URL Fixer. Uber coder Chris Finke has produced a whizzo little Firefox extension which automatically corrects those annoying typos we all enter in the address bar from time to time. You know, .con, .ku, .prg… It’s a small step for man, but a giant leap for geek-kind. Nice one! URL Fixer is an extension for Mozilla-based Web browsers that corrects typos in URLs that you enter in the address bar. For example, if you type google.con, it will correct it to…
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USB Golfer – FORE!
USB Golfer. Absolutely not a Tiger Woods type inspiration piece, this chappie does very little except whack a ball in the direction you choose via the on-screen software. You’ll probably waste more time than you care to admit trying to get the itty bitty ball into your itty bitty target receptacle, but heck, who needs a job anyway? £29.99. Looking the part in his plus fours and argyle-jumper, simply plug him into a computer’s USB port and open up the…
Read MoreUSB DVR Guardian – set up your own PC based Big Brother home
The USB 2.0 DVR Guardian is a recording surveillance system for your computer. Just plug the box into your USB port, attach 4 cameras to the inputs and view your chosen location from the comfort of your sleazy den web browser or mobile phone. It even ships with some motion sensing software so you’ll never miss a thing. Lovely. £59.99. • Protect your home, family, staff and business • Record up to 4 cameras on your PC”s hard drive • View…
Read MoreMarked Poker Cards – live dangerously, play yourself rich or dead
Life a little boring? Well why not spice it up a bit by getting a set of these Marked Poker Cards and see how far you get before ending up in a sewer somewhere with some missing bits. Hey, it’s all a bit of fun, right? You didn’t mean to fleece the guys… This set of Poker Cards is marked on the back and reveals the number and suit of the cards. Make money hosting Poker nights and increase your…
Read MoreMotorboard 2000XR – nanotech batteries, computer controlled, this is not a scooter people, OK?
The Motorboard 2000XR is not a scooter, it’s an electric ‘Personal Transportation Device’. A la Segway perhaps? Twin motors, charges in under 2 hours, goes 15 mph and at a foldable 16.5 lbs it can be tucked under your arm for commuter train use. Hey and you can even use it as a standard kick scooter when the battery runs down (after around 5 miles). $799.00. The 2000XR is not a toy. We don’t even like to call it a…
Read MoreHOMO AE4 Electric ATV – silky silent smooth
The HOMO AE4 Electric ATV is one of those craft that probably looks better than it sounds. If you see what we mean. However, 30 km range, 25kph and a 6 – 8 hour charge means it’s probably quite useful for herding the sheeps you’ve got down the end of the garden. Tags: electric+atv
Read MoreInstall Ubuntu Linux on your USB drive – Gutsy Gibbon gets some flash drive install love
How to Install Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon onto a USB Flash Drive. Yes it’s very geeky, and yes it’s rather complex, but if you have the desire and the patience, this is the way to do it. Good luck. this tutorial will enable you to automatically save your changes and settings back to the stick and further restore them on each boot using a second “casper-rw” persistent partition…Ubuntu 7.10 takes slightly longer to boot than previous releases. However, once it’s up…
Read MoreSurfTheChannel – yet another TV show portal
SurfTheChannel. An simple web portal which lists a whole heap of TV show links for online viewing. As per usual, the video is small in size, likely to require frequent buffering and generally not a great experience. But it may be the only way you’ll get to find a past favourite to view. Legal Disclaimer SurfTheChannel is a simple resource site. All content visible on this site is located at 3rd party websites. SurfTheChannel is not responsible for any…
Read MoreFerret posts this week
Here’s a quick round-up of Ferrety posts from the past week for anyone who missed them. Enjoy. Spy Clock – become a mirror master of all you survey – Spy Clock. Shiny, convex, glass… TokBox – free video calling – TokBox is yet another free web… Doody Calls – the best darn job in the whole darn world – “Hi Mom, I just got… Audio Tutor Children’s Drum Kit – drum kit teaches how to make noise, lots of noise –…
Read MoreShooting Cubicle Alarm System – protect what’s yours dude, ’cause all property is theft
Shooting Cubicle Alarm System. When they say shooting cubicle, they don’t actually. Mean. A. Cubicle. That. Shoots. Honest. Instead you’ll notice from the video that it’s a natty little geek toy that features an infra-red alarm system and a teeny dart shooting thingy that would just about scare the cat. But that’s all right because you’re a passivist vegan holistici rabbit nerd aren’t ya? $39.99. Each unit has an ever-watchful motion sensor. The first line of defense is lovingly referred to…
Read MoreU-Rock Mini Guitar MP3 Player & Amp – 1GB player is cutest headbanger on the block
The U-Rock Mini Guitar MP3 Player & Amp is beyond cute. It’s a tiny MP3 player which comes with a plectrum, a lanyard for hanging round neck, some mini speakers disguised as a guitar stack and 1 GB of memory to hold your fave tunes. Available in black or red. For those about to rock (we salute you). £49.99. It’ll hold about 250 of your favourite tracks, and scrolls through them sequentially. There’s no LCD display, or glowing little buttons, this…
Read MoreConcierge Nokia N95 8GB phone – 18 ct white gold, 325 diamonds and a free bodyguard too…?
The Concierge Nokia N95 8GB. It’s shiny, there’s only 10 of them in the world, it ships with 325 diamonds and some 18 ct white gold love and comes with a full year’s worth of VIP concierge service included in the price. Tempted? Cough up the £12,000.00 then and we’ll say no more. Hello? The N95 is 18 carat solid white gold with 325 diamonds, with a total diamond weight of 3.30 carats, Grade VS, Colour E-F Only 10 of…
Read MoreSkatemaster – the lazy dude’s sk8tr rig
The Skatemaster Electric Skateboard comes with one very cool feature – a wireless remote control. Finally you can swoop around the mall on your silent board, with hands in pockets looking like some crazy flying carpet salesman, all mysterious motive forces and the like. We’re talking a 2 hour charge, 10 mile range and a DC motor which acts like a brake too, so you don’t even have to scuff your shoes dismounting. How cool is that, Moriarty? £139.99. It…
Read MoreThe DIY Helicopter – man makes helicopters out of old cars and motorbikes, still alive too….
24 year old Mubarak Muhammad Abdullahi from Northern Nigeria builds helicopters out of spare parts in his back yard. These magnificent flying machines take him around 8 months to complete and are rudimentary to say the least. This yellow beast has never reached an altitude of more than 7 feet, which makes it less of a helicopter and more of a hovercraft by our reckoning. Still, he’s doing a lot better with his old Toyota and Honda parts than that…
Read MoreThe NanoTube Radio – world’s smallest AM radio debuts
Peter Burke and Chris Rutherglen of U.C. Irvine have built a carbon nanotube AM radio. The teeny tiny device is thousands of times thinner than a human hair, which means that we could soon all be listening to our tunes through our follicles. Well OK, maybe that’s a bit far fetched, but why not plait a whole Hi-Fi system into your eyebrows? No, fair enough, that’s pretty silly too. Take a look at the video and see if you can…
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