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July 3, 2009 on 3:00 pm by Clare | In News, What are we doing? | 2 Comments

Happy Friday everyone!

As I haven’t been here this week, instead of writing about the week..(and no it wasn’t filled with sunbathing in the glorious weather, unfortunately for me I had to lug boxes around) I thought I’d give you a little incite into a few new products. While I’ve been away new products have come in and excitingly the food face plates (below) are here yay!! Granted no one here is a child but we’re are all big kids at heart so the stakes are high as we are getting ready to have our food plate competition. Each of us are to make a face with food and see who wins..pointless maybe but fun! Photo’s will follow.

Also coming your way soon is the new “Play and Freeze” Ice-cream Maker. In celebration of the good weather gadgets.co.uk are going to make ice-cream. Thing is, we don’t want to make just any old ice cream. We need your help to come up with an extravegant flavour that’s unusual but tasty! So no Builders Breakfast or Chilli and Chocolate suggestions please..Walkers can keep them!

My suggestion was Fererro Roche Ice cream…Yummy! Mandy suggested Chocolate Orange and Dirks suggestion was Butterscotch. As we can’t seem to choose, in true democracy style we wanna put it to a vote! In the words of big brother…You decide!

So that’s it guys make sure you look out for the exciting event’s! As for me I’m enjoying my fun Friday and will see you Tuesday!

Have a great weekend!

Clare xx

Giant Robot Takes Over Tokyo!

July 1, 2009 on 3:30 pm by Dirk | In What we are liking | No Comments

If you’ve been out to Tokyo recently you may have noticed something out of the ordinary amongst the normal rows of skyscrapers in the skyline, because for the 30th anniversary of the Gundam series, and to help promote the Japanese bid for the 2016 Olympics, the company who owns the rights commissioned the creation of a 1:1 scale replica of one of the gigantic mobile robotic weapon suits.

Completed in early June the statue is made from fibre-glass reinforced plastic over a steel frame, measures about 59 feet (17.9 metres) tall, and weighs around 35 tonnes. It will be open to public viewing from July 11th to 31st August in Shiokaze Park in Southeast Central Tokyo. As you can see from the photo’s below it looks really impressive when lit up at night. More photo’s can be seen here via Pink Tentacle.

Dirks Birthday!

June 30, 2009 on 12:17 pm by Clare | In What are we doing? | 1 Comment

Hi Guys

Hope everyone had a good weekend? The weather was glorious on Saturday…well until it poured down however by then I’d already done my sunbathing so I didn’t care Unlike Dirk who had a BBQ which soon turned into an indoor grill dinner…. he he.

So far this week in Gadgets Tower we’ve been having fun promoting our fantastic summer sale, what with the weather getting better everyday Summer finally feels like its here! To add to the excitement it is also a great day in the office as it’s Dirk’s birthday… YAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIRK!

As Dirk is a true computer virtual boff I thought it would be more appropriate to give Dirk the virtual cake he deserves for this special occasion! I “virtually” made it myself and hope he enjoys the added personal touch

Lets hope Dirk has a good day! Until Friday everyone…..xx

The Week Draws To A Close….

June 26, 2009 on 3:44 pm by Clare | In What are we doing? | 3 Comments

Its Friday…

So that means a quick round up of whats been going on around Gadgets towers this week.

It was quiet in the office at the start of the week with Mandy away, and I was still recovering from my busy weekend. Tuesday everything was back to normal and so it was full steam ahead. Dirk was busy creating new pages for the site, Mandy was sifting through all the new products and samples while I was busy sorting out our summer sale. The sale is now live on the site so check it out and grab yourself a bargain!

Wednesday came, and following the events of my weekend I went to see “The Hangover“. This movie was great and very funny, I would recommend anyone who fancies having their sides split with laughter going to see it. The basic plot, for those who are not familiar, is a group of friends have a bachelor party in Vegas. They wake up in the morning very hungover and no one can remember the previous nights antics. Not to mention they also find to their horror they have lost the groom! Predictably the movie then follows them on a mission to find the missing groom and try to get him to the wedding.

Yesterday I was excited at the news that apparently some salads from supermarket contain more fat than a Big Mac. As I love Big Mac’s surely I can now ditch the salads and have a new Mc Donald’s diet and it will work a treat? It leaves me thinking whether healthy eaters like myself will ever have the luxury of actually having the “OK” to eat something other than a cardboard Weetabix for breakfast and a lettuce leaf for lunch?

