The Gadgets Page

If you’re a writer, you may want a little more time to write your tweets than the normal person. If you are trying to be incredibly witty within 140 characters, that doesn’t usually happen on the spur of the moment, so you might want to save your tweet until it’s perfect and ready to publish. Birdhouse is the perfect way to write and rewrite your precious tweets.

• Birdhouse on iTunes – $3.99

Here is a tongue-in-cheek video describing the usefulness of Birdhouse:

Since I have several Twitter accounts to manage (including one for The Gadgets Page), I have found Birdhouse to be a great way to keep track of them all.

The “best” feature is supposed to be the ability to unpublish a tweet. That IS something you can do with this app (as well as on the Twitter site), but that doesn’t mean that no one will have seen it, copied it, or saved it. It will still show up on RSS feeds. Remember, there is no real way to unpublish anything on the Internet.

Birdhouse is not a typical Twitter app. It’s meant to be used for writing only, not keeping up with friends, etc. There is no way to see your friends’ tweets, upload photos, or easily create links to websites.

If you want something to quickly take notes of things you might want to tweet later, but need time to formulate the perfect 140 character response, Birdhouse is a great little app.

Via: Referral Friday Birdhouse for Twitter – communicatrix.

• RT @SproutCubed: I might have seen a solution to your mole problems on TV today. Check out the last garden gadget here: http://is.gd/w84w #

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This is a pretty cool video. At first I thought it was just a lame unboxing video, but it turns out to be a pretty cool thing:

He shot this video all in one take without video editing. How did he do it? This video explains it, but try to think how it was done. You can also watch the original video in HD to see the little details that give it away.

All of this is to advertise the Samsung I8910 HD camera phone. If all commercials were this interesting, people would watch them willingly!

• It is amazing how a couple of new apps can make a phone feel like a new toy. Gravity on the E71 is awesome!! (via @homebrandcola) #
• How to move your iPhoto Library to an external drive. http://tinyurl.com/cb948m #
• RT @Zadi New FU “Your Copyright Can Kiss My Ass” is ruffling feathers. Pls RT. Important topic. http://epicfu.com/eu #

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I instantly fell in love with Trongs the minute I saw them. They are little utensils that protect your hands from messy foods.

I LOVE buffalo wings. I have taken to eating boneless wings because I can eat them with a fork and spare myself the mess, but with the advent of Trongs, I could go back to eating the original wings.

Here is a video showing you how to use them:

Here’s a video that gives you a closer glimpse of them:

Every bar and wings restaurant in the country should hand out a pair of Trongs with every basket of wings they serve.

Via: Trongs are the Finger Tong Utensil of the Future » CraziestGadgets.com

I love this ad for the Admiral Triple Thrill:

It reads:

Home Entertainment all in One Luxurious Console $499.95

From Admiral comes complete home entertainment to charm your family and guests. Magic Mirror Television brings you bright, steady, mirror-like pictures on a big 10″ direct view screen… the clearest pictures of them all! Super-powered by 29 tubes to assure dependable performance even in outlying areas. Receives all channels. New two-speed automatic phonograph plays standard as well as new LP (long play) 45 minute microgroove records. Here, too, is a powerful radio with the finest features in FM-AM as developed by Admiral. Truly a triple thrill… all combined in a breathtakingly beautiful cabinet that measures only 48 inches wide! See it! Hear it! Today!

It’s such a strange juxtaposition to compare this Admiral TV/Record Player/Radio with the E-matic Video/MP3 Player/Camera that I just reviewed last week. We now have the power to carry hundreds of songs, TV shows and photos in our pockets for a mere fifty bucks! When you account for inflation, our $50 now would have been worth $5.68 back in 1948 when that ad was made.

To all the gadget haters out there, we live in a WONDEROUS time!

Ad via: Found in Mom’s Basement: Two vintage ads for home electronics

• Feeling pretty stoked about the great gas mileage this time of year. No AC and no heat means 45mpg! http://twitpic.com/44x1z #
• RT @njon99: I’ll never get the “unboxing” pictures and videos. How can you get a rise from seeing someone else take a gadget out… #
• Tweetie for the Mac. Free version has unobtrusive ads! Hoping it’s good enough to replace TweetDeck/Adobe Air. http://tinyurl.com/c4afam #

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This postcard from PostSecret made me cringe with guilt.

It reads:

I rear-ended an unregistered, unlicensed, illegal immigrant.

He went to jail because I was texting and driving.

I’ve texted while driving twice and each time I thought what I was doing was so important that I needed to do it. I was wrong.

There is NO text or phone call as important as staying ALIVE. The writer of the postcard could have just as easily killed the person he hit or someone in his own car. There is a gadget available that can stop you from calling or texting while driving. It’s called Key 2 Safe Driving.

Here’s a video showing how is works:

Trying to use this to monitor your teenagers is ludicrous. Within five minutes, your teen would figure out a way to disable the Bluetooth receiver on his phone so that he wouldn’t have to deal with the problem. The only answer in this case is self-control. Not answering your phone while you’re driving is the only way to ensure that you won’t kill someone or yourself by talking on the phone while driving.

PostSecret‘s beneficiary is the National Hopeline Network. It is a 24-hour hotline (1 (800) SUICIDE) for anyone who is thinking about suicide or knows someone who is considering it.

Via: Key 2 Safe Driving Service Turns Off Your Phone While You Drive | cell phone, text message, digital life | geeksugar – Technology & Gadgets

• Using my iPhone for a clock by my bed has been the best thing for my sleep. I set up a relaxing playlist and it lulls me to sleep. #
• RT @ThinkGeek: “for int’l, non-US geeks who we <3 very much indeed: get $10 off order > $30 (excl shipping & taxes) w/ code SAVE10.” #

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A friend of mine referred me to this Steampunk version of a Segway. He’s calling it the Legway:

• Steampunk Segway: Legway

A self balancing, human powered, steampunk styled, Segway. All you need is a brave self balancing human. This is the ultimate green vehicle for all you eco conscious steampunkers. Is that an oxymoron? I made this out of mostly found materials. This was my first steampunk styled build. Any good suggestions on making it look better will be incorporated as long as the materials are cheap and easy to find. I have been calling it the Legway in reference to the propulsion method. Yes, I know about those Lego self balancers of the same name.

Here is a video of it in action:

I know that using this gadget is MORE difficult than walking or running the same speed, but it looks so very AWESOME! I begged Mike to make me one for our Halloween party, but he said that I wasn’t allowed to ride it around the house.

I guess I’ll just have to admire it from afar.

Via: Twitter / Jason Alderman: @lauramoncur @mgm Steampun …