This Self-Adhesive Magnetic Tape is absolutely a thing of wonder and usefulness. The sticky backing adheres to just about every surface, and all you have to do is cut off a small length, attach a piece to object and a piece to the wall and position the two together. Voila, no more Blu-Tack needed. What’s more it’s reusable, peel off and stick back. Neato neato. £11.70 for a 5 m roll. It couldn’t be any easier or more versatile: Just stick…
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Stardock Fences – at last, an awesome new way to manage desktop icons
Stardock Fences is an awesome new freeware program which gives you total control over the display and layout of your desktop icons. Now c’mon admit it, your desktop looks like a student dorm room after a toga party, right? Icons everywhere, jumbled up, mess-tastic? Yep, me too. Which is why this genius utility is so superb. At last you can arrange icons in special custom areas to make them easier to find and use, and what’s more a simple double…
Read More280 Slides – online presentations done with style
280 Slides is a lovely little online presentation application which offers the functionality of PowerPoint with the online usefulness of..well…the Internets. It’s incredibly easy to use. Just Select a new presentation from the top menu, and start adding new slides to your deck. If you’ve used PowerPoint it’s completely seamless. You can embed photos and videos, there’s themes and design tools galore, and all in all this is one powerful and impressive package. You can import existing PowerPoint presentations, edit and…
Read MoreRoving Cavaliers of Credit – the problem with current economic thinking
This Roving Cavaliers of Credit blog post from Naked Capitalism is an excellent read if you want to grab an alternative view of the current economic situation. It’s very long and detailed so be warned, but definitely worth the time if you have the inclination. In fact, thanks to Milton Friedman and neoclassical economics in general, the Fed ignored the run up of debt that has caused this crisis, and every rescue engineered by the Fed simply increased the height of the…
Read MoreFerret posts this week
Here’s a quick round-up of Ferrety posts from the past week for anyone who missed them. Enjoy. Candle By The Hour – the 144 hour candle and holder – This Candle By The Hour rig… Q10 – the word processing freeware for writers – Q10 is a freeware word processing… BeFunky – cool online site turns your photos into artwork for free – BeFunky is a new photo editing… The Suck Game – The Suck Game. Just for fun. And……
Read MoreBulletproof SUV – the perfect gift this February 14
What better way to show your love this Valentine’s Day than by buying her a beautifully equipped Bulletproof SUV? Sure it’s ugly as sin, and designed in China to carry cash, but with a bit of DIY love it could convert wonderfully. And think of the benefits. No more wasteful parking space wars in crowded car parks. No more worrying about police pursuits after parties. Just peace and quiet and the knowledge that your armoured windscreen, heavy duty springs and bulletproof glass all round…
Read MoreSnowball Blaster – because throwing is just too good for ’em
The Wham-O Snowball Blaster is one of those epoch defining products that so rarely cross our desk. I mean, we’re talking about a product which will launch snowballs 50 feet from your hand. So much better to cause havoc from a distance, doncha think? Now if only they could come up with a smart guided cruise version. $29.95. This toy blaster makes and launches softball-sized snowballs up to 50′, allowing rapid, long-range assaults during neighborhood snowball confrontations. Simply place snow…
Read MoreLaptop Mouse Case – protect the precioussss
This Laptop Mouse Case has given us some huh moments to cherish today. Huh One. Pink? Huh Two. Mouse protection? Huh Three. Pink? We could go on, but we won’t. Life is too short. Thankfully. $2.37. Tags: gadget, laptop+mouse+case, pink
Read MoreRecumbent Exercise Bike – relax and pick up the pace at the same time
Isn’t a Recumbent Exercise Bike a bit of an oxymoronical product? What, lie back and enjoy the ride? A little less pain, a little less gain? The big question we have is does it come with cup-holders too? $139.97. Ride your way to a new, successful exercise routine. Get a great low-impact cardiovascular workout from a comfortable semi-reclined position. Sets up and takes down in a snap, with controls and monitoring to give you “smart” results without any additional “wasted” effort….
Read MoreSIMply A-GPS – new SIM card tech can transform every mobile phone into a GPS sat-nav
The SIMply A-GPS SIM card from Sagem-Orga and BlueSky Positioning embeds A-GPS satellite navigation onto a standard 3G/GSM SIM card, thereby turning an ordinary vanilla mobile phone handset into a glorious GPS enabled satellite navigation system. What’s amazing is the fact that they have managed to squeeze the whole GPS receiver, antenna and application software onto a standard sized card, which means it will fit inside every mobile phone on the planet. No software modifications are needed on old handsets, and from…
Read MoreNetbooks, shmetbooks – fresh from the spade’s a spade department
Aw c’mon people, these things – and by things I mean products like the Asus Eee PC1000HE and similar – are not netbooks, OK? They are laptop computers, or portable computers or notebooks. But they are not netbooks. Can we all stop falling for the marketing trype and try and get it right? If it comes with a decent size keyboard, a 10 inch screen, a 160 GB hard disk, 1 GB of RAM and Windows it’s a laptop. I mean, good…
Read MoreIdPhotos 2008 – free passport and ID photo creator
IdPhotos 2008 is a passport and ID photo freeware program. Back in the day, to get a passport photo all you needed to do was grab the nearest Polaroid and a pair of scissors. Nowadays, it’s all precision portraiture, with eyes here, chins there and only white space behind. Nonsense of course, but it keeps the bureaucrats happy. Wow it’ll be great to get rid of them, won’t it? Anyhoo I digress. So this program sets things out nice and…
Read MoreThe Loves Me Watch – the perfect Valentine’s Day timepiece
This Loves Me Watch from Mr Jones is a limited edition timepiece which features a cutesy ‘loves me, loves me not’ motif taken from that age old game that’s played by lovestruck youngsters and daisies everywhere. Only instead of pulling the petals off, you’ll be tugging on the winding crown to see which way the wind blows. Of course it tells the time too. Priced at £115.00. The design of this watch is inspired by the game of effeuiller la marguerite…
Read MoreDigital Camcorder Lighter – 8 GB packing movie camera lighter for those red hot moments
This Digital Camcorder Lighter comes with an 8 GB microSD memory card for storage, a six hour capacity rechargeable battery and space for a fair few microliters of liquid gas for the flame stuff. QVGA format video with audio at 30 frames a second, and a built in USB port for shuffling the footage onto your nearest YouTube account. Or something. Lighter DVR with built in Micro camera for your home or office surveillance when you are not there. it records everything…
Read MoreOral-B Triumph with SmartGuide – the best darn toothbrush in the world?
Personal experience time. I seem to remember that the PR company for this product contacted me ages ago about looking at one of these Braun Oral-B Triumph with SmartGuide electronic toothbrushes, and I kind of scoffed. The idea of a wireless brushing guide which told you how long to brush seemed to be too much of a gimmick to be true, so I passed on the opportunity with a bit of a techie sneer. Know what I mean? Well in…
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