Circuitboard Tree Ornament Set

Just in time for the holidays, Acorn Studio, a purveyor of recycled electronics accessories has a new tree ornament set made out of recycled circuitboard material. Nothing screams super geek more than these ornaments, eh? Not even the Homer ornament that you’ve been eyeing. Each set includes three ornaments shaped as a tree, bell and star. The sets retail for $19.95 each and comes packaged in a gift box.

Mini Designer Chairs For Decorating Your Desktop

If there is one thing we take for granted, its chairs. They help us rest and take a load off of our feet and they even keep our bum warm! These sets of miniature designer chairs from Firebox celebrate some of the finest chairs ever created. The Heart Cone Chair by Verner Panton (1959), the Grand Confort by Le Corbusier (1928), and the Chaise Longue by Le Corbusier (1928) are just some of the designer chairs available - with each chair being 1/12 scale of the original. We would’ve never imagined that miniature furniture would make such adorable desktop decorations, but they certainly would compliment our computer work area. A random chair from the Volume 1 collection retails for $12.95 and a random chair from volume 4 retails for $24.95.

Mail2Web Offers Global Wi-fi and Dial Up Internet Access Plans

If you often travel internationally, then you know what a pain it can be if you need to rely on having frequent internet access for your laptop. Sure you can get AT&T’s laptop card that will work in most of the world, but their global data plan for roaming isn’t unlimited so your bill is likely to end up in the thousands if you use the internet heavily. The other alternative is to pay for wifi hotspots where you can get them, but the problem with that solution is that that if you pay for daily access for each different hotspot you use, that also ends up getting pretty pricey. Also, there will be times when you can’t even find a hotspot and the only alternative is dial up, but who wants to sign up with a local internet dial up service when you only need to use it for a short time? So what is a globe trotter to do?
Finally, someone is offering a reasonably priced global solution for internet access. Mail2Web.com’s Business Connect Solution, powered by iPass gives you internet access in over 170 countries. That includes over 28,00 dial up locations and over 60,000 wifi access points, as well as access to over 7,500 T-mobile hotspots in the U.S. Each account also includes a complimentary SMTP gateway and 24/7 support. Service begins at $5.95 for a monthly base fee and then there are daily rates depending on which region you are in. For example, the daily rate in Western Europe for Wifi access is $36. Overall, this isn’t exactly a cheap solution either for global traveller, but for the moment it’s the most affordable one we can find.

Integrum Speakers Have Famous Jazz Legends Painted on Their Sides

These Limited Edition Integrum speakers aren’t special because they are powerful, rather they are especially unique because their design has got a lot of soul. The Limited edition is limited to a total of ten pairs, and each pair has been individually handcrafted with original artwork representing the biggest Jazz legends. These musicians include Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, Benny Goodman, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. Each one way floor standing speaker also features a Lowther phase equalizer “for improved high frequency mid-range response” which promises that you can hear the separation of different musical instruments. Each of the speakers retail for $10,950. A stylish speaker that costs as much as a used car? Why are we not surprised.

NVousPC Notebook Covered in Artwork by Romero Britto

Pop Artist Romero Britto is famous for his artwork made of vivid colors and distinct shapes and characters. NVousPC has a new notebook covered with a special masterpiece that Britto created just for one of their laptops. The design includes a jungle that flows across all of the notebook’s panels. Under the hood, the laptop features a 2.33GHZ Core 2 Duo processor, a 15.4″ screen, a 160GB hard drive, 2GB of ram, Windows Vista Ultimate and a 3 year warranty comes standard.

XtremeMac’s Verona Leather Cases for Latest Gen of iPods

XtremeMac just unveiled a new line of stylish leather cases for the ipod touch, ipod Nano 3G and the ipod classic. Each of the cases are made of hand-crafter genuine leather and the include soft interior lining. But that isn’t what makes these cases especially unqie is that the Verona Flap series each have a front flap that folds and snaps in to a rear panels that works a stand for handsfree viewing when watching videos. Also, the Verona Holster cases designed for the Nano and classic come with removable TuffShield protectors for the screen and click wheel so that they protect the ipod while not adding to the bulk. The nano version includes a carabineer for easily attaching to a bag and the iPod touch and classic versions come with integrates belt clips. All of the cases are available in different designs, including a floral pattern that we’re particularly fond of. The cases are available for preorder prices ranging between an affordable $24.95 and $29.95.

