Sumo Paint is a gorgeous free online image editing program from Finland which comes with just about everything you need to create cool stuff. OK, so it’s not going to rock the pro users away from Photoshop, but for the price it’s an awesome product. What I particularly like about it, is the fact that it doesn’t feel like it’s an online app. Apart from the slight delay when it loads up an image file, it looks and feels like…
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Purevolume – how MySpace should be…
Purevolume. Not sure if I’ve mentioned this music site in the past, but thought I’d say it again in case anyone is listening. It’s how MySpace should be done. Clean, crisp, beautiful. Carry on… Tags: purevolume, music, mp3
Read MoreiSerenity – soothing sounds to wash your worries away
Calm yourself or drive your co-cubicle dwellers completely nuts with iSerenity, a collection of environment sounds available online. With everything from a dawn chorus of birdcalls to the gentle scratching of pencil on paper, from typewriters (with and without carriage returns) to the sound of a fan blowing across your face. I don’t know either, apparently people like this stuff. Check it out and see what you can find. Needs Flash, but then what doesn’t these days. iSerenity takes you…
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The Red Ferret Product of the Year 2008 – Imaging – Samsung CLX3175
There were a few contenders for the Imaging title this year, most notably the innovative Flip camcorder which broke the mould for affordable, good quality video recording devices, and the magnificent Canon EOS 5D Mark II which has completely destroyed the conventional separation between HD video and still image capture. However, Samsung’s new CLX3175 All-in-One Colour Laser printer has done something that may just tip the home printing market on its head. It’s brought the capital price of colour laser printing within reach…
Read MoreHonda Fury chopper – iconic custom tradecraft meets Mr Solid Reliable Corp
The Honda Fury is a new chopper style motorbike from the Japanese giant which is guaranteed, absolutely guaranteed to have bike cops and Hells Angels frothing at the mouth in double quick instant time. A chopper? Factory built? From a Japanese mega-corp? Gut shuddering travesty. That sound you hear? Peter Fonda rolling over in his grave. What, he’s not dead? More info here. The Fury taps directly into the passion for riding; this is a machine built for people who have…
Read MoreSolargon Smart Cabin – small, energy efficient DIY dwellings point to the future
Solargon Smart Cabins are compact ecologically sound dwellings that come in the octagonal Yurt format. You erect the things yourself, but apparently the special insulated panels can be bolted together in a matter of hours. There’s a 20 foot diameter model for $24,000, a bigger model with about 700 square feet of space and a vestibule option which lets you connect multiple cabins together for your very own eco palace. The structure provides a temperature differential of 35 degrees between outside…
Read MoreDeluge P2P client – new nice looking open source cross platform BitTorrent client
Deluge is a new open source cross platform BitTorrent client which sports the kind of nice clean user interface that you can take home to your mother. It’s not particularly lean, but it supports plugins for extra functionality and the fact it works on Mac, Linux and Windows is a definite plus. The install is a breeze and in use it’s easy to navigate and fast, which makes it a worthy contender. Definitely worth a look. Deluge is a full-featured…
Read MoreWhole Travel – sustainable travel
Whole Travel is a travel website with a little bit of a difference. Instead of just helping people find and book where they want to stay, Wholetravel helps you find somewhere you might not have known existed. You can search their database using things like “fly fishing” or “pristine beaches” and of course the normal things like which country you’d like to stay in or the number of stars of the hotel. Wholetravel is also committed to sustainable travel and…
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OpenStreetMap – open source mapping for all
OpenStreetMap is a fabulously ambitious project to map the world and provide it for free to everyone under Creative Commons and open source licences. This is especially important when you remember that sources like Google and Nokia maps are proprietary and have restrictive licenses which prevent unlimited use. The astonishing thing is just how far they’ve got, from a cursory glance it looks as though most of the major parts of the world are already covered, and from the…
Read MoreThe Beatles Top 185 Backwards – relieve their youth
The Ultimate Beatles Countdown is an in-depth critique of the best work of the maestros complete with the audio tracks themselves as delivered by YouTube. Interesting to watch as YouTube becomes a de facto multimedia encyclopaedia, eh? Here’s the complete index of links to the music. A great piece. To most Beatles fans, choosing between the songs of the Fab 4 is a bit like choosing between children. But, on the JamsBio exclusive, Playing The Beatles Backwards, one intrepid fan dares to rank…
Read MoreZapr – really simple file sharing
Zapr is a really simple file sharing (RSFS?) application that allows you to share folders, subfolders and files with people remotely. Just install the application on your machine (the person receiving the files doesn’t need to install anything), choose which folders or files you wish to share and add a password if you wish. Zapr will then create a URL that you can send to the receiver to download the files. You can even use the link yourself to access…
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Karakuri Tea Serving Robot – return to an age of chivalry and cold cuppas
This Karakuri Tea Serving Robot will take your delicate cup of Earl Grey Low Fat Chai, roll elegantly along the table and with a dainty bow and decorous flourish tip the lot into your lap. No wait….$106.00. From the Edo Period of Japanese history, the Karakuri Ningyo mechanical dolls are famous for being ahead of their time. Now you can have a unique version of your own with the Karakuri Tea Serving Robot DIY kit from Gakken…Including all the…
Read MoreMicrochip Internet Radio Board – make your own Internet radio rig
This Microchip Internet Radio Board is perfect for all you budding Nicolai Teslas out there who’d like to build their own Internet radio. The thing ships with MPEG audio codecs, an RJ45 port (no wireless alas), push button switches and an OLED for all your station, track and other display needs. Priced at £71.51, just add a snazzy box, marketing and an insane venture capitalist and you’re set. Kinda. The Internet Radio Demonstration Board uses the PIC18F67J60 8-bit microcontroller with…
Read MoreUSB Hot Lunch Bag – laptop power keeps your noodles fresh and warm
The folks over at Thanko have come up with a doozy this time. The USB Hot Lunch Bag features an embedded heating element to keep your Ramen noodles piping hot for desktop enjoyment during the 3 minute lunch break you get every third day. What, you get more time than that? Communist! Get back to work, more code, more code, no chatter….$22.00. Tags: gadget, usb+hot+lunch+bag, usb
Read MoreBoom Chair Rumbleseat – the family that plays together…
“Honey, have you seen the Boom Chair Rumbleseat? I left it around here somewhere. Dang, those pesky kids must have grabbed it again.” The Boom Chair Rumbleseat. Yep, a classic name all right, in the right hands of course. $425.00 and also available in puke flavoured blue microslime. Surround yourself in the video games, music, and movies you love with the BoomChair! This multi person boom seat features interactive vibration morors, 2 pairs of 3″ 2-way speakers, a pair of…
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