TeachStreet. A new service designed to help locate teachers, schools and tuition in your area. It’s nicely appointed (we particularly like the lace curtains and proper china tea set) and aims to make money through the use of advertising and premium services yet to be announced. Importantly enough, it’s free for teachers to advertise their services, which should help build the database up. TeachStreet is a free web site that helps students find local teachers, tutors, classes and schools so…
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Manifest – freeware image organiser for classified adverts
Manifest is an interesting little freeware package which you can use to create a sort of classified listing. The images are all kept within each ad file, so it’s pretty clean cut in terms of organising your information. Might be worth a look if you’re into that kind of thing. A digital picture organizer with some distinct differences. You can create adverts using your pictures, and unlike many other programs, it stores copies of the pictures intact within its own files….
Read MoreKalkhoff Agattu Electric Bicycle – the best electric bike in the world?
Apparently this Kalkhoff Agattu is just about the best electric bicycle you can buy in the world right now. It uses a Panasonic Pedelec system (which senses how hard you’re pedalling and adjusts power assist accordingly), has a range of up to 50 miles and will charge up in 3 hours. What makes it special? Well according to this review it seems to be the combination of low weight, robustness and performance when compared with the rest of the field. I asked…
Read MoreDancing Chips – proving once again that the end of civilisation is indeed approaching rapidly
Dancing Chips. Clap you hands and this bag will…..aw c’mon, who in their right mind sits there in a product meeting and says, ‘hey guys let’s make a dancing bag of chips, ‘cos people will love ‘em?’ Who eh, who? $14.00. The video says it all really. Having fun with it by clapping, shouting or making noise. It will dance happily on your desk. Tags: dancing+chips, gadget, novelty, rubbish
Read MoreDIY Decision Maker Kit – make up your mind already
The DIY Decision Maker Kit will help you decide on those all important questions. Like, should you buy one or not. No wait… $6.95. When a decision is simply too important to rationally analyze, let this handy gadget make the tough calls for you with a simple push of a button! One push and the green “Yes” and red “No” LEDs begin to flash. Flashing speed gradually decreases and only one LED remains lit. What will it be? Yes or No?…
Read MoreBookRabbit – a new kind of online bookstore and social network
BookRabbit. Well it had to come and now it has, a socially networked online bookstore with all the trimmings and none of the dusty shelves stuff. The idea is to bring together people’s love of books, with an innovative categorisation system and lots of social discourse. The site is crammed with Web 2.0 type loveliness, from the slots for video reviews, to reader reviews and a fab ‘meet the author’ feature. One unique feature is the ability to upload a photo…
Read MoreR2D2 Translator – convert your words into little chirpy ringtones
Enter your choice of words into the R2D2 Translator, press the translate button and receive an audio string of chirps and birrips which you can then download as an MP3 ringtone for your phone. Here’s the Red Ferret Journal ringtone. -[mp3]http://redferret.s3.amazonaws.com/redferretringtone.MP3[/mp3] Tags: r2d2+translator, star+wars, ringtone+maker
Read MoreLitmus – painlessly test your email and web designs
Litmus is a nice looking new service which takes screenshots of your web site and email newsletters to show whether the design works properly across browsers and clients. Browsershots exists already in this market, but it’s always good to see competition, isn’t it? Worth a bookmark if you’re a designer type. Litmus shows you precisely how your designs will be seen by your customers. We deliver screenshots of your web sites and email newsletters in seconds across all popular platforms….
Read MoreAmazon faces class action suit over print on demand demands – printers miffed
A new class action suit against Amazon alleging anti-trust violations has just been filed over the company’s requirement that print on demand publishers use its in-house service BookSurge. Hmm…getting sued by your constituency is not great business practice, wonder if they’ll work that out sooner rather than later? Amazon’s March announcement that POD publishers would be required to use Amazon’s own POD service BookSurge in order to sell books directly on Amazon’s site predictably rubbed quite a few folks the wrong way. (Technically speaking,…
Read MoreUSB Wireless Weather Forecaster – play like a windswept lord of the land
USB Wireless Weather Forecaster. We’ve always wanted to look like a proper weather station at the North Pole, with all those whirring things and sensitive sensors and now we can. Just hook this puppy up to your PC via the USB port and you can monitor things like rainfall, wind speed, temperature and air pressure. ‘Base to supply ship, base to supply ship…’ £79.99. Take the guess work out of the very unpredictable British weather. The USB Wireless Weather Forecaster…
Read MoreMail Chime – motion sensing mailbox saves your legs in the rain
The Mail Chime is a motion sensing two piece kit which sends an alert when mail is put into your mailbox. Yeah mail, snail mail. Remember that stuff? Anyhoo, it buzzes an alarm and lights up a small signal on the home unit, but what it really should do is say ‘you’ve got mail’ in that annoyingly slimy voice. We can but dream. $49.99. Why get unnecessarily drenched going out during a rainstorm to check if the mail’s come yet?…
Read MoreWind ‘N Go Freedom Shaver – smooth chin, aching wrists
The Wind ‘N Go Freedom Shaver needs no batteries or external power, just the power of your wrist for a minute or so. As with all these toys, we’re somewhat sceptical of the claims of a ‘full shave for 1 minute winding’, because we’ve used two wind-up mobile phone chargers in the past and both of them were really hard work. You ever tried winding hard for a minute? Believe me, it’s a long time. And at the end of it, we’re doubtful that the…
Read MoreSMS Intercepter – sneaky software remotely grabs all SMS messages from target phone and sends them to you
SMS Intercepter is a small Symbian program that automatically and silently collects all outgoing and incoming SMS text messages on the target handset and forwards them directly to your phone. The software is very covert, it doesn’t use the victim’s inbox or outbox, or trigger any billing or error codes, so they’ll never know they’re being snooped. Perfect product for discovering which member of your board is meeting with the enemy. €299.00. SMS Interceptor instantly catches all incoming and outgoing SMS (Text…
Read MoreHow to find any email with Gmail search – super useful Google guide on searching your email archives
The Gmail Search Guide is a useful little post from the official Gmail blog which gives some valuable hints on how to search your message archives effectively. Most useful tip? Use the ‘show search options’ link to the right of the search box. Worth a bookmark if you’re an email junkie. If remembering operators isn’t really your thing, that’s ok. There’s a “Show search options” link to the right of the search bar at the top of your inbox. Clicking…
Read MoreGoogle Health – search giant launches scary online health service
Google Health is a free online health portal for everyone. You can store your personal details, track your medical history, research symptoms and locate hospitals and doctors. The site also lets you import data from your existing medical records (US only at the moment) to make it easy to get up and running. The company has even set up a Health Advisory Council to act as a consultancy service on the running of the new site (video). Why is it…
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