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Discover DJ – Scratch yourself silly

Dan — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:07:39 +0000

Bring out your inner Ibizan with the Discover DJ by Ion Audio. It’s a twin deck USB DJ controller with [...]

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Aqua Soundz – The wireless floating speaker

Dan — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:49:39 +0000

Aqua Soundz gives you tunes in the pool. Plug one end into your music machine via the 3.5mm plug and [...]

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Encore! Reclaim the Sound – Awesome art from recycled piano parts

Debra Atlas — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:30:35 +0000

Tired of your old piano? Consider this. The Arts Council of Williamson County (Tennessee, USA) is sponsoring a fundraiser – [...]

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Walkie Talkie Watches – Walk the talk while you walk

Dan — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:07:57 +0000

With a pair of these Walkie Talkie Watches you can take a friend with you to style-ville. They have 16 [...]

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Kamin Maxx – Wall mounted alcohol burning fireplace

Dan — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:00:07 +0000

If all you want from a fireplace is something to look at while your recline with your Tokay, then maybe [...]

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Breo Breeze Eye Massager – digital masseuse keeps your eyes strain free with some air, heat and vibratory love

Nigel — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:41:01 +0000

The Breo Breeze Eye Massager delivers a full multimedia sensation to the head, offering not only a traditional vibration massage, but [...]

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RD31 Diver’s Camera – underwater gets the action cam treatment

Nigel — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:39:58 +0000

The RD31 Diver’s Camera gives you full 2 megapixel, low light, 30 frames per second underwater video capabilities down to 3 [...]

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Cable Tester Kit – track down the bad bits in your phone and network cabling

Nigel — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:37:38 +0000

This Cable Tester Kit seems the perfect tool for tracking down the crackling, sluggish broadband carrying telephone cable in your home. [...]

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Photo Card Maker – freeware lets you create memorable gifts and cards on a whim

Nigel — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:35:31 +0000

Photo Card Maker is a free personalised photo card maker with a twist, it actually outputs stuff that looks half decent. [...]

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Duwende – free album for download, grab it and run…

Nigel — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:33:01 +0000

Duwende is a six part a cappella group from New York that have been making waves (is that how you say [...]

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Electronic Alarm Clock Projector – skinny, cheap, silver…

Nigel — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:44:04 +0000

We like skinny here at Ferret Towers. We also kinda like cheap, so the combination of the two in the shape [...]

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Print Flush – freeware delivers an awesome way to kill the printer hanging blues

Nigel — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:13:24 +0000

This Print Flush proglet is probably the single most important Windows freeware utility ever created. Ever been caught with a hung [...]

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4 Ways to Turn Linux into Windows XP – familiarity breeds contentment?

Nigel — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:57:54 +0000

So there’s this whole eco-system of folk trying to make Linux look and feel like Windows XP. It’s so quaint and kind [...]

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Mini Tape Gun – Like a big tape gun, but smaller

Dan — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:09:48 +0000

Who said technology doesn’t scale? This Mini Tape Gun looks fine to me. It holds a normal sized roll of [...]

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NeatDesk – Super nifty desktop scanner

Dan — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:28:42 +0000

The Neat Company make a couple of dedicated digital scanners for turning tree-ware receipts into digital receipts. The NeatDesk unit [...]

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Plasmacluster Ion Generator – Clean your air with plasma

Dan — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:14:24 +0000

I understand the words, but their meaning escapes me. This Sharp Plasmacluster Ion Generator is for the car and it [...]

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Retrevo Manuals – lost your gadget manual? Try here…

Nigel — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:56:58 +0000

Have you lost the manual for your Acme gadget? Well fear not, they’ve updated the Retrevo Manuals section to offer a [...]

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Snow Joe 622U1 Electric Snow Thrower

Dan — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:01:35 +0000

Is it too late for snow blowers, I wouldn’t know. Whichever, this Snow Joe 622U1 Electric Snow Thrower will clean [...]

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Plant Mate – High tech green thumb help

Debra Atlas — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:19:46 +0000

With spring comes visions of thriving home-based gardens and the latest gardening gizmos. The title=”Yanko Design” Plant Mate will help [...]

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Intelligent Robot Vacuum Cleaner with Wireless Camera – Clean and spies

Dan — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:06:33 +0000

I’m sure that by someone inventing this Intelligent Robot Vacuum Cleaner with Wireless Camera we take ourselves one step closer [...]

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PenPal PC Pen – Graphics tablet without the tablet

Dan — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:35:47 +0000

I love Wacom drawing tablets; they’re simple, intuitive and easy-to-use but they can be pretty pricey. If you’re looking for [...]

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