Bontempi Audio Tutor Drum Kit. How well do you know your neighbours? OK, scratch that. How well do you *want* to know your neighbours? This puppy teaches drumming through the use of LED lights, flashing drumheads and a plastic effigy of Ringo Starr sitting on the high hat singing “yeah yeah yeah” in a Liverpudlian falsetto. OK, so we lied about that, but the rest may be true. $129.95. This childs three-piece drum set includes a built-in electronic tutor that…
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AlarmWear Clothing – let’s all carry around our own alarm system, eh?
AlarmWear Personal Alarm Clothing. So person, just how paranoid do you feel today, eh? Twitchy enough to put on a fleece jacket with a built in 125 db alarm? You get alarmed by someone or something, you pull the ring and suddenly everyone around you is having a heart attack as you bathe them in the sweetly equivalent sound level of a jumbo jet landing on their heads. Nice. Priced from around $38.00 upwards and kids have their own range of alarming clothing…
Read MoreSinging Alarm Clock – wake up to the sweet smell of…ah…birdsong?
The Singing Alarm Clock wakes you up with the gentle twitter of 9 species. Not all at once of course, because that would be silly, wouldn’t it? You can also insert Identiflyer compatible cards to hear noises from other members of the natural world, which is nice if you’re that way inclined. $29.95. The Singing AlarmClock has its own special card: Beautiful BirdSongs, a selection of the 9 most beautiful bird songs from the Identiflyer collection. Simply insert the card…
Read MoreBling My Desktop – pink out your desk and weep
Bling My Desktop. Well a couple of tatty desk tools clad in pink plastic and rhinestones may be your cup of tea, but it leaves this reporter cold as an ice cold Ferret in Alaska. Early on a December morning. With no coat on. Or hat. The calculator is solar, the mouse is optical and the stapler is..well…what d’you expect, a stapler. Sheesh! A$59.95. Every desktop needs an optical mouse, calculator (solar-capable of course) and stapler – but why ‘blend…
Read MoreEmail Verifier – wanna check whether that address is real or not?
Verify Email Address. Short, sweet, simple, does what it says on the tin. Checks to see whether an email address actually exists. We suggest you bookmark it on your smartphone and the next time a girl gives you her address at the bar, run it through the system there and then. Hey, it’ll save you buying any more Pina Coladas, won’t it? This email verification tool actually connects to the mail server and checks whether the mailbox exists or not. Tags: email+verifier, email+security
Read MoreKindersay English Teaching for Kids – online preschool service for get ahead mums
Kindersay is a free online English video teaching service for pre-school children. There are 500 online activities (read video snippets) available to make sure your child gets a flying start and can thereafter sneer at all the other kids who didn’t waste time on their mummy’s computer because they were stupidly outside in the fresh air playing tag and having fun and falling over in the pile of leaves outside Mrs Perkins back lawn and chasing Rover and shrieking and…….
Read MoreMr Clock Radio – ugliest bedside brute this side of denture glass city
Mr Clock Radio. Got someone you don’t like? Like a hated boss who’s just about to retire? Then get ‘em one of animated alarm clock radio things to remember you by. Because one things for certain, once they’ve installed this gruesome growler on their bedside table, they’re not going to forget you in a hurry chum! $79.95. A great gift for anyone who loves gadgets, the Mr. Clock Radio alarm clock can wake anyone up in over 30 different ways, from a…
Read MoreVenturi Mini – USB charger, Bluetooth music streamer and hands-free unit in one
Venturi Mini. Intrigued by this product am I. Landed on Planet Earth with very little fanfare, but contains a solid feature set in it’s crooked little body. Bluetooth A2DP to get music from your phone to your car stereo, a full hands-free function including remote control of your phonebook and…yes and…it will charge up your USB gadgets too. Now isn’t that grand? £79.99 Wireless technology built into the Venturi Mini plays music from your phone or mp3 player in amazing…
Read MoreThe No-Cut Dual SIM Card Socket – run 2 SIMs in your phone simultaneously
The No-Cut Dual SIM Socket lets you run two SIM cards in your mobile phone at the same time. With the old types, you had to cut your SIM card up in order to insert them, but this model lets you insert your whole card which is pretty neat. From the installation instructions it looks as though you put one SIM under and one over the top of the battery to fit the thing in. It seems to be compatible with a fair amount of handsets,…
Read MoreBoo.com is back – as a Web Too company? Oh how we laugh….
Boo.com is back!! Yes it’s back, honestly, and we nearly fell of our chair laughing to see the new incarnation all shiny bright as a full on, Web 2.0, glitzy social networking, travel service. Priceless stuff, this. You couldn’t pay for a better show. Wow! Next week, The Spot returns as a Wiki. Hahahaha! In launching boo.com we’ve tried to create an experience taking what was once a tedious process involving multiple sites and deliver it under a single offering….
Read MoreOmea Reader – RSS and Newsgroup reader in one
Omea Reader. A full, and we mean full, featured freeware RSS and Newsgroup reader which does just about everything except make the tea. Now sure we know that standalone RSS readers are a bit of a dead duck right now, but if you’re looking for a serious research tool, this may be the doozy you need. It’s the search and organize features that make this a pretty powerful beast. Check it out. Free and easy to use RSS reader, NNTP news reader, and web bookmark…
Read MoreSlideoo – instant Flickr slide show maker
Slideoo is a nifty instant slideshow creator for Flickr users. Actually the Belgium developers plan to open it out to other photo services like Picasa soon, but for now it’s the big F. only. Why’s it worth mentioning? Because it’s fast. And you can use the resulting code to embed your show anywhere you like – blog, social networking place etc etc. Slideoo is an experiment from Belgium based web and SMS application creator Positiveluck, providing a clean, horizontal slideshow tool…
Read MoreFerret posts this week
Here’s a quick round-up of Ferrety posts from the past week for anyone who missed them. Enjoy. FotoFlexer Smart Resize – new tech hits consumer photo site – We covered the… The Hype Machine – a meta music blog portal – The Hype Machine is a super cool… Fuser – manage your email and social networks from a single web screen – Fuser dot com. A new service which… Free YouTube to iPod Video Converter – one click transfer to…
Read MoreHeated Doormat – because global warming is just not fast enough…
The Heated Doormat makes absolute sense to us. Yep, we’ve seen Al Gore’s little movie and we reckon there’s no better way to show solidarity than to try and heat up our front yard some. Heck, next year we plan on embedding underground heating rails in our front lawn. Pass me another Vermouth, sweetie, will ya? $129.95. This is the only heated doormat available that provides heat up to 50 F higher than the ambient temperature, allowing you to keep your entryway…
Read MoreWeather Station Shower Mirror – it may be rainin’ out there, but there’s sunshine in my heart…
Weather Station Shower Mirror. It’s warm, snug, steamy and fine in your shower. So why not wreck the moment by learning that it’s -18 degrees and tongue freezingly awful outside, with this atomic clock, fog resistant, LED lit, wall hanging mirror? There now, that makes sense doesn’t it? $89.95. This is the only shower mirror that displays temperature, humidity conditions, and barometric pressure readings received from a wireless remote sensor you place outside up to 100 feet away, and provides…
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