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August 7, 2008

DIY - How to Make a Hydroponics Unit for Growing Weed!

Don’t mind the post title as this DIY shows you how to make hydroponics unit for growing anything. Aside from people with medical marijuana licenses who live in San Francisco and can legally grow several pot plants, the hydroponic system can be used for growing your own organic vegetables and what not. My wife teaches 8th grade science. Thi ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets, HOWTO, Projects, home by max on the August 7th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
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July 28, 2008

Eco-Friendly Harddrive Lowers Carbon Footprint!

Here’s a cool eco-friendly harddrive called “[re]drive” by Fabrik made with materials that lessens the carbon footprint. The [re]drive has 500GB of storage and promises 25% faster data transfer with its Turbo USB 2.0 connectivity compared to standard USB 2.0. Both Mac and Windows users can use the [re]drive and it ships with auto ... More

Posted in Computer, Consumer, Cool, Earth, Eco-friendly, Gadgets, Hard Disk by max on the July 28th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
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July 25, 2008

Portable Build-a-Chair Design by Taiani Vincent

Here’s an awesome portable chair design.  At first look, you will notice 3 pieces and wonder, “How is that a chair”? Now start putting the pieces together in your mind. Little more… Almost there… Wow, look at that, a portable DIY chair in seconds.  Now, if you got a whole stadium of these chairs, it might do som ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Educational, Furniture by max on the July 25th, 2008 at 3:50 am
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July 24, 2008

Food USB Drives from Brando!

Check out some of the gravy food USB Drives from Brando. The one pictured above are actually pizza and hamburger flash drives. - USB Fast Food Flash Drive Here’s the Pizza USB Flash Drive close-up.  Looks pretty authentic too me, is that peperoni, tomato, pineapple, and green peppers?  Kinda bad choice of toppings there. Ohhh, I do like ... More

Posted in Computer, Consumer, Cool, Design, Entertainment, Food, Funny, Gadgets, Gifts, Spy, Storage, USB, delicious by max on the July 24th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
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July 10, 2008

IKEA PS is a Small Laptop Workstation/Cabinet!

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 b ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Furniture, Laptop by max on the July 10th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
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June 21, 2008

Credit Card Size 8GB USB Drive!

Although there are many mini-usb drives now, this credit card size 8GB USB drive might do the trick of hiding safetly and discreetly in your wallet. ‧ 3mm Thin (Aluminum Alloy Casing ) ‧ Retraction Connector ‧ Mobile USB flash drive, USB 1.1/2.0 compatible ‧ Hot swappable, USB Plug & Play compatible ‧ LED access indicator with t ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Gadgets, Storage, USB by max on the June 21st, 2008 at 6:53 pm
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June 17, 2008

LaCie Little Big Disk Quadra - 1 Terabyte of Storage!

Need some serious storage for your files? Here’s the LaCie little big disk quadra with 1 terabytes (that’s 1,000 gigabytes!) of storage. 1 x eSATA 3Gbits port; 2 x FireWire 800 ports (FireWire 400 compatible); 1 x Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port .gallery { margin: auto; } .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; ... More

Posted in Computer, Consumer, Cool, Design, Gadgets, Storage, USB by max on the June 17th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
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June 16, 2008

Nokia E71 Confirmed for Production!

Nokia E71 looks so much like Blackberry 8830 I’ve got here, perhaps slimmer. If the price is right, Nokia E71 might not be a bad choice. The E71 is one of the thinnest phones we’ve ever seen exit the doors of the Finnish giant, at 10mm thick, but there’s still plenty of room for everything you’d expect out of an E series p ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Gadgets, Nokia, cell phones by max on the June 16th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
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May 23, 2008

Daily Laptop Pimp Digest

Well, since we started a new blog over at Laptop Pimp blog, we will do a daily digest of what’s going on in the laptop world. Today’s daily laptop digest: Eec PC help ASUS become the 6th largest PC vendor.   Intel Eco PCs are another great sign of the on-coming mini-laptop revolution. My next laptop will be something like the ASUS 1T ... More

Posted in Computer, Consumer, Gadgets, Laptop by max on the May 23rd, 2008 at 12:21 pm
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May 8, 2008

Strida Folding Bike!

With all the cool folding bikes out these days, here’s another cool folding bike called Strida. The Strida from Area Ware works around a triangular frame, which means it, has strength as well as agility, because it will fold down flat making the bike totally portable in just five seconds. Now you have a light, yet compact bike for storage. v ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Gadgets, Travel, bikes by max on the May 8th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
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January 22, 2008

The 160 mega pixel camera

Now this is what you call a camera, measuring in at seventeen inches by six inches, it has a massive 900 mb of storage and 160 mega pixels. Clearly this is not the sort of thing that you can carry around with you, but there just has to be a call for something like this otherwise they would not have made it, would they? There is however a slight p ... More

Posted in Cameras, Computer, Consumer, Cool, Funny by david on the January 22nd, 2008 at 1:00 pm
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January 8, 2008

