Tucano’s PJ Style Covers Guarantee That Your Mac Never Sleeps Naked Again

We just posted about sleeping bags for your laptop and then we get an email in our inbox about PJs for your iMac. It seems like there must be a lot of sleepy computers out there. Tucano’s PJ Mac Screen Protection Cover for IMacs protects your computer from dust, mothballs, bugs and sunshine. It also makes your Mac look plain adorable, and yes the pocket is designed to hold a mouse. That is too cute for school. The cases retail for £9.99. There is also a PC Jam Screen Protection Cover which is designed to fit most 17″ PC LCD screens and retails for £18.99 and they’re available in black or blue.

Blinking Jewelry Because Nothing Draws More Attention than a Flashing Choker

If you pride yourself on always being the one who stands out, then this assortment of blinking jewelry will definately be right up your alley. U-GlowLites has an assortment of blinking bling including a tunnel light necklace, a star ring, a rose jelly ring, a heart ring, a heart bracelet and necklace, a spike choker and an assortment of other ridiculous but fun pieces. Each of the pieces of jewelry light up and flash through a prism of colors. Pricing is cheap, with the average accessory costing under $2. You can also buy in bulk, which makes these a fun idea to give out at parties.

Judy’s Book Helps You Find Local Deals

There are a lot of great bargain finding sites on the internet, BensBargains, FatWallet, SlickDeals, and TechBargains are just addictive and are awesome resources for deals and steals. However, none of them quite excel at helping you find local deals in your neighborhood. That is where Judy’s book fills a gap in your bargain hunting. The site allows you to enter a zip code or city and it will come up with coupons and deals that apply to your area. You can also sign up for emails that will notify you of local discounts. Overall, it’s definately a good site to bookmark to add to your shopping folder.

Vivitar’s DVR-560g Multimedia Machine Tries to Do it All

Vivitar’s DVR-560g “All on one playful multi-media machine” Tries to do it all. Will it succeed? Probably not, but it does look pretty. The DVR560g sports a 5.2 Megapixels CMOS, 8x Digital Zoom, a 2.0” LCD Monitor, a digital video recorder for making movies, a voice recorder, an MP3 player, and a PC Cam. Call us skeptic, but we’ve yet to see one device that does so many things at once and does it well. But if you’re willing to give the DVR-560g a chance, it’s sure to be an inexpensive investment. Maybe get one for the kids.

Naptop, the Sleeping Bag for Laptops

Imagine a Macbook, a Sony Vaio, and a Dell XPS all lying around in sleeping bags telling stories, doing each other’s keys, and watching DVDs at their laptop slumber party. Kind of cute, eh? Naptop’s marketing slogan is that it is “the original laptop sleeping bag.” Ok kids, it’s just an laptop sleeve, but we like the clever marketing anyway. And it really is kind of like a sleeping bag - Naptops are soft and it does look like your laptop would fit snuffly in to one. Each Naptop is hand-sewn by “stay-at-home mothers” and you can have them made with a custom logo for corporate gifts. There is a nice assortment of different materials that the Naptop can be made out of including satin brocase, nylon, leather, velvet, denim, cotton and camouflage ply/nylon. Overall, there is something for every different personality. And there are also mini Naptops available which are suitable for carrying iPods and other smaller accessories. Naptops retail for $40.00.

Allsop’s Splash Pack DriPod Protects Your Ipod at the Beach

Here is a cheap way to keep your beloved iPod safe and sound this summer, whether you’re going to the beach, camping, or doing something else that can be hazardous to the fragile device. Allsop’s Splash Pack DriPod provides a water-proof, air tight soft case for your ipod or other similarly sized electronic device. The bag features a triple seal, and a heat-sealed headphone jack, and they claims that the case is submersibles to up to about 10 feet. But don’t worry, despite all the protection, you’ll still be able to control the ipod while inside the case. A lanyard is included so that you can wear your ipod on you as well. Allsop’s Splash Pack DriPod retails for $19.99.

RCA Opal, the Ugliest MP3 Player Ever?

Don’t get us wrong, we really have nothing against RCA. In the past they have made some decent looking DAPs. But their latest, the Opal is really only an MP3 player that a mother could love. The blue and white design (also available in red and white) with its fake scroll-wheel seem like it is trying too hard to be something it’s not - while being far different enough to not be accused of trying to be some other famous MP3 player. CNET reviewed the Opal and gave it a 5.6 out of 10, lamenting it for a frusterating interface but praising it for it’s slender size, 1.5″ color OLED screen and inexpensive $70 price tag. What can we say, not all MP3 players are created equal.

