Don’t know how things are in your part of the world Mister, but ‘round these parts, we don’t take kindly to strangers stickin’ their Lock De-Icers into places they shouldn’t. Know what I mean? Sure, you claim that your lock is frozen stiff, but how’re we to tell? Just be careful where you go, and if I was you, mebbe I’d think about movin’ on sometime soon. Have a nice night. $12.99. Don’t worry about getting locked out of your…
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miShare iPod Transfer System – easily move stuff from player to player
The miShare iPod Transfer System is a hardware P2P file sharing device. Plug a couple of iPods into either end of the thing and presto, you’ll be able to move your music, photos or other goodies from one to the other in the blink of a lawyer’s curse. It’s USB 2.0 so transfers are suitably fast (10 seconds a song they say) and it works with most types of iPod out there. $99.50. Our miShare iPod Transfer System makes sharing…
Read MoreDesktop Live Band Stage – your own invisible live band, on your desktop
Each of the tiny instruments in the Desktop Live Band Stage kit actually starts to play as you drop them onto the stage, and with spatial accuracy too. Impressed? Good. There’s both a rock and jazz kit, and they come with a flashing LED light show, 30 songs, loudspeakers and an SD card slot for loading extra tunes. ‘Simulate the real environment of a live band stage’ it says here, but presumably without the spitting or menacing security dudes. $249.00. Could you…
Read MoreWristband Shortening Tool – got some skinny wrists, Jack?
The Wristband Shortening Tool comes with everything you need to reduce the size of your watch wristband quickly and easily. We’re talking a pin-remover, a band retaining block, clefts (huh?) and chasing tools. That’s all kind of gobbledygook to us, but hey if it does the job. £8.99. Tool for shortening metal wrist bands. Items supplied: Band retaining block made of plastic for differing band thickness with clefts for the pins, pin remover with chasing tools 0.6-0.8 and 1.0mm for driving the pins…
Read MorePortableApps Suite – free portable programs for your USB stick or phone
The nice folk at PortableApps have come up with the PortableApps Suite, which is a pre-packaged set of useful freeware you can download and install onto your USB memory stick, phone, iPod or PDA. Just plug in to the nearest computer USB socket and start work – no install, no hassle. It’s a great way to carry round an instantly accessible set of tools, and includes the Firefox browser, Thunderbird for email, Sunbird for Calendar/tasks, antivirus, messaging, games and office software like…
Read More17 Wonderful Free Web Design Tools – make it easy on yourself
Smashingapps has brought together 17 Wonderful Free Web Design Tools for y’all, and it’s quite a nice list. As well as more conventional stuff like Stripe Generator and Reflection Maker (whatever happened to Web 2.0 anyway?) there’s some interesting stuff like Product Planner which lets you share and compare user flows for web sites/applications, which is a very nice idea indeed. Anyhoo, it’s a neat list, so enjoy. This is the wonderful list of 17 free and online web based…
Read MorePlantCare – the comprehensive gardener’s grotto
PlantCare dot com is a full on gardener’s treasure chest of information on everything to do with indoor and outdoor horticulture. It features forums, a huge plant encyclopaedia and tips, hints and guides on all things floral. Whether you’re a casual cultivator or gardening guru, PlantCare.com has all of the information you need. At Plant Care you can search our extensive plant database to find information on thousands of outdoor and indoor house plants, participate in and discuss your favorite…
Read MoreAX10 Scorpion – rock crawling on a smaller scale and budget
For the uninitiated, Rock Crawling is a sport involving high-powered and expensive machinery (usually 4WD vehicles) slowly pushing and pulling themselves up insanely steep hills and boulders. Axial Racing have shrunk rock crawling to 1:10 scale and come up with the AX10 Scorpion, a remote control, scale model of a rock crawling truck. It’s sort of unique in that it’s one of the first dedicated rock crawling R/C kits, all you need to do is build it and add your…
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AlcoScan Premium Breathalyser – deep lung sampling sensors give warning on cue
The AlcoScan AL7000 Premium Breathalyser comes with something called a ‘Precalibrated Replaceable Intelligent Sensor Module’ which is sort of reassuring. Isn’t it? Anyway all this advanced tech apparently means it’s more sensitive, doesn’t need calibration and is self diagnosing. At the end of the day, if it stops folks driving while under the influence, who cares eh? $199.00. Our Premium Breathalyzer combines advanced PRISM (Precalibrated Replaceable Intelligent Sensor Module) technology, professional accuracy, and modern design in a convenient, easy-to-use device. This…
Read MoreXSight Touch – universal remote control gets some glam styling
The folks at One-For-All sent me a new Xsight Touch universal remote control to look at, and it’s pretty impressive. Sleek, black, shiny. And that’s just the power plug. The rest isn’t too shabby either. I’ve tried a range of these universal remotes from various manufacturers over time and all of them have failed to deliver at some point or another, but it looks as though this Touch model has what it takes to cope with just about every hardware…
Read MoreNerf Vulcan Hack – turn yourself into the Boss of Bosses
These $49.99 Nerf Vulcan utensils are all very well for stodgy, conventional cubicle wars, but the fact they rely on battery power is a distinct disadvantage, no? Cue the Nerf Vulcan Hack, which supplies 9V power pack continuous rate sponge dart barrageness and does away with battery fail. Perfect, as they say, for ‘fixed position defense’. The goal of this mod was to move away from a battery pack and make the Nerf Vulcan EBF-25 a stationary assault or defense weapon. This…
Read MoreBatteryBar – fab freeware keeps a close watch on your battery status
BatteryBar is a neat little freeware program which monitors your laptop computer’s battery status, and gives a super accurate reading of the amount of time you’ve got left. Unlike normal power meters, this one maintains a history of your discharge rates, which means it gets more accurate as you use it. If you’ve ever been frustrated by the seemingly random movements of the default Windows battery meter in the task bar, then this is probably your kind of tool. The Pro…
Read MorePinPoints – cool and useful way to locate the nearby where
PinPoints is a very cool mobile phone application which lets you find and transmit a location, address or business to your handset as an instant landmark . The service uses Google maps as the focal point for the web search, but you can search and send addresses from your email client or web browser once you’ve installed the right PinPoint tool (yes, there’s a Firefox plugin!). This kind of application clearly makes top use of GPS enabled phones, and it…
Read MoreWriteonit – just another friendly fake image creator
Writeonit is a fun picture editor which allows you to play fast and loose with images in different ways. Put yourself on an advertising billboard, on the front cover of a famous magazine (like Time, Wired or *yawn* Playboy), you get the…ahem…picture. Once done, you can share it with your MySpace, Facebook or Windows Live buddies. Or not. Jolly fun. Welcome on WriteOnIt. Here you can easily create your fake pictures, captions and fake magazines and other funny jokes for…
Read MoreArt.Suono iPod Dock – wireless elegance for the discerning rockster
This Art.Suono Wireless Music System is a glorified iPod dock masquerading as fine art. How else to explain the ‘machined from aircraft grade aluminum’ and the ‘collectable audio product’ tags? Anyhoo, it’s fancy, it’s expensive and it’s available, so what are you waiting for, the overdraft letter? $1500.00. As a limited edition David Wiener Collection piece, the Art.Suono has not only been designed for ultimate performance and quality; it has been created to bring long-term enjoyment and value to you. Over…
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