And so Finally Friday is upon us! We were all a bit shocked this morning upon hearing the unexpected news about Michael Jackson, however our spirits have been lifted as we’ve had all his greatest hits blasting out of the stereo all day courtesy of the local radio station allowing us to remember all the fantastic music he left us with.

Everyone’s looking forward to the weekend, even though I personally have nothing planned yet.. Looking at the weather it’s a good job I haven’t as it’s rain and gloom. Ahh poor campers at Glastonbury. Sorry guys…hope you packed your wellies as this looks like its going to be one wet weekend!

I will leave you to enjoy your weekend…..see you Tuesday!!

Another wet weekend in Wales

June 25, 2009 on 3:53 pm by Mandy | In What are we doing? | 1 Comment

I was going to give you a full review of the Muvi Camcorder today however due to poor weather conditions at the weekend I’m unable to. I was hoping to get some great footage scrambling over the Gribin Ridge and descending via the Devils Kitchen (also known as Twll Du) but yet again we were subjected to some of the worst weather Wales has to offer. Rain, rain and yes you guessed it more rain, visibility was so awful that I hardly got to use my normal camera. Although we were very cold and extremely wet the weather didn’t dampen our spirits and we all still had an awesome day on the mountain even if we didn’t get any footage.

One disadvantage to the camcorder is that it isn’t waterproof, it comes with a great little weather proof case however this wouldn’t have protected it from the torrential rain we experienced. Had it of been waterproof I would have liked to use it when we went gorge walking (also know as canyoning). It’s the first time I’ve been gorge walking and I must say I loved it, messing about in the water, abseiling and not to mention a 30ft jump into a plunge pool, what’s not to love!?! Now that all seems like a distant memory as I sit here at my desk with a pile of samples to my right and new products to my left. Although having just seen the Wind up Walkie Talkies I’m already planning my next trip, I mean somebody got to test them out properly haven’t they?

Lest We Forget….

June 24, 2009 on 9:31 am by Dirk | In News, What we are liking | 1 Comment

It wasn’t until I saw the video below that I realised that with the constant influx of smaller and smaller gadgets onto the market there is one thing that hasn’t really changed in as long as I can remember. In fact it remains just as big and bulky as it was in 1946 when it was introduced here in the UK. I am of course talking about the humble BS 1363 plug.

It seems daft that in an age where laptops such as the Mac Book Air can fit inside an envelope, we are still lugging around power cables that could well be used somewhat like a medieval flail, doing a fair amount of damage with it’s 3 prongs.

When you think about it maybe it’s not that far fetched and ridiculous an idea that this particular item hasn’t evolved over the years. After all portable gadgets come with rechargeable batteries, and although if you are going to use them on the go for a prolonged period you may take the power adaptor with you, generally the means for charging these tiny portable gadgets is left at home. Likewise with any home bound gadgets the plugs and their offending wires are hidden away behind units so as not to make the place look untidy.

This concept takes the traditional 3-pin plug and minimises it via a clever folding mechanism, to make it just as portable as the teeny tiny gadgets it powers. I don’t know about anyone else, but on a trip away I could certainly do with some of these replacing the myriad mess of chargers I normally have to take! If you keep watching till the end there is also a suggested alternative to the space hungry multi point adaptors.

Clare Goes To Birghton

June 23, 2009 on 3:21 pm by Clare | In What are we doing? | 1 Comment

Hi Everyone!

Welcome back to the working week.

As you all know this weekend Clare went to Brighton. It was my friends birthday and she had a great idea to go to the beach and have a good night out on the town. Equipped with my cowgirl outfit ready for my night out I did of course bring my necessary Gadgets to help me through the weekend.

Once we got there we were all starving, and so had some traditional fish and chips on the beach…. Bad idea!! We were attacked by evil Seagulls and forced to hide away in the safety of a shelter. So for all of those of you who go this summer please beware there are some predators lurking.

After the obvious gadgets like travel speakers for the iPod and travel pillows my favourite gadget which all the girls also loved was the Ice shot moulds. After asking the hotel nicely they froze them for us and so when they had been in the freezer for a couple of hours (enough time for us girls to go exploring the beach whilst hiding from what seemed to be a remake of the film “The Birds”) they were ready. All that was left to do was to simply get stuck in!

After a great night on the town which I of course will spare you the details! Me and the girls (in all our early evening glory in the photo below) hung up our cowgirl hats and retreated home. Waking up Monday morning I was a bit worse for wear, but never-the-less I look forward to working towards the next weekend!

