Call-Em-All is a telephone voice broadcast system. You set up your list of phone numbers, pay up front or set up a monthly account and when you want to broadcast to your list, just record the message on your PC and press send. $7.50 for 25 numbers, non-profits catered for. Interesting app. Call-Em-All’s voice broadcasting service will allow you to easily record a message in your own voice or any voice you choose and automatically send it to every phone…
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TypeFaster typing tutor – zip, ding, rattle rattle
So you’re fed up with hunting and pecking on your keyboard like some bedraggled pigeon, but you’re too cheap to splash out on the rather excellent Mavis Beacon? Well try the TypeFaster Typing Tutor and see how you go. It’s free, it’s Open Source, it’s multi-user and supports various languages even. This free typing tutor teaches you how to touch-type. Once you can touch-type you will not need to look at the keyboard to find the letters you want to…
Read MoreiCoustic – the acoustic guitar gets all digital on us
The iCoustic Guitar. Take an ordinary looking acoustic guitar, embed a speaker in the soundhole, throw in an amplifier and a heap of clever electronics which let you plug in an external recording system and media players and you’ve got a pretty awesome solo musical instrument. MP3 Mode lets you play tracks from your iPod through the speaker and Pro Mode gives you recording and playback from a Korg ToneWorks PXR4. Watch the video demo from developer Ken Preece. Nice one. $749.00…
Read MoreSpyCye – home robot gets nosey
The SpyCye Robot is just one of the many configurations of the Cye Education Robot which apparently can deliver the mail, vacuum the house and deliver tea and biscuits on demand. We’re not doubting any of this at all, because we’re trusting souls. And we’ve had a play with the cool online demo. But what we want to know is, why has this product been so far under the radar for so long? $695.00? Cye can be set up and…
Read MoreLove Tester Kit – daisy petals strike in protest
The Electronic Love Tester Kit will tell you more about your relationship than any old box of chocolates ever will. Just link up, hold hands and see whether you can make the room light up, or at least glow a little bit. Cynics need not apply. $16.95. Designed to check your love life, each partner holds one end of the tester PCB at the appropriate male and female touch pads. Then they romantically join hands and watch the results on the…
Read MoreTune Time Tool Box – whistle while you work
The Tune Time Tool Box. It’s completely obvious that what you really need in a tool bag is a set of NXT flat speakers that will let you blare out your Barry Manilow classics as you thump home those nails and screws. £55.99 says you’re the envy of all your work-mates. Honest. With in-built speakers, this tool case truly is one of those once-in-a-lifetime purchases. Not only can you listen to your iPod tunes but you can also store all…
Read MoreSingtones – proof that lack of ability is no longer a handicap
Singtones is a service that lets everyone sing their own ringtone, and then get it digitally ‘adjusted and enhanced’ to sound reasonable before uploading to their phone. It’s sure to be a hit with the tone deaf, but is that a good thing for those with more than half an ear? Listen to some of the examples on the front page and then make your decision. What is a ReVoice Singtone? ReVoice Singtones are a new, fun and unique way to create your…
Read MoreTumblr – quick and dirty..ahem…clean blogging
Tumblr is a kind of cross between blogging, bookmarking and scrap-booking. We like this. For some reason it works, even though it doesn’t sound like much of a tech advance. The interface is clean, the components sensible, it’s got great features and it’s cool. It helps also that Chad Fowler’s name is associated with this somehow. We like Chad. What’s a tumblelog? To make a simple analogy: If blogs are journals, tumblelogs are scrapbooks. You can also look at tumblelogs as…
Read MoreWhat is Web 2.0? – a sensible attempt at definition
There’s a bunch of ‘pundits’ out there trying to make sense of this mysterious Web 2.0 malarky, but this Web 2.0 definition is actually one that I think actually works well. It’s not too complex, vague or oblique and it sums up some of the important meta-issues that lie behind the marketing fluff. Bookmark it for your next dinner party chat. “But that’s not fair!” you may be protesting.” Everyone knows what it is. It’s about social networking, user-generated content,…
Read MoreWurlyBird – the funfair in your living room
The WurlyBird is a folding indoor fairground ride which looks like it could be superb fun for youngsters while at the same time wreaking havoc with parental nerves. If the thought of some screaming, shrieking kids enjoying themselves on the living room carpet while you’re trying to watch Lost gives you tremors, you may want to put the £100.00 (£155.00 for the deluxe version) back in your pocket. Watch the video for an example. [Via Toyology] WURLYBIRD FLYER is the sensational, NEW action-packed ride-on for…
Read MoreEnglish memorabilia – for that way back when look
Unicorn Kiosks offers a range of Ye Olde English street furniture which is pretty darn cool. As well as some rather splendid red phone boxes (from around £3000.00), the company also has some great looking telephones which are real restored Bakelite (from £200.00) and a fabulous A & B push button coin box from the 50’s style phone boxes – you had to be there – at around £350.00 complete. Superb stuff for collectors and nostalgia freaks. Tags: retro+furniture, phone+boxes, retro+telephones
Read MoreJapanese Lucky Poo – a little golden pile of bling
Japanese Lucky Golden Poo. No, we have abso-chuffin-lutely no idea why you, or the great Japanese public, would think that attaching a little golden poo emblem to your person would make life better, but we’ve long ago learnt not to argue with weirdness. So here it is peeps, for your…ahem…enjoyment. From $4.99. We recommend attaching them to your cell phone (as the Japanese do) for only lucky calls. You could attach it to your Wiimote for extra luck in gaming…
Read MoreTennis Shoe Phone – brrrrng, it’s a net call
The Tennis Shoe Phone. Sorry, but there are so many jokes in here that we’re gonna have to take a short break and lie down for a while. Normal service will be resumed very shortly. Meanwhile dig the $49.00 out of your pocket and see if the store will serve you. Serve you….geddit? Arf! Tags: telephone, shoe+phone
Read MoreOhloh Open Source Directory – projects ranked and rated
The Ohloh Open Source Directory is a pretty cool collection of over 3000 OSS projects, rated and ranked by popularity, along with contributor information, code and other useful bits and pieces. Pretty cool all round and worth a bookmark if you’re into that kind of stuff. And no, we have no idea what the Ohloh stands for… Ohloh is a resource for open source intelligence on thousands of open source projects. Ohloh collects software metrics from a variety of sources…
Read MoreSnappy snappers – nice images relating to photographers
Funny Photographer Photos. Some pretty good, interesting and downright hilarious shots in this collection. Worth a peruse. Tags: photography, images+about+photography
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