Amethyst Piggy iPod Dock: One Year LATE

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in case the manufacturer of this dock has not gotten the memo yet: 2008 is the Year of the Rat!

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Preparing for the Big One (Typhoon Mina/Mitag)

Storm season arrived rather late this year and one of the (hopefully) last one is a rather big typhoon and it *might* hit my place if things doesn't change.  As seen on the satellite picture above, this is not a small weather disturbance and if it does run though my general area, here's some general precautions that I will do:

• Make sure that all my gadgets are fully charged -- especially my cellphone, my NDS lite, my laptop and my iPod Touch.
• During the storm, unplug all delicate electronics.  One will never know if a surge in electricity will hit it.
• Make sure that I have enough eBooks loaded on both my cellphone and my iPod Touch -- in case there's a power interruption, reading those eBooks will while away my time.
• Make sure all my gadgets are kept in a place where water will not reach them.

It doesn't take a genius to come up with the list similar to the one I made above.  I sure hope the storm doesn't do as much damage as the ones that came last year.

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Pic 'o The Moment: Protect Your Banana!

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'nuff said.

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SteriPEN Adventurer: Clean Water Anywhere

Definitely not for the couch potato nor the sedentary geek, the SteriPen Adventurer can help a hiker/camper or overseas traveller make sure that the water they are drinking is safe.

Using high-powered UV light, the SteriPEN is supposed to kill bateria, virus and other micro-organisms in the water simply by using it to stir the water to expose the water to its powerful UV rays. An indicator in the unit will inform the user if the water is fit for drinking.


At $109.99 (around Php 5,000), the SteriPEN may become a standard mainstay on a hiker/camper's backpack.

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Vibrating Soap: Cleanliness With Pleasure

This $11.80 (around Php 600) vibrating soap will automatically vibrate once it is taken off its holder. The vibrating action will help enhance the lather you get.

This gives "Good clean fun" an entirely new meaning... if you know what I mean.

Bose TriPort Acoustic In-Ear Headphones

If you have a neighbor from hell, like me, you will definitely appreciate the Bose TriPort Acoustic In-Ear Headphones.

Constructed like other in-ear headphones, this remarkable headphones drowns out external noises allowing you to appreciate your music better. The gel the earbuds itself looks pretty comfortable.

This particular model comes with a protective carry-case that allows users to store/transport their headphones without the usual risk of tangled cables.

BlueTooth-ify Your Old Printer

If you still have one of those old reliable printers that's been gathering dust in your storage area, then USBGear's Bluetooth Combo Adapter may breathe new life into it. Just stick it in to the printers' parallel port and you'll be good to go for a wireless printing orgy!


According to USBGear's website, the Bluetooth Combo Adapter is compatible with all flavors of Windows, MacOS 9.xx and OS X. I'm sure it will just be a matter of time before they can make it compatible with Bluetooth phones and PDAs.

nuvo: Robot For Sale! Robot For Sale!

The 39 cm. high, 2.5 kg robot dubbed as "nuvo" is now available! A limited number (actually 100 units) will be available for sale outside of Japan!


The nuvo can respond to verbal command (but it has to be in Japanese) and in order to fully utilize nuvo, one has to be content with a brief English instructions but complete documentation is available -- in Japanese.



At US$7,000 (approximately Php 350,000) for the base model and US$ 10,000 (around Php 50,000) for the "Japanism" line, I think I'll opt for a 2nd hand Toyota car... :(

Doraemon TV Game

This Doraemon TV Game looks pretty cool. The character in the game is controlled using the helicopter thingie that kids and put on their heads. The downside is once this gets popular, I'm sure a lot of dizzy kids will be roaming around the streets and the sales of Bonamine will skyrocket.

Flashdrives for the Paranoid and the Packrat

Today, I saw two very interesting flashdrives.

One is Verbatim's "Store 'n Go" Secure USB Drive. This flashdrive has capacity ranging from 256 MB to 4 GB. Their "General Consumer" model may or may not use the built-in security features but the high-end "Corporate" model requires mandatory password protection. It also uses a 128bit AES encryption algorithm which is hashed using the SHA-1 standard. The Corporate model will automatically wipe its contents after 10 failed password entries.

The next one on our plate is Toshiba's new "TransMemory^TM" flashdrives. Nothing too spectacular about this except that they will release a "limited edition" 16 GB(!) variant. Now, that's really impressive considering that the first computer I used had a whopping 20 MB of hard disk space. These TransMemory flashdrives are U3-compliant so users may install U3-compatible programs directly into it and run those programs wherever they may need them.