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led message mouse with fan: for cool hands, luke

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Does your mouse hand get all sweaty from all that scrolling, clicking and dragging? Nope, mine doesn’t either. But if you are suffering from sweaty palms, you might want to check out this clever mouse from Japan.

Not only does the LED Message Mouse keep your mouse hand nice and cool thanks to a built-in fan, it can display dot-matrix…

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April 6th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets strange + wonderful technology

e-mail goes low tech

Paper E-mail Pads from ThinkGeek

Working in the online biz, I just can’t seem to get away from e-mail. All day and all night, the messages flow. I get hundreds each and every day (and that’s before the spam). I can only imagine how big that stack of would be if the messages were written on good old paper.

Now you too can put down…

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April 11th, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun

your message in light emitting diodes

Peggy LED Lightboard Kit

Want to get your point across? Why not say it with light? This new kit lets you create your own custom LED light board using any pattern you want. The whole thing reminds me of a modern-day Lite-Brite.

The latest Open Source creation from Evil Mad Science Labs, “Peggy” gives you the parts you need to make a pixelated grid…

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January 31st, 2008 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: hacks + mods

message tape mimics digital displays

Message Tape from Suck UK

This cool decorative tape lets you leave messages by blacking out the the white areas. A brilliantly simple design concept, the tape works in pretty much any language thanks to its free-form display concept.

Perfect for labeling boxes, temporary signage, creating impromptu artworks or modern graffiti, the tape comes in either a dot-matrix or segmented style. Just grab a permanent…

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January 19th, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design just plain fun

windows vista dvd burn: got 130 years to kill?

Vista Wait Dialog

Ah, the power of Windows Vista. Check out this recent screen capture of the progress dialog that appeared when an unsuspecting Vista user tried to burn 15 megabytes of files to a DVD RW drive.

So if I’m doing my math right, the disk will be completed in 2138, a little over 130 years from now. The good news is,…

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December 1st, 2007 comments (8) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing just plain fun

error message of the day

No Error Occurred

My previous all-time favorite error message was “Transaction Cannot Start in Firehose Mode,” but I think I have a new one to top the list. Apparently this error occurs when there isn’t anything wrong.

The head-scratcher of an error message simply reads “Error: No error occurred.” This gets me wondering why this message doesn’t appear every time an error doesn’t…

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October 18th, 2007 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing just plain fun

mirror, mirror on the wall, rotflmao ;)

336 SMS Mirror by Rober Stadler

This mirror not only lets you check out your own gorgeous smile, but lets you check your SMS text messages while you’re at it.

Designed by Robert Stadler for French design firm Radi Designers, the limited-edition +336+ mirror glows with your most recently received SMS messages. LEDs hidden behind the surface of the mirror illuminate with your text when you…

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July 20th, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design strange + wonderful

spacewriter uses light to write messages

Spacewriter LTC123 LED Text Messaging

Perfect for the raver crowd, this gadget lets you send messages through the air by using an array of rapidly flashing LEDs. As you wave the Spacewriter LTC123 in the air, the circuitry detects the movement and writes out a dot-matrix message that’s readable by onlookers.

The pocket-sized device costs £14.99 ($30 USD) and can store up to four messages…

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June 3rd, 2007 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets just plain fun

galaxy programmable dot matrix scrolling watch

These LED watches not only show your the day, date and time, they can be programmed to scroll a custom message of your choice on their dot-matrix display.

Galaxy Programmable watches let you enter up to 121 characters for display on a bright 21 x 7 LED matrix. The watches feature a stainless steel case with an all-leather strap and…

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March 15th, 2007 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design timepieces