The USB Volume Slide Controller gives you trackpad like control over the volume knob on you computer. To increase the sound volume slide your finger up, and to decrease…well you get the picture. A 2 second touch turns it on or off. OK, so it’s v. specialised, but audio nutz might get excited about it, you never know. Anyhoo it’s priced at $11.99 and comes without any BluTack or double sided sticky, so get some first. All the things are…
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Daemdu – the world’s first bullet proof handkerchief
Crafted in elegant yellow Kevlar, the Daemdu bulletproof handkerchief is designed to protect the heart of the rotten cad about town. It’s limited edition and has to be folded just so in order to work properly. You could say it’s the ultimate pocket protector, but we won’t. Price? Who cares. The 21st century ninja dandy bullet-proof handkerchief made of Kevlar is exclusively sold at Liborius. The store and designer take NO responsibility for schmucks and wooden-heads who feel compelled to…
Read MoreRockola Mystic Touch Screen Wall Jukebox – hang it, stroke it and listen carefully
This Rockola Mystic Touch Screen Wall Jukebox comes across like an overgrown Wurlitzer. It sports drag and drop playlist creation, a 19 inch touch screen, a 160 GB hard drive, USB and iPod ports (natch!) and a 260 watt output through twin speakers. It all sounds very nice, but we can’t help thinking that £3,295.00 sounds a tad excessive for what is effectively an iPod and dock on steroids. Maybe we’re missing something…? The Rockola Mystic isn’t just a pretty…
Read MoreQuick Month Calendar – add a tiny calendar to your task bar clock for free
Quick Month Calendar adds a tiny calendar pop-up to the clock icon in your Windows XP tray. Just hover your mouse over the clock and up it pops, ready to serve. That’s it. Nothing more dramatic. But definitely a bit useful. QuickMonth Calendar is a freeware program which displays a small calendar on your Windows desktop whenever your mouse hovers over the clock in the system tray. The calendar display may also be toggled on and off by using the…
Read MoreTorrentFly – new Bittorrent meta search engine with fake filter
TorrentFly is a new Bittorrent meta search engine, which crawls 13 BT sites to gather up its results. We only mention it in passing ‘cause it comes with a filter for torrents that are ‘slow, fake or corrupt’. And we like the logo. “What Is TorrentFly? – TorrentFly is a bit-torrent search engine that gets its results in real-time from various large and respected bit-torrent hosts. This website does not actually host any torrent files; it only links to websites where…
Read MoreMahjong USB Disk – handcrafted luxury for the richie rich data hound
This handcrafted wooden Mahjong USB Drive comes in two flavours of wood, and 8 or 16GB capacities. You can have your own choice of engraving done on the top of the fake tiles, although there are default inscriptions if you can’t think of anything Ninja enough. Oh and it comes with a leather case, which is just as well, since you’ll probably worry a lot about protecting your new friend after you’ve handed over $390.00 and upwards for one of these babies. The Lan-Xue costs…
Read MoreWhere are they now? – Celestia space simulation software
Celestia is a free piece of space simulation software which allows you to seamlessly explore the solar system … the galaxy and BEYOND!! Celestia’s development has been ongoing since 2001 and it has become immense with data added from the latest space missions and terrestrial telescopes. The Celestia software is open source and although it comes with a large catalogue of celestial objects built-in, you can download and install add-ons like Kuiper Belt Objects, comets and spacecraft (both real and…
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Where-Are-They-Now Wednesday – a trip and a stumble down memory lane
A quick squiz at the Red Ferret dates and URLs and you’ll see that Nigel’s been at this game for quite a while. We thought it might be a nice idea to see how some of these gadgets and technology from the past are faring these days. So every week, I’ll venture down to the disused lavatory display department with a torch, being very wary of the leopard and see what I can find in the bottom of the locked…
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Ego Flash – Bluetooth handsfree with extra sauce
The Ego Flash is a nifty little bluetooth handsfree device with some very cool extra features. It’s as if they started with a list of everything you could add into a bluetooth-handsfree unit and just ticked them all off. Instead of the usual, trying to build the thing and then squeezing as much stuff into it as they could. Even the user manual looks spiff! The Ego Flash has two parts, the brains of the outfit which can be hidden…
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Speak & Spell Emulator – relive your misspelt youth
The Speak & Spell emulator is a fan-created, flash-based emulator of the iconic Texas Instruments spelling tutor, created from the original sound files. Whilst not fully functional it’s sure to help you wile away a bit of time as you stroll down memory lane. Just don’t forget to turn your sound on. This emulator began in 2002, as a personal project I started with the single aim of improving my Flash Actionscript skills.As with any good personal project, you need…
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HDD Silicone Case – protect your docked drives at all times
This 3.5 inch HDD Silicone Case is designed to protect your dock-happy hard drives from knocks, scrapes and encounters with alien beings from Roswell, New Mexico. It’s stackable and looks functional, but we’re wondering whether the thing is really going to make your data safer or more enlightening. We think maybe nots. Still, it’s your $17.00. This 3.5″ HDD Silicone Case is mainly designed for HDD dock. You can use it with the HDD dock and make your HDD is…
Read MoreTelephone Alarm Clock – recreate that cozy hotel wake up call feeling in your own home
The Telephone Alarm Clock offers you a retro hotel wake-up call feel in the privacy of your own boudoir. Just set the alarm and it calls you with a voice message – “This is your wakeup call. For another call in 30 minutes, please press 5.” Perfect for those who want to stay in a perpetual holiday mood. Just don’t go trying to order room service, ‘K? £12.58. Just like a hotel wake up call – calling reception the night before and…
Read MoreVCAN GPS-431 – car satnav dvd ipod dock comes with shiny button remote and rear view camera port
VCAN GPS-431. It’s amazing what you can cram into an in-car head unit if you really try hard. Like – 4.3 inch touchscreen LCD display DVD player with motorized flip-back panel AM/FM Radio TV Tuner/100 stations (+ DVB-T Freeview) 4 channel speaker plus subwoofer output USB port Aux In for rear view camera Bluetooth for mobile phone connection GPS satellite navigation Built in microphone Priced at $275.00 including map and 2 GB memory card. Tags: vcan+gps-431, satellite+navigation, gps, dvd
Read MoreUnlockShake – lock and unlock your Symbian smartphone with a quick shake of the wrist
UnlockShake is a small freeware proglet which lets you use the accelerometer on your Symbian smartphone to lock and unlock the keypad. Just give the handset a little shake up and down to lock the keys, and from side to side to unlock. Unfortunately installation is a bit of a hassle (you need to install Symbian Python and stuff, and the readme is in Portuguese – which I’ve translated below) but if you’re looking for an unusual mobile app to…
Read MoreJust Meet – online virtual reality telepresence meeting room for rent
Just Meet is a virtual reality telepresence meeting room where up to 16 people can gather to chat, crack jokes, drink virtual Mountain Dew and watch Powerpoint slides of their last holiday. Or something. It’s kind of weird actually, in a ‘eeyew, who did the interior design on the roomscape?’ kind of way, but in these lean and unsettling times there may well be a growing population of people abandoning long-haul flight costs in favour of this rough and ready £15.00 an hour…
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