http://www.gadgetgoblin.com Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:57:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So there’s this whole eco-system of folk trying to make Linux look and feel like Windows XP. It’s so quaint and kind [...]183 words | permalink | No comments | digg this Original post by Nigel http://www.gadgetgoblin.com/4-ways-to-turn-linux-into-windows-xp-%e2%80%93-familiarity-breeds-contentment/ Who said technology doesn’t scale? This Mini Tape Gun looks fine to me. It holds a normal sized roll of [...]99 words | permalink | No comments | digg this Original post by Dan http://www.gadgetgoblin.com/mini-tape-gun-%e2%80%93-like-a-big-tape-gun-but-smaller/ Is it too late for snow blowers, I wouldn’t know. Whichever, this Snow Joe 622U1 Electric Snow Thrower will clean [...]150 words | permalink | No comments | digg this Original post by Dan http://www.gadgetgoblin.com/snow-joe-622u1-electric-snow-thrower/ The Neat Company make a couple of dedicated digital scanners for turning tree-ware receipts into digital receipts. The NeatDesk unit [...]142 words | permalink | No comments | digg this Original post by Dan http://www.gadgetgoblin.com/neatdesk-%e2%80%93-super-nifty-desktop-scanner/ I understand the words, but their meaning escapes me. This Sharp Plasmacluster Ion Generator is for the car and it [...]106 words | permalink | No comments | digg this Original post by Dan http://www.gadgetgoblin.com/plasmacluster-ion-generator-%e2%80%93-clean-your-air-with-plasma/ Have you lost the manual for your Acme gadget? Well fear not, they’ve updated the Retrevo Manuals section to offer a [...]88 words | permalink | No comments | digg this Original post by Nigel http://www.gadgetgoblin.com/retrevo-manuals-%e2%80%93-lost-your-gadget-manual-try-here%e2%80%a6/ With spring comes visions of thriving home-based gardens and the latest gardening gizmos. The title=”Yanko Design” Plant Mate will help [...]133 words | permalink | No comments | digg this Original post by Debra Atlas http://www.gadgetgoblin.com/plant-mate-%e2%80%93-high-tech-green-thumb-help/ I’m sure that by someone inventing this Intelligent Robot Vacuum Cleaner with Wireless Camera we take ourselves one step closer [...]263 words | permalink | No comments | digg this Original post by Dan http://www.gadgetgoblin.com/intelligent-robot-vacuum-cleaner-with-wireless-camera-%e2%80%93-clean-and-spies/ Damian Kulash from the band OK Go, no slouches at creating viral video in their own right, had some fun with the crowd during a panel on creating viral videos at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Kulash encouraged the crowd to participate in this homage to Surprised Kitty. If you don’t remember ... http://www.gadgetgoblin.com/surprised-sxsw-audience-a-live-homage-to-surprised-kitty/ No, I wasn’t kidding. In pretty much every epic battle print I’ve seen featuring a shark, the shark is getting owned, whether it be by an iron-fisted nun or Batman wielding a lightsaber. But then again, I guess the shark really hasn’t had a fair fight. The wrath of God and ... http://www.gadgetgoblin.com/batman-takes-on-a-shark-with-a-lightsaber/