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the tmt tactical wallet: the swiss army wallet

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With a compass, a tweezer, a toothpick, a pen, a glass breaker, 2 hidden compartments and ample space for money, the TMT Tactical Wallet is ten times more useful than me.

Made by North Carolina-based Toner Machining Technologies, this XXXXL cousin of Swiss army knives measures 4.0 x 3.57 x 1.150-inches and weighs a whopping 7…


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January 18th, 2010 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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dishpointer augmented reality iphone 3gs app helps you find satellites with ease

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Ever try to install a satellite dish? Speaking from personal experience, I can say that finding the right line-of-sight from the dish to the skies can be a real pain in the a$$. Now there’s a new app coming for the iPhone 3GS that could make satellite dish positioning just a bit easier.

DishPointer’s…


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August 28th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

digital imaging gps + navigation home entertainment technology video

next iphone to have built-in magnetometer: yay for miners and geologists. yay.

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The folks at The Boy Genius Report have a couple of screens from an iPhone debugging menu, and their Apple insider is telling them that the evidence points to a built-in magnetometer for the next hardware revision of the wildly successful device.

As we all know, a magnetometer tells you how close you are…


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May 8th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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