his new shareware screensaver, Quakesaver. I’m not sure that I want to know this stuff though. You? $10.00. QuakeSaver is a shareware screensaver which shows recent earthquakes, geolocalized on a true color Earth map. You can choose to display past day earthquakes, or past week earthquakes on the full world map, or select a specific region.
Read MoreBed lamb.
The Massaging Bed Rest with Heat. Spend more time in bed and relieve your lumbar. Before it relieves you. $125.00. Relieve the day’s tension with a soothing, heated massage right from the comfort of your bed. Choose high or low speed or an innovative pulsating program to invigorate sore muscles. Add concentrated heat for gentle relief to your lumbar region and lower back. Flexible LED reading lamp bends into any position to properly light up reading materials or any project.
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The All-in-One USB 2.0 Card Reader/Calculator. A 16 in 1 card reader, with….wait for it…blinking lights and…steady on madam, there’s plenty left…a full blown calculator with world clock, alarm, date and timer. There’s probably nothing else you’ll ever need in this life. At all. Mac and PC. Around $23.00?
Read MoreNo flies on him.
The Fly Catcher. £19.95. A bit too Rocky Horror for hereabouts, but your mileage may vary. A non-toxic bait based at the bottom of the jaws lures the insect inside. As the insect crawls into the mouth of the trap, two sensors detect the insect causing the mouth to shut, swatting the insect dead. As the jaws open for the next victim Fly Catcher emits a loud burp, indicating satisfaction from catching a juicy bug. Nice one!!
Read MoreKami Robo.
Kami Robo. Er..paper robots. Wrestling. What more needs to be said? At the age of 10, Tomohiro Yasui began constructing robots out of paper to give form to his fantasy arena of wrestling robot fighters. Twenty years have passed, and he continues to enjoy and explore this solitary sphere of make-believe.
Read MoreRingtone glory.
The Java Ringtone Remixer. Supposed to show off the power of Java. Couldn’t get it to work with Firefox. Actually couldn’t get it to work with IE either. Nice idea though, guys. The java.com Ringtone ReMixer gives you the power to create custom mixes of the hottest hits on your PC browser and send them to your mobile handset. From your PC browser to your mobile phone, it is easy to compose your own custom ringtones and caller IDs. Get…
Read MoreWeb speed.
SiteSpeed. SiteSpeed is a PHP script for your website. It will measure the speed of your website and displays the results in 7 comprehensive graphs. How long do your visitors have to wait? Is your webserver becoming slower? Are your pages too big? Is your website fast even for remote visitors? Install SiteSpeed and find out.
Read MoreBrowser watch.
