Here’s a quick round-up of Ferrety posts from the past week for anyone who missed them. Enjoy. Weird Converter – bizarre conversions – Weird Converter. Did you know that… Cursor*10 – addictive game proves that eye candy comes way behind clever – Cursor*10 is a computer game…. LimePC – new Chinese Linux powered iPod sized micro computer – LimePC. Debian Linux powered super… Dymo DiscPainter – print your own glorious full colour CD/DVD discs on demand – Dymo DiscPainter. Slap… Anti-Radi…
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LP Dock – straight from vinyl to your iPod without passing go or PC
LP Dock. Whoa, an iPod dock that is actually a tad more useful than the average. Slot your ‘pod into the socket and you can instantly transfer your aging vinyl classics into digital. No need for a computer, amplifier or even cables. Cool stuff. The thing also comes with a line out and USB port, so you can move stuff from vinyl to your other digital recorders or why not just play the old Pink Floyd platters through your stereo and…
Read MoreRingboxx – custom ringtones for your home phone
Ringboxx. Download ringtones to the box, hook it up to your home phone jack, plug phone into Ringboxx and voila. Huh? Oh sorry, voila you get custom ringtones on your landline phone. Do you care? Well you should, how else are you going to drive each other nuts? You can also create your own ringtones and even allocate them to different callers via Caller ID. Oh joy! $49.95 for the box, plus a little money for nothing and your kicks for…
Read MoreDigisino 2825D Media Player – mmm…now where have we seen that design before…?
Digisino 2825D Media Player. Mmm…we recognise that design motif. OK, so it’s got an FM radio, 2.8” 256K TFT touch screen, MP3/WMA/JPEG, speaker, miniSD slot, voice recording, games and goes up to 4 GB storage. Oh yeah right, and a stylus. Ho ho! Tags: iphone, gadget, digisino+2825d+player, mp3
Read More62-in-1 USB Reader Hub – the ultimate do everything tech device
This 62–in-1 USB Reader Hub manages to cram just about every computer interface there is into a single box. We’re talking a 62 format memory card reader, an internal 3.5 inch connect bay, USB, Firewire and SATA slots, and audio in and out. We have a question. There are 62 memory card formats? Really?!? $39.99. Imagine how good it will be if there is a device that can help you manage all your PC interfaces, lets you transfer music, pictures,…
Read MoreBuild a Homemade Metal Detector out of a cheap radio and an old calculator – get smart, then rich
How to build a Homemade Metal Detector out of a cheap radio and an old tatty calculator. Most excellent video instruction, and by golly it seems to work too! Tags: diy+metal+detector, video
Read MorePublic Domain Book Reprints Service – grab public domain books on paper
The Public Domain Book Reprints Service is a fab way of grabbing e-books from places like the Internet Archive to have them printed and bound into real paper books using Lulu.com. You select the e-book title from the public domain catalogues, paste the location URL into the Request field and it’s converted and transferred to Lulu.com ready for your print on demand..uh…demand. The service takes a tiny pennies commission to cover the cost of the process bandwidth. Great idea, although hopefully as it…
Read MoreVoxopolis – the world’s anonymous feedback site
Voxopolis. Send anonymous feedback to anyone with an email address. The developers are clearly hoping that it’ll be used as a force for good, to improve customer service and the like, but cynics may say that it’ll just encourage the trolls. The sign up is a little cumbersome, but overall it all seems to work as advertised. This could be an easier option than setting up a temporary Hushmail account if you fancy a bit of whistleblowing action. VOXopolis aims to…
Read MoreCombination Cross Cut Shredder – shreds your bank statements and then your credit cards
Combination Cross Cut Shredder. This little doozy not only shreds your bills, statements and other private paperwork, but it’ll also destroy your credit cards too, once you’ve got over the shock of all that excessive holiday spending. How’s that for a two-fer? And don’t worry, the 15 litre bin is plenty big enough for just about everyone’s stack of plastic. £14.99. • 5 sheet cross cut shredder with credit card destroyer • Stylish 15 litre waste bin • Wide entry…
Read MoreCI Tech Pro Portable Metal Detector – start your own security service for fun and profit
The CI Tech Portable Metal Detector is a sad sign of the times, isn’t it? There’s clearly such a demand for collapsible, go anywhere metal detecting kit that you can get them on the open market. Small enough to fit into the back of a car and with a 40 hour battery life, it’s apparently ‘remarkably user friendly’. Yeah right. £4,799.00 ex VAT. Ci Tech Pro Portable is the world’s most versatile walk-through metal detector as it can be can…
Read MoreRadio YourWay Mini – the teeny tiny radio TiVo
Radio YourWay Mini. Pogo Electronics have launched a small pocket friendly version of the Radio YourWay TiVo type recording device for radio that we first mentioned a few years back. It comes with 1 GB of on-board storage which gives up to 600 hours of recording love, and you can schedule up to five programme captures in advance. It’s powered by 2 AAA batteries, has an internal speaker and copes with both AM and FM. $99.99. The Radio YourWay Mini also includes a “1 minute bygone”…
Read MoreNewspaper Phone – mainstream media starting to get clever about tech?
Hmm…missed this the first time round, but it’s actually quite interesting. Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter has just launched the world’s first ‘newspaper phone’, which is basically a Nokia 6120 with a dedicated button that takes you directly to the newspaper’s content. It’s a clever bit of convergence, and just one example of the way the future could go once digital e-readers become more common, or mobile phones start to employ in-built projection technology. Sponsored hardware, special prices for subscribers, lock-ins to make sure you read…
Read MoreClayValet – personal online shopping service delivered by…gasp… real people
ClayValet is a bit of an anomaly in this digital mechanised age. A real human shopping service. You register and post your request, they find a human to search for the product you want. They send you an email with the suggestion, complete with relevant reviews and alternative pricing. It’s got a nice feel to it, especially for gift buying, but we’re wondering where they’ll go with this as it scales? How do they make money for instance? Ah well,…
Read MoreFlickrBackup – download your online photos for safekeeping
FlickrBackup. An open source Java application which gives you the power to download your Flickr photos to your hard disk on demand. Why? Well perhaps for backup or security reasons. Maybe you want to make a DVD of your images or project them on your kitchen table. Whatever. Because it’s Java it will run on any computer, although you do have to wait for a download of some code. Neat app. FlickrBackup is a utility that allows you to download the…
Read MoreFive Device Recharging Station – for the too many things, not enough time brigade
Five Device Recharging Station. So let’s keep it nice and simple, eh? Four AC power ports, two USB ports with surge protection, a cable tidy and a 15 amp circuit breaker just in case. Not only that but you can fold the thing flat for travel, which means that you’ll never be more than a suitcase away from juice for your phone, headset, media player, digicam, VoIP phone and wireless mouse. Of course you may have to leave a few…
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