Online conference calls are great until you have that one person who jumps in the call and adds a static sound that will drive you crazy during the meeting. If you are one of those people, you know that a lot of that has to do with your mic picking up every little sound in the room. If you need to have online conversations on a regular basis, then you probably want to get a better microphone. Unless you want…
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Do you see a challenge, and immediately take it on? Are you a fan of puzzles and pop art? If the answer to all of these is yes, then prepare yeself, for there is a trial afoot on which you can put your skills to the test.
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Look, if you’re going to wear a watch, at least grab one that’s got some real hard core smarts embedded in it, rather than some bejeweled nancy with more style than substance. A real watch needs to be able to speak to you in multiple different ways, empathize when you’re feeling low, cheer you up on dull days, and generally be the sort of friend you can rely on.
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There’s lots of ways to lose your phone, and a growing number of ways to find it again. Locator apps are thick on the ground, of which one of our favorites is the open source Prey app. But one thing these programs can’t do is locate your phone if it’s got a battery which is out of juice…and of course lost, as opposed to stolen, handsets quickly run out of power.
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Long time readers will know how passionate we are here about the open source movement in all its forms. For example, a couple of years ago we featured 21 of the Coolest Open Source Hardware Projects in the world, which included a great open source tractor for agricultural and industrial use. Well time moves on, and it seems the movement is growing stronger by the day. That little tractor has literally become a whole ecosystem designed to provide the building…
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Sometimes you need your conversations to be private. Like those with your parole officer, or the ones you have with your boss when you’re pleading not to get fired or bargaining with your loan shark for just a few more days. You don’t want the whole neighborhood knowing your business, right? So what to do?
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Keeping up with winding a mechanical watch is not really bothersome, unless you forget. This sort of watch does save you money on all batteries that you will no longer need to buy, and those with a clear face are mesmerizing to look at as they strictly and rhythmically tick. If you are a watch collector though, and want to not only display your watch when you’re not wearing it, but give it special treatment, then you might like this…
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While I have used Instagram in the past, I don’t really see the appeal of it. Yes, I get that it makes your photos a tad more interesting, but it’s just another step to uploading photos to some social media site. Some are a bit more than gun-ho about this service, and so, items are popping up like wildflowers to appeal to this demographic.
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Kids don’t really understand limitations. Jumping off of things that are way too high, trying to pet every animal they see, and turning up the volume on a pair of headphones so loud that they can’t hear their own thoughts. It’s up to the parent to keep them reigned in as best they can, and it’s always comforting to see that there are companies out there that want to help you.
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Here’s a quick round-up of Red Ferret posts from the past week for those who missed them. Enjoy.
Read MoreWith great power comes great responsibility, and nowhere is this more apparent than with smartphones. Sure they’re great and everything, but have you noticed how much other stuff they need in order to work optimally? Card readers, extra batteries, memory cards, charging cables…the list goes on. And where exactly are we supposed to store all these bits, our already full pockets? There must be a better way.
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Even as more plastic waste accumulates in our oceans, creative minds are devising innovative ways to reuse post-consumer plastic to help our environment. Such is the case of the German REWE Group which plans to create plastic floating islands planted with papyrus, then use them to help rebuild the ecosystem of Africa’s Lake Naivasha. The papyrus restoration partnership between UK-owned tea producer and flower grower Finlays and Dr David Harper, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Leicester, is intended…
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Having a baby means no time for a lot of things at the beginning. Showering is a rarity, microwaving meals is about as close to cooking a meal as you’ll get, and being able to clean the house is a laughable idea. You don’t exactly want to deal with a maid or another set of hands coming in the house, so why not get your baby to help you out?
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Isn’t it great how an emergency always gives you warning before it happens? Yep, life is pretty swell about that, since you’re always ready for situations before they occur. Now that we’ve all had a good laugh about how that never happens, we can move on to finding ways to be prepared for life’s little surprises.
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We have a love/hate relationship with caffeine. It keeps us awake, but that means that we have to drudge through more work. While coffee and tea never really get old (because there are so many different flavors and varieties of them), it is nice to change how you intake your daily dosage of energy. The best method is always something sweet, and you can never go wrong with candy.
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