Microscopic Sculptures by Artist Willard Wigan

Good artwork always inspires awe in a viewer at the amount of talent that the artist had to posses to create that piece. Willard Wigan’s art inspires awe in us on an extremely tiny level. The British artist has sculpted micro-size forms using a tiny surgical blade to carve figures out of rice, fragments of grains of sand and sugar which are then mounted on pinheads. For color, he uses a hair plucked from a dead fly. Some of his work include a Malcom X figure on the head of a toothpick, a Santa Claus, Muhammad Ali, The Thinker , and Elvis Presley on a pinhead. Polly Pocket of the 90’s has got nothing on this guy. For more info on Wigan, check out his  Wikipedia entry.

Corsair’s Flash Survivor USB Key for Klutzes and Dare-Devils

Do you manage to break all of your gadgets - even your USB keys? If so you’ll want to check out Corsair’s new Flash Survivor which is kind of like the Panasonic ToughBook of USB Keys. The Flash Survivor encased in extremely strong CNC-milled, anodized aircraft-grade aluminum, it’s water resistant to up to 200 meters, and it’s also protected from vibrations or impact damage through the use of a molded shock dampening collar. And aside from being read to take on all the elements, the Flash Survivor is also a speedy drive that transfers files up to 4x faster then an average USB drive. The Flash Survivor is available in 4gb and 8gb capacities and is backed by Corsair’s 10 year warranty.

Geeky Computer Ties for Him

It’s a shame we hadn’t discovered these little gems around Father’s Day, but regardless, all of these ties make wonderful gifts for the geeky guy in your life. KlearGear has a selection of nerdalicious ties including the Big Blue computer tie with a computer repeating pattern, the Keyboard tie which is ofcourse covered in keys, the da Vinci Technology Silk Tie featuring the Leonardo’s famous drawings of inventions, the computer circuit board tie, and our favorite - the web computer tie covered in a spider’s web and a computer. The ties range in price from $13.99 to $27.99.

Kensington Ci Lifestyle Collection Mice Review

Keyboards and mice tend to not be the most stylish peripherals, but Kensington set to change that perception with its Ci Lifestyle Collection. Designed in partnership with a design firm in San Francisco, the mice and keyboards in the collection were created to not only work well but to look good too. We got a chance to work with some of these new mice, including the rouge colored Ci70le Wireless Mouse and the Ci75m Wireless Notebook Mouse that is available in black or orange and silver.

Set-Up / Installation:
The mice come with a standard USB receiver. We tried using each of them on a computer running Windows Vista, and a Mac running OS X. Both operating systems picked up the mice right away with out a hitch.

Performance:
Both of the mice have excellent sensitivity and are very responsive. Inside the Ci70le and the Ci75m is a 1000 dpi performance optical sensor which shined. I was able to use the mice from as far away as 6 feet from their receivers. However at about 6 feet away from the receiver, the mice start to lose their responsiveness. Also, the scroll wheel at the top of the mice works well and does a good job of scrolling through web pages and other documents. [Read more]

Kingston’s Practical MobileLite 9-in-1 Card Reader Package

When it comes to gadgets and accessories, we believe that if you can kill two birds with one stone successfully, then why not. Kingston has a MobileLite USB 2.0 9-in-1 Reader that comes bundled with either a 1GB or 2GB SD card. With the 1GB version retailing for $29.99. So there you have it - you get a useful portable USB 9 in 1 reader that supports the most popular card formats, and you get a SD card, so that the card reader ends up serving as a sort of USB key as well. We just love being practical. (Source: Laptop Magazine, August ‘07)

Spoilt Shirt Reveals Spoilers for Movies You Haven’t Seen Yet

Want everyone to hate you? Get yourself the Spoilt shirt and wear it around people, better yet wear it at a party and watch as people run away from you. The Spoilt Shirt shows off the punch line of spoilers for several popular movies and TV show cliff hangers. “The Kid’s Therapist is a Ghost” - as if you hadn’t figured that out right away. Ok, I didn’t, but whatever. The Spoilt tee for men retails for $15 and a girly tee version retails for $17.

Do Women Have a Worse E-mail Addiction Problem Than Men?

Ever hear a woman complain about how her man checks his crackberry at inappropriate times like dinner? Switched set out to settle the score with a survey and determine just who is more addicted to email - women or men. Some of the results were kind of surprising. For example, they determined that men have gone longer than women without checking their e-mail. However, other results of the survey weren’t surprising at all. For example “Women are more likely than men to send thank you notes and birthday wishes via both e-mail and regular mail (31 percent vs. 20 percent), while men are more likely to send them only via regular mail (33 percent vs. 22 percent).” - No surprise there. Hmmph.
Overall, it was a pretty close tie, but ultimately men proved to be the most addicted to email. Check out Switched for the rest of the questions and results.

