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spps200 portable power station:the bmw m6 of battery packs

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Let it be known that I am not the one responsible for that analogy. Battery Geek Inc., makers of said battery pack, are to be commended for such an exquisite and refreshing figure of speech.
So why is the SPPS200 200 Wh Portable Power Station the BMW M6 of battery packs? Because its little brothers,…

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January 8th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing gadgets media players mobile tech technology

your old hard drives reborn as wind chimes

Do you have loads of old hard drives laying around your house? Do you love the sweet tinny tones of wind chimes clinkity clinking on your back porch? If so, this is a great project for you- you can turn your old, unused or crashed hard drives into this set of aluminum wind chimes.

To…

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July 28th, 2008 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

filed under: geek art + craft hacks + mods

das keyboard: no letters = faster typing

DAS Ultimate Keyboard Black up Close

I sit at a computer much of the day and always thought I was a pretty fast typer. But apparently, those pesky painted letters on my key caps are actually slowing me down. Thankfully, there’s a new keyboard that gets rid of the tiny bit of extra drag that those characters put on my tapping…

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July 13th, 2008 comments (17) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing design media players strange + wonderful