Posts from — February 2008

[ February 28th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Too Many Gadgets? Get Some Tributaries

The Tributaries T12 is the most beastly power strip that I have ever seen, period. The eight outlets on the side can be rotated up to 90-degrees. That ought to be useful if you have any weirdly shaped AC adapters. For more regular fare, you have four outlets in the middle. [...]

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[ February 28th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

USB Typing Speedometer Makes Your Typing Speed Look Weak

There is a lot of room to move with the USB speedometer. The top speed that it displays is actually faster than the world record. It will also record a daily word count, so if you are getting paid by the word then you have a good way of racking up what you [...]

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[ February 27th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Sony’s Uber-Expensive NHS-130C Rack System

Just looking at the NHS-140C makes me drool, and then I realize what it would cost me to actually purchase one. No one really needs their own rack system, but it sure would be nice to have one; what with 13 controllable music zones, 7.1 channel sound, 160GB HDD, 400-disk CD and DVD changer, [...]

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[ February 27th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Biometric Security on the Cheap

Keys and I have an uncomfortable and often uneasy relationship. I have lost a lot of them in my time and often at times that were decidedly inconvenient. The Fingerprint Door Lock is just the thing for me and I am assuming the millions of other people that are just like me [...]

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[ February 27th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Evil Coffee Table is an Accident Waiting to Happen

In my travels of the Internet today, I was taken to the Fist Fire website, where I was pleased to see some of the coolest and most dangerous looking furniture I have ever come across. The Evil Coffee Table was not featured there, but is a very tidy piece of craftsmanship. [...]

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