Sensei Personal Digital Coach Helps You Lose Weight

Perhaps the most difficult part about dieting is disciplining yourself. Sensei isn’t a new diet fad, it’s also a new method for enforcing your diet. Sensei transforms your cell phone into a personal digital coach. Feeling uninspired, maybe ready to give up? Sensei is there to steer you in the right direction. Sensei can be accessed via your phone, PDA or PC. Sensei offers customized meal recommendations, weekly shopping lists, fitness information and motivational messages. The Sensei technology is based on Social Cognitive Theory which promotes behavior change by addressing cognitive, emotional and environmental factors. That means that it can accommodate changes in a user’s meal plans. Currently Sensei is only available for AT&T and Sprint wireless customers.

RiData’s EZ Yego USB Drive Doubles as a USB Hub

RiData’s EZ Yego USB Drive definitely isn’t as cute as some of the other USB key series we’ve recently posted about, but where it lacks in cute factor it makes up in practicality. The YEGO drive doubles as a two port USB hub, which can be something invaluable for laptop users on the road. It’s also available in several colors including red, black, orange, green, purple and yellow. The 1GB version can be found online for as low as $13, the 2gb for $26 and the 4gb for $36.69.

Freshly Baked USB Drives Series 2 Includes Fortune Cookies and Donuts

The Freshly Baked USB drive series is hands down the tastiest set of USB keys out there. Vavolo has just released a series 2 which includes a fortune cookie, and a green tea, strawberry, or chocolate donut, each available in 1GB or 2gb flavors. The 2gb versions retail for $49.99 and the 1gb for $29.99. Strangely enough, the fortune cookies are available in green and blue versions as well. We have never seen fortune cookies like those ones before! And if you see them somewhere that are edible, we’d advise you to pass on them.

Signal Cell Phone Holder Advocates the Death of Ringtones

We put our cell phones through a lot everyday, it’s only fair to give them a place to rest in. The Signal by Lexon not only provides your phone with a good place to unwind, it also does double duty as a fancy shmancy and quiet way of notifying you of incoming phone calls. Regardless of whether your phone is on vibrate or quiet, the Signal which is equipped with LED, will flicker each time you have a call coming in. So not only is the Signal useful, it will help maintain your zen by eliminating those pesky startling ringtones.  The Signal retails for $19 euro.

Alexa T-shirts for Showing Off Your Web Site Traffic

Some consider it something very personal, but others prefer to flaunt it. Though not totally accurate, Alexa lets you spy on virtually anyone’s web site traffic. And now Alexa is even selling T-shirts that will flaunt your current stats. “Will Dance for Better Alexa rank”, “They say size doesn’t matter, but rank does”, and “You will visit my site, you will give me better rank” are a few of the shirts available, each of which also have your rank stamped on them as well.

Star Wars Series 2 Mimobots Announcement & Giveaway

The world’s most adorable USB keys just got cuter. Mimoco has announced a Star Wars series 2 which includes a Princess Leia Organa Mimobot, a Boba Fett mimobot, a Han Solo mimobot and a Luke Skywalker mimobot which will all ship in January. Luke and Fett’s helmets are even removable so that you can reveal their handsome faces. Each of the series 2 mimobots come preloaded with a desktop personalization suite with digital content that includes [Read more]

MiniXpress Ultraportable Drive Sports Every Connection but the Kitchen Sink

The miniXpress firewire hard disk drive is an ultraportable hard drive that will satisfy those of you who need real power on the go. The drive is available in capacities of up to 200GB, but that isn’t what makes it extraordinary. Inside you can configure it with a 7,200rpm drive with a 16mb cache buffer, and an Oxford 934 chip - which means you are assured speed and stability. On top of that, it comes with every connection choice you could want - firewire 800 and 400, eSata and USB 2.0 all in a 5 ounce package. Unfortunately the miniXpress isn’t cheap, with the highend model retailing for $319, but that is actually a reasonable price for what you get. And apparently other people must think so too, because most of the drives are backordered.

