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Forget Trackballs, Get Ergonomic with a Trackbar

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Are you all about an ergonomic workspace? Me, I’m a slouching, crossleg sitting, traditional mouse and keyboard using geek. That doesn’t mean that I don’t ‘think’ about trying alternative input devices though. I happened to run across the Emotion Trackbar Ergonomic Mouse and it seems more unusual than most. It has two 1000 dpi optical […]

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More Junk to Hang Off Your BackPack – But It’s YOUR Junk

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I bumbled across this on Lifehacker: Make Photo Necklaces, Earrings, Magnets and More Using Shrinkable Plastic.  Make your own zipper pulls, earrings, nose rings, key chain fobs, dog collar fobs, cell phone fobs, wine glass fobs, e-reader fob, blah blah blah.  The technique involves the “Shrinky Dink” shrinkable plastic from waaaay back in the day,

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Wicked Witch Vinyl Decal for Macbook

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This is the most tempting reason I’ve found to buy a Macbook.  Instead of obscuring the Apple logo, this vinyl decal from the lildecalshop on etsy incorporates it into the design.  The decal shows the Wicked Witch from Snow White tempting you with her poison apple.  The standard color is black, but you can request it in other colors.  The decal is made from

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My Life Pocket Digital Photo Frame

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Not so long ago, proud parents carried small photo albums called brag books loaded with pictures of their families.  Brookstone is offering the 21st century version of the brag book – the My Life Pocket Digital Photo Frame.  This portable frame offers a 3.5″ screen with 320 X 240 resolution.  It has a rechargeable battery for

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Keypad Protected USB Hard Drive

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The Aegis Padlock is an external USB hard drive that is protected PIN number that you punch into the built in keypad. No software installs are required to setup your AES encrypted PIN numbers. Up to 10 different PINs and one admin PIN can be created and the drives are available in 250, 320 and

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Another Wall Outlet Organizer Thingy

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It is now my lifelong quest (which started last year) to find and report about every wall outlet organizer product in the world. I found another one today – yay me! It’s the Driinn Cell Phone Charging Ledge. This one isn’t nearly as elegant as some of the others I’ve told you about, but since

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Totally Free App Market for Windows Mobile

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Several of my favorite Windows Mobile sites are talking about OpnMarket this morning. It’s a new application market for Windows mobile devices that only offers completely free apps that can be downloaded and installed directly from your phone. The only steps required to use it are to sign up for a free account and install

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Track Something in Real-time with the Teltonika GH1202

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The Teltonika GH1202 is a handheld GPS/GPRS tracking device is a handheld terminal with GSM and GPS connectivity. It is able to get longitude and latitude coordinates and transfer them via the GSM network. The location of the device can be monitored in real-time over the internet, which makes it useful for keeping track of

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Another Way to Monitor Your Pet’s Activity

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Recently, we told you about the Pet’s Eye View digital camera you could attach to your pet’s collar so you could see what he does while you’re out.  Now, here’s some information about how you can get your dog online and tweeting.  Mattel has announced Puppy Tweets, a plastic tag that will attach to your dog’s collar, will

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Tripp-Lite Travel-sized Surge Suppressor with USB Charging Ports

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If you’d like to travel with a surge suppressor but don’t have room for one in your laptop or gear bag, the Tripp-Lite travel-sized surge suppressor may  be your answer.  The Traveler3USB has three A/C outlets, with room for one large transformer without blocking the other two outlets.   It supplies 120 V A/C, 50/60 Hz, 15A

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Eliminate Cable Clutter with the IDAPT Charging System

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If you love your gadgets, but hate the cable clutter that goes along with them, the IDAPT charging system looks like an interesting solution to that problem. It’s a table top dock that is available in two configurations. One can charge two devices at once and the other can charge three. The dock can be

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Revisit the 80’s with a Tanto headset from Urbanears

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Feeling nostalgic for the 80’s? Remember when everyone had a Sony Walkman and used headphones instead of earbuds? The Tanto headset from Urbanears is a retro styled headset that has been modernized with a selection of colors (12 of them!) and a built-in remote / microphone so that it can be used to talk handsfree

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Avoid the iPhone ‘Nose Answer’ with 180s Tec Touch Gloves

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If, in your locale, Old Man Winter overstays his welcome by a few months and Jack Frost kidney punches you when you leave the house every morning, you know well the joys and difficulties of a Hoth-like climate.  For those of us blessed with such conditions, occasionally those difficulties creep into our gadgeting as well. 

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Go Green with a Touch of a Button

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It might look like something that Dr. Seuss might eat for breakfast, but this Green egg looking USB device is a button. The USB Green Button from Solutions has been designed to put your Windows or Mac computer into low power mode when pressed. This is one of those devices that no one really needs

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