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Here comes the Summer (hopefully) Wednesday April 16th 2008, 15:33  Winter can't last forever. Before we know it, we'll be hearing the sound willow on leather on the village cricket green. And of course the saga of keeping the kids amused during the school holidays will be on us once again. Well this year, why not deploy a secret weapon on a hot summer's day? A Skimboard Surfer Slide! more . . . A quick pitch tent that really works - and here's the video to prove it! Thursday March 20th 2008, 19:41  Whenever we go camping it rains. Usually from the moment I begin to pitch the tent. Sod's law eh? Well, fret no more happy campers because the Quickpitch Tent does exactly what it says on the tin. Take it out of its bag, remove the elastic strap and unleash your accommodation for the night in about five seconds flat! Don't believe it? We have the video proof! more . . . How to convert your vinyl record collection into MP3 files or CDs for the now generation Tuesday March 11th 2008, 14:00  If you are as old as me, you'll remember when CDs first appeared and it was hard to believe that shiny silver discs would replace your coveted black vinyl. Nowadays of course we've gone all digital - most kids don't even know what a record player is. Admittedly, the new formats are certainly more convenient. I don't know about you, but my car stereo doesn't have a slot for seven inch singles. But that doesn't mean that your record collection should just sit in a corner gathering dust. more . . . Boost your bathroom's IQ with a Periodic Table shower curtain Monday January 28th 2008, 11:29  You don't need to be a rocket scientist to write a blog about gadgets. Which is just as well really because the sciences - and especially Chemistry - were never my strong suit in the game of cards they call school.
But maybe, just maybe, things would have been different if there had been a shower in the house with a Periodic Table shower curtain to help me along the way. more . . . Put a smile on your dog's face Sunday January 20th 2008, 12:20  Instantly make your dog look like the happiest pooch in the park with the Dog Lips rubber toy! Why Americans pay top dollar for animal shrinks beats me when man has invented Dog Lips. Simply insert into dog's mouth like a baby's dummy and - voilà - your dog will be grinning from ear to ear. Price? A measly £5.99. Or howzabout the Humunga Tongue? The "ball with a tongue" pet toy that gives a whole new take on panting. more . . . And now for my next trick . . . Friday January 11th 2008, 12:46  One of my (many) New Year's resolutions is to learn how to do some magic. And generous to a fault, I made the same resolution for my two children too. We would all learn to do some magic. In fact I've wanted to be able to perform magic tricks for years, but have never devoted any time or energy to doing so - hence I'm no David Blaine. To get us all in the mood, I ordered some magic tricks from Hawkin's Bazaar, a gem of an online store that sells all sorts of weird and wonderful things. more . . . Head for the hills - the Stylophone is back! Monday January 7th 2008, 18:07  If you think listening to your child practise his or her recorder was as painful as it gets in the home musical stakes, think again. Because you obviously were never treated to the "unique" sound of the Stylophone.
I had one back in the Seventies and regularly tortured my family with the squeals that emitted by touching the metal keys with the stylus. And I wasn't alone. Bearded Aussie, Rolf Harris, somehow made the Stylophone a "must have" in homes the length and breadth of Britain. more . . . Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's my radio controlled dragonfly! Wednesday January 2nd 2008, 14:28  Radio control flying gadgets were the "boy toys" of choice in our house this Christmas and the one that we plumped for was the Dragon Fly Radio Control Insectoid.
The FlyTech Dragon Fly has an ultra-light durable carbon fibre body and can be flown indoors or outdoors, easily absorbing the rough and tumble of both, but initially I would recommend outdoors (unless you live in a warehouse). more . . . Thursday December 27th 2007, 19:15  It rains where I live. A lot. And that usually means I get wet because I more often than not forget to pick up an umbrella as I leave the house. Even although I know that it rains where I live. A lot. But those days may well be over thanks to one of my favourite Christmas presents - an umbrella with tiny blue fibre optic lights. As it happens, it wasn't actually given to me - it was given to my wife. But as we are married and what's mine is hers and what's hers is mine . . . more . . . A rather shocking solution for those who can't get up in the morning  Jump start your day with The Shocking Alarm Clock. That's the advice given over at alarm-clocks.co.uk, home to dozens of weird, whacky and wonderful devices to get you out of bed in the morning. By day it's your bog standard twin bell traditional alarm clock and by night it's much the same. But when the waking hour cometh you're in for a shock - quite literally - when the alarm goes off and you fumble around with those bleary eyes of yours in a bid to switch it off. more . . . My Swiss Army knife is bigger than your Swiss Army knife Monday December 10th 2007, 2:36  The words "Are you pleased to see me or is that a Swiss Army knife in your pocket?" take on a whole new meaning when you see the Wenger Giant Swiss Army Knife.
This truly is the Big Daddy of Swiss Army knives, offering 85 implements capable of performing over 100 different functions. It makes my puny Swiss Army Knife with its ten implements look like Mr Bean meets Arnold Schwarzenegger in his prime. more . . . |
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