Archive for July, 2006


I Spy…Spirit of the Brand: Bong Spirit Vodka

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
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I like vodka. You could say it’s my drink of choice, aside from beer of course. I have always been intrigued by nice looking bottles as well. As a teen I was obsessed with the curve in the corona bottle. This take a new twist on the vodka bottle and takes a unique design in [...]

I Spy…Flickr Related Tag Browser

Monday, July 24th, 2006
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I found this a few months back and forgot about it until just today when I seen it featured at Fresharrival.com and figured I’d share it with you since it was just so damn cool.
With Flickr’s wonderful API kits and RSS feeds that actually feed photos as well you can build some amazing things. This [...]

I Spy…HOLIDAY TIME!

Friday, July 14th, 2006
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It’s time for the I Spy Site crew to take a little trip. This year we will be staying at the Fisher Villa in Spain. Some friends were nice enough to let us stay at their villa. If you’d like to book a trip to the same villa just visit their website at Fishervilla.com.
This site [...]

I Spy…Frucall : Be a smart shopper

Thursday, July 13th, 2006
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I think this is a great idea and would use it if I were in America still. I suppose it’s only a matter of time before someone does the same thing here in Ireland or the UK.
Basically you call a toll free number with your cell phone and read off the bar code digits [...]

I Spy…The “Seconds” Tent

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006
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I have actually used this tent and was impressed at how easy it was to set up and use. It really does take only a few seconds to set up. Now keeping in mind this was the first version. Version 2.0 has seen some major improvements and comes with some excellent choices as well.
1. [...]

I Spy…The Sensitive Floor

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
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This falls in line with the “Interactive Tables” or the “Billboard of the future” we wrote about a few weeks ago only this time it’s done with the floor and by some cool Italian guys. The quality looks a bit more detailed as well.
I really love the fact that there are so many people making [...]

I Spy…Turn your mobile phone into a GPS

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
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A few months ago I bought a small GPS receiver called a BT-GPS. It looks like a small plastic matchbook with one button and two blinking lights and cost $50. For such a small box it sure does some wonderful things. I use it to connect to my mobile phone (the Nokia 6680) via a [...]

I Spy…Solio – Portable Hybrid Solar Power Charger

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
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We’ve all been there. Your away from a power source, it could be on a trail, at the beach or even on a buss or train and one of your gadgets goes dead. I know this happens to me a lot. I do have a lot of gadgets though. Once we lose our precious electricity [...]

I Spy…Pay Per Post

Monday, July 10th, 2006
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I just signed up with a new company today called http://www.payperpost.com. They basically have a list of topics and products that are available for bloggers like myself to write about in their blog. Each time we write about a topic in the list we get paid. It’s the same as traditional syndication might be for [...]

I Spy…Keep YouTube videos and more.

Monday, July 10th, 2006
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By now nearly everyone online has watched a movie at YouTube and if you haven’t you will probably end up there at some point. There are quite a few places popping up online that offer the same sort of service; Google even has one called Google Video. Basically You can search and watch millions of [...]