Archive for the ‘Geek Finds’ Category
Sharpie™ Pencil
In: Geek Finds
9 Aug 2010Coming in September: Sharpie the pen makers have created a Liquid Pencil that contains an “ink” made from liquid graphite. Its liquid graphite “ink” allows the user to erase at will for up to three days. After three days the liquid graphite will then turn to ink and will become permanent, to a degree… hat tip
Load Batteries in Either Direction with Instaload
In: Geek Finds
16 Jul 2010Microsoft has come up with a simple tech fix for the festering problem of figuring out which direction to insert batteries into a device. Forgo the cryptic symbols and dark spaces, and simply put them in any direction you want. Via wired.
Google Dunks
In: Geek Finds|fun
27 May 2010Brass Monki makes some boss sneakers, they recently did a custom pair of Nike Dunks with a Google theme. I want them.
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USB Cufflinks
In: Geek Finds|fun
27 May 2010So James Bond. Designed by Ravi Ratan, 2GB USB Flash Drive Cufflinks (2 GB each, total 4 GB) and can be engraved with up to 8 characters, available in gunmetal and gold finishes. $195.00/per pair. Feature functional USB drives making it possible for you to keep all of your must-have presentations and important documents with [...]
iStat
In: Geek Finds
12 Apr 2010iStat Pro is a handy (and free) widget for Mac OS X that shows key stats about your machine at a glance: CPU & memory usage, network stats, temperature, fan RPM, and power usage. It’s particularly handy to see your IP, both internal & external, as well as the temps of key hardware. iStat for [...]
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- Tags: iphone, mac
Crayola’s Law
In: Geek Finds|Good Stuff
19 Jan 2010This is quickly making it’s way around the series of tubes known as The Internet and I didn’t want to miss the bandwagon. To create the chart, Velo gently scraped Wikipedia’s list of Crayola colors, corrected a few hues, and added the standard 16-count School Crayon box available in 1935. Except for the dayglow-ski-jacket-inspired burst [...]
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- Tags: crayalo
Lenovo IdeaPad U1 hybrid notebook
In: Geek Finds|Review
10 Jan 2010I like what Lenovo is thinking with their IdeaPad U1 hybrid notebook. Full power notebook, Win7, detachable screen becomes self-sufficient tablet with 8 hour battery life running minimal OS. Zack Whittaker has a nice rundown of this and the Lenovo Skylight over at ZDNet.
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- Tags: Lenovo, Win7, windows
Withings WiFi Scale
In: Geek Finds
10 Jan 2010The Withings WiFi Scale blends the pure functionality of a modern digital scale with an ability for reporting and history and then takes it over the top with connectivity to your social networks. This last bit adds the component of social pressure that is sometimes very helpful in staying focused on weight loss goals. The [...]
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- Tags: fitness, iphone, twitter
Track your sleep with an iPhone app
In: Geek Finds|Review
9 Jan 2010Sleep Cycle is an iPhone app that uses the accelerometer to detect when you toss and turn as you sleep. After setting the time you would like to wake up and positioning the phone face down on the edge of your bed the software monitors your activity and attempts to wake you at the best [...]
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- Tags: fitness, iphone
Dragon Dictation for iPhone
In: Geek Finds|Review
23 Dec 2009A geek find from last week: Dragon Dictation is an iPhone app (free) that accurately captures voice and converts to text. Press the record button, speak your speak, press done, and watch the text appear. So far the only mistakes I’ve run into are with words like on, in, an being misheard, but that’s probably [...]
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