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Friday, March 12, 2010

Why Ad Blocking is Devastating to the Sites you Love

Did you know that blocking ads truly hurts the websites you visit? We recently learned that many of our readers did not know this, so I'm going to explain why. Every time you visit our pages and block our ads, you use our resources for free.

There is an oft-stated misconception that if a user never clicks on ads, then blocking them won't hurt a site financially. This is wrong. Most sites, at least sites the size of ours, are paid on a per view basis. If you have an ad blocker running, and you load 10 pages on the site, you consume resources from us (bandwidth being only one of them), but provide us with no revenue.

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BMW S1000 The Oldest Trick in the World

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US to charge tourists $10 for permission to visit

The US yesterday passed a new law designed to boost dwindling numbers of foreign tourists – it will start charging them for the privilege of entering the country.


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Iron Man 2 Trailer

For those of you that haven't seen it yet, there is a brand new Iron Man 2 trailer out now. Enjoy!

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Light Saber LED Umbrella

Even if you don't live in a quasi-futuristic Los Angeles, and aren't a Blade Runner, you can still have the coolest umbrella on the street. With a push of a button, the shaft lights up, illuminating you and your path. Now, even in the darkest of nights, you're a lot more visible to the cars on the street, making your long walk home through the rain a lot safer.

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Super Ear Personal sound device

What binoculars did for vision, this product does for listening. Produces an adjustable 50 decibel gain on sounds picked up from its multi-element high sensitivity microphone.

With only a single AAA battery, this lightweight device produces nice results. Use to amplify bird sounds (can be clipped to binoculars), frogs at night, or use during a lecture to get all the details. Comes with high quality stereo headphones.

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Thursday, March 11, 2010

OHSO Pocket Toothbrush With Tooth Paste Dispenser

OHSO was engineered to be the ultimate travel toothbrush. Besides looking good the OHSO is useful and durable. Toothpaste is stored in the handle for safekeeping and the window shows you how much paste is in the chamber.

Turn the knob clockwise and paste is dispensed though the rubber nozzle on the bristle head. Tilt down and paste is delivered directly to the bristles.

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USBCell - USB Rechargeable Batteries

Now, when your batteries are flatlining, pop the cap, and jam 'em into your nearest ubiquitous USB port. Whether it's on your computer, laptop, monitor or powered USB hub, all you need is 250mA of juice from your universal serial bus, and a little patience. In just a few hours, you'll have 1300mAH of power!

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Star Trek Starfleet Academy Titanium Spork

You've made the big decision. You could work in the shipyards, you could be a lounge singer - but no, you've chosen to enlist in Starfleet Academy. Here's what you have to look forward to: tons of studying, lots of friends, maybe a case of space acne, and oh so much more.

You also can expect one of the most mind blowing orientation sessions ever. You'll get your dorm and roommate assignments, your class schedule, your academic advisor, and your titanium spork.

We kid you not. We've always told folks that the titanium spork was the utensil of the future, and now (after we yanked a bunch through a chrono-synclastic infundibulum) we have the proof to um, well, prove it. The Star Trek Starfleet Academy Titanium Sporks are the official sporks of Starfleet Academy, and they have the laser engravings to prove it!

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Staple Free Stapler

Some kinda paper voodoo! Staples have become a scourge to the office environment. Those shiny metal wires have jammed in thumbs, caught on sweaters, and torn papers. The horrors are just too numerous to mention.

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Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Hybrid Porsche 918 Spyder 500hp

What is the fastest way to convince someone to become a hybrid car owner? A 500hp hybrid Porsche that gets 78.4 mile per gallon. That's how. Makes you wonder how much this thing is going to cost.

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Moth Trails


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Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal

Considering all the patent infringement suits flying around today, this quote from Steve Jobs in 1996 is particularly funny.

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Micro Sport Japanese MP3 Player

Ok. We've seen some very mini MP3 players in our time. Take a look at the iPod Shuffle... it's been relegated to the size of a stick of gum. But then we saw this Micro Sport Japanese MP3 Player and our definition of "tiny" was forced to be revised.

When you're looking for the bleeding edge of techno gadgets you need go no further. The Micro Sport Player is two sugar cubes worth of electronics into which somehow is crammed 4GB of memory and a rechargeable battery.

Amazingly this tiny player features full stereo sound. One earbud is attached directly to the side of the main unit, while the other earbud trails on a cord around the back of your head, just reaching the opposite ear.

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Spycam Car Key Fob Camera

The Spycam Car Key Fob Camera not only allows easy video filming, but it gives you the ability to do it in a covert manner. This tiny camera is shaped like a generic car key remote fob and captures excellent quality video (at 640x480 resolution). A simple USB connection and AVI format make it super convenient to retrieve your videos. The small size and shape of this camera make it easy to carry just about anywhere.

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Monday, March 08, 2010

One Way Trail Ride

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Las Vegas Carpets Keep You Gambling

Las Vegas is well-known for being the city that never sleeps as gamblers are encouraged to spend their money around the clock.

Now a new set of photographs has revealed that even the garish carpets that line the hotels and casinos have an important part to play.


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Student Who Can Speak Backwards

A college student that speaks backwards. Meghan Shea, a college student in North Carolina, can easily speak "backwards. She Can Speak in Reverse? Meghan Shea is majoring in biology, but she can't get a degree for her most unusual skill.

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a320 NES, SNES, GBA, Sega Pocket ROM Emulator

The Pocket Retro Game Emulator looks a bit like the GameBoy Micro but that's where the similarities end. Load on NES, SNES, GBA, Sega Genesis, or Neo Geo roms and play your old favorites in the palm of your hand.

With 4GB of built-in storage and a mini SD slot for expansion you can bring every single game from the best classic consoles with you. Of course in typical all encompassing gadget style you can also play movie files, audio files, use the built-in FM radio, view jpg images, Read E-books, do voice recording etc...

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Ultra Small Shirtpocket Digital Magnifier

This pocket-sized digital magnifier enlarges small print or fine details on its distortion-free, color LCD. The 2" LCD displays crisp, easy-to-read images without the glare and faded edges that appear on typical magnifying glasses.

The magnification adjusts from 5X to 20X to help you discern fine print on bottles of medicine, food labels, or instruction manuals. You can capture a still image and reverse out the color of text and its background with the touch of a button.

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