20, Jan 2009
Solar Keychain Flashlight

Not the most earth shattering gadget in the world… but I love mine.  For only $4.25 (perfect gift item) you can get a bright 3 LED solar keychain.  The keychain is pretty small (2.05 in x 1.34 in x 0.35 in) with a simple design – a solar panel on…

20, Jan 2009
Learn How To Pick Locks

    If you have ever wanted to learn how to pick locks there are many tools (check your local laws regarding locksmith tools) that make picking a lock easy. But if you want to actually understand how a lock works… and how to pick it in the “old fashioned”…

16, Jan 2009
Super Bright Projector – The Sanyo PCL-XF71

The Sanyo PCL-XF71 projector claims to be the brightest projector in its category at 10,000 lumens.  Too bad the resolution is below 720P, coming in at 1024×768.  The contrast ratio is a decent 3000:1, which will keep you from having to close every curtain in your house to watch TV.…

16, Jan 2009
Circuit City Calls It Quits

Circuit city, after closing 155 stores, has finally thrown in the towel.  Circuit City was hoping to find a buyer or a refinancing deal.  Apparently people don’t want overpriced electronic gadgets. Let the liquidations begin.

14, Jan 2009
Tea Stick Infuser

Tea drinkers, this is a great gadget for making single cups of tea with fresh tea bits. Pot smokers, this isn’t what you think it is… sorry. For about $19 you can get the Blomus Tea Stick Infuser, a stainless steel tea strainer.  Put your tea bits into the infuser/strainer……

12, Jan 2009
Dodge Circuit EV

Chrysler showed off one of it’s new concept cars at the Detroit Auto Show, the Dodge Circuit EV.  As much as I want to get excited… a couple of things keep popping up in my head.  1)it is an American car (AKA quality sucks) and 2)it is from an American…

9, Jan 2009
Cell-Mate – Strap-A-Phone-To-Your-Head-And-Look-Like-A-Dork

Wow… this product is about as bad as they come.  Kinda reminds me of our bad Bluetooth post from July 2008.  Either way… I just put a sticky on my calendar for December 2009 to see if this site is company is still in business.  Forget about the fact that…

8, Jan 2009
Toilet Seat With Built-In Scale

Folks, you can’t make this stuff up.  A toilet seat with a built-in scale.  The idea is that women who are obsessed with monitoring their weight can check their pre-poo and post-poo weight.  Yowsers! Designer Haikun Deng designed a toilet seat with a built-in digital scale but her rationale behind…

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8, Jan 2009
Palm Shows Off Their New iPhone Competitor The Pre

When I first read about the “pre” I thought that the sentence was cut off… or that the name was chopped by mistake.  Like maybe the phone was called the “Palm Premier” or the “Palm Pretty”.  Sooo, let me start off by saying I think the name is ummm stoopid.…

8, Jan 2009
Robotic Gutter Cleaner The 2nd Generation iRobot Looj

The folks at iRobot make some pretty useful household robots.  Most people are familiar with the iRobot Roomba robotic vacuum cleaners which wander around your home cleaning in a crazy pattern.  Another iRobot device that you may not be familiar with is the Looj gutter cleaning robot. The Looj by…