Polar is taking their heart rate monitor experience and making it live, on-screen for health club group exercise classes, like spinning. Class members simply wear a Polar chest strap (no watch required), and their live heart rate data (% of max HR, target zones) is beamed onto a digital checkerboard screen. The data helps people […]
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Ever since we moved to WordPress last December, I haven’t been very happy with the built in search functionality. It’s pretty bad when the owner of a site can’t find her own stuff. 😉 So I finally made time to install a new search feature. Check it out, it’s at the top of the Right
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Save precious desk space with these minimalist laptop stands from Deskstandz. $29.99 will get you a stand for your Macbook, Macbook Pro or any PC laptop up to 17″. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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Here’s an interesting idea. It’s the Phone Slipper. It’s a silicone case for your iPhone or Blackberry 8300, 8310, 8320 or 8330, that will protect your phone, as well as act like a wallet. There’s a slot in the back where you can slide several credit cards and some cash. It seems to be a
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This is a the dumbest thing I’ve seen in awhile. This lip enhancement kit from SkyMall of all places, claims to make your lips fuller and sexier instantly. Ummmm… ok… Apparently you slather on the included Micro Collagen Plumping Balm and then use the squeezie thing to suction your lips. What I think is funny
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If you don’t have a hole in your desk for cables, this set of 6 peel and stick clips will keep the various cables cluttering your desk from falling on the floor. They can also be used to route cables for a more tidy desk. The are available from ThinkGeek for $9.99 a set. SHARE
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Back in February, I told you all about a polymer and aluminum RFID shielding wallet called the Flipside. The makers of this product listened to your comments to that original post and comments from their customers, and have come up with the Flipside 2. This new version is thinner, smaller and easier to use than
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Electronic Books (eBooks) are huge news these days. From the Kindle to Barnes & Noble’s latest offering, portable readers are the news of the day. While some think this is the wave of the future, I have come full circle from my non-comvergence stance: At some point in the future, there will be a single
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The Blackberry Visor Mount Speakerphone (VM-605) is a pretty, slick new device from RIM that combines a hands-free speakerphone with an FM transmitter to let you hear your Blackberry over the car’s speakers. In appearance and function, it is a piece of art. Besides a hands-free speakerphone, it is also billed as your gateway to
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Oh wow, I really want one of these handhelds. It looks like a retro gamer’s dream. It has emulation software for MAME (retro arcade games), Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore VIC20/64/128, Gameboy, Gameboy Advance, NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, NeoGeo and support for Flash based games. The GPX2 Wiz features a QVGA OLED Touch Screen, 1GB of
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The Das Keyboard is German engineered with gold-plated mechanical key switches that provide tactile and audio feedback. Blue LEDs provide a slick look and the built in USB hub allows you to charge and sync your iPod or iPhone. Fast typists and gamers will be glad to hear Das Keyboard has an n-key rollover function
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Using your laptop outdoors on a sunny day can be difficult because the sunlight can cause the laptop’s display to look dark or washed out. Putting on your normal sunglasses usually makes matters worse. Glarewear sunglasses are sporty looking glasses that have special polarized lenses that allow you to see the display even on a
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The SimpleNET from SimpleTech is a super simple (sorry, couldn’t resist) way to turn a USB hard drive into a NAS device (network attached storage). Just plug this small module into your wireless router and then plug one or two USB hard drives into the USB ports in the module and you’re done. It’s compatible
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I haven’t worn a watch for several years now. I always have my phone with me or am sitting behind a computer, so wearing a time piece hasn’t been a necessity. For those of you that do still wear a watch, Tokyoflash of Japan always has some really cool designs worth checking out. They are
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I recently moved to a new home that is in a communications dead zone.  There’s no cell access, OTA TV and most troublesome, I cannot receive antenna born FM radio.  Thankfully, VTECH, the cordless phone people have introduced the IS9181 Wi-Fi Internet Radio which gives me a choice of over 11,000 Internet radio stations, plus
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Hogwild Beetle Spoons and Sporks have a wacky design that allows the folded wings to rotate 180 degrees from the closed position to the extended and ready-to-use position. They are dishwasher safe and come with an individual travel case that slides neatly into backpacks, lunch boxes or picnic baskets. They just might help you bribe
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I’ll admit it, I’m a liar… But, I’m also a woman and we always reserve the right to change our minds, right? 😉 If you recall, back in June I told everyone that I was not going to buy the iPhone 3GS because I don’t have 3G coverage here in the bustling metropolis of Columbus,
Liar, Liar, my pants are on fire Read More
There are two beverages that I would be hard pressed to live without. Tea and Diet Coke. I love tea, but I’m addicted to Diet Coke. I drink the 20 ounce plastic bottles from vending machines at work and cans at home. Even though I recycle, I often feel guilty at the number of bottles
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If you ever have that same feeling, you can use the SpyFinder to locate wired or wireless cameras that might be recording your every movement. The SpyFinder is a small handheld device that runs on 2 AAA batteries. One end has a viewfinder that you look through that has an array of flashing LEDs on
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Scorpions give me the creeps. Luckily, I don’t live in an area where we have those evil looking critters. If I did, I’d want a Photon Scorpion Finder Freedom Micro keychain light. How can an LED flashlight find a scorpion? A unique feature of nearly all scorpions is that their bodies will fluoresce brightly under
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