Light Up Transformer Tees

There is no sense in denying it, even if you don’t totally understand the craze - Transformers are cool anyway. And for those of your who are Transformer obsessed and can’t wait to see the movie for the 5th time, CrazyAboutGadgets has the perfect apparel to dress for the occasion in. They have a selection of Light Up Transformer Shirts. You can choose from Autobot, Bumblebee, Decepticon or Optimus Prime each with neat flashing sequences. The Light Up Transformers Tees retail for £19.99.

Mingle2 Totally Free Online Dating

In a world where .com’s can do well with ads alone, we find it annoying that online dating sites charge such high subscription fees. At last, we’ve discovered a totally free online dating site. And you know that you’d better jump on it before it gets bought over by Match.com. Aside from being free of charge, we dig Mingle2’s clean web 2.0ish interface. So go ahead, give Mingle2 a try - because love shouldn’t cost you anything. Yeh, right.

Move Over Trillian, There is a New Bird in Town

I’ve been using Trillian for years, but let’s face it - the app is starting to look dated. When I’m using my Mac, Adium is my multi-instant messenger client of choice. It’s got a very customizable interface, there are tons of cool plug-ins available to spruce it up with and it’s reliable and fun to use. In a perfect world, they would make Adium available for Windows to. But seeing as that is unlikely to happen, I’ve had to settle with Trillian. Sure, Trillian’s upcoming Astra looks cool as hell, but it’s taking forever for them to produce it. In the meantime I’ve discovered Pidgin, a descendant of Gaim. Pidgin is compatible with AIM, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, Groupwise, ICQ, IRC, MSN, QQ, SILC, SIMPLE, Sametime, XMPP, Yahoo!, and Zephyr. Sure, we’ve never heard of half of these, but we’re impressed anyway. But really, what truly impresses us about Pidgin is that it’s both stable and light on system resources. There are also a nice assortment of plug-ins for customizing it. And most importantly - it’s free. So, Trillian - call us when that Astra comes out.

IFO 3000 Levitating Objects for Your Desk

Call it magic, we’ll call it the power of magnetic fields, but the IFO 3000 can make objects float mid-air. A special microprocessor inside the IFO controls the magnetic field used to hold and balance an object so that it levitates. You can choose from a range of accessories to make float in the IFO 3000, including a color changing night light, a picture frame, a globe, a mini cooper, or a LCD Alarm Clock that also displays date and temperature. It’s killing us that they can make something like this, yet it’s been 20 years since Back to the Future was in theaters and we still don’t have hover boards. The IFO 3000 retails for £54.50, with accessories costing about £12.95.

ExpoTV Pays You For Making Video Product Reviews

So you just bought yourself a new toy? Here is a way to make some money back on it. ExpoTelevision offers $5.00 for submitting a video review, plus $.01 for every time the video is played. So if for example you got 3,000 page views, you’d make $30. Not a lot of money, but hey that is cash in your pocket. Recently I watched a video on YouTube that was a hands on review of the new Dell XPS M1330. That video has 73,936 views and counting. Sure, ExpoTV is no YouTube yet, but as grows it is likely to gain more traffic and you’ll be likely to earn more money as a result.

InvisibleSHIELD for the iPhone Review

The problem with iPhone cases is that they cover up the beautiful design of the iPhone. But if you don’t put a case on your iphone and you end up damaging it, you’ll never forgive yourself either. Think of the InvisibleSHIELD as a happy medium. Kind of like the emperor’s clothing, the InvisibleSHIELD is designed to protect your iPhone without covering up its lovely curves.

Initially, I was a little skeptical about using the InvisibleSHIELD on the face of the iPhone because I was worried that it would interfere with the sensitivity of the iPhone. Fortunately, it hasn’t interfered at all with the iPhone’s usability. The package included a piece that covers the face of the iPhone, and the back of the iPhone. However the piece for the back of the iPhone doesn’t wrap around far enough to cover the metal edges on the iPhone’s face. I find that a little disappointing since, since I think that the metal edges are the most delicate area on the iPhone and mine have already been getting a little scuffed up from use. The InvisibleSHIELD also claims to be scratch proof. Admittedly, I am to chicken to test that theory out on my precious, however I’ve been carrying it around for a couple of days and it has kept my iPhone safe and sound so far.

Applying the invisibleSHIELD was simple enough, though it did take concentration in order to take some effort to make sure that no air bubbles got in. A spray on solution is included with shield that makes the invisibleSHIELD movable on the iPhone’s surface, so that you can align it as perfectly as possible without much hassle. I succeeded in aligning the front and back piece of the invisibleSHIELD pretty well, minus a bubble that I couldn’t manage to get rid of on the back side. [Read more]

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