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Fuel Checker device knows difference between diesel and gas

August 10, 2008 10:46am

I find it interesting that the diesel version is black and the petrol version is green, when most of the pumps I've seen in the US use a green pump handle to indicate diesel, leaving the standard black for regular gas (petrol).

Jot Dry-Erase refrigerator has many keen uses

July 1, 2008 4:53pm

...or wet erase markers. They will clean off of surfaces that even dry erase markers don't erase properly from, such as any light colored appliance.

Belkin x Razer n52te Speed Pad PC Gaming Thingy

October 5, 2007 5:33pm

I have both an n50 and an n52. They are both great. I don't use all of the buttons and I find the wheel particularly useless, but I am able to program all of the keys I need so that I never have to use the keyboard in a game, except for chat.

The thing that is not immediately obvious is that you can program shift keys, so each button can be programmed to do up to 4 different things, and any of those things can be a macro. The software will also automatically switch profiles to match the current active application, when set up correctly.

As mentioned above, it is particularly useful when you aren't at home, and are using a laptop for gaming, as it fits in most laptop bags, while full-sized keyboards don't and laptop keypads suck for gaming, even if you love, WASD, which I don't.

The thing I like the most is that the keys aren't crooked. I always used the number pad for FPSs until I got these, because I would mis-key often when trying to use WASD.

I have also experimented with programming it for other applications, such as firefox, and it's really handy for those as well.

Nokia taunts Apple lockware phone with posters for "open" N-series

October 1, 2007 9:58pm

Motorola's MC35 is a somewhat ruggedized Windows Mobile GSM smartphone with GPS, EDGE, Bluetooth, 802.11g, and a camera that doubles as a barcode scanner.

The device is not locked to any carrier, and Windows Mobile is fairly easy to write custom programs for.

It'll cost you a bit more than an iPhone, due to the riggedization and lack of carrier subsidization, but if I had the money, I'd buy one.

The MC70, at roughly twice the price, is nearly the same thing (no GPS, yet), but almost indestructible. It's also a bit larger.

(Disclaimer: I'm an engineer for a company that sells them.)

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