Archive for July, 2006

Launchy: The Open Source Keystroke Launcher for Windows

Posted by Anton on July 31st, 2006

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Launchy is the most efficient way to open files, folders, and programs on your computer. Nobody likes to hunt through the start menu to find an application, just to find that the application is hidden under some obscure folder named after a company you have never heard of! Instead, Launchy is a smart search program which tries to guess which program or file you are looking for and will launch it when you hit the enter key. It is only visible when you hit the ALT + SPACE key combination; otherwise it hides in the background. Once you have used it for a few days, it becomes an indispensable utility for your computer. And it’s free!

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How to use Launchy
Launchy installs itself into your Startup folder (it’s buried in your start menu) and will automatically run every time you log into your computer. Yet, where is it? Launchy hides in the background until you need it. To bring it to the foreground type ALT … [ Read the rest of the story ]

USB Hello Kitty Speakers

Posted by Anton on July 31st, 2006

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Hey! Hello Kitty Fans Don’t Miss It! You must be fascinated by this lovely Hello Kitty Speaker. The cute kitty wears lovely pink clothes and ribbon, the speaker is at the back of the head and the cables should be pluged at her back. Take this excellent audio quality speaker to enjoy music and decorate your desk - anime style ;)

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Features
- Excellent audio quality
- Lovely and small
- Total power input: 12w*2
- Total power output (PMPO): 6w-600w
- Frequency response: 200Hz-20KHz
- USB powered
- Plug and Play
- Volume control button
- Mute button
- Compatible with Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP, Mac OS 9.0
- Dimension: 12×7.9×7cm
- Weight: 295g


The price of the USB Hello Kitty Speakers is $48.

- For more information and pictures of the speakers…

Personal UV Monitor with Exposure Timer

Posted by Anton on July 31st, 2006

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And being on the UV monitor topic (it is summer outside if you haven’t noticed already), I can’t go on only with the girls-only UV monitoring Bikini… there has to be something suitable for boys, like a cool UV monitoring gadget… and here comes the Oregon Scientific Personal UV Monitor with Exposure Timer.

This cool device monitors the current UV index and temperature, and calculates your recommended exposure time based on UV, SPF and your personal skin type. So you won’t be getting any sunburns on the beach this summer and you don’t need to wear bikini in order to do that… :P


Product Features
- Monitors current UV levels
- Exposure timer uses UV, SPF and skin type to calculate recommended exposure time
- Exposure time automatically updates with changes in UV intensity
- Monitors current temperature
- Countdown timer
- Digital clock
- Wrist strap for easy use
- Countdown timer
- Includes 1 CR2032 coin battery
- Dimensions: 3.125 × 1.75 × .75 in


The price of the OS Personal UV Monitor is $29.95.

- If you can wait to get your hands on … [ Read the rest of the story ]

Solestrom SmartSwim UV Intensity Bikini

Posted by Anton on July 31st, 2006

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If you don’t like the more expensive and advanced SmartSwim UV Meter Bikini (you don’t like the silver color?) you may try the alternative in the form of the SmartSwim UV Intensity Bikini…

Did you know that the UV intensity can be high even on a cloudy day? How do you know what level of sunblock protection you might need at any time you are outdoors? Be skin smart and keep your skin safe and beautiful with the SmartSwim Solar UV Index Detector Bikini!

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- Simple and easy to use, the SmartSwim Solar UV Index Detector Bikini has UV sensitive beads that change color with the level of UV intensity.
- The deeper the bead color, the higher the UV level…white or light purple, you’re ok, dark purple look for shade!
- Bikini comes with a handy UV Level Tag to give you an accurate UV intensity range.
- Expose your bikini to sunlight and compare to color of beads on your Solestrom SmartSwim Bikini to the closest match on your UV … [ Read the rest of the story ]

Miranda IM v0.5 Released

Posted by Anton on July 31st, 2006

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Miranda IM is a smaller, faster and easier free instant messenger with support for multiple protocols. Miranda IM is designed to be resource efficient and easy to use while still providing many features including support for AIM, Jabber, ICQ, IRC, MSN, Yahoo, and more. Supplemented by hundreds of plugins and other content, Miranda IM is very flexible and provides many avenues for customisation.

With the 0.5 release, Miranda IM introduces Unicode support, to further improve integration into multi-language systems. Available now are 2 separate download options. The Unicode version is available for Windows NT, 2000, and XP users and a non-Unicode version is available for Windows 9x and ME users. Another new feature of this release is the introduction of AIM Oscar. This provides users with the ability to transfer files and receive away messages that previous versions did not support. This release also increases the support for avatars among many of the protocols along with plenty of bug fixes and new features.

- Download Miranda IM 0.5 here…