Hard Disk Clocks
Looking for a Christmas gift for a geeky friend? Then take a look at these clocks made from hard disk drives and their circuit boards. Made from old hard drives – a 2.5″ laptop unit and 3.5″ SCSI drive respectively,…
Samsung TicToc MP3 Player Review
Samsung announced the TicToc MP3 players back in July but they’ve only recently started shipping in UK. Aimed unashamedly at a young female audience, coming in blue, pink, black and Hello Kitty variants, this is a fashion accessory as much…
Steampunk Fortnight at Tor.com
Tor.com are hosting a Steampunk Fortnight over at tor.com, building on the success of last year’s Steampunk Month. From 20th October through to 3rd November, there will be stream of articles, stories, desktop backgrounds and giveaways all on the steampunk…
Giant Shift Key LED Lamp
If you are look for a cool geeky gift for the holiday season, then you might want to check out this Giant Shift Key LED lamp. Yes, it’s exactly what it says. Powered either via USB or three AA batteries,…
Tune In
The most useful computer is the one in your pocket. What really makes any computer useful is the software that you are able to run on it. When I was a kid in the early 1960’s, one evening my Dad…
Shuttle Adds Blu-ray To XS35 Series
If you haven’t seen how small Shuttle’s XS35 series of ultra small PCs are, then you need to look more closely at the picture on the left. The PC is the unit stuck to the back of the monitor. The…
DIY Weather Balloon Video
Over at How It Works there’s a short story about a father and his two children sending up a weather balloon to 19 miles with a video camera on-board. The camera records all of the ascent and all but 2…