Ooh look ma, no batteries. This Tabletop Baseball game looks like a bundle of laughs if you’re a big diamond fan. But be warned, there’s no flashing lights, no whizzy sound effects or vibrating feedback. Can you cope? All the high class wood trimmed craftsmanship comes at a price however, which is $329.00. Ballpark Classics brings together everything you love about baseball into a beautiful tabletop game everyone can enjoy. Whether you are a lifelong fan or just looking for a…
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Daily Mood Flip Chart – let your colleagues know exactly how you feel
The Daily Mood Flip Chart comes with a selection of artwork emoticons on a small desktop flip chart. The idea is you select the one representing your mood for the day/hour/moment and let the world know exactly how you feel. There are 47 moods to choose from, so you should be able to warn inform people easily and accurately. How very offline-online, eh? $7.99. Some days the office is like a tea party, other days it’s a lions den. That’s…
Read MoreMicrosoft Pro Photo Tools 2 – geotagging your images and more…
Microsoft Pro Photo Tools 2 is a cool freeware program for tweaking photos. So far so hum, but the neat bit is the fact that you can quickly geo-tag the image using the menu and a couple of button presses. Just enter in the name of the place where you took the photo, and the software will look up the GPS coordinates from a Windows Live Local map. Once the lat and long is locked in, you can then display the image on a…
Read MorePledgie – helping you to help others
Pledgie is a fundraising service which gives you all the tools you need to solicit funds from strangers. And friends. Sign up is free and setting up a campaign is easy. Give it a title, description and timeframe, throw in your Paypal address and currency of choice and launch. That’s it. You get a nice little running total badge which you can place on the front page of your blog or website to encourage donations, and if you’re feeling in…
Read MoreMode All in One Home Recycling Centre – save the planet one crusher at a time
This Mode All-in-One Home Recycling Center stores all recyclable material including plastic, metal and glass, and comes with a built in crusher so you can get some really macho eco righteousness out of saving the planet from your kitchen counter. The darn thing even reminds you when it’s recycling day, so you can put the cat out in good time. $249.95. Mode All-in-One Recycling Center has a 2-bin sorting system plus a built-in compaction chamber—so it can hold up to 3X more recyclables than typical…
Read MorePhantom Chess Set – caution, automated electronic master at work
This new Phantom Electronic Chess Set is so powerful it doesn’t need physical human intervention at all. Just beam your thoughts at the machine and the chess pieces will move automatically, like mysterious miniature zombies at play. It uses trans-flux capacitance to impute cerebral ectoplasmic inference and so conduct the movement. Possibly. Can’t really tell for sure because the manual is in ancient Sumerian. £155.00. A press of a button is all it takes: As if by magic, your new…
Read MoreZona Plus Hypertension Relief Device – lower your blood pressure naturally
The Zona Plus Hypertension Relief Device will apparently lower your blood pressure in just 4 to 7 weeks. It’s all in the squeezing action, see? You’ll need a blood pressure enhancing $379.00 to sample the delights of this wondrous technology though, so better start saving now. There are two major measurable effects upon the body caused by Zona Plus therapy. One is improvement in endothelial dysfunction and the other is improved vagal function (a “relaxing” effect). The medical theory for…
Read MoreExplay Colibri Micro Projector Engine – watch out for a micro screen projector near you soon!
The Explay Colibri Micro Projector Engine is a five cubic centimetre small projector which can be embedded in mobile phones, computers or pink furry teddy bears in order to emit a projected screen image onto any flat surface. It outputs SVGA, features a massive (!) 10Lm brightness and can project an image up to 70 inches in size. It also features something called ‘always focus’ and has a power consumption of 1.3W. Watch out for one inside a teddy near you soon! At…
Read MoreFreeFileSync – cool free folder comparison tool
FreeFileSync is a free open source folder comparison and synchronization tool. One of my big problems is keeping track of photos on my external drive/s and this puppy is just the thing to help me weed out duplicates and recover wasted space. The synchronize function is also great for keeping off-site copies of your folders/files, although it pays to be extra cautious how you use this if you’re dealing with crucial files. FreeFileSync is an Open-Source folder comparison and synchronization…
Read MoreWind Farms and health – are there issues?
Concerns are growing over the potential health impact of siting wind farms next to residential areas because of what is known as ‘vibroacoustic disease’. Some recent research has indicated that the low frequency vibration that these giant turbines emit can interfere with sleep and introduce a range of uncomfortable and in some cases debilitating symptoms such as nausea, depression and severe headaches. Scientists continue to investigate this Wind Turbine Syndrome, and in the meantime there is a growing call for…
Read MoreGazoPa – the similar image search
GazoPa is a new image search engine. Upload an image and the service will find similar looking items based on shape and colour. I tried uploading the bulletproof SUV image and the system came back with a credible bunch of results featuring grey SUVs, so from that point of view the thing seems to work quite well. Interestingly they all claim to be able to deliver results from drawings and sketches, which seems to give more patchy results as you…
Read MoreSolar ChumAlong – personal solar tracking for your urgent power up needs
The Solar ChumAlong solar tracking system is a solar charging panel that automatically track the sun just like those big expensive arrays you see in science fiction movies. It is also portable and lightweight which means you can take it with you on picnics or hikes to power up your absolutely must have electrical gadgets. The fact that the solar panel is always facing the sun means that you’ll receive optimum light for the cell charging, which makes us wonder…
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Quick note. Across The Universe? Best. Film. Ever. Tags: across+the+universe, movie
Read MoreUSB Tranquility Fountain – offering peace in our time
Plug this USB Tranquility Fountain into your laptop or desktop computer, fill it with water and kick back as the boss travels round the cubicles handing out the pink slips. Let the soothing sound of water cascading across the faux Zen landscape blot out the screams, while you focus your attention on whether to go for the Breakfast Burrito or Chilli Fries on your way home. Form and function in total harmony. Dude. £9.95. Enjoy the peace and tranquillity offered by…
Read MoreCentury KD25/35Pro HDD duplicator – copying data from hard disk to disk just got super simple
The new Century KD25/35Pro HDD duplicator lets you copy or move data from one hard disk to another without the need for a computer or any technical know-how. Just plug one hard drive into one end, the second into the other end and press go. It can cope with copying from different capacities and sizes (e.g. from a 2.5 inch drive to a 3.5 inch) which makes it very useful for upgrading or changing from a desktop to a laptop….
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