So have a good week and I’ll see you Friday xx

It’s The Happiest Day Of The Year!

June 19, 2009 on 1:17 pm by Clare | In What we are liking | 3 Comments

Afternoon everyone!

Fun Friday has arrived and the weather forecast looks promising for the weekend!

My weekend will be spent in Brighton as a cowgirl for a friends birthday so if I can manage to take a few decent pics I’ll be sure to fill you in next week!

As for this week Monday was still quite quiet what with Dirk being away, however we did still manage to have some fun whilst taking the last bit of pleasure from having our choice of radio station.

Tuesday came and went pretty quickly as everyone caught up on some work.

Wednesday we all found much amusement in discussing the story of the girl who went in to have her faced tattooed with three small stars to realise the tattooist had drawn 56 stars all over her face! Being a lover of tattoos and having six myself I can only imagine that girl is clearly not completely correct when she says she “fell asleep”. I know from experience that having a tattoo, especially on your face, is hardly the same as being rocked in a cradle with a lullaby!!

Thursday was clearly everyone’s favourite day this week. As I’ve mentioned before my new favourite gadget, the Pizza Pro, arrived last week and today was the day we decided to test it out. I was equipped with my spinach and feta cheese pizza whilst Dirk and Mandy had their American Hot. If you’re wondering why three pizzas and not just one this is simple, it’s because we needed to test out the cutting ability on different toppings (Yeah right!)

The Pizza Pro worked perfectly and easily cut through all the pizzas and various toppings with ease! It also caused lots of interest in the canteen as everyone pondered over the unique shape. In true Gadgets style we devoured our pizzas and happily rolled back to work!

Surely enough Friday is here again and I am still stuffed from yesterdays pizza! Today I choose to leave you on a good note. Coincidently I will bring to your attention that today is officially the happiest day of the year according to a scientific study. Boffin Dr Cliff Arnal has brainstormed an equation to work out using nature and social interaction to find the happy day.

According to the research this has been worked out using the equation O + (N xS) + Cpm/T + He.

O stands for being outdoors and outdoor activity, N is connection with nature, which is in full bloom now, S is socialisation with neighbours and friends, Cpm stands for childhood positive memories, T is the mean temperature which is now usually warm, and He is holiday expected.

Personally any Friday is a particularly great day for me. So what ever you do today stay happy!

See you next week!

Robots In Disguise Return To The Big Screen

June 19, 2009 on 11:20 am by Dirk | In What are we doing? | 1 Comment

Last night I decided that as I hadn’t been to the cinema in a while I would fork out the exorbitant £8.20 to go and see the midnight showing of Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen. I hadn’t actually read or heard any reviews of this before I went to see it, so didn’t quite know what to expect, suffice to say I was not disappointed, not only was this action packed from start to finish, it also packed in a lot more laughs than I expected, and of course as well as the very lovely Megan Fox there is also the very welcome Isabel Lucas, whose character, it was agreed by myself and a friend, would have made a much better T-X than was actually portrayed in T3: Rise Of The Machines.

Some of the reviews for ROTF at first glance at least haven’t been complimentary, such as the one featured in Empire Magazine. I mean, only 3 stars..? Reading through the review though and I can actually agree with a pretty mush all that they say, the only disagreement I have being regarding the length of the film. I certainly recommend it for a watch, and I’ve included the trailer above to whet your appetite.

And if you’re feeling particularly ‘up for it’ why not go along to see it in one of our great Flashing Transformer T-Shirts?

Back and Burned

June 17, 2009 on 4:20 pm by Dirk | In What are we doing? | 2 Comments

Well, as Clare alluded to in her blog yesterday I am indeed back from my week ’sitting in a field’ as I believe Mandy so eloquently stated in her post last week. I was in fact up at Donnington Park for the Download Festival enjoying some of the best Rock, Metal, and Alternative bands the world currently has to offer.

As you can see from the photo’s above it was a lovely weekend weather-wise, and packed full of great people, I believe the capacity had actually been expanded this year making it seem even more packed than usual!

Of course Gadgets played some part in the weekends festivities, being outside and away from any power points and of course not wanting to queue for ridiculous amounts of time to recharge our various phones, some of my friends had rechargeable power packs like the i3G for their iPhones. There were also vendors selling the Cardboard Portaloos and She Wee’s I spoke about in my blog post last year. Still, I am now back at Gadgets Towers and trying to catch up with all the great new Gadgets we’ve had arrive while I’ve been away!

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