Magenta Colored Polaroid a520 Digicam Supports Breast Cancer Awareness

The Polaroid a520 is not a camera designed for pros or anyone even half serious about photography, but it is a cheap choice if you’re looking for a bright magenta camera. The camera features a 5 megapixel CCD, 4x digital zoom, it comes with 16mb of built-in memory and it accepts SD cards, and it has a 2″ lcd all for $79.99. And buying this special magenta version of the camera, will also mean that you are helping contribute towards Breast Cancer Awareness.

Transform That Old Mac in to a Fish Tank

Not sure what to do with that old Mac? Instead of throwing it out, how about transforming that piece of e-waste in to a work of art. The Apple Collection has a whole collection of links and photos of different Mac Aquariums that different creative people have built and designed. Overall, we are quite surprised by the amount of people that have transformed their old macs in to aquarium. If you fancy yourself up to the challenge, one hobbiest even has dedicated a whole web site with the steps needed to create your own iMacQuariam.

Funambol Lets You Wirelessly Sync & Back up the Contacts on Your iPhone

For iPhone users who were previously accustomed to using a Microsoft Exchange server, one of the things missed most is the ability to wirelessly sync and back up your contacts and calendar to an exchange server. Finally, a solution is available that will let you wirelessly sync your contacts at least. Funambol, a free open source application lets you wirelessly sync and back up your contacts to the your account on the my Funambol web site. Calendar sync, tasks and notes sync should be on the way as well. In order to get myFunambol set up you have 2 methods to choose from; either you need to jailbreak your iPhone and install the myFUNAMBOL app, or you can head over to their web app via the Safari browser on your iPhone. We tested it using the native app and it worked like a charm. We look forward to future syncing features, as well as the possibility of push email. At that point, we can just marry our iPhones.

Rock Band Causes Players To Get Evicted from Their Apartment

We’ve been having a blast playing Rock Band over Thankgiving weekend, but in the midst of it all, we were a bit worried that we might be making too much noise for our neighbors. While we haven’t heard any complaints yet, it seems that silence can be deadly. A Rock Band player got served a 10 day eviction notice because of his wild Rock Band ways. At least we can say we warned you! And as for the game itself, we’ll have a complete review up shortly.

Did I Just See a Fish Swim Past my Hotel Window?

Jules Underwater Lodge located in Key Largo, Florida, gives you the experience of being drowned alive but still being able to talk about it. In order to get to the hotel, instead of the old fashioned car or airplane, one must scuba dive “21 feet beneath the surface of the sea” - Jules’ really is located underwater. The hotel was previously and currently an underwater research facility dedicated to examining habitats under the sea. Now you can be apart of the fun. Ridiculous perhaps, but it is kitschy. The hotel maxes out a at 6 friends or 2 couples. And don’t worry, it has air-conditioning, hot showers, stereo music, VCR/DVD, a fully “stocked galley” - wow, just like a Motel 6! But really, this place is truly meant for the diving enthusiast, or those looking to make their own reenactment of the Little Mermaid. European style packages go for $375.00 per person per night or the Ultimate Romantic getaway package for $1,195 per night. So it seems that even underwater there is a capitalism….

Mighty Mouse Works Without Batteries

Most people use wireless mice nowadays. However one of the things I do find irritating about them is when I forget to recharge it and I find myself left with a dead mouse. It becomes one of those “doh” moments But what if your mouse didn’t require batteries or to be recharged at all? A4tech has created an interesting battery free wireless mouse that never needs to be recharged! The mouse gets its power from the the included mouse pad which transfers instant power to it via “electromagnetic induction technology.”As a mouse, it works like any other ordinary optical mouse but it has neat dual scroll wheels for horizontal and vertical scrolling. Retailing for $22.99 at Smarthome.com this is another re-invention of our little dependable buddy.

Loosr.com Lets Members Share Their Most Embarrassing Moments

Who are you calling a loser?! Not mwah of course! Well you can go see a bunch of them on Loosr.com - which is a site that you can anonymously display your embarrassing moments and stories for all of the internet to see. You can read and vote on the stories as well. So you can check in to see how big of a loser you really are! That’s great for the ego… Personally, I don’t really get the purpose of Loosr - after all, there is You Tube, myspace, and Facebook to show off your embarrassing moments and stupidity do we really need another site to encourage people to act dumb….

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