For most skateboarders, this advanced skateboard hoodie can act as extra protection for practicing crazy tricks such as a reverse-360-heel-flip over some big holes.

Wearing protective gear can be uncomfortable and give the wrong image when nobody else is wearing it. The skater needs to be able to move and be flexible, and do tricks comfortably. Protective gear, at times, seems unimportant.The goal is start a new positive trend for skaters. Cali Hoodie is safety apparel with integrated protective pads for skaters.

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It looks like there’s now a “pre-pay” solution to saving some money on by purchasing gas in advance.

You can go to MyGallons.com to purchase your future gas at current prices.

The high price of gasoline has some U.S. drivers looking to the future.

A recently introduced service called MyGallons.com allows drivers to fill up their tanks sometime in the future but at current prices, using a debit-like card which banks gallons rather than dollars.

“The price of gasoline was changing all the time. It seemed unpredictable,” Steven Verona, founder and owner of the Miami-based company, said on Monday.

via reuters

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Do you ever feel the need for a some outdoor fluorescent lighting?  Here’s a rechargeable, solar-powered fluorescent lantern to help you do just that.

Solar Powered rechargeable lantern includes a swiveling fluorescent lantern for 360° illumination, and a powerful spotlight.

1-watt solar cell gathers energy from the sun to recharge the sealed lead acid battery.

via 7gadgets

Did U Mean blog was just launched, a blog about common and uncommon misspellings.

Did U Mean Blog was created to humor and educate people on mis-spellings of common English words.

Seriously, don’t take us too seriously, we just like poking around.

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Well, today, my 42″ Samsung DLP TV I bought in 2005 broke down on me.  The only thing I got from the TV was a Lamp LED going on and off.

So I figured that it was time for the Lamp to be swapped out for a new one.

Before doing that, I ran into this blog posts about how to reset the Lamp hour setting on the Samsung DLP TV.

Once I resetted the Lamp hour, my TV started working again!  Yey, I guess the manufacturer, Samsung, put an hourly limit on the lamp so you replace the lamp but hey, why replace it until it’s truly broken?

Here’s the simple instructions on how to reset that lamp hour setting and make your DLP TV lamp last longer:

Mute + 1 + 8 + 2 + Power.

Your TV set should now say “Loading Factory”.

Browse down to “Option” then press Enter (or the right cursor button).

via fixyourdlp

Here’s a site called SimplyNoise, who’s sole purpose in life is to produce white noise.

Well, I’ve tried it out and was very disappointed that all they did was capture some TV white noise and put it on their site.

That said, SimplyNoise will need to provide other types of white noise such as a mother’s womb to get the site more popular.

I mean, who likes to listen to white noise on TV anyways?

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Here’s a cool solar powered called, Hyperbike, that is very solar-efficient.

Hyperbike was presented in Vienna at the Forschungsforum chaired by the Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology. The following video features the show bike, where the solar panel charges the supercaps. Measurements have validated that 8 supercaps (EDLC) with only 176 grams are sufficient to accelerate from still stand.

via hyperbike

In case you didn’t know, Polymorph plastic is probably the best molding material for DIYers who need to customized plastic parts.

You can get polymorph plastic here.

via hackedgadgets

The Infinity Aquarium provides an eye-soothing experience for your fish and yourself with its visually appealing aquarium that’s also a materpiece work of an art in itself.

May we suggest you get one?  Just don’t try to fit large fish like Sharks.

via 7gadgets

Here’s a cool DIY documenting how you can build a motorized window blind controller just under $15.

For a long time I just waited until I got home in the afternoons to open my blinds, but my plants suffered from a lack of light. They were not dying by any means, but they were not healthy, and their growth was severely stunted. I needed to find a way to open and close my blinds automatically when I was not at home.

via instructables