6, May 2009
World’s Smallest Computer Mouse By TEC Lingo

The folks at TEC Lingo (great name?) are claiming title to the “worlds smallest mouse”.  The mouse measures in at 27.5 x 60 x 19 mm and weights 0.8 ounces.  “800 dpi, 2.4GHz with a range of up to 32.8 feet, and about 15 hours battery life with automatic shutoff…

27, Apr 2009
Cat Cosmetics – Booty 911 – Yuck

Not much need to write anything here… Catherine Hickland (movie star?) owner and creator of Cat Cosmetics has done it for me.  All I can say is… yuck. (Sorry… this isn’t actually a gadget) “No one ever talks about butt zits. Most of us have them! Come on, you know…

22, Apr 2009
The Bandai Noodle Waterslide

Just when I thought the economy was getting rougher and manufacturers would get smart about not producing goofy stuff that no one needs… Bandai proves me wrong with a noodle waterslide. “It’s basically a slide for "nagashi somen," thin somen noodles that are served in a stream of water. The…

14, Apr 2009
Dell’s Toughest Laptop Yet, The Dell Latitude E6400 XFR

  Dell (in a copy cat sorta way) is making their own version of the Panasonic Toughbook and gave it a long silly name – Dell Latitude E6400 XFR ($4,300). Thanks to Dell’s Ballistic Armor Protection System, the XFR has 2-times the impact strength of magnesium alloy and a higher…

9, Apr 2009
Fever for the Flava of Flavored Vodka

Normally I am not a huge fan of flavored Vodka, since in the gypsy infested village where I spent my youth Vodka was consumed straight up, but I have to make an exception for the folks from the Three Olives. I had the occasion to try their Cherry and Grape…

8, Apr 2009
Life Saving Life Bag by Snowpulse

A crazy-ass snowboarding buddy of mine sent me this one. This one goes out to all of you extreme snow sports enthusiasts (you know, the ones surfing the gadget sites). Simply called the Life Bag, by Snowpulse, is an avalanche survival system integrated into a backpack . If your extreme…

7, Apr 2009
WTF is a PUMA?!

For years I’ve used the Segway as a sort of a milestone of humanity’s technological accomplishment in building something wickedly stupid, unnecessary and overrated – a remarkable blend of misplaced technological acumen and social ineptitude – a middle finger to common sense and “cool” if you will. Yes I clearly…

6, Apr 2009
Europe pushes greener gadget power

On April 6th, in a shocking move *rolleyes*, the clearly bored out of its freaking mind the European Commission agreed on more “green”regulations, this time for external power cords and supplies, specifically regulating the amount of energy wasted by “excess heat”. Surprisingly the laws of physics governing heat dissipation and…

2, Apr 2009
Worlds smallest espresso maker gone Wild

How often have you been stumped by having to get a gift for someone who seemingly has everything? Well if that someone is a coffee fiend, I would recommend the world’s smallest espresso maker – the Handpresso Wild. The trick to a good espresso is to bring good coffee and…

2, Apr 2009
Use your old PalmOS apps on the new Palm Pre

A company called Motion Apps has created an app called Classic which will run your old school PalmOS apps on the new Palm Pre. So if you’ve purchased an app like ePocrates for your older Treo, no worries you can port it over to the Palm Pre and it will…