02.27.2006

Handy Mandy Drill

Posted by    Category: devices
Tags:
Email this | Comments (2)

02.27.2006

Blinkit iPod safety light

I haven't been tempted by too many iPod accessories (admittedly, too many for me means more than six), but I like this iPod safety flashlight/flasher, called a Blinkit. You simply attach it to the docking port of your iPod, and it runs off of the iPod's battery, with just a single switch to change it from a straight beam of light to different modes of flashing (to transmit SOS messages?). And since it doesn't cover the headphone jack, you can keep listening to your music while signaling for help.

Available at the Apple Store for $29.95.

Via CyberNet Technology News.

Posted by Hoyun    Category: devices
Tags:
Email this | Comments (1)

02.27.2006

Bratz Liptunes MP3 Player

I'm sort of dreading the day my toddler asks for a Barbie or a Bratz Doll and I've been turning a blind eye to all the models and accessories at the toy store because I just CAN'T DEAL (and those dolls won't be allowed in my house, sorry), but I had to chuckle (and shudder) at this Liptunes MP3 player . For those of you who aren't familar with the dolls, they are these collagen-injected, cat-eyed, body-disportionate, fashion-loving (but skimpy to downright slutty) dolls that make Barbie look rather wholesome.

For $80 this MP3 player isn't going to be very good and I've read reviews that back that up, but I guess I'm just wondering how I'll handle a situation if and when my kid will ask for something like this lipstick-shaped MP3 player. The Bratz franchise produces loads of electronic products, including digital cameras, portable DVD players, phones and TVs, and are targeted to the Tween market that seems to get younger and younger every year. Sure, it's just an electronic toy and you make decisions so that purchases are age-appropriate, but the Bratz line is marketed to girls as young as 5-6. I know times have changed, but I just think back to when I was that age and played with wooden figures with no arms and plastic helmut hair and was obsessed with my rollerskates. Makeup at that point just didn't interest me, so all this marketing of Britney Spears and JLo influences trickling down to the pre-K set just makes me...sad.

Posted by    Category: toys
Tags:
Email this | Comments (2)

02.27.2006

Bacon Strip Bandages

These are just bizarre. Imagine walking around with a slab of bacon on your knee. Now if they could incorporate some smell technology in there, you'd have every dog in the neighborhood following you around (or man...woman...child...hell, who doesn't love bacon?)

From Sprout Home.

Posted by    Category: body
Tags:
Email this | Comments (5)