If you’re a fan of BBC Comedy (and even if you’re not), you should check out these YouTube videos with Jon Plowman. He does some quick reviews of a bunch of different electricity monitoring devices for Energy Saving Day 2009. E-Day 2009 takes place on the Isles of Scilly on October 6 and is the […]
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This looks like the ultimate utility knife. The SpeedPak from Clauss, uses replacement blade cartridges. Carry a cartridge in your pocket and when needed, just pop it into the knife. This seems easier and safer than messing with individual blades. Each cartridge holds 10 Titanium Bonded double-edged blades that are 3x harder than steel and
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Just a few weeks ago, I reviewed Cakewalk’s UA-1G USB Audio Interface and I was much impressed. Today, Cakewalk kicks it up a notch with the smaller of the two of their new V-Studio packages. This combo package of a portable digital multi-track recorder, a Digital Audio Workstation control surface, a PC and Mac compatible USB
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The Zeo personal sleep coach is a device that can analyze your sleep patterns to help you determine habits and behaviors that may be helping or hindering your sleep cycle. It can also teach new ways that may help you get a better night’s rest. It consists of a bedside display module and a wireless
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We love our electronics, don’t we? I don’t know anyone who doesn’t have, at the very least, a notebook computer and an MP3 player. Most of my friends add in an iPhone or other smartphone. I, personally, have always used Invisible Shield products for my more important electronics and have gotten quite good at applying them
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The other day I was searching through the iTunes app store for a new game to play on my iPhone. I checked the puzzle games section, the card games section and then the racing games section. As I was flipping through the pages of apps, one particular game icon caught my eye. It was for
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The Data Locker from Origin Storage is a device that combines a external USB hard drive with an added layer of security. It has a touch screen interface that can be programmed with a password of up to 18 digits. There’s also a self destruct response feature if it detects a brute force attack. There
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Do you have multiple LCDs connected to your desktop or laptop computer. Would you trade them for this 41 inch wide monster from Ostendo? The CRVD has a 43 inch diagonal curved display with a maximum resolution of 2880 x 900. It’s actually a projection monitor that uses DLP technology. It has DVI and HDMI
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Check out these made to order resin and steel reinforced wall mounted guitar hangers from Grip Studios. They are available in different colors and shapes, including human hands, skeleton hands and monster hands. They are priced from $39.99 up to $119.99. I need some of these for my ukuleles 🙂 SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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Nothing can ruin a nice day outside quicker than unwelcome mosquitoes. Keep them at bay with this USB powered, ultrasonic insect repeller from Uxsight. It generates a low buzz, inaudible to the human ear while the mosquitoes do not like it and stay away. It is completely safe for adults and kids, as well as
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Last month, news of two new Sony readers leaked when someone found repair manuals for new devices called the PRS-300 and the PRS-600. Gadget sites were rife with speculation about these devices and when they’d be released. Sony quickly confirmed that these new devices would be released at the end of August, and they even
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The next time you’re in the jungle being chased by Nazi soldiers, you can take off your Survival Straps bracelet, unravel the 16 feet of paracord and rappel off the side of a cliff to safety. Oh wait, I think that was from an Indiana Jones movie, not a MacGyver episode. Anyway, you get the
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If you have $12,000 burning a hole in your pocket, you should check out the BRAMMO Enertia Powercycle. This electric motorcycle has a top speed of 60MPH and a range up to 42 miles or so per charge. It has no gears and clutch, so that means no shifting. Just charge it up using a
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Do the words Going Green, cause you to roll your eyes or open them? I fall into the eye opening group as I’m a self-proclaimed tree hugger that hates to hear about the the polar ice caps melting and oceans warming. We are big on recycling at my house and we’ve switched 90% of the
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There are a bazillion companies selling external battery chargers for the iPhone and other USB enabled devices. This power packs are really convenient when you’re away from your computer or a wall outlet and your favorite gadget is low on juice. But it seems like most of them are pretty bulky and expensive. I just
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Brenthaven has just released a messenger bag that includes a feature that I thought of a long time ago. Since I don’t manufacture gear bags, that idea has just been floating around in my mind with no where to go. 😉 I’m glad that Brenthaven thought of it too. It’s switchable messenger bag flaps. Each
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We’ve seen ergonomic keyboards like this for our desktop computers, but this is the first time that I’ve seen one made especially for laptops. The Goldtouch Go! Travel Keyboard that offers similar key feel and travel distance as found on the standard desktop keyboards. Typical laptop “mini” or “compact” keyboards can have shortened key travel
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This site might be interesting to those of you that still prefer physical books to ebooks. 🙂 Bookins is a website where you can trade books and DVDs with other readers. Bookins arranges the trades from you to one member and from a third member back to you, and so on. You never have to
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Like a lot of us, I travel for work fairly often, lugging my rotator-cuff rending Lenovo T60p (with extended life battery) and its builders-grade power brick through airports and hotels. Because of this, I am rather fanatical about accessories that can help me save time, weight and space, both on my daily grind commute and
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Yesterday I was stopped by a Barnes and Noble bookstore in Bloomington, IN and spent about an hour perusing their magazine racks for cool things that I thought you guys would like to know about. We all know that there are magazines about almost any topic you can think of, from sports, computers, news, hobbies,
An entire magazine devoted sneakers? Who knew? Read More