Battery USB flash drive

This is probably the most expensive battery that anyone would ever buy, but if you look closer you could make out that in fact it is not a battery at all, but a 4 GB flash drive. Features: USB 2.0 Portable and easy operate Plug and play Support Window 98/ME/2000/XP, Mac OS 9.X or above, Linux Kernel 2.4 or above Size: 16 x 16 x 63mm (approx.) We ... More

Posted in Cool, Funny, Gadgets, Household, Storage, USB by david on the January 8th, 2008 at 7:30 am
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January 7, 2008

The remote controlled cooler

This is a must for the Homer Simpson types who just want to laze around all day long, while they watch the television or just take it easy. The bag is on wheels and has a remote which will enable the person with it, to control where it is and who get the nice cool beer. The bag is collapsible for easy storage and will hold up to six bottles of be ... More

Posted in Batteries, Computer, Consumer, Cool, Entertainment, Funny, Gadgets, Household, Motor by david on the January 7th, 2008 at 6:00 am
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January 5, 2008

DIY solar powered mower

This is probably something that will not end up in the stores, but never the less it is a great idea, with one problem; it takes over forty hours to charge up. This will cost around $699 to build up for yourself, which is made up of the motor at $312, the solar panels at $120 and the battery at $90. It is quite expensive but it is a prototype whi ... More

Posted in Batteries, Cool, Funny, Household, Solar, Storage by david on the January 5th, 2008 at 8:00 am
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January 3, 2008

The storage ring

Well this may look like something that would find on side of ship for helping someone who ahs fallen over board, but in reality these are storage devices. You can see that there is a distinct advantage here with them being on the wall etc, but if you are putting fruit inside of them, then there are two things wrong with that, one is the fruit has ... More

Posted in Art, Cool, Design, Food, Funny, Storage by david on the January 3rd, 2008 at 10:00 am
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December 6, 2007

You can still use floppy’s

Ever wondered what you could do with the old floppy disks? Well if you just look at the image below that gives you a little idea! Clearly it is impossible to write data onto a floppy disk, but these CDR’s do look funny as floppy disks, it would be especially funny to someone’s face when you stick this disc into the drive of the computer at wo ... More

Posted in Computer, Consumer, Household, Storage, retro by david on the December 6th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
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December 1, 2007

The smallest video player?

They say the best things come in small packages, and this digital video player is no exception. With a 2.4 inch LCD screen which good enough to watch video and pod casts while on the move. Product Features Mini Media Players Handle Video, Audio and can do Voice Recording Keys on Neon M3 are heat sensitive and glow when touched Built in FM Radio I ... More

Posted in Cool, Entertainment, Funny, Storage, Travel, Video by david on the December 1st, 2007 at 10:00 am
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November 22, 2007

Complete set of office tools

This is a great little gift or office set, when it is a solid one piece item it is easily storable and yet when taken apart there are a whole hose of hand office tools inside: These include a stapler, pencil sharpener, staple remover, sticky note and paperclip holder, calculator, and a digital alarm clock. It can be stored away in a desk drawer, ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Educational, Food, Funny, Gadgets, Household, Storage by david on the November 22nd, 2007 at 2:00 pm
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November 21, 2007

Have your cake and use it

To celebrate the season of goodwill there is bound to be to spectacular and not so spectacular gadgets being released onto the market, this is great for us because we love to see them. Like this cake it’s great and it’s a USB hub that comes with four flash drives. As you can see the cake (Which is almost good enough to eat!) have plenty of ic ... More

Posted in Computer, Cool, Funny, Storage, USB by david on the November 21st, 2007 at 6:00 am
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October 25, 2007

Give this the thumbs up!

USB flash drives come in all shapes and sizes these days, but it would appear that somebody has had a slight accident at the factory and left on their thumbs inside the machine. Unfortunately there is only a 128 mb of storage capacity and with a price tag of around $89 it would seem to be on the steep side as no matter what way you look at it, it ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Funny, Gadgets, Storage, USB by david on the October 25th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
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October 14, 2007

An odd looking flash drive

Flash drivers come in all sorts of shapes and sizes these days and this one is no exception. It is supposed to a Feng Shui or something of the like, but the crystal does have some sort of healing property just hope that it does not keep healing the device every time something is saved to it. Source [ETSY] Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, except ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Funny, Gadgets, Storage, USB by david on the October 14th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
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October 7, 2007

Credit card usb flash drive

This is a handy little device that will come in very handy as it just simply fits into your wallet for safe movement. The usb connector pushes flat into the card when not in use. This is a nice simple design that while being very practical. The memory available from 256 mb right up to a very respectable 4 gb. The price of the 4 gb version is arou ... More

Posted in Cool, Funny, Storage, USB by david on the October 7th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
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October 2, 2007

Swiss Army Knife with 512MB Memory for $39.99!

Ohhh…check out this sweet SwissMemory, It’s a Swiss Army Knife with 512MB of memory at only $39.99! I’d get one if I didn’t have both already…   Compact, multi-purpose tool; transport image, music, and data files Includes: 512 MB memory stick, knife blade, nail file with screwdriver, scissors, key ring, LED mini ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Gadgets, Storage by max on the October 2nd, 2007 at 5:00 pm
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