3 cups of tea or coffee in one! Genius!
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“Imagine walking into a department store or any big box store, and while browsing an aisle you find a display where packages hang; which, at first glance, seem to contain large action figures. Upon closer inspection, you realize they are actually bizarre, altered, bipedal mammals sealed in a plastic bubble […]

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Apologies for the lack of posts today. Last night was one of those nights. I did my back in picking my daughter up from her cot on sunday and last night I got recieved the repercusions of taking Ibuprofen on a weak stomach.
I think this cute little mobile phone strap depicts last night very well…

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The Japanese are so excited about the upcoming release of Vista SP1 that they have released this special edition toilet paper.

Go on, go BSOD on your ass!
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I try my best, i really do, but you just cant help the mass of cables thats an unavoidable result of having so many boxes under the TV. With this Cable Carpet, by designer Britta Boehne, the cables become part of the carpet itself.

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Wow, this takes me back! The feeling of rubberkey on fingertip comes rushing back.

It does have a certain Dharma Initiative feel to it doesn’t it…
And for even more retro fun, take a look at this walkthrough of the classic speccy game Manic Miner…
It even has the full 3 minute loading sequence at the beginning […]

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You know the problem…your in bed with your laptop, psp, iphone etc doing some “work” and you just cant stay snug and warm! Theres a gap around your chest letting all that damn cold air breeze in!
Well, no more fellow geeks!! Here comes the Slanket!

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The megadrive had Sonic, the NES had Mario, the PS2 had GTA! Now the wii has the game that will sell the console alone…Puti Puti Wii! The Bubble Wrap Simulator.
A full 40 levels of bubble wrap popping adventure.

This Wiiware game is based on that silly Japanse Puti Puti toy keyring that simulates a piece of […]

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This handmade wooden mouse is called the Jupiter. The cursor moves in a particular direction and velocity depending on the tilt of the ball. Imagine a cross between a joystick and a trackball. (i think!)

Theres even a blinged up version for the rich nerds called “Deco”.

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Engineers at a university here in Wales, Bangor University, have created a device that provides broadband 100x faster than we can get today. The machine can download 15 films in under a minute. 15!!
The new device works with the existing fibre optic technology and so there is no need to rip out the cabling which […]

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