Right 23, Left 12, Right 7. Ah, childhood memories of locker combinations, skipping class and bullies. Those were the days my friend… Not! But maybe we can make school just a little bit more fun for kids these days with the new Set-Your-Own combination locks from Master Lock. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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I typically blather on only about the really good stuff or the blatantly bad stuff. And most people do not believe me; and that’s OK. But to my amazement they took to this one. They asked questions. And they went to the web site. They even tried out different manufacturers and some even got their
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Brighten your kitchen counter with one of these 900 watt Bodum Bistro toasters. I think it’s kinda funny to call them retro / modern. But I guess toasters will be considered retro appliances until someone invents a laser toaster or something. 😉 The Bistro does all the obvious toaster tasks such as um… toasting. But
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Holy diabetic coma Batman, that is one colossal hunk of gelatinous candy! I’m a bit terrified by this five-pound beast that is the equivalent of 1,400 regular sized gummy bears and packs a whopping 12,600 calories. Yikes. It’s available in several flavors: Blue raspberry, Red cherry, and Green apple and is hand-made in the USA.
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During my normal Saturday morning routine of hot tea, steel-cut oats and magazine browsing, I happened upon the ZeroGravity Orbit Guitar Pick in the latest copy of a Musician’s Friend catalog. Guitar Picks really haven’t changed much over the years, so this one easily caught my eye. Attached to the actual pick is a soft
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This is interesting; The Zii EGG. Using Andriod and the OS called Plaszma, Zii is calling this the cornerstone of ‘Stem Cell Computing’. With this unit that means 24 floating point processors delivering 8 GFLOPS of computing power using a ZMS-05 ARM dual core chip. The EGG hardware also sports Open GL ES graphics capabilities,
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The Zona Plus is a blood pressure reducing isometric exerciser that was developed from technology used by the U.S. Air Force to improve F-16 pilots’ blood circulation. This exercise device claims to reduce your blood pressure without medication and clinical research by cardiovascular specialists shows the device lowers blood pressure in 90% of users who
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Do you sometimes wish that you could email the latest family news and pictures to Grandma or Grandpa, but can’t because they don’t have a computer? Sunnygram offers an email service to connect to these “unplugged” people in your life. With Sunnygram, you assign an email address to a non-emailer (such as Gr*****@*******am.com), and then
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V-MODA has recently introduced their newly styled earbuds in their Vibe series, the Vibe II w/microphone. While Vibe II’s are more compact and polished than the original Vibes, the big questions are; how do they sound and function compared to the already saturated earbud market….. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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If you don’t like using Bluetooth headsets, but want a handsfree alternative for your mobile phone while driving, you might want to check out the new solCHAT speakerphone from Scosche. All the typical speakerphone features are accessed by an easy 3 button interface, but the main difference with this Bluetooth device is the integrated solar
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We’ve got another webcam claiming to be the first one with 720p capability. Late last week it was Microsoft’s LifeCam. Today it’s the Hercules DualPix. The DualPix comes in at a better price point ($59.99) than the LifeCam ($80.00) and appears to be more adjustable with two axes that can rotate for capturing pictures. SHARE
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With all the entries on the media player market, a device has to distinguish itself to rise above the pack. Seagate’s FreeAgent Theater does what the others do and then some. If you’ve found shortcomings with other devices, this might be your choice. I’ll take it through its paces and point out what I believe to be the
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We’ve been seeing some ‘reviews’ of this device, but nothing official from Nokia until now. Nokia has now announced the N900 and it will be running the new version of Maemo. That’s the operating system the N770/n800/n810 have been using; it’s the ‘other’ operating system for Nokia besides Symbian. On the OS topic, there’s been
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Spracht has recently introduced their newest product, the Aura BluNote. The BluNote is a portable wireless speaker that allows you to listen to the music saved on your Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone, PDA, iPod, MP3/MP4 player, portable game console, PC or Mac. It can also be used to make and receive phone calls using the mobile
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More companies have been producing accessories that attempt to seamlessly integrate with the functionality and aesthetics of Apple’s MacBook line (that “Mac Factor”), such as the mStand. Behold the BookArc from Twelve South, which lets you to “turn your laptop into a desktop.” The BookArc holds your MacBook in a vertical orientation providing a smaller
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RAGGEDedge Gear Inc. is a mother and daughter team that offers some very trendy looking wallets, gear bag, purses and pouches made of sailcloth. Sailcloth is the material used to make sails for sailboats. It’s very tough, light weight, waterproof, smell proof, stretch resistant and extremely easy to clean. Some of their products are constructed
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You really gotta love our redneck brothers and sisters and all their wacky gadgets. Case in point: 14.5 inch long butane backyard BBQ lighters shaped to look like a rifle or a fishing pole. I guess you have to love Nascar racin and possum huntin to figure this un out. Get one now for $9.99
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Here’s a great MP3 player for toddlers. It’s easy to use for both parent and child, it has an external speaker and it’s durable. I had been searching for a music player just like this, it’s like the SweetPea Toy Company read my mind. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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This 3 digit combination lock from Brando is an actual physical lock for your USB Flash Drive. It allows you to set your own 3 digits code and prevents your flash drive from being used without the correct code. Pre-order $10 for mid-September availability. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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I have a lot of computers. Part of the problem with having so many computers is having enough keyboards and mice for all of them – and having small keyboards is a plus when you have so many machines. When Julie sent me some information about G-Cube, I was pretty interested in their keyboards –
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