I’ve just put up a Write for Us section in the sidebar to encourage anyone who’d like to write for us to step forward and shoot for stardom. As I said last year, having more than one voice on here really adds value, so I’m keen to encourage more of it. In return for your efforts you’ll get a proper 45 word promotional byline to push your blog or business to the world, which should help you get some attention. Please…
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DIY Mobile CCTV System – the DIY bolt-anywhere surveillance kit
DIY Mobile CCTV System. Bolt this box into the back of your car, throw in a large hard disk of your choice, add on a couple of cameras and voila, your own very personal closed circuit television system. Spy on your neighbours and friends with impunity and keep the world safe for a future generation. £149.99. The removable hard drive caddy allows a 200GB+ ATA-100 hard drive to be installed. Video output is via 2-channel composite BNC port or USB 2.0…
Read MoreK2 Charger – 2-in-1 wind and solar charger for your bits
The K2 Charger is a real ecological powerhouse, if you’ll forgive the expression. Not just a solar powered recharger, with a USB port and lots of little adapters for your gadgets and gizmos, but also a wind catcher. Hang it up outside the kitchen door to power the microwave oven. What? A fully charged K2 charges a mobile phone over 5 times and charges an iPod/mp3 player over 10 times!* Just one hour of sun & wind provides about 30…
Read MoreCredit Card Survival Tool – pack a little insurance in your back pocket, why doncha?
This Credit Card Survival Tool is the sort of thing which could get you out of a jam one day. Just imagine, for instance, that you’re sitting in a bar someplace and suddenly you notice it’s filling with water and your necktie has become inextricably attached to a nearby lamp fitting. Rather than panic, you can extract this puppy from your 301s, and quickly use the saw to extricate yourself from what would have been a slow and watery demise….
Read MoreThe Bailout Game – save the planet, one bag of cash at a time!
The Bailout Game is a fun little diversion while you’re waiting for the end of the world to arrive. As you travel down Wall St you’ll have to make decisions as to which banks to save and which to send to the knacker’s yard. Choose wisely and you’ll stay ahead of that nasty recession (hah!), make a gaff and we’ll all suffer for a long long time. Good luck, we’re depending on you. [via Metafilter] Ask a Greenspan: If you get…
Read MoreThe IconEden Sets – 338 free shiny web icons for all
The IconEden Icon Sets comprise 338 beautifully crafted graphical icons which you can download and use for free in web, application and general user interface design. They are also delivered to you fresh from Vietnam, which is an interesting touch. The Bright! set is particularly nice. You can edit them (they’re vector format) and use them for personal and commercial projects. The premium icons they sell are also very cool. Enjoy! IconEden.com would like to present one of our most lovely set of icons as a free…
Read MoreWeb Development Project Estimator – fast and free project tool
Web Development Project Estimator. A quick and easy way to estimate time and costs for any web project you’ve got going. Just bang in some numbers, laugh a bit, round them up, tweak a few hourly outliers and bingo, one ready to print estimate which you can send out to your prospective client. Unfortunately the thing is incomplete. I see no entry space for Late Night Lattes. The Web Development Project Estimator is intended for your design studio’s internal use…
Read More105 Free Calendar Templates from Microsoft – get your dates right and prosper
105 Free Calendar Templates. Microsoft has gathered all its Office calendar templates into one place. They’re free to download and use (‘for genuine Microsoft users’) and are available for the full range of MS products from Word to Publisher. You’ll need to be using Internet Explorer of course, this being Microsoft, and go through that naff anti-piracy validation. But if you’re in the market for a free calendar for your desk, pocket or wall, this is as good a place…
Read MoreSecret Agent Camcorder Watch – record 8 hours of video with your wrist
This Secret Agent Camcorder Watch may have a noncy name, but the eight hour recording capacity and two hour recording time from one battery charge is pretty impressive. Now you and I both know that, despite the outlandish claims on the site, 352×288 CIF video is likely to be slightly dodgy in terms of quality, but it’s still a cute bit of micro technology to play around with while we’re waiting for the real Dick Tracey timepiece to come along. The price however, at $199.95…
Read MoreThe Ugliest MP3 Player in History?
We’re truly sorry, but this has got to be the ugliest MP3 Player in existence. It’s so Cinderella sister that they didn’t even have the guts to give it a name. Just 5–in-1 Multifunction MP3 Player. What kind of a stupid name is that? If the iPod Touch is Venus, then this thing is a small dirty swamp just South of a Bangalore toilet. OK, so we’re bashing on a bit, but man… OK OK, we’ll get back on track….
Read MoreMini Mate AS150mm – the most powerful personal air purifier in the world…so there
This Mini Mate AS150mm is billed as the most powerful personal air purifier in the world and we’re almost gullible enough to go for it. You wear the thing round your neck, or clipped to a collar (preferably near your intake valves, see?) and it repels pathogens via an ‘intense electrostatic’ ion wind. Apparently it’s ‘clinically proven’ – don’t you just love that phrase? – and peer reviewed, so good for them we say. £79.00. If you or anyone you know…
Read MoreWhite Balance Lens Cap – a tale of two planets?
Here’s an interesting tale. In the blue corner, the White Balance Lens Cap. A nifty little device that provides a portable white balance tool to make your photos look better than better in any kind of lighting conditions. Price. $45–$65.00. In the yellow corner, the White Balance Lens Cap. Priced at £2.80 with free shipping from Hong Kong. Would it be rude to ask, d’ya think? Simply flip your camera into custom White Balance mode, snap a photo with your White Balance Lens…
Read MoreZerosmoke – who needs patches when you’ve got ears?
Zerosmoke promises to help you stop smoking through the use of ‘auricular therapy magnets’, which you attach to your ear. Apparently the little blighters act like acupuncture but without all that nasty needle twirling. I dunno about therapy, sounds more like a money magnet to me. $29.95. Kirsten Haglund is promoting their revolutionary new product. Zerosmoke’s Auricular magnets operate on the same principles as acupuncture but without the needles. After great success in Europe this breakthrough product is now available…
Read MoreDia – freeware Visio clone is a diagram queen
Dia is a free Open Source diagram maker which aims to provide the kind of flow and org chart loveliness that’s missing from your life. It was ‘roughly inspired’ by Visio (a darn fine product!) which makes for a good start. The latest version imports from Visio files and exports to just about any format you’ll need. Definitely worth a look. Dia is roughly inspired by the commercial Windows program ‘Visio’, though more geared towards informal diagrams for casual use. It can…
Read MoreWeb2.0Calc – glitzy online calculator counts for everything
The rather nifty looking Web2.0Calc comes with some shiny buttons, a bunch of mathematetical and scientificatrix functionality and a great history feature which tracks your every numeral. All in all it’s v cool, to the log of pie. Or something. Tags: web2.0calc, online+application, calculator
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