Spleak. Not sure about this. In general I find very little to recommend ‘virtual buddies’, but maybe this MSN Messenger version is useful to some people. Here’s more on Spleak from developers IMT Labs. Hmm…one slight problem, it won’t download properly from Firefox, needs IE. Tsk sloppy! Anyway on playing around, it looks quite interesting, in a ‘probably remember to use it for 5 mins then forget’ kind of way. And shame it’s MSN Messenger bound. They call me an Instant…
Read MoreMonthly Archives: March 2005
Zen.
The Zen Screen Garden. “It is not enough just to enjoy for oneself…true enlightenment comes only to those who share”
Read MorePerfick Perfit?
The Perfit Mouse Optical. Ergonomic, productive and comfortable? Certainly expensive at $109.95. Through years of testing we have discovered a unique posture for the fingers, thumb and palm that is not only great for rapid target acquisition, but also allows maximum muscle and tendon variation throughout point and click operations. Variation is only one of the keys. We also found that when the hand is placed in this balanced posture, local hand muscles come into play. This minimizes the need…
Read MoreBook player.
The MP-02-Card Hard Disk player. A Chinese 3.5” HDD, USB 2.0, multi memory card A/V player cleverly designed to look like a book. Photos, music, video. Question. Is this to make us feel more comfortable with this scary new technology, or to deter villains from making off with our prized multimedia memories? MPEG4 (AVI) playback MPG/DAT/VOB/MP3/WMA/WAV/JPG playback Supports CF/MD/MMC/MS/SD/SM Output: Component/VGA/S-video; Stereo/Photolink Kara-OK PAL/NTSC color system
Read MoreTank Buster.
A Tank Buster missile on your desk says so much more about you than a boring old in and out tray, don’t you think? $79.95. Armor-piercing missiles were built during the Cold War for the M1-A1 Abrams tank (America’s primary battle tank). Dubbed “tank busters,” they were designed to take out heavily armored Warsaw Pact tanks on the European battlefield. Tens of thousands of these missiles were destroyed under the Department of Defense’s “crush rule.” By our wits, some luck and a…
Read MoreUnderwater tank.
The Underwater Tank. Why not spend some time really getting to know your fish with this aquarium and underwater periscope combo? The best fun you can have without going Glug! £29.99 ($48.49). The scope works like a reverse periscope – a system of lenses and mirrors give you the feeling that you are observing from inside a mini submersible. Pointing deep into the tank, the periscope lets you inspect your fish at their own level, and a fish feeder has…
Read MoreThe big picture.
Dude. Don’t pfaff about with those teeny tiny desktop digital picture frames. Get yourself a man sized 19” Bigeframe and do things properly. Like they do in Texas. $899.00 with remote control. It will look great on any wall. All models set less than 2 inches from back to front and are made for hanging on a wall. A Bigeframe will accept any Compact Flash memory card and show the .jpg pictures or Mpeg movies you have taken! With this large…
Read MoreWhither GPS…?
GPSS. Robin Lovelock’s free for non-profit software for GPS tracking. Looks rather cool actually. With mapping for 151 countries and voice guidance in 12 languages. Street level maps for all of the USA too! Run GPSS on your PC and it will give impressive in-car navigation and remote tracking demonstrations. Run on a Laptop with a GPS, and this same GPS Software will work for real.
Read MoreDigiPie.
Deep in the impenetrable bowels of a website so obscure it makes James Joyce look like Noddy, lies DigiPie. An idea which may or may not have merit. Apparently it’s about consumers grabbing an equity share in artists. Consumer downloads song/media, earns points, which are then redeemed for an x% share of the artist’s total earnings over a period. Confused? You may well be. Guys, you need to make the concept clearer to us muppets out here! With DigiPie a user can locate,…
Read MoreJack be nimble.
The Nimble VR. Ditch the boring headset for Skype calls and plug this purty lookin’ speaker/mic combo into your computer instead. It’ll do wonders for your self-confidence, trust me. $80.00. Crystal-Clear Sound Quality with Echo-Canceling & Full-Duplex Technologies User-Friendly Controls and Installation; just Plug It in and It Works! Flexible Connectivity with Cell Phone Cool Blue Panel Lights Up with the Conversation
Read MoreBluetooth cassette.
The Abe Bluetooth Cassette Adapter. Too funky. And before you say it, yes my car does still have a cassette slot in it. Now you can listen to your favorite MP3 tunes through any ordinary cassette tape recorder. The Abe BT 80C Bluetooth Stereo Cassette wirelessly connects Bluetooth-enabled music players or PC to your car or home stereo tape recorder. Just put the Bluetooth Stereo Cassette into any cassette tape recorder, pair and connect it to any Bluetooth-enabled audio devices…
Read MoreKlever shopping.
You know what’s really clever about the Klever Kart? It’s a great way to get men to take more interest (read – spend more money) in supermarkets. Sheesh, give me a funky gadget to play around with while I’m walking around MegaFoods, and I’m yours foreva baby. I mean who wouldn’t want to read the current Middle East news when they’re trying to decide which chocolate sponge cake to buy? Klever Marketing has developed and markets a proprietary, wireless, in-store…
Read MorePet foodie.
The Small Pet Feeders. Is it a small pet feeder, or small pet fee…aw never mind. Anyway, yet another way to let you avoid your pet as much as you like. Coming soon, a baby and toddler version. $199.99. The Autopetfeeder is a low-maintenance pet feeder that automatically dispenses your pet’s favorite dry food! Just fill the see-through container with pet food, and the Autopetfeeder will release a pre-determined amount of food at any time of day you choose. Designed…
Read MoreSMS for voice?
T2Me. It’s a kind of push-to-talk voice chat software for mobile phones using GPRS. I’d say it looks like excellent tech except for the fact that there’s no pricing for it at the moment, which is important isn’t it? Anyway 2 cool things – one, it’s free for now and two, you can use it from a desktop PC too. T2Me is a Push-to-Talk system which converts your existing cellular phone into a virtual Walkie-Talkie; it lets you exchange voice messages with other T2Me users anywhere in…
Read MoreUp to 11.
I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest that the Upto11.net service could be one of the single most awesome music finding tools evar. Why? Well think of collaborative filtering based on P2P networks combined with Wikipedia background info on artists, allied with a kickin’ search engine and you get the idea. The only thing that could do with some improvement is the preview function, which really needs better and deeper linking into tracks on places like Amazon….
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