Monthly Archives: April 2005

future tech April 14, 2005 posted by

Reva-lation.

The Reva-NXG electric car. Launched in concept form in the UK this week. Indian tech from the Simputer people heads West. Silently. Touchscreen dashboard, 125 mile range, 75 mph max speed, 6 hour recharge. Needs a lid to keep out our rain, but doesn’t look half bad from here. [Thanks Dave!]   The car is fitted with a “wireless tablet,” an embedded appliance that integrates into a high resolution single touch-screen display system all dashboard functions such as speed, state of charge, range…

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Gadgets April 14, 2005 posted by

Nice plaice.

The Wall Hanging Fish Tank. A$79.95. A fish tank. On the wall. Says it all really, doesn’t it? It’s the end of days I tell you, the end of days. We’re all doomed.  Simply screw this durable acrylic fish tank into your wall, add some spring purified water and a couple of goldfish (or even a Siamese fighting fish) and presto – an otherwise bland patch of wall has been transformed into an interactive portal to an underwater world.

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Gadgets April 14, 2005 posted by

Waist not, want not.

The Zenon Waist Level Viewer. £18.36. Yet another tres useful digital camera accessory from the Xenon factory. A little clip-on viewer which lets you do those oh-so-arty low angle shots without dirtying your silk Prado kneepads. Klevar.   Instantly attachable screen viewer suitable for most digital cameras. The Zenon WL Viewer flips the screen image position by 90 degrees (and inverts) – the image appears to be protruding directly out from the lower edge of the screen. A high-technology lens/reflector produces an image…

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huh..? April 14, 2005 posted by

Vintage madness.

Good people of earth, we declare this vintage 70’s transistor radio to be the ugliest thing we have found on your puny planet, and also the most expensive piece of 70’s plastic tat memorabilia at $119.00. Are you not ashamed? And please retire those hideous tie-dye T-shirts for good now, eh?  These Candle 1218 multi-band radios were built in Japan more than a quarter-century ago. We discovered them, tucked behind a pallet of big screen TV’s and CD players, in an electronics warehouse in…

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Free Software April 14, 2005 posted by

Send and save.

How to Add Items to the Send To menu in Windows XP. A useful little tip page from MS. Or you could just download the free Send To program and be done with it. Use it all the time, me.  

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software April 14, 2005 posted by

Scamtastic software?

Downloadable Software (aka Softwarepc.net). What on earth is the deal with this? Windows Longhorn Pre-Release Evaluation copy for $39.95? MS Office 2000 Premium Full for $49.95? Mind you the site appears – surprise – to be completely broken at the moment.  Why is the software so inexpensive? We offer the software for downloading only, it means that you do not receive a fancy package, a printed manual and license that actually aggregate the largest part of the retail price. In…

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Recommended April 14, 2005 posted by

Phish or foul?

The MailFrontier Phishing IQ Test II. And the UK version. Test yourself to see if you can identify the real and fake service emails. Be warned though, peeps, this is hard! [Via]

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Reviews April 13, 2005 posted by

Skype roams home.

The new Plantronics CS60-USB is being billed as the world’s first VoIP wireless headset. Whether that’s accurate or not, the really interesting thing is that it has been designed to work with Skype as well as other Internet Phone services. So how does it perform? Read the rest of the Ferret review to find out…

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Awesome April 13, 2005 posted by

Wrappers.

Wrappers. Indie designer Deborah Procter has created a range of hand knitted tea cozies for yer iPod Shuffle. From £8.00 incl P&P. Awesome amalgam of kitsch and kitsch.  Wrappers aren’t just practical; they personalise your player too with a choice of over 45 designs. Every Wrapper is a work of art that puts the Bayeux Tapestry in the shade. The most complex designs have over 25,000 stitches, which means around 400 stitches per centimetre square. This very high quality, embroidery…

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Gadgets April 13, 2005 posted by

Hot dog?

The Canine Cooler for a hot dog. That’s as funny as it gets right now, folks. Honest. $49.99.  This bed gives dogs a constant cool spot in summer and a relief from furnace and fireplace heat in winter. Using SoothSoft Comfort Technology, the bed provides cool Memory Foam Comfort, molding to the shape of your dog’s body. The outer membrane is thick and tough enough that your dog’s paws won’t puncture it. The Canine Cooler is easy to use: just add…

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Recommended April 13, 2005 posted by

Tamper this!

No Tamper Drug Tape. Don’t trust the postal service? Gee, shame on you! You need some fully DCMA certified tape. No peeking now! $4.95 a roll.  Say you’ve got some baby pictures of yourself that you need to ship cross-country; you know, the really embarassing ones. You want to make sure no one but Mom see ’em, right? Try “No Tamper Drug Tape” to seal your package! Companies use it when sending manufactured drugs and the like, thus the name. It leaves telltale…

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Recommended April 13, 2005 posted by

Buya biosphere.

The Biosphere Terrarium. $39.95. Exercise Divine Power with your own real life Sim City.  Peer through the magnifying lens and watch your miniature, self-contained world bustle with life! It’s the ultimate enclosed environment for raising plants, animals and insects. The awesome, futuristic design features digital temperature and humidity gauges to let you monitor your world, and the included “rain maker” lets you cool off your critters with a spray mist.

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but is it art? April 13, 2005 posted by

Copy art.

Copy-Art.net.  Artists have been invited to submit work to Copy-art in any medium that will then be available online, making it possible for visitors to use these works in any possible way and without restrictions. Submitted works can be downloaded, changed, distributed, exhibited and used by all visitors for free. All submitted works will be present online in an archive, and available to the public to access. Commercial use of the works is excluded.

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hmm..interesting April 13, 2005 posted by

Handheld heaven.

Handhelds.org.  We are part of the Open Source Software movement, focused specifically on handheld and wearable computers. Our goal is to encourage and facilitate the creation of open software solutions for use on handheld computing platforms. We welcome participation and sponsorship by individuals, groups and companies seeking to further this goal.

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