Be@rbrick 512 MB USB Drive. Apparently these small plastic bears are a popular Japanese toy, which makes complete sense. I suppose it’s like sticking a memory stick into the Teletubbies. Yep, complete sense. Around $42.00 in Yen. Tags: bearbrick, usb+drive
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Joice Suitcase Bicycle – drag and drop
The Joice Suitcase Bicycle seems a bit weird to us. Why would you want to drag around a thumping great suitcase instead of using a conventional bag to hold your folding bike? Ah well, what do we know? Anyhoo, $399.00 says huff and puff. Tags: suitcase+bicycle
Read MorePolar Clock – time to gather round
The Polar Clock. You like online clocks, doncha? Go on, admit it. Well here’s another one. A bit stranger than most, but fun. Tags: polar+clock
Read MoreSwitch – free audio file conversion software
Switch Audio File Converter. An Australian freeware program which lets you convert audio files from one format to another. Stuff like MP3 to .wav, .au to .ogg, etc etc. There’s a free and Plus version, and the program runs on Windows, Mac and Linux (using Wine). The company supplies a bunch of other programs which are worth checking out too. What with this for audio and Super for video, file conversion is getting a lot easier. [Thanks Mike] Switch Plus…
Read MoreA thank you to Ferret readers
I’ve been receiving some nice emails recently about the Ferret, saying stuff like how much you folks enjoy it. I just wanted to say thank you back. Without getting all slushy or anyfink. Since I started writing this blog way back 7 years ago, it’s been a joy to publish and get your feedback. It really makes it worthwhile. We’re not a big org like the others, and there’s no teams of contributors, just me and whatever you folks send…
Read MorePortable Motion Speaker – motion sensor noise control
Portable Motion Speakers. Wave your hand in front of these puppies to raise and lower the volume. Feel good? Then do it again. Now sing. See, instant karaoke disco. Hey, and not only that, but you get a triple colour mood light to add that extra atmosphere. Groovy baby. £49.95. Motion speakers unique design means they have no buttons what so ever! What, no buttons? Thanks to an integrated motion senor, both the volume and radio frequency can be adjusted…
Read MoreDigital Cash Counter – splash the stash
The Digital Cash Counter. Unfortunately we have been experiencing technical difficulties in our review of this product, due to a sudden and unexpected lack of cash. Please send un-marked bills to support the work of our fine charity – in a plain brown envelope – to the address on the back of this post. Thank you for listening. $299.00. This Digital Cash Counter can be loaded with up to 125 bills, counting 1,000 bills per minute. It also uses UV (ultra violet)…
Read MoreHead Lite Cap – I beam, therefore I am
The Head Lite Cap. LED flashlight and Medical Alert tag built in. Not to be confused with the Head Lice Cap, which incorporates various small critters for your follicular amusement. $24.95 including batteries. There’s a super-bright LED light in the forehead, making the wearer very visible to oncoming cars and very much aware of curbs, gopher holes, and other impediments. Water- and impact-resistant, and for added safety, the hat also has a reflective trim. A Medical Alert tag is built…
Read MoreAdding to the 101 Gadgets Sites page – backlog city
Just a quick note to those folks who are submitting their site to the 101 Gadget Sites page on the Ferret. I’m currently experiencing a time-delay, lag-dicious backhaul complication scenario. In other words I’m way behind in processing them. I’m trying to do a few at a time whenever I get a spare moment, so please forgive me if your site has not gone up yet. Tags: 101+gadget+sites
Read MoreOSALT – Open Source alternatives
OSALT.com. The Open Source Alternative site offers a nice selection of open source products as alternatives for commercial offerings. It’s all nicely catalogued and structured, which makes it a very useful resource if you’re just about to plunk down some hard cash for a program and want to check if you can save the money for your retirement. Open vs. closed Find open source alternatives to your favourite commercial products. Browse through our software categories and compare pros and cons of both commercial products as well as open source…
Read MoreFoxTorrent – BitTorrent in the browser
FoxTorrent. New Firefox extension gives you BitTorrent straight from the browser. Just navigate to your nearest friendly torrent link and click. Voila, a download dialogue pops up. Another excellent Firefox tool. Foxtorrent takes a different approach than most torrent clients in regard to handling torrent files — it captures the click in Firefox and downloads the torrent file itself. Sometimes websites do tricky things such as putting the torrent files behind cookie-logins. If you’re having trouble with a particular website, ask the discussion…
Read MoreYell – local search competition hotting up
Yell.com (UK) has just re-launched its interface and it’s rather excellent. Super clean, versatile and with lots of useful features on the results page. Not only that but the map interface is also great (why isn’t every online map drag n’ move like this, eh? You listening MultiMap?). Looks like Google is in for a battle in local search. [Disclosure, I’m an advisor to the Yell group] Oh and while we’re on the subject of the big G., iGoogle? Hmm…Netvibes doesn’t have…
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