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May 8, 2008

The Colago Lamp or is it Hangman Lamp?

Here’s the most depressing lamp in the world.  Perhaps, it will balance out those people who are super-positive. The Colago aka the Hangman Lamp is one the most positively morbid lamps I have ever come across! Not for the faint-hearted, the lamp is the brainchild of Spanish studio enPieza whose site makes an interesting read. The lamp has b ... More

Posted in Consumer, Design, Funny, Gadgets by max on the May 8th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
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May 7, 2008

How to Graffiti your Website and Download an Image QUICK!

My blogger friend Jason Striegel from Hackszine sent this cool graffiti tool.  It’s a webapp that let’s you spray paint any website.  In my case, I had to pick Google.com and graffiti Zedomax.com with gold spray paint: Now, this is a really fun thing to do as your finished artwork stays on the site and you can also download it. If y ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Entertainment, Freeware, Funny, Graphics, Music, Web, WebApp by max on the May 7th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
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DIY HACK - How to make your own Automated “James Bond style” Party Room!

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode One of our long-time readers and a winner of a free Green Laser, Brian Gaut from Schwippy, has made a new website explaining how to make the Emergency Party Button and transform your livingroom into an automated “Jame Bond style” party room. As seen ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Funny, Gadgets, Hack, Household, LED, Microcontroller, Projects, Video, lights by max on the May 7th, 2008 at 10:27 am
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May 6, 2008

Passenger “moons” Speeding Camera

Over at UK, a passenger of the car “moons” speeding camera.  Although this incident didn’t occur in any driving suspension as the car driver did not break any laws, it’s a good sign that people in general don’t like speeding cameras. I propose to remove them for good as they really serve no purpose but make more mon ... More

Posted in Cameras, Cars, Consumer, Funny, Government by max on the May 6th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
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April 30, 2008

DIY HACK - How to make your own White Board Plotter!

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Lol, this has got to be the best DIY project I have seen this year. A white board plotter! I need this as I used my white board a lot but do feel if I had such an automated plotter, I could be doing a lot better at jotting down my ideas more clearly than what ... More

Posted in Circuits, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Funny, Gadgets, Hack, Projects, Video by max on the April 30th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
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April 29, 2008

Shape-Shifting Robot Re-Assembles Itself and Dis-Assembles…

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Lol….this robot is funny… basically it re-assembles then dis-assembles. Very pointless robot that could be applied for a robot with an important task. Composed of 15 modules arranged in groups of five, each of CKbot’s clusters have a module wi ... More

Posted in Consumer, Entertainment, Funny, Gadgets, Robots, Video by max on the April 29th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
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April 2, 2008

DIY - Robotic Yellow Drum Machine plays Drums!

Wow, this has to be one of the cooler DIY robots I’ve seen in a long time. Basically, it plays drums. Not real drums, but it plays your household stuff like vases as drums. Beautifully done, we give it an A+ for the creators. (Btw, we are not selling the blog for $1000, our readers say it’s too cheap! How much should we sell it fo ... More

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March 30, 2008

DIY DVD Hack - How to copy HD DVD and Blu-Ray Movies!

Oh okay, this one might be on the borderline of legalness but its actual use is to make backups of your HD DVDs or Blu-Ray discs. They have free trial download so check it out here if you need it. Slysoft says the new version of its AnyDVD programme allows users to make “backup security copies” of high definition movies. The claim is a blow ... More

Posted in Business, Consumer, Cool, DVD, DoItYourself!, Educational, Funny, Gadgets, Hack, Software by max on the March 30th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
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March 24, 2008

DIY HACK - How to make a cheap Lie Detector!

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a funny cheap lie detector you can make. I don’t know if it really works since there’s no circuit diagrams but you can find lots of lie detector circuit diagrams on the internet like this one I found in about 5 seconds: Yes, these lie ... More

Posted in Circuits, Computer, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Funny, Gadgets, Hack, Video by max on the March 24th, 2008 at 8:51 am
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March 17, 2008

Automatic Ball Throwing Machine for your Dog!

Check out this really cool “automatic ball throwing machine” for your dog. Set it on and your dog will play tirelessly while you can focus on working from home or doing your dishes. We couldn’t find any sources other than this Tennis ball throwing machine patent and a simliar device called GoDogGo!. We think it’s basic ... More

Posted in Animals, Consumer, Cool, Entertainment, Funny, Gadgets, Video by max on the March 17th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
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March 14, 2008

Virgin Mobile uses Spitzer as a marketing “tool”

Virgin has always been doing these kinda things, ganging up on their competition or picking on poor politicians. Hey, at least they always worked. Virgin Mobile Canada knows how frustrated people can get with the lack of personalized service these days. Faster than Eliot Spitzer could say, “Um, oops,” the company came out with a print ... More

Posted in Advertising, Business, Business Ideas, Cool, Entertainment, Funny by max on the March 14th, 2008 at 8:55 am
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Food Fight!!!

