Archive for April, 2008
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Does Your Computer Look Like This?
If so, you should probably clean it! Get the hose attachment of your vacuum cleaner, or use a mini vacuum, and suck the dust out. Make sure the humidity is not too low or wear an anti-static wrist strap to prevent electrostatic discharge which can fry your computer. If you allow your computer […]
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Got Pencils?
Got pencils? If you do you will find this multi-size pencil sharpener handy. It almost makes you want to go and find a bunch of pencils to sharpen doesn’t it? You can find them at the MoMA store. Now if they could just come out with an electric model, that would be really cool.
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Because You Don’t Want Junk in Your Water
This aesthetic and eco-friendly Aquaovo water dispenser does it’s job of cleaning your tap water by using a reusable filter made of activated carbon, KDF 55, bioceramics and quartz crystals. What is KDF 55 you ask? Well it work likes this. It’s a granulated copper and zinc mixture in which an electro-chemical reaction takes place […]
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Bamboo PC From Dell
In keeping with Earth Week I though I would share this bamboo encased computer from Dell.
As well as having an eco-friendly case, this computer is smaller and uses less power than the standard Dell. It also looks pretty sweet and the price is reasonable at between $500 - $700 presuming the goods inside are the […]
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LED Interior Lighting for the Budget Conscious
LED lights are now making an appearance in regular home lighting fixtures. They are generally more efficient and brighter than compact fluorescents without the delay of reaching full brightness that many types of fluorescents have. Personally I love LED lights for those very reasons and I find them especially useful in flashlights. I wrote […]
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Solar Powered Pedal Boat
With boating season on the horizon I found this ecologically friendly boat very appropriate. It can be powered by us humans or by the sun. I think that’s a great combination of energy. It is no maintenance (every boat owner knows that no maintenance isn’t usually within the realm of possibility!), fits 4 people comfortably […]
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Ferarri Testarosa Go-Kart For The Kids
For the kid who has almost everything, make his life totally complete with this Ferrari Testarosa go-kart. Of course you will need about $25,000 to spare! This car is made out of fiberglass and is powered by a 5 HP Briggs and Stratton motor. It even has a CD player, a horn that works, […]
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How’s Your Internet Speed?
Using this link, tell me what your internet speed is. I am curious how other people are doing relative to me. Make sure you choose the closest server to your location.
Here’s mine:
Download Speed: 4699 kbps (587.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 643 kbps (80.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
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Stun Gun Disguised as Lipstick!
This is a novel approach to protection for us ladies out and about in the big bad world. No one will know you are protected with this lipstick lookalike stun gun. It’s rechargeable and a little under 4 inches long. It even contains a small flashlight if you are fiddling with your keys in the […]
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32 GB Flash Drives Arrive. They’re Affordable!
They’re here and they are affordable. Imagine 32 gigs in a USB flash drive and at $150 that’s a great price. Heck this little portable flash drive is bigger than my kid’s hard drive! I am still amazed at how much info can be stored on such little devices and they are […]
