The 737 Galley Bar lets you relive those precious memories of life at 36,000 feet, when it was just you, a tawdry piece of chicken or fish and 145 other sweaty, cramped individuals fighting for some fetid oxygen. Available in any colour you like as long as it’s crinkled silver. $1,500.00 What served you at 30,000 feet, can now serve you in your own home. The MotoArt 737 GalleyBar’s are the perfect addition to any fun or retro theme room….
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Etch-a-Sketch Pen – perfect writing implement for that contract signing moment
Etch-a-Sketch Pen. Fun on the end of your ball-point pen. Very silly too of course, because who wants to waste time at work when you could be focusing totally on making more money, improving your career opportunities and generally staying on track for that important promotion? $5.50. [via GeekAlerts] Turn the two control knobs of The Etch-a-Sketch Game Pen to create a drawing. Shake it up-side down to erase and try again…Despite their small size, the games work surprisingly well. The pens…
Read MoreGoony – pink thing holds stuff when you can’t or won’t
Goony. Pink, bendy, gadget holder. Hugs your phone, player…well stuff, whatever stuff you want. Around $18.00 in Yen like. Tags: goony, mobile+phone+holder, gadget
Read MoreGapminder World – global statistics brought to life…very interesting
Hans Rosling’s Gapminder World is a fabulous initiative to make the dry, arcane world of global statistics more accessible for us mere mortals. Instead of obtuse tedious charts, spreadsheets and PDFs from the UN, UNESCO etc, he’s created a colourful, animated and easy to manipulate application which shows you more than a mere set of numbers ever could. It’s lovely. Governments should be forced to deliver all global statistics in this engine from now on, so we can see what’s…
Read MoreThese are not photos – nice vector art gallery shows some serious cool
Superb Vector Art. OK, so the second cat and this stupid lettuce really freak me out. They’re photos right? They’ve got to be photos. Some of the other illustrations are just so-so, but the best are indistinguishable from real life. Sheesh! Tags: vector+art, illustrations, computer+graphics
Read More40 Free Downloadable Open Source Social Web Applications – short cut your new web empire
40 Free Downloadable Open Source Social Web Applications. So you want to step up and mix it with the Facebooks, Diggs, Friendsters et al, eh? Well here’s your chance. A whole bunch of free open source web applications focused around social, community, Web 2.0 type functionality. Although there’s no guarantees on the speed of development and fixes on this stuff, it’s a good way to check out what’s available and maybe even add to the pool of goodness by contributing…
Read MoreFerret posts this week
Here’s a quick round-up of Ferrety posts from the past week for anyone who missed them. Enjoy. PlantWatcher – new device automatically waters your plants through root suction – PlantWatcher. New gizmo claims to… Free WordPress themes – nice selection of elegant designs for download – Here’s a nice set of free… Roxer web site creator – fast, simple and very cool web design tool – Roxer is cool. Very cool. Yes… Hands on with the Qtrax music service –…
Read MoreYamaha BF-1 BodiBeat MP3 Player – synch your music to your workout and stay hippy hoppy happy
Yamaha BF-1 BodiBeat Interactive Music Player. This two-part 512MB MP3 player ‘intelligently’ selects and plays songs with a beat that matches your workout tempo. Yep, it’s got an accelerometer inside which monitors the speed of your motion so it can serve up some choice synchronistically funkadelic tracks. There’s literally a gazillion custom settings you can use to make sure it works like you want, and the BodiBeat Station software categorises your music collection so it can be loaded and used. Dude,…
Read MoreSony Ericsson HCB-100 Bluetooth Car & Desktop Speaker Phone – cubicle and vehicle combo frees your hands for important tasks
Sony Ericsson HCB-100 Bluetooth Speaker Phone. A Bluetooth speaker phone combo that is not just for your car, but also for your office desktop – proving once again that you can never have too much of a hands-free life. You know, for all those important little things you need to get done while chatting. It’s got all the usual noise cancellation, echo stuff on it, and attaches to your visor or bow tie (nah, just kidding!). £38.99. The HCB-100 doesn’t need…
Read MoreDelayPlay – synch your television video to radio broadcast audio
DelayPlay. Synchronize the audio from your favourite radio announcers to your television viewing pleasure with this little add-on box. Clever stuff, and it says something about the quality of the television broadcast people, doesn’t it? $149.95. [Thanks Nick] DelayPlay was a concept birthed out of frustration caused by watching sporting events on TV while listening to our favorite radio announcers call the game on the radio. The delay caused by Digital TV resulted in hearing the play seconds before seeing it unfold on TV….
Read MoreLaser Media Player Mouse – remote controller rodent keeps your multimedia close at hand
Wireless Laser Media Player Mouse. It’s a mouse. It’s a remote control. It’s a mouse. Wireless 2.4GHz, 8 meter range with titchy USB wireless dongle. Phew, riveting stuff. $39.99. This 8 button wireless laser mouse offers 2.4GHz technology and a laser guide for extraordinary speed, accuracy and enhanced surface tracking. It can also be used as a remote control with an incredible range of up to 8 metres. Tags: gadget, laser+media+player+mouse, usb
Read MoreGo-One Human Powered Vehicle – now with electrical assist
Go-One. It’s a human powered tricycle or velomobile, available in yellow (possibly) and resplendent for the recumbent incumbent with headlights, turn signals and joystick steering. Also available now with a 500 watt BionX electric assist motor, which will propel you up to the slightly scary speed of 20 mph. Come back Sinclair C5, all is forgiven. Priced from a recumbent creating $10,739.98 without electric assist. The go-one³ is more than an enclosed bicycle [actually tricycle], it’s a “Human Powered Vehicle”…
Read MoreRevolutioneyes – try out those fab and funky styles from the comfort of your own ego
Revolutioneyes is an online virtual eyewear mirror which lets you try on your choice of product before you buy. It’s a clever idea, all you have to do is upload your own photo and pick the model and styles you want to test. Now if only they had spent just a little more time on making the Photoshop representations of the products look better, it would be perfect. As it is, 7 out of 10 for the implementation. Looks cool though, don’t he?…
Read MoreEar & Hearing Test – wassat, whatyasay…?
Ear & Hearing Test. Neat little freeware tool you can download to test your hearing ear by ear. It’s not a substitute for a proper test of course (so back down Dr Dre) but it’s cool nonetheless. I now know that I’m missing a bit of my top end (*sob*), which probably comes from too many late night Led Zep sessions in the cans. Ah well… Needs .NET. Nice one Johannes! The program is designed to give you a quick…
Read More$1.00 DIY Camera Stabilizer – working with the string theory
$1.00 DIY Camera Stabilzer. Interesting video how-to on making your own ghetto camera stabilizer. Not sure how well it will work in practice, but it makes for a fun show. If you’re into video, you’ll want to check out the very cool Poor Man’s Steadicam (which we’ve featured before I think). Tags: $1+camera+stabilizer, video, photography
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