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You will, perhaps, have read about this guy who (last year) lost 41lbs in 3 months by cycling while playing Warcraft. The sport even got its own name (Warbiking).

Now, for the (almost certainly not) first time you can do the same thing while you are sitting at your desk at work. The afore-mentioned device apparently “stimulates circulation, range-of-motion, muscle strength and coordination”. Which all sound very good to me. And not forgetting the “large knob to adjust for variable resistance”.

I can see it now - cubicles and cubicles of people - working and pedalling. We just need to connect them all to the grid and climate change as we know it is over. For only $43 (£25; €30) you would be mad to miss out. I would just suggest that (unless you work on your own in a small cave) you buy two - one for you, and one for the person next to you so that you can share the ridicule.

Source via Lifehacker

Ryan.

According to Target, “The scariest part of plane travel is…breathing the exact same air as everyone else in that metal canister for several hours as you’re hurtling through the air”.

Uh. No.

The scariest thing about plane travel is maybe hitting mountains, having a mid air decompression over the atlantic and not having enough fuel to reach land or possibly having the kid sitting next to you mustering up the worlds largest puke right on your lap. Or maybe it’s the food. Personally, I would put ‘breathing the exact same air as everyone’ no more than 8 or 9 on the list. But that’s just my opinion.

Basically, you jam this thing on your “overhead air nozzle” and aim it at your face. In seconds, you are breathing clean, pure, friendly, happy air which is actively fighting off all 99.5% of the nasty bugs and viri. Yours for only $20 (£10; €14).

Now, if only they can invent one that shuts up annoying kids… or gives you more legroom… or an automatic upgrade…

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Ryan.

Now I’m not sure exactly how long this whole optimus maxiumus keyboard palaver has been going on, but it’s been a while.

You don’t need me to tell you all about it (each key = mini OLED display = ultimate configurability = ultimate desirability), but there is news. Namely, that you can now order one. I say ‘order’ in the loosest sense of the word. Or at least, in the “order now and get it for Christmas (just)” sense of the word.

Yes, for just $1564.37 (that 37 cents is important) you can pre-order. No, it doesn’t include shipping. Or a voucher for a free reality check.

As Russell Crowe said once: “My name is Optimus Maximus Longius Waitius, commander of the Keyboards of the North blah blah blah And I will be in production, in this life or the next.”

I love my movie quotes, me.

Ryan

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“Muuuuum, smells like something’s died in the toilet”. How often do you hear this being shouted on a daily basis? Perhaps not as often as me, but then again perhaps that has something to do with the lack of fibre in my diet.

The crime scene toilet paper being sold by LazyBoneUK is a great trick to play on unsuspecting visitors to your dunny. Just empty your bathroom of all traces of bog-roll, roll out some of this paper across the outside of the doorway when visitor is comfortable and in session, and wait for the inevitable yell when job is complete.
Visitor will have no option but to open the door and witness the crime scene cordened off with him in it!

Loads and loads of fun, and all for £2.99. It’s even 2-ply  - for your comfort.

“Taggart…there’s been a mardar”

You probably remember that bit in Star Wars where Princess Leia sends a holo-message through R2 to Obi-Wan. “My mission to Alderaan has failed. I’ve placed information vital to the survival of the rebellion into the memory system of this R2 unit… Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi; you’re my only hope”.

It’s an iconic scene.

It’s probably also true to say that Miss Leia would have worded it slightly different if she had been wearing one of these pimped-out, pimp my R2 hoodies. Personally I think she would have said something like “Yo Yo Yoooo, Obi-Waaaaan - aright la, me and me geezers over ‘ere havin’ a few bifta’s and we is havin some major major grim-bobs but it’s aright boss, see, cos R2 ere has the whole plans like of the whole spooooniverse. Cmon la, and help me out - just watch out for them bizzies.” (struggling? this may help)

Maybe not QUITE as iconic, but doesn’t take away from the fact that this gear is funk factor 10. Tees go for £20 ($39; €30).

Ryan.

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Great tool for mixing your music tracks, wait for it…..”wirelessly”.

This little beaut connects to your PC using some kind of magical connection whereby invisible signals are sent from it through the same air that you breathe into your computer. Whatever will they think up next….telephones you can use outside your home?

With more knobs to tweak than, say, a knobby thing the Hercules DJ Mobile MP3 only costs £45.95 from Amazon.co.uk.
Unit has 2 jog wheels, 3 sliders and 2 wheels. So come on you crazy kids…if Pete Tong can do it, anyone can.

There’s something about spiffy new laptops that’s just… well… spiffy.

Even if the only thing you ever use them for is heating the top of your legs to the melting point of tungsten (around 5432 degrees F, apparently - don’t say you never learn anything here!!) they are undeniably “cool” (try telling my legs that).

Dell have just come out with a new battery (in the ‘collection’ sense not the ‘exploding’ sense) of business-oriented lappy-toppies with a whole host of funky options like solid-state HDD, encrypted drive, better wireless and better screen. Middle of the road is the D630 with costs starting (and going north) from $899 (£699!).

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You’ve all heard the expression, “You can’t polish a turd”. To a certain degree, this statement is fairly accurate although I did once talk to a guy who claimed he’d managed to convert an innocent looking poodle plop into a life-size Michaelangelo replica by elbow grease alone.

The clever people at “Simplest Utils” strongly believe in the above maxim. Using their software you can convert your video footage into a vast selection of formats, such as VCD, SVCD, MPEG, MP4, WMV, 3GP, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, H.264/PSP AVC, MOV, RM, ASF, FLV.

The end result will never look as good as your original file, but then what do you expect for free?

Did I say free? Yep indeedum. Free trial for 30 days. Then, only $29.95 to buy.

Start polishing now.

Get more info here.

You have gotto love the Koreans. I do. And I’ve met a number. (Take a bow, Tae Hong). Anyway. This thing just cracks me up. Apparently, this model is good for “the home, the animal hospital and the pet shop”.

The idea is that you selotape your pooch to the treadmill and press the big green button (shaped like a bone?). Before long, Fido will be 16 stone lighter (according to legend, the dog in the picture used to be a great dane) and will be so grateful he may even gnaw you gently on the shin.

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Well, those clever geeks at Pileus have done it again.
Not content with their original invention, the wireless transparent balaclava they have unleashed the awesome design that is, the Internet Umbrella.

Yours for a cool £0.5m this truly amazing contraption lets you sneak out from your gweeby bedroom under the guise of a confused double agent and wander aimlessly around the ghetto streets of Runcorn watching pixelated google earth images of the street you’re aimlessly wandering on thanks to the built-in wireless internet connection.

No, but seriously, this gadget is a definite mustn’t have for 2007.

More info can be found at www.pileus.net, but I’m warning you now, if I hear you’ve bought one…I will hunt you down, and poke you.

P.S. I lied about the price.