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Okay, here’s the best food fight ever!!! best_food, Cool, Cool, Entertainment, Entertainment, Food, Food, food-fight, Funny, Funny, Video, Video, youtube ... More

Posted in Cool, Entertainment, Food, Funny, Video by max on the March 14th, 2008 at 5:42 am
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March 13, 2008

DIY Toilet HACK - HOWTO re-use dirty water as toilet water!

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode We found this through one of the commentors, this is a great idea if you are really about saving some earth’s precious energies. Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Earth, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Funny by max on the March 13th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
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March 9, 2008

Sunday Entertainment Video - Amateur Google Songs

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Check out some of these Google songs, including the one above. Hilarous! via InsideGoogle Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, Entertainment, Entertainment, Funny, Funny, Google, hilarous, ko, Video, Video, Web, Web, www_youtube ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Entertainment, Funny, Video, Web by max on the March 9th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
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March 5, 2008

Jet Powered Van!

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Lol…here’s how you can turn your family van into a racing Jet Powered Van! So you thought that driving a van was not cool? Think again, with this van when someo ... More

Posted in Cars, Cool, Entertainment, Funny, Travel by max on the March 5th, 2008 at 6:12 am
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March 2, 2008

Get Laid at the Apple Store

Apple Store has been officially designated as a place to meet for young people. Wow, I’ve been in the Apple Store like every week and didn’t know this?!? Most guys are natural gadget lovers, and with sales of iPods and MacBooks skyrocketing, more men than ever are stopping by Apple boutiques. The vibe at the stores is conducive to man ... More

Posted in Apple, Cool, Funny, News by max on the March 2nd, 2008 at 8:45 pm
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February 27, 2008

Life on the rocks

Well it could be if these were really rocks that weigh in at 100 pounds or so, but clearly these are just soft furnishings that look like rocks. The kids clearly love these as will any pets such as the dog, and on an eco friendly matter these are made from 100% virgin wool and naturally they are filled with hypoallergenic polysilicone filler, whi ... More

Posted in Art, Consumer, Cool, Funny, Gadgets, Household by david on the February 27th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
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Easy plug switching

For people who have to use an extension lead in order to house all of the plugs that are needed to get power for all of your hi tech gadgets and any else that you are going to need to get you through the day. This means that the plugs can stay in place but the power can be switched off by just raising the plug and therefore cutting the power to t ... More

Posted in Circuits, Computer, Consumer, Funny, Household, Music, mp3 by david on the February 27th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
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February 15, 2008

The collapsible surf board

Now anyone that knows about a surf board takes up a huge amount of space, so if you haven’t got any excess room in your home then what do you do? Well some clever designer has come up with the collapsible surf board, which obviously solves the problem of space and at the same time creates another, like ok you have put your surf board together a ... More

Posted in Cool, DoItYourself!, Funny, Sports by david on the February 15th, 2008 at 8:00 am
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The USB Traffic lights

I cannot even think as to why anyone would even want this item, it serves no purpose apart from if the lights went out and then it would look a bit like a lame disco. Other than that you just have to ask WHY? USB Traffic Lights features: 4-port USB 2.0 Hub USB Traffic Light as status indicators (Busy, Out To Lunch, Available) 10 Seconds Voice Rec ... More

Posted in Auto, Computer, Consumer, Funny, Gadgets, USB by david on the February 15th, 2008 at 7:00 am
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USB Capsule memory key

This is a nice little gadget that is wearing and looks nice and sleek too. Flash drives are great little devices for transporting apps and other items like documents etc. Features: Two Gigabytes of flash memory storage USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 Brushed aluminum finish Screw-cap enclosure You can store 500 songs, thousands of photos, two feature-length ... More

Posted in Computer, Consumer, Cool, Funny, Gadgets, USB, mp3 by david on the February 15th, 2008 at 6:00 am
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February 14, 2008

Charge your gadgets for free

There is an idea that by producing a sophisticated piece of cloth, you will be able to charge up all of your gadgets by somehow connecting to it, this is not static electricity, which you get when rubbing your shoes on the carpet, this is something completely different. The cloth would be made up with nanogenerators built into the fabric, there w ... More

Posted in Business Ideas, Consumer, Funny, Gadgets by david on the February 14th, 2008 at 9:00 am
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Phone powered by AAA batteries

It’s about time that a mobile phone maker got their act together and finally designed a phone that could take an AAA battery even if it is only in an emergency, this would save so much hassle with batteries going flat etc. The Philips Xenium NRG phone is already in production and will be able to use these normal or rechargeable batteries which ... More

Posted in Batteries, Consumer, Cool, Funny, Gadgets, cell phones by david on the February 14th, 2008 at 8:00 am
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