The Shower iPod/MP3 Player. A splash-proof, waterproof audio player dock and dome designed to keep your preciousesss dry and fully functioning even under the wettest of scenarios. Like showering. Or something. It’s portable too, for those roaming water sport occasions. $19.99. Portable dock allows you to take most MP3 players (including iPod®) anywhere, even into the shower. Connects easily to your MP3 player and keeps it safe under a splash-proof dome. AM/FM radio with stereo speakers. LCD clock. Includes detachable…
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Wii Sport Pack – wrist play for Nintendo
The Wii Sports Pack is a set of sports controllers for the new Nintendo Wii which are designed to make your sports gameplay more realistic. Included in the $22.00 pack is a tennis racket, Golf Grip and Baseball Bat. Jolly hockey sticks, what? The Sports Pack brings you to experience a realistic sport playing. Featuring Tennis Racket, Golf Grip and Baseball Bat, each attaches safely and quickly to your Wii remote. Enhance the fun for all Wii Sport games.
Read MoreTaxi Hailer – catch that cab
The Taxi Hailer is one of those oh-so-obvious ideas that is doomed to be forgotten as quickly as it appears. Who on earth wants to carry yet another device in their pocket or case just in case they need to hail a cab? Anyhoo it’s £9.99 plus postage. Hey, it’s a nice idea, but… [via Tech Digest via Gizmodo] The most common method of hailing a taxi in the street is by raising a hand, however it only works if…
Read MoreKiva – ethical lending for developing world small business
Kiva is a nice microfinance site which brings together lenders from the wealthy first world and small businesses in the developing world. This is such a great use of the global power of the Internet in so many ways. You can loan money via Paypal or credit card – in amounts as little as $25.00 – and either take your money out when the load is repaid or keep it in the system and lend again. You don’t receive interest,…
Read More54 Personal Start Pages – Web 2.0 cloned to death
54 Ajax Personal Start Pages. Re-arrange the following words into a well known phrase or saying – shakeout way huge a this coming is soon.
Read MoreUnlocker – free up your Windows
Unlocker. If you’ve ever been driven mad trying to track down the reason behind an error message which says you can’t delete a file or folder in Windows because it’s ‘being used by another person or program’, then this little freeware utility is for you. Super useful. Ever had such an annoying message given by Windows?… It has many other flavors: Cannot delete file: Access is denied There has been a sharing violation. The source or destination file may be in use. The file…
Read More8000 posts and counting…
Wow, just noticed that the Ferret has now passed the 8000 posts mark and counting. Makes us quite tired just thinking about it. Phew! Thanks for sticking with us, oh dear regulars.
Read MoreFerret posts this week
Here’s a quick round-up of Ferrety posts from the past week for anyone who missed them. Enjoy. Foods that heal – the benevolent buffet – Foods That Heal. Interesting… Shazou for Firefox – instant location info for links and sites – Shazou. Another very neat… World’s longest motorbike – stretch and glide – The World’s Longest… Casio GzOne Mobile Phone – tough like Arnie! – The Casio GzOne Mobile Phone is… Acme License Plate Maker – relive your prison stretch…
Read MoreTable Clock Book – my how time hides
The Table Clock Book proves that not all fancy gadgets have to be obvious. This one masquerades as a set of books on a shelf. Fascinating design decision, don’t you think? €26.00. Put this table clock with your books and create the illusion! Glossy cardboard. Included 1 battery LR6. 2 finishes: black or colours.
Read MoreBreitling Emergency Watch – rescue signal on your wrist
The Breitling Emergency Watch. Forget about those fancy designer timepieces, this watch says more about your lifestyle than a dozen shaken Martinis ever will. Created for pilots and aircrew use, this snazzy device has a built-in microtransmitter which broadcasts on the 121.5 MHz aircraft emergency frequency. Following a mishap, the owner simply unscrews the protective cap and pulls out the antenna to set it off. Providing that they are still conscious of course.It offers a 48 hour broadcast time and range of 100 miles over flat…
Read MoreiGrip – sticky your iPod to the dash
The iGrip. Sticky your iPod to your vehicle dashboard without having to install stuff. Yeah, yeah, you can use it for other devices too, if they’re white and nicely styled. If it gets dusty just wash and the sticky comes back. $8.99 in its iSticky incarnation.
Read MoreMold and Germ Destroyer – die, die, die
The AirFree Mold and Germ Destroying Air Purifier uses heated air to kill off all nasty airborne bacteria, viruses and mold stuffs. Interestingly it reduces indoor ozone levels, rather than pump the stuff out, which should please asthmatics. Comes with an in-built night light. $239.95. With no filters to replace or clean, the compact cleaner pulls air into the internal chamber which is heated to 392F to silently destroy mold, airborne bacteria, viruses, pet dander, and common household dust mites in…
Read MoreLearn Chinese Online – welcome to our commercial overlords
Learn Chinese Online. The way things are going this free online Mandarin Chinese course may become an indispensable business tool one day, so get going while it’s still gratis. Comes complete with nicely done native speaking conversational audio clips on-site. Mandarin Chinese is the language spoken by the most number of people on this earth – more than 874 million native speakers at last count. Compare that to English which is spoken by a mere 309 million. Chinese is also…
Read MoreCreate Your Own Browser Toolbar – customized convenience
Create your own free Customized Browser Toolbar. Pretty cool tool. We’ve made a fantabulous Red Ferret Journal Toolbar for you to download too. If you like it, let us know and we’ll tweak it better.
Read MorePssst….Hobo rocks!!
Hmm…don’t want to get boring or over-blown or anything, but Hobo rocks. No, really. We’re starting to get a bit excited.
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