Okay, here’s a cool set of solar powered fairy LED lights you can use anywhere including your exisiting outdoor umbrella bench.

The idea of hanging twinkly lights around the garden is a great one. Unfortunately regular fairy lights are liable to short-circuit the second you unfurl the mains lead extension. Not so our hassle-free Solar Powered Fairy Lights.

The clue’s in the name because these magical lights are powered by one of the hottest stars in the universe. No, not Jessica Alba (although that would be good). We’re talking about the sun. So as well as being eco-friendly, you won’t have to run cables out the back door or risk electrocuting your guests come nightfall.

via keetsa

If you are looking to replace your large desk with something that’s more compact, this IKEA PS laptop workstation/cabinet might do the job.

Key features

Combined workstation and storage for laptop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laptop and accessories. Saves space and is easy to place anywhere in your home.
The cable outlets inside and at the bottom of the cabinet make it easy to organize cables according to need.
The upper space is lockable for safe storage of the contents.
An elastic strap keeps your laptop in place during charging.
The lower compartment is just the right size for hidden, easy-access storage of modem, router and multiple sockets.
designer:
Henrik Preutz
Product dimensions

Width: 27 1/2 ”
Depth: 7 7/8 ”
Height: 23 5/8 ”
Max. load/open front: 55 lb

Width: 70 cm
Depth: 20 cm
Height: 60 cm
Max. load/open front: 25 kg

via bedzine

Now, you can officially charge your AA batteries with USB!

The high quality batteries (1450mAh) will power any device you need them for, then when the time comes take them out, pop off the caps and insert them into a USB port for quick easy charging. There is even a handy blue LED to show when the batteries are charging which turns off when they are fully charged. No more bulky chargers and unsafe cables all over the place. These are also environmentally friendly as they contain none of the harmful cadmium in Ni Cads and none of the resource waste from traditional alkaline batteries

via 7gadgets

This one deserves our attention due to the fact that the creator is ‘masked’ to protect his online identity. Just kidding, this DIY is about how to make an NES Game Cartridge, (that’s right, I bet you got one of those in your garage somewhere) into a HarmoNESica.

Basically, it’s a Harmonica, but you can make it look cool. These days, people will making anything out of NES controllers, cables, and now…cartridges.

Watch the video if you want to see it in action. (Looks like he made this to promote his favorite NFL team.)

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That’s a NES cartridge and a harmonica. I think you know where this is going. This is going exactly where the intersection of nostalgia and commercialism should have gone like ten freaking years ago. I’ve googled all sorts of combinations like “NES harmonica” and “nintendo harmonica” and “NES cartridge instrument” and I can’t find anything like this. Everybody talks about blowing on the game like a harmonica, but as far as I know I’m the first person on the Internet to actually use a harmonica.

Mint chocolate chip ice cream provided for scale.

I began my journey with what I thought was a solid plan. I had a cart I was willing to bust open, I had a harmonica I had purchased specifically to be busted open, and I had a brand-new Dremel to bring the magic. There’s also a package of Dremel drill bits and a bag of #4-40 3/4″ bolts with included nuts…

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With all of the electrical items that we all have today, it will be foolish to think that the wires and cables are a nice addition to your home, so it may be a good idea to find a solution that will do the job in a simple yet cost effective manner.

These lamps do precisely that by covering the messy wires and plugs and at the same time providing a nice warm lamp in the process.

Priced at $165

Source [Oh Gizmo]

There is nothing worse than a mass of wires that are all tangled up together in one great big bulky mess, which is impossible to unwind.

Which is why the cable yoyo is so cool. It keeps all cables nice and neat, in the image it looks like a USB cable but I suppose that it would work with any other smallish cable.

The box can fix to the desk, which will stop it from moving around.

Source [Shiny Shiny]

Its great to watch the TV outside in the garden, patio or balcony, getting the sun and fresh air, instead of being stuck inside, and now you can watch a 46 inch HD ready all weather TV.

SunBriteTV have the answer for anyone who would love to own such television without the worry of the weather, of course there is always the possibility of there being rain, cold or both, the SunBriteTV has a corrosion resistant casing that will protect the internal workings from the weather and any thing else including accidents.

Being enclosed the inside of the casing would get extremely hot, so there are filtered fans which will keep the inside cool and a heather for the reverse. The cables are waterproofed too, including the antenna cable.

But having the ability to do all of this is expensive and so this is bound to be reflected in the price, which is, around $5,000, and for those who can’t wait this TV will be in the stores in by the end of the month.

Source [Engadget]

Check out this cool Apple Bus Mouse that’s been modded into a garage door opener. Brilliant!

So I got bored tonight and started going though my box-o-cables and came across an old Apple bus mouse I had gutted years ago. I always wanted to turn it into a garage door opener but never got around to it. Well, coincidently the garage door opener for my apartment parking is the perfect size to sit inside the mouse with room for a switch.

After some probing around the opener PCB, I found two easily accessible leads for the main switch, and used wirewrap to trace them out of the unit. Wirewrap around the terminals seemed easier than soldering them. With a $1.15 tube of Krazy Glue, a nylon washer and a PCB stand off, I got the switch just below the button so when screwed together it had about the same throw as the original mouse. I also tapped a lead from the LED on the board and ground to wire up a new LED where the old mouse cable went.

I took some pics, so take a look and remember, you would be amazed at what you can do with “junk”.

Thanks s1axter for the tip!

Here’s a cool DIY for ya if you have an XBOX 360 via engadget

Recent Xbox 360 updates have allowed the system to spit out resolutions up to 1080p, and with the new HD DVD add-on drive there’s more reason than ever to use a high quality VGA signal instead of the more standard 3-cable component. However there’s a bit of a catch — VGA cables for the 360 cost about $40. According to my calculations, that’s about 2 pizzas and a case of beer less to game with. WE don’t know about you, but we find that a pretty scary proposition — yours buddies that swing over for game night probably do too.