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Bookmark This! October 20, 2009 posted by Diane
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Jotti’s malware scan – one online virus scanner to rule them all

Here at the Ferret we don’t like malware. But scanning for it can be a mite tedious when you’re just about to get stuck into testing the latest greatest free application and you realise your virus definitions are out of date. That’s why we’ve reviewed several free online virus scanners in the past. But if you’re a bit more paranoid you probably wouldn’t trust the results of just one virus scanner, which is when Jotti’s malware scan would come in…

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Jotti’s malware scan – one online virus scanner to rule them all
general October 19, 2009 posted by Diane
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tintii – Selective colour highlighting tool without Photoshop

Sometimes photos just look better in black and white than in colour. Sometimes, they look even better when you selectively highlight a point of colour in the photo but to do this you usually need to be fairly confident using Photoshop or other image editing software. tintii is a free, tiny application for doing simple colour highlighting without much fuss. You simply open the photo in tintii and it preselects the base colours (reds, greens, blues) in your image and…

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diy October 16, 2009 posted by Diane
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DIY LED Garden Lights – Recession friendly garden aesthetics

Got a garden party coming up but no pretty garden lighting to set it off? Run out of “buy-garden-lighting” funds in the post-GFC world? Why not DIY with some cheap and nifty LED garden lights using single LEDs, lithium cell batteries and glass jars, devised by the folks at EvilMadScientist. While I wouldn’t advocate mass battery usage, and therefore potential wastage, in the name of permanent garden lighting, it’s a nice idea for a temporary solution. Some assembly required. For…

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DIY LED Garden Lights – Recession friendly garden aesthetics
Eco Friendly October 14, 2009 posted by Diane
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Ecotronic Eco Phone – Battery-free kinetic powered kids’ toys

Seems that every time you turn around there is another annoyingly noisy electronic kids’ toy requiring batteries to be replaced. The Ecotronic Eco Phone is an annoyingly noisy electronic kids’ toy with a difference – you can’t silence it by pulling the batteries out. When it goes quiet all you have to do is shake it to restore its charge. Not that any kids I know would ever shake a toy to see what noises it could make. Around �12…

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Ecotronic Eco Phone – Battery-free kinetic powered kids’ toys
general October 14, 2009 posted by Diane
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Poem Cup and Saucer – make your tea-break work for you

Once upon a time there was such a thing as a tea-break. And in that tea-break you might have had a cool idea. What did you do? No smartphones handy to quickly jot off an update to your blog, so you used a notepad and pen. Return to those days with the Poem Cup and Saucer – a groovy looking teacup and saucer with built-in pen holder. Maybe if you had a teacup like this your boss would reinstate the…

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Poem Cup and Saucer – make your tea-break work for you