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Episode 62: Cellphone Haterage, Part 2
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The Gurus of Cool just don't much care for cellphones, and aren't afraid to tell you why. They're also full of tips for cellphone usage, showing you the polite way to use these modern-day albatrosses. Get some etiquette with your cellphoneage on this week's hard-core episode.
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Senko Screen Mirror
ScreenMirrors are transparent pieces of film that you put over the screen of your cell phone. When the backlight is off, the highly polished film turns into a mirror. Check for boogers, or touch up your makeup.
Flying Toasters Screen Saver
The flying toasters are back, that screensaver that first appeared over a decade ago in the After Dark package. Now your favorite flying toasters and their associated pieces of toast are resurrected with ToasterClone, a screensaver that you can download for free from Mac or PC. Download it at uneasysilence.com.
Microscope Cellphone Strap
Sometimes it's hard to figure out what the objects are in your cellphone pictures, so why not make it even more confusing with the Microscope Cell Phone Strap. This scope magnifies everything 15 times, so you can snap pictures of your pores and send them to your friends.
Pedalites
Put a pair of Pedalites on your bike and you'll have bright LEDs flashing toward the front, behind and to the side. These bicycle pedals don't use batteries; they work with kinetic energy, and they make you highly visible up to a half-mile away. They're $80.
Imaginairum Mo1 Cell Phone
This pre-paid cell phone is designed for kids aged 6 to 12 and is designed to teach them how to use a cell phone. There's two buttons to call mommy and daddy. Sounds like a great tool for the Paris Juniors of the world.
Art.Lebedev "Upravlator"
The Upravlator from the Art.Lebedev Studio is a control device that's about the size of a small monitor but has a 16 buttons on it. Behind each button is a tiny LCD screen into which you can place any video you choose. It's just a prototype now, but everybody's eagerly anticipating what these Russian designers will do next. No release date has been announced.
iCrib
What baby wants a fake radio that plays "Mary Had a Little Lamb" over and over again? No, kids these days want real tunes to keep them from thinking about that wet feeling and awful smell. The iCrib houses an iPod that plays tunes to make that little poop factory fall asleep.
Creative Zen Vision W
The extremely underrated Creative Zen Vision W portable media player has a 4.3-inch screen, an FM tuner, a 13-hour rechargeable battery and supports all major media formats. The 30-gig model of this player is now selling at Best Buy for $250. Get one while they last.
iRecord
iRecord is a one-touch unit that lets you record your favorite TV shows and movies directly to your iPod or PSP without needing one of those pesky computers to crunch away at the footage. Just plug it in, hit a button, and record 3 hours per gigabyte of H.264 video and AAC audio to your iPod. It's $200.
Adjustable Measuring Cups
Two adjustable measuring cups are now available from the Museum of Modern Art, with sliding rubber knobs that let you measure amounts as big as a half a cup with the larger cup, down to anything less than two tablespoons with the smaller one. Plus, they have a magnetic backing so you can stick them onto the refrigerator. The set of two is $33.
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