Not much is as sad as having to retire a pair of your favorite jeans. But your worn out jeans don't have to end their life just yet, a company called Dead Jeans is recycling the jeans, specifically the back pockets, in to custom cell phone cases. Reminds me a…
The Pick Punch ($25 here) allows you to make your own guitar picks (351 style teardrop) out of credit cards, gift cards, plastic lids, celluloid sheeting, etc, Simply genius and the perfect gift idea for the guitar lover in your life. Why didn't I think of that? Video of the…
**Winners are – Mark, Bob S, Richard K, Robert L, Chris T, Ken R, Ron A, Magraf P, Drunken Welshman, Bill J** We recently reviewed BongoTies and are a big fan of this simplistic cable management tool. The uses are endless. Well BongoTies was kind enough to provide a batch…
Ever wanted to disappear? No literally, but remove yourself from the grid, big brother, and clean up your digital footprint. Frank M Ahearn and Eileen C. Horan have written the book How to Disappear: Erase Your Digital Footprint, Leave False Trails, and Vanish without a Trace. "Frank M. Ahearn and…
The Google Search Appliance is basically a server that makes it easy for any company small or huge to offer a secure search engine for their intranet and web sites. The only real shocker here, besides seeing Google in the hardware/server appliance space, is that it is made by Dell…
Tim Petros, a professional photographer, invented BongoTies as a quick and easy cable tie for pro photographers, grips, and sound technicians. This simple solution to a common problem has become a real product of which the applications are endless. BongoTies are simple but very functional and do a great job…
This story isn't fully gadget related, but Mark Boyle does rely on a few crafty gadgets to survive. For example, the handmade stove above which is made from large olive cans. He also used solar panels to charge his laptop. Long story short Mark Boyle decided to live without…
As you may know by now, I am a bit of a cootie-phobe, and I tend to like all things that kill cooties. With that said, one of the most germy things that we carry around, and really don't think about as germy, is our cellphone. We press our cell…
We are a big fan of Samson products as they tend to be high quality and innovative. Samson's latest gadget the Zoom Q3HD camcorder captures high quality stereo audio and full 1080P video (or 720P if you want to go to 60fps). The unit will work for anyone but seems…
Got some old computers laying around? Build yourself a cutting laser from spare PC parts, and a few extras. The main components are a DVD writer (16X or faster), a PC power supply, a heatsink (from your CPU), and a few extra cheap parts and you are in business. Video…