http://www.gadgets.co.uk/blog Gadgets, gifts and novelties for all ages Wed, 14 May 2008 13:41:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Summer is rapidly approaching, and that means it’s time, for me at least, to start thinking about spending a few weekends in various fields at the festivals. Now I realise that camping in a field for three days with shared chemical toilets, showers, and the threat of torrential rain at ... http://www.gadgets.co.uk/blog/news/gadgets-for-better-festival-survival/ Poker, a serious game, and an ideal activity for the “Lads night in”. We take things fairly seriously a the bi-weekly game that I attend on a regular basis. We have a fold-up table-top, an aluminium case of Poker Chips, and insist on using a new deck of cards for ... http://www.gadgets.co.uk/blog/news/a-gadget-for-the-lazy-poker-player/ A Bank Holiday can only mean rain, traffic jams and long journeys ending up with arguments! Or at least that’s the way a lot of journeys tend to go at these times. Whether it be because of the extra 6 hours added to your journey due to a jam, getting ... http://www.gadgets.co.uk/blog/news/looking-forward-to-the-long-weekend/ Breaking news and mass excitement at Gadgets Towers this week as two of our Stick insect eggs have hatched! To be honest there had been murmurs that in fact none of the eggs were going to hatch and we would be without our new office mascots. But, oh Ye of Little ... http://www.gadgets.co.uk/blog/news/please-welcome-the-two-new-additions-at-gadgets-towers/ Browsing various Blogs and News sites today to find a subject for my post I have encountered two stories in several locations. First up is the new German DVD format, the DVD-D, or the “Self Destructing DVD”. Unfortunately not quite Mission Impossible style accompanied by a loud bang and a puff ... http://www.gadgets.co.uk/blog/news/stories-of-the-day/ Read any basic book of Universal physics and you will be told that universe is expanding. Now I’m not going to go all intellectual and hypothesise what exactly it is expanding into, but rather draw an asymmetrical comparison with gadgets. Whilst the universe continues it’s expansion, in the realm of ... http://www.gadgets.co.uk/blog/news/the-incredible-shrinking-gadget/ On my way to Gadgets Towers this morning I couldn’t help but notice the sun shining, the flowers shooting out from the ground, the blossom on and birds singing in the trees. Well, maybe not the birds singing over my iPod, but you get the idea. Spring appears to have ... http://www.gadgets.co.uk/blog/news/spring-is-sprung/ Easter has been and gone, and if your house or office is anything like mine it will be littered with the remains of numerous Easter Eggs, and various other chocolate goodies. It doesn’t help that Mini Eggs and Crème Eggs are only produced for a limited period each year around ... http://www.gadgets.co.uk/blog/news/with-the-chocolate-high-fading-its-back-to-a-full-working-week/ The Easter weekend is here. The two giveaways being the vast amounts of chocolate adorning every available shelf in just about every shop, and of course the excitement of most of the population at having a four day weekend. Traditionally of course Easter is a religious festival celebrating the resurrection of ... http://www.gadgets.co.uk/blog/news/easter-a-time-for-chocolate-and-gadgets/ With the arrival of the World Alive Net Insect Habitat Kits here at Gadgets Towers we have decided that this was a good opportunity for us to get some office companions. Looking at the three different sorts of insects we eventually decided upon the Stick Insects. One of us jumped online ... http://www.gadgets.co.uk/blog/news/the-insects-have-landed/