This new Postal Address Finder from Indian blogger geek Amit Agarwal is a little scary, but could also be one heck of a useful tool. Just navigate to your country, region etc (you may have to put in a detailed search criteria to get there – e.g. London, UK, SW3) and then left click the mouse on any street in the map to get a display of the actual address. Neat. Tags: postal+address+finder, google+maps, mashup
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Razor Megalodon 7.1 Headphone Set – game on, dude…
The Razor Megalodon 7.1 Headphone Set is designed to deliver the kind of peak surround sound goodness that can only come from ‘unheard of processing power’. Naturally it’s not for the likes of you and me, you’ll need to be a rabid gamer to really appreciate the power and the glory. Oh and did we mention it uses the same sort of ‘military grade audio technology that was originally developed for fighter pilots who need precise positional audio warnings for…
Read MoreSmallest Portable Turntable – discrete music maker with a bit of style
Billed as the smallest portable turntable around, this dinky little thing comes complete with twin stereo 5 watt speakers, a three speed turntable and a nice looking wood type case with sturdy clasps. Perfect for your travelling road show perhaps? $99.95. This is the smallest portable turntable available, capable of playing full-sized LPs through two 5-watt, full-range speakers built into the front of the hardwood case. Its three-speed belt-driven mechanism can play 33 1/3, 45, and 78-speed LPs. The diamond…
Read MorePhotofast CR-5400 Dual Socket MicroSD Adapter – mega storage for your Sony gadget
The Photofast CR-5400 Dual Socket MicroSD Adapter lets you convert twin microSD cards into a Sony Memory Stick format. Why would you want to do this, you ask? Well maybe you want to up your Playstation storage to 32GB for those oh so important game saves? See, it does make sense. $29.00. PhotoFast PhotoFast CR-5400 Dual Socket Micro SD(HC) to Memory Stick MS Pro Duo Adapter can holds 2 Micro SD(HC) card to make super large capacity. In addition, You…
Read MoreAlchemist Aston Martin DB7 – 24 carat gold, platinum leaf and 7 diamonds in the bodywork. Recession what recession?
The Alchemist Aston Martin DB7 is a 24 carat gold and platinum leafed supercar with seven diamonds studded into the bodywork. Good luck parking the thing safely outside your local shoe shop. Oh but we forget, people with this amount of money don’t do their own shopping do they? Tsk! Silly us. Recession, what recession, James? Oh and the company plate laptops too, just in case you were interested. Alchemist is a company specializing in covering or decorating cars and…
Read MoreViolet Mir:ror – new system connects up the whole world via RFID
The good folk at Violet, purveyors of the Nabaztag Rabbit, are launching a new product on Monday. The Mir:ror system is a consumer oriented RFID system (reader and tokens) which lets anyone connect up ordinary objects to a computer controlled network via their PC, the Violet central server system and a newly designed RFID chip in the form of stick-on labels called Ztamp:z. The idea is you buy packs of these Ztamp:z, attach them to whatever you want – e.g. keys, books, umbrellas etc – register them with the central server and from that moment on…
Read MoreScreamer Radio – freeware internet radio software for your PC
Screamer Radio is a freeware Internet radio Windows program from Swedish coder David Zidar. Although it looks quite basic, it sports some nice features, including automatic recording, stereo effects and a useful and sophisticated set of preset stations organised by genre, language and region. It’s fun, and definitely worth a look. There is little reason to listen to commercial FM radio anymore, it is an old medium that provides little choice of music and is saturated with ads. For the…
Read MoreDesign Your Own Headphones – you design it, they’ll make it…maybe
The Music Almighty Headset Competition from Nokia is an all-comers ‘design your own headphones’ challenge, where all designs go up on a gallery to be voted on. The winning five designs will actually be made and displayed in the company’s retail stores, after which you get to keep them. This is either a very brave or foolhardy venture, time will tell. Pop along and have your own go at the prize. My rather mundane effort – We are giving you the…
Read MorePass Card Spy Camera – security tool breaks security with a sneer and a smile
If you want to really take the mickey, and take it with style, you’re going to need one of these Pass Card Spy Camera thingies. Just fill out the blanks, add your photo and off you go, into the heart of the lair of The Man. Shoot stills at 1280×1024 resolution, video at 352×288 and grab some useful audio all onto the 4GB memory. Post ironic urban warfare doesn’t get any better than this. $174.00. Multimedia Pass Card Camera! With this card,…
Read MoreWrap Up Tripod – pocket friendly combination camera case and tripod for small shooters
This Wrap-Up Tripod solves a couple of problems in one neat solution. Now you can protect your tiny digital camera while also carrying around a useful little tripod mount for the little beggar. It’s a great idea actually since I usually end up propping the camera up against the nearest wall if I’m doing night shots or whatever. £19.95. This lightweight wraparound case features an ultra-slim integrated tripod. Simply unwrap, flip the legs, shoot, then wrap and go. It’s easier than…
Read MoreXS-DriveSmart 2300 – 60 GB portable photo storage with multi-format memory card reader
The XS-DriveSmart 2300 portable photo storage device comes with a 60GB hard drive and a multi-format memory card reader, which means you don’t have to carry a laptop around with you on vacation in order to free up memory cards on the go. Sure you could buy a bunch of memory cards for your camera, but this is actually a more elegant solution, n’est pas? You can transfer 1 GB of images in about 4 minutes, which is pretty fast…
Read MoreUSB Airflow Mouse with LED Messaging – combo rodent keeps you cool and informed
The USB AirFlow Mouse with LED Messaging really does try to help out. Not only will it keep your hands cool with the internal fan, but also send messages to you in the dark. Because, like, you know, we all need messages in the dark. Don’t we? $35.00. This is a USB Mouse with built-in fan to help to release heat when you are using the mouse. With the innovative design, you can create your own message by the remote…
Read MoreUser Generated Music Charts – 7 new sites which are like Digg for music
Online music services move on apace, and the latest iteration involves the meeting of user voting type services like Digg with music discovery. The idea is you get to vote for your favourite artists/tracks and thereby move them up the rankings for others to enjoy. The result is a User Generated Billboard Top x1000. Here’s a selection of them for you to try. The SixtyOne. Nice instant player, clear chart layout, personalised radio. What’s not to like. Oh and the…
Read MoreFreeDBGrabber – free discography fetcher helps keep your music collection fresh
FreeDBGrabber is a small free utility which lets you retrieve discographies from the massive freedb.org music database. You can search by artist or album, and once you’ve collected the whole shebang it can be exported to an .rtf file for further perusal in MS Word or whatever. Useful for keeping your music collection up to date. Program allows to obtain full discographies of all better or less known bands and singers. Data is retrieved from freedb.org, one of the world’s…
Read MoreBookCrossing – where are they now?
BookCrossing has been around since 2001 and is still going strong with over 718,000 registered participants. For those of you new to the idea of BookCrossing, it’s very simple. Simply register at the website and register the book you’re going to set free. Write the resulting BookCrossing ID in the book, add a label and then leave the book where someone will find it. When the book is found, the person can look up the book on the website and…
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