It’s easy to forget that despite all the hassles we seem to face in the Western world, life is generally very good for us. We don’t suffer from famine, pestilence or war, and there’s probably a Mickey D’s within walking distance. So why do we complain so much?
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Datastroyer Model 1000 Disintegrator will annihilate and exterminate
Earlier this week we got to see a way to rid yourself of stacks of unwanted papers with a shredder that can do a lot of work quickly. There are however, always going to be more extreme cases in which you know that a shredder of this magnitude isn’t going to be enough. You’re going to need something that can do more than heavy duty. It’s full name is the Datastroyer Model 1000 Disintegrator, and is will annihilate a whole…
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The Furby is coming back…maybe it is the end of the world?
Apparently today is all about being nostalgic. Surely you remember those creepy little hamster chicken creatures called Furbys. They were disappearing off of the shelf like no tomorrow a few years back. Not only that, but they were selling for about three times the amount outside of retailers just because people wanted them so badly.
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Floating Rope Swing lets you relive your childhood
When you were young, you might have gone down to the creek where an old rope swing resided. It rested on a sturdy tree nearby the shore, where many have swung and dived off bravely. This sort of thing became a summer tradition, and as we have grown into adults, the idea of jumping off of a poorly secured rope into muddy creek water has somewhat lost its appeal.
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TV Tank hides your big screen with the fish
If you are a lover of expensive and exotic things, chances are you want to find the best of both worlds wrapped up in one. If marine life and watching the game on the big screen are two of your favorite things, then why not combine them? You might think that combining electronics and water might be a bit tricky, but not for the TV Tank.
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Game Downloader puts the world of open source games at your fingertips [Freeware]
Regular readers will know we’re passionate fans of open source and freeware games. We featured our own 70 Best Games guide a while back, and we’re always trying to promote the best of the genre where we can. This latest freeware, however, is a little different, but in a good way.
Read MoreEasel.ly is a cool way to create your own free infographics
Love ’em or hate ’em, infographics certainly do catch the eye. Like everything else, there are good ones and bad ones, and while most of them provide as much value as a chocolate teapot, there is the odd version which is really interesting. One of my favourites is the New Year’s Fail infographic, which really hit home.
Read MoreSilicone Swim Gloves help you swim with the fishes
Is there a modern Aquaman movie out yet? No? Well there should be. The idea of swooping around in the water, as graceful as a dolphin and cool as a mermaid is our idea of a great vacation. Of course the reality is a lot of splashing, quite a bit of gurgling and not a lot of elegance.
Read MoreMonovelo is like a big wheel for adults
When I was little, having a Big Wheel made you one of the cool kids. Until you had one, you were just more of the riff raff that played with the kiddie toys. While it may not be a �Big Wheel� perhaps, we still like to have really awesome toys that help us to keep up with the Jones’.
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The 75 Sheet Auto Shredder will annihilate stacks of paper in no time
If you work in a job that still uses a lot of paper product, chances are that you need to shred documents every now and then. This normally isn’t a very daunting task, but if you have a huge stack of papers to go through on a regular basis, this simple task may quickly take up most of your day. Most shredders can only take one paper at a time, and even then it needs coaxing with such a menial…
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Solio Bolt charges the Kindle Fire with the power of the sun’s…fire
We all need power. As much of it as we can get. Middle aged men need it to prop themselves up, young boys need it to impress, nerds use it to overcome the panic attacks. Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, at the heart of living is power. Which makes it a real pain that your average gadget can only exist in a powered state for a pitiful few hours.
Read MoreUse MakeMKV to transfer your old DVDs to your phone or portable player [Freeware]
If you’re like me, you’ve probably got an ageing collection of old DVD movies that are sitting on a shelf somewhere, waiting to be thrown out or ‘archived’ to the attic one day during a cleanup. In amongst them are some really cool movies though eh, wouldn’t it be great to be able to digitize them to your phone, computer or other player so you can watch them again when the mood suits? Well now you can!
Read MoreOnly Indie is the world’s first dynamically priced eBook store
eBooks are becoming big business. Back at the start of last year Amazon announced that it was selling more ebooks than printed paperback books in the US. In fact for every 100 printed paperback books they sold in 2011, they sold 115 digital eBooks, which is incredible when you remember that the eBook reader has only recently started to reach mass adoption.
Read MorePlantronics BackBeat GO Bluetooth earbuds let you banish pesky wires for ever
Using a Bluetooth headset often means having one ear piece, which makes it great for taking calls. However, for all of us music lovers out there, this greatly inhibits our ability to listen to our favorite tunes throughout the day. We need two earbuds to fully immerse ourselves into our music, and only being halfway into it is just annoying.
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Lubricheck will let you know if you can put off an oil change or not
If you own a car, you’ve likely had to deal with an oil change once or twice. For those of us who are constantly driving from place to place, this is normally a more frequent ordeal. It does need to be done every now and then, but what happens when we go over the allotted mileage? How can we tell when we should change our oil without having to pay someone else to check it?
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