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Green Geek: Post Office Offers Free Tech Recycling by Mail
I always feel a twinge of guilt when I throw away an empty inkjet cartridge or broken electronic gadget. If you’re the same way, this program might help ease the pain of tossing your tech junk. The United States Postal Service recently announced a program for free recycling of inkjet cartridges and small electronics, including PDAs, Blackberries, digital cameras, iPods and MP3 players. The M...
Great Gadget: Water Powered Clock
This water-powered clock is so cool! Not only does it run on water (or any electrolyte liquid), but it can even do bud-vase duty. That’s good news, because not only will it tell time for two to three months on a single fill of the reservoir, but looking at flowers in the morning can help you feel better. It’s true. (You can read more about the Harvard study on flowers here.) So this cl...
Declare your Geekiness in style with this video watch
Remember those super cool calculator watches from the 1980s? Well, if you had one of those back then, you will definitely want one of these new video watches now! The one pictured here is available from ThinkGeek for about $79 US. Features include: A 128 x 128 pixel full color OLED screen (better picture and uses less energy than LCD) 2 GB flash memory Built-in microphone Audio and video playback ...
Make your own South Park cartoon avatar
I’m not really a fan of South Park. (If you’ve never heard of it, it’s an animated television program with mature language and politically incorrect storylines.) However, I am a fan of cute cartoon avatars. And since I cannot draw anything myself, I love finding places online that will let me play around and create my own cartoons! Planearium.de has a fun South Park avatar maker....
