The moment is approaching fast, who will win? Are you excited? We are. Anyway just to say if you’ve been putting off entering because your dear Aunt Agnes is visiting at the moment, along with her yappy terrier, then delay no longer, because time is running out. Click here to enter. Remember if you don’t enter, you cannot possibly win. Honest, we’ve tried that and it doesn’t work at all. Really!
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Am I the only one who reads long form articles any more? I suspect not, and I guess also that like me, most people find it difficult to fit in this reading before their lunch break is over. Or I see something I want to read and email it to myself to read when I have the time. So I end up with fifteen emailed links to sort through at the end of the day. Pocket is an app that…
Read More![Pocket lets you read, watch, and explore the web when you’ve got time to spare [Freeware]](https://www.redferret.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Pocket-Devices.jpg)
Normally bicycles don’t come with headlights or indicator lights, you have to buy individual kits for that purpose. Some of these kits are expensive, and some are just reflectors that don’t actually have their own light. If you want to let other drivers/bikers know your intentions for taking a turn then you need proper indicators.
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People are always finding faces and pictures on food. Fruits that look like presidents and potato chips that look like Elvis. Thanks to a company called Toasted In The USA you can now have your face on food too with a custom toaster called Toasted Selfies.
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Budgeting is the worst part of being a grown-up, and using debit and credit cards makes it even harder since you can’t actually see how much money you have left. Spend $100 in cash and it’s easy to notice, since you literally do not have that cash anymore. Spendee is an app that helps you visualize your transactions in real time and hopefully keep your spending under control.
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Here’s a quick round-up of Red Ferret posts from the past week for those who missed them. Enjoy.
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No matter how many subscriptions for HD channels you have or even if you own the latest Apple TV or Roku TV set-top boxes, there are still limitations on when and where you can use them. For example, you can’t take your HD channels to your vacation home or on an international trip.
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Upcycling – turning used products that would have ended up in the landfill into new products – is becoming more mainstream. Now it’s Southwest Airlines that’s jumped onboard. It’s new LUV Seat: Repurpose with Purpose sustainability program will turn 43 acres of used leather seat coverings into useful new products. After going more eco-friendly by replacing many of its fleet’s interior leather products with more lightweight materials- which reduced each plane’s weight by 600 pounds – the airline was stuck…
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The recent announcement by IKEA that it has started selling electric bicycles in Austria looks as though it could be the start of something very big for the world of eco-friendly transport in general. When one of the world’s largest and most popular retailers trials the sale of a product like this, you can bet there’s something going on back at headquarters.
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If you’ve ever had the urge to create your own Mini-me, or even produce a tiny avatar of your favorite person in the whole wide world, and were put off by the costs of 3D printing, we may have a cute solution for you. And it won’t cost very much at all.
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So here’s a fascinating fact. Apparently we humans lose half of our taste receptors by the time we reach 20, and from then on it’s all downhill. Yikes. As if that wasn’t enough, our tastebuds can only recognize 5 primary tastes – sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and unami – and if you’re a non-taster, you’re probably not even going to be able to do that. So it’s fascinating to report on a new product which aims to help things along…
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Building websites with WordPress is a popular choice for many web developers. Its user-friendly template and theme approach appeals to novices and experts alike. However, there is a more technical side to website building that only those with programming experience are familiar with. Yes, we’re talking about the actual coding.
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Learning a new language is a useful tool, but outside of high school it’s hard to find time to devote to it. Lingua.ly is a new app which is designed to make language learning an easier and more personal experience all round.
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Once upon a time we didn’t have all these fancy doo-dads. We were lucky if we could play with a paper box and some sticky tape, and that was on special days only. Now we’ve got all the toys in the world, and it seems we can’t stop making even more of them.
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My house was built in like 1922. There are rooms with single outlets and rooms with multiple outlets but only two out of a possible five works, one of which hasn’t been updated since 1945. We’re not sure if it works, and we’re afraid to try. Pod Power is the solution for too few or clustered outlets.
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