It’s safe to say that YouTube has revolutionized the way the world views video content. It took them a while, but the company finally found a good way to let the uploaders make a bit of money off the content they provide. Unfortunately for the viewer, this means seeing ads. Sure, the little ones that pop up at the bottom aren’t too bad, as you can just click them away. What’s really annoying are the ones that have video advertisements…
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Since most of you have probably gotten up your holiday decorations by now, take a look at them. How many of them did someone craft by hand? I have two, neither of which was made by me. I’m certainly an advocate of DIY projects, so I thought I’d share one with you today. The best part? It’s doubly geeky! Behold the LEGO Death Star Ornament. It combines two of my favorite things (LEGOs and Star Wars) into one deliciously geeky…
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This ePure cordless DECT phone has bags of style, and comes in any colour you like as long as it’s black or white. The phone features a clock and calendar functions, address book, a 2 watt loudspeaker with hands-free and up to 5 handsets per location. Oh and low radiation emissions. No price as yet. [Thanks Michel] ePure is unique because: * Complexity of the design makes that a special care is given to each part of ePure * ePure has a high sound…
Read MoreBlaze is a freeware program designed to help improve your Windows productivity by automating repetitive tasks. It also offers the same kind of application launch capability as my favourite Launchy, but goes a lot further in terms of power and features. For instance it has a ‘learning’ mode which monitors what you’re doing and pops up a window offering to complete a recurring task. One of the examples is if you’re renaming a bunch of images from, say, CIMGxxx.jpg to vacation1x.jpg. After…
Read MoreThis Pure purification bottle works without power or chemicals. Just fill it with dirty water, plunge the water as if it was a coffee maker, then sterilize by winding for 90 seconds to power up a UV lamp. Apparently this combo is enough to remove 99.9% of bacteria and other nasties in the water. Concept at the moment, but let’s hope it gets to production. The outer chamber of the water bottle is to be filled with dirty water from…
Read MoreI’ve always thought that snowboading looked like a lot of fun. Unfortunately it takes a pretty large hill to be able to really appreciate on of these crafts. I mean, the coolest part is being able to do all sorts of awesome tricks in the air. You’re not going to do that going down a 10-foot hill in your back yard. Of course, even if I had the hill, there’s no way I would have the skill to make it…
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This Hornettek USB Drive Slipper is a new take on the hard drive dock for computers concept. Instead of slotting your drive into a vertical type dock, you slide (or slip, geddit?) your drive into this USB sleeve and plug the whole shebang into the USB port. Voila, instant drive access. It’s got USB 3.0, looks…well interesting…and probably works very well. $45.00. The Hornettek Slipper USB 3.0 SATA HDD Dock with One Touch Backup allows you to plug any 2.5″…
Read MoreNotifyWire is a freeware program which simplifies the process of searching Craigslist for bargains. You can set up and save searches (only 1 in the free version), as well as store alert settings which will SMS or email you when an advert matching your criteria appears on the site. The whole thing is crafted as an Adobe Air app, which makes it very cross platform, and things like the choice of image or table view for results makes it super easy…
Read MoreThose crazy Brits are at it again. This new Chromaroma game turns the boring drudge of a day’s London commute to work into a fun packed game with missions, goals and everything. Instead of just taking the tube train to work, you can capture the stations, collect points and win fayre maidens. OK, so we exaggerate the last part. The whole thing is based around the smartcard technology embedded in the city’s Oyster ticket card and in the auto bike rental system,…
Read MoreIt’s pretty safe to say that the iPod (in its many forms) has more-or-less conquered the portable music playing market. Of course that wasn’t always the case. There was a large period of time where the Walkman reigned supreme. If you weren’t walking around with one of those bad boys clipped to your belt, you weren’t one of the cool kids. Well now you can reclaim that 80’s look without the need to create mix tapes. If you head over…
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Who doesn’t love a good meatball? Alright, so vegetarians probably don’t, and plenty of other people as well. This product is not for those persons. Instead, it is for everyone that has thought to themselves “I want to make meatballs on a grill.” If that doesn’t sound like heaven to you, then you might want to just scroll down and read about something else that is relevant to your interests. The Meatball Grill Basket is a rather handy cooking device….
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I’m starting to think that I’m the last person to use FaceBook without ever playing FarmVille. It’s probably for the best, as it seems to be one of the most addicting games known to man. A while back they introduced FarmVille credit, which allowed you to exchange real money for virtual items in the game. That seemed crazy enough, but now things have gone even further. American Express will now allow you to trade in reward points for FarmVille credit….
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