Logitech has released a new cordless desktop that seems to be aimed squarely at people who type for a living, the MK700. It features a cushioned palm rest, concave keys and slightly deeper key travel, combine that with an ergonomically designed mouse and you should be able to work at the thing all day without your hands feeling the pain.
Traditionally, wireless desktops haven’t scored to well in the workplace. They tend to be expensive, but the real kicker is the inconvenience of changing out batteries all the time, which is what makes Logitech’s latest offering all the more interesting. The company is claiming that battery life is up to three years with normal use (and presumably with the LCD dashboard disabled). The mouse will allegedly last up to a year.
For someone who just bangs out the occasional email, a setup like the MK700 is probably a waste of money, but if you do a lot of typing your fingers will thank you for it later in life.
Data centers do not tend to be the coolest of places, but for the White Mountain data center in Stockholm, we can definitely make an exception. For starters, it is built in a cold war nuclear bunker, with backup power provided by two diesel generators made for German submarines. The owner of the place jokes that if the bunker doesn’t survive a nuclear bomb blast he will give his customers their money back.
Beyond the necessary, there are plenty of cool features in the White Mountain center including a glass bridge and an indoor jungle that is going to get its very own rope bridge. There was a plan for a bat cave style elevator, but that didn’t work out (though I suspect that might change in the future). [New Launches]
As this will be our final post for 2008, I would like to say thanks to all the great readers of this site. A special thanks goes out to anyone who has linked to the site, submitted material to other sites, forums, communities or just happened to stumble upon us. As usual, to end the year off, I have complied pictures linking to our top 10 posts according to our website statistics.
The Year ahead should be an exciting one. I hoping to add a new coat of paint to the site and I will be launching a new site in 2009, so keep your eyes open for both.
My New Years resolution is to become an active member of Twitter. You can follow me here @vdasilva and you can follow Chris (aka C.S. Magor) here @CSMagor
Have a great and safe New Year and see you in 2009.
#1 – Top Ten Most Annoying Alarm Clocks
#2 – 25 Signs That You Might Be An Apple Fanboy
#3 – Goldfish Memory Myth Debunked by 15-Year-Old
#4 – The Strangest Vehicles In The World
#5 – Functional Flying Saucer (Theoretically) Designed By University of Florida Professor
#6 – Bat Cave Home Theater, Only Real Batman Fans Need Apply
The last Bat Cave home theater I saw a little while back was impressive but this one pictured above and below wins the Oscar for best Bat Cave home theater. The pictures are from the Elite Home Theater Seats website which has a must see gallery.
Most people do not have any practical use for a dive light, but they are so pretty to look at. There are dive lights and there are dive lights. If you are getting your PADI Advanced Open Water and are taking a night dive as part of your program, you do not really need one of these. If, however, you are into wreck diving or oh so exciting and oh so deadly cave diving, you are definitely going to want one of these.
The OMS Phantom HID Divelight offers you 450 Lumens of light, a five-second restart time and 270 minutes of burn time on the standard battery. You can have 540 minutes if you opt for the 8Ah battery pack. Batteries are rechargeable lithium ion cells and it will take you 4 hours to charge the 4Ah battery (10 hours for the 10Ah battery). The 10W bulb pumps out almost twice as much light as a good Maglite, and it can withstand 1700 FSW on the 4Ah or 1000 FSW on the 8Ah.
Price, for one and remember a good tech diver will want two (in case of equipment failure) $864.50
