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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...
Give this pretty pendant to your favorite geek
Well, it may be too late to get this pretty pendant for Valentine’s Day, but you don’t need a holiday to shower affection upon your favorite geek, right? These unusual pendants are made from quartz crystals embedded with color-cycling LED lights. You can choose your preferred shape, and give your sweetie a luminous, wearable symbol of your heart light. Anyone else thinking E.T.? Sorry...
Make your own Mii, without a Wii
A few people have asked me how I made my blog header, so I thought I would share my secret. Okay, it’s not a secret at all. I can’t draw, and I didn’t do anything particularly clever to come up with those cute cartoon faces of my family. As you might know, I love our Wii. I’ve “invested” more hours than I care to admit, honing my Wii bowling skills, and am now t...
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...
