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| Gift: | Laserpod Original Nebula. We don’t need to tell you what a brilliant device this is for when you seriously need to chill. Indeed, the Laserpod makes all other light show-type devices look about as impressive as those traffic light affairs that end-of-the-pier DJs employ when playing the disco version of 2001: A Space Odyssey. |
| Website: | Firebox |
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| Gift: | Sat Nag. The Sat Nag is the greatest in-car invention since the Sat Nav. Actually no, it’s better than a Sat Nav, and even if it’s guaranteed to get you nowhere fast, it’s one of those jokes that just keeps on giving. Press the button on the front and a very well-recorded, patronising woman’s voice will come out with one of a host of hysterical Sat Nav-type commands. With such crackers as: “I know you’re a man, but it’s been 35 minutes now, so can you please admit you’re lost and ask someone the way”; and “In 100 metres turn left. No right, err, no left. Sorry, I never can tell my left from my right”, as well as “In 50 meters I’m going to put on my most annoying voice and say ‘Is your short cut really faster when we get stuck in traffic like this, well, is it darling?” and “In 100 meters I’m going to talk to you in that special voice, which should let you know you’ve upset me in some way that is bound to be your fault”. |
| Website: | I Want One of Those |
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| Gift: | Intelligent Wine Cooler. Whilst we all enjoy our wine, and well know that it’s best enjoyed at the perfect temperature, there are few among us who know exactly what that temperature is, and how to get our wine to it, so to speak. We don’t want to freeze our Pouilly Fume, or toast our Malbec, so what to do? Well this rather clever piece of kit knows exactly what to do, and how to do it. With an internal heater and chiller unit, it can get your favourite tipple to the perfect temperature in short order. Its databank stores the exact temperatures for 30 of the most common (but in a good way) wine varieties, you simply select your Pinot Noir, Chablis or Beaujolais, you name it, and the unit will warm or cool it accordingly. If you’re a clever clogs and know the temperature you should choose, then you can set it that way. It’s so easy to use even a Chardonnay drinker can master it, you just tap the buttons by the clear back-lit LCD screen. Perfect wine every time, and it even has a bottle opener tucked into the back of it. |
| Website: | I Want One of Those |
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| Gift: | iPod Alarm Clocks. We all need some sort of alarm to claw ourselves from the depths of sleep, but for many of us an incessant digital beep is not the sound of choice. In steps the iPod Alarm Clock to save the day. Now you can easily set your alarm to wake you with whatever your favourite song of the moment is - though perhaps not ‘Wake me up before you go,go’ - there are limits after all. You can easily set the alarm on your iPod to wake you with a specific Playlist, Album or Song, the Alarm Clock has an all important nine minute ‘Snooze’ (i.e. leave me the hell alone, this dream is more important than punctuality) function, and is adjustable so that it will fit more or less the whole family of iPods. It looks like a funked up traditional alarm clock, and the speakers are in the ‘bells’ on the top of the unit. It’s mains powered, so you’ll have no flat battery or recharging problems, and we reckon it’s the alarm clock for the iPod generation. Wake up to something more tuneful than a bell or a beep, and considerably less depressing than the news. |
| Website: | I Want One of Those |
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| Gift: | Underwater Disco Lightshow. This ingenious floating gizmo projects several seriously psychedelic multicoloured light sequences onto the bottom and sides of the bath. It’s truly hypnotic, especially as the pulsating effects are distorted by the water in the tub. Put on some suitably upbeat music, dim the main light and strike that legs apart, arm in the air pose made famous by John Travolta and you could be in Studio 54, albeit nude and soaked in hot water” |
| Website: | Firebox |
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| Gift: | Fridge Magnet Digital Photo Frame. Photos and magnets have become the ultimate fridge accessories, with smiley snaps of your friends and family adorning fridges across the land. So it makes sense that someone has had the bright idea to combine the two with the Fridge Magnet Photo Frame. No longer will your fridge be restricted to just a few photos, as this mini digi-frame can store up to 66 of them and scroll through them at whatever speed you desire between 5 and 80 seconds. It has 32MB of internal memory, supports JPG, GIF and BMP images, has both automatic and manual image change modes, and will scroll away happily through your photos for up to 11 hours from a single charge. A very bright idea that ensures you’ll never tire of the photos on your fridge ever again. |
| Website: | I Want One of Those |
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| Gift: | Bubblewrap Keychain. Fist-gnawingly addictive, this electronic gizmo uses regenerating buttons to simulate the feel and sound of popping bubble wrap. To add to the fun, you’ll hear a random noise roughly every 100 pops. Available in various colours. |
| Website: | Firebox |
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| Gift: | i-cy Penguin - An interactive waddling speaker. Forget buckets of fish - this interactive desktop i-cy Penguin lives on music. Simply plug in your player and watch as he flaps, squawks, waddles and flashes to the beat. Brrrr-illiant.P-p-pick up an interactive waddling speaker today! |
| Website: | Firebox |
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| Gift: | Magic Cube. Back in the 80s, there was one thing that caused millions of badly-dressed people to laugh, sob and gnaw their knuckles in utter frustration. No, not Simon le Bon’s dancing, the Rubik’s Cube. This infuriatingly addictive multi-coloured puzzle was a true superstar back in the day, and the quest to match its coloured faces remains as challenging as ever.Basically the entire digital shebang is crammed with colour-changing LEDs, so instead of manually twisting segments you press buttons to move the colours in the desired direction. Genius. But wait, there’s more: the Magic Cube contains other games, including Landmine (six players take it in turn to push a button until they hit a ‘landmine’), Noughts and Crosses and a Simon-style follow-my-leader challenge. |
| Website: | Firebox |
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| Gift: | Deskop Coffee Maker. Starsky & Hutch loved it, Niles and Frasier are hooked, and the entire cast of Friends just can’t seem to get enough of the stuff. What are we talking about? Coffee of course! This brain-boosting beverage is currently enjoying unparalleled levels of popularity and its ability to keep the Sandman at bay is unquestionable. Without coffee the whole UK economy would grind to a halt. Perhaps that’s why coffee is regarded as the world’s premier (legal) liquid stimulant.
This smart little device allows you to make your own delicious filter coffee from the comfort of your own desk. Forget flashy, unnecessary features; Desktop Coffee Maker does exactly what it says and is the perfect gift for lazy bean lovers everywhere. |
| Website: | Firebox |
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