Oct 31
Turn your Mac Desktop icons into real, plush pillow add-ons with the Icon Pillow Collection from Throwboy.com.
These half dozen throw pillows resemble Mac OS X icons, including the Finder, iPhoto, Itunes, Dashboard, iMovie, and iChat. They measure roughly 11 inches by 9 inches with polyester fiber filling and 100 percent fleece outer fabric.
Cuddly-comfort no Mac can give.
Oct 30
The iGo Green Power Tower Surge Protector is your power saving friend. It automatically cuts juice to devices when they’re in Standby mode but has four always-on plugs for constant running gadgets like a DVR or digital clock.
It’s energy-saving power management system with integrated iGo Green Technology automatically reduces wasted standby power. It automatically powers down outlets when not in use and powers back up again when devices need power – reducing standby power by up to 85 percent.
It includes an instant wake-up button to immediately power the outlets with iGo Green Technology, in addition to two USB ports to charge mobile phones. It features four fixed and four rotating outlets to accommodate all sizes and shapes of wall plugs.
Hunter adjustable rain boots – or what Brits call ‘Wellingtons’ – are some of the best especially with their adjustable gusset for a better fit, which will keep them in place even in the deepest muck.
Totally waterproof, the sculptured boot top and contrasting piping gives a stylish design. They come in a standard calf fitting and are made on a cushioned footbed with a traditional calendered outsole. These are a must for any horse owner too.
The interior has a removable insole and shock-absorbing technology in the heel means extra comfort. Now you can jump through puddles with schoolboy glee.
Oct 29
A different and interesting take on luggage despite it’s high price. The Victorinox Officer’s Trunk XL has a runk-style lid with a one-touch latch system that opens 180 degrees for ease of packing.
Made of Lexan thermoplastic polycarbonate, it’s got a aircraft-grade, aluminum frame, aluminum dual-trolley handle with Geluxe Comfort Grip locks, and durable urethane wheels that let the bag rotate 360 degrees and be transported in either a leaning or upright position.
Here’s a different looking Bluetooth headset…the Jabra Stone. The earpiece is just a slim curve that escapes the bulky look of most headsets and even eliminates buttons, opting instead for touch-sensitive controls. It earns its name from a distinctive charging dock that exactly matches the earpiece’s shape and creates the effect of a smooth stone when the two are together.
Although simple in looks, the Stone has noise ‘Blackout Extreme’ cancellation technology that uses dual mics to reduce background noise. There’s an option of working in A2DP mode for music in addition to the usual hands-free mode.
Featuring a terrific new shape, the Stone curves around the back of your ear, the small size dictates a low battery life of just two hours per charge, but the charger itself can work without a power cord for as many as three charges.
Talk time: 8 hours. Standby time: 12 days. It won’t be available until December 1st, but you can get your Christmas orders in now.
Oct 28
Who says the work place has to be all spreadsheets and time cards? The Executive Elite Marshmallow Blaster from Marshmallow Fun Company shoots tons of fun with not even a mark.
It’s a pump-action, single shot device that fires standard marshmallows up to 40 feet. Made out of carbon fiber, it’s got it’s own briefcase so you look the part (but we’re not sure which part that is).
If the weight of your iPhone isn’t an issue and protecting it from the most brutal elements is, then you want an EXOVault.
It’s machined aluminum or brass in two pieces that screw together. The aluminum is anodized and is very hard to scratch, the manufacturers tell us. While it makes the iPhone substantially squarer, it add just 1.5 ounces to its weight.
Yes, it’s certainly different from the oh hum plastic and rubber iPhone cases we see everywhere. Just think of it as the ultimate and impenetrable condom for your iPhone.
So here comes Barnes & Noble to the e-reader market just in time for the holidays but just as estimates come out that 10 million electronic book readers will be sold worldwide in 2010.
The Nook eBook reader is actually Plastic Logic’s QUE eBook reader to compete with rival Amazon’s Kindle line. The device, which has a six-inch display, is the same size and price as the standard version of Amazon’s Kindle and will ship in November. You can pre-order now.
Specs: 8.5 x 11 inches, less than a third of an inch thick, weighes 11.2 ounces, a 3.5 inch color touchscreen LCD at the bottom of the display to browse through book covers, 2GB of storage (about 1,500 eBooks), and battery life of up to ten days without recharging with wireless off. You can also use it as an MP3 player to listen to audio books or music. The nook holds about 26 hours of audio and a has a built-in mono speaker as well as a stereo headphone jack.
As for availability of book titles to buy and download (via WiFi and through AT&Ts 3G network), B&N plans on offer out of the gate more than one million e-books for sale when the Nook is released. Amazon has roughly a third of the inventory of B&N (so, take that).
But in one of the stupidest moves we’ve seen in some time, B&N has decided not to sell the Nook through it’s more than 700 brick-and-mortar stores. You’ll be able to play with a demo unit but not actually buy one to take home. Booksellers will order a device for in-store customers from the BN.com website to be shipped to their home. For whatever reason – small stock, security, whatever – it defeats the purpose of having a demo unit customers can play with and end the experience with no instant gratification. Dumb beyond belief!
The Flash Survivor USB flash drive series has been out for a while, but its maker, Corsair, has upped it to a new level with the addition of the 64GB, high-speed version.
Corsair calls it “the most rugged high-capacity flash drive on the market” thanks to its CNC-milled, aircraft-grade aluminum casing which makes it “practically indestructible”. They back up that claim through independent testing that saw the new Flash Survivor dropped, baked, boiled, encased in ice, zapped in a microwave and even run over by an SUV (enough already).
Oct 26
If only everything were waterproof. Now HD does the wet thing with the Sanyo Xacti VPC-WH1BL…a high-def video camera that also shoots two megapixel photos on land and in the water.
It shoots 1280×720 HD video at 30fps with an incredible three-and-a-half hours of battery life. It records video as MP4 files, so you can simply drag and drop the video files from the memory card to your PC or Mac.
The image quality is very good using its 30x optical zoom. It can shoot 2MP photos and captures JPEGs at 13fps. It’s got a pull-out 2.5-inch LCD display, but that may be a little difficult to use underwater.
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