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What Is This Giant Chronometer Doing On This Delivery Bike?
12:00PM Jesus Diaz | Pizza Hut claims that they will deliver your pizza in under 30 minutes, and they wanted to prove it by installing giant-sized chronometers on the back of their pizza delivery bikes. [Direct Daily]
Design
Kitchen Timer Follows Recipes To A Tee
1:20PM Sean Fallon | I have never understood how people can claim that they can’t cook. I mean, how hard is it to follow a recipe? Still, there are ways to make things even easier—like this unique kitchen timer concept. More »
Gadgets
BeepEgg Timer Sings While His Comrades Die a Horrible Death
2:10AM Sean Fallon | I’ve seen timers that change colour when your eggs are boiled to perfection, but never one that sings to you. Not only that, the BeepEgg’s tunes mock the untimely death of his comrades. More »
Gadgets
Foreplay Timer: Don’t Get Me This Or I’ll Murder Your Face
6:00AM Andi Wang | Just in time for Valentine’s Day, here’s a gadget that’ll get you laid: A foreplay timer… that only lasts for three seconds. Actually, maybe you should give her roses instead. [Product Page via Nerd Approved] More »
Cameras
FujiFilm Finepix Z200fd Glam Cam, Friends Become Lovers, Lovers Become Conjoined Twins
3:00AM Mark Wilson | The FujiFilm Finepix Z200fd Glam Cam is yet another digital camera on top of the massive mountain of sleek point and shoots. Yeah, it’s really thin and will capture shots at up to 10MP with a 5x zoom lens. But it stands out for an odd reason–it’s got a fantastic–and creepy–timer system. More »
Gadgets
Lightning Review: Lego Egg Timer
10:00AM Jesus Diaz | The Gadget: Lego Egg Timer. The Price: US$7.99 The Verdict: It’s cute. It’s makes a wonderful tic-tac noise. It helps you do roasted lamb and chicken and Beef Wellington and cakes. It’s Lego. Really, it can’t get any better than that. I only wish it could do more than one hour. More »
Gadgets
Shot Caller Times Your Drinking Games to the Last Second
3:22AM Addy Dugdale | If ever a gadget is going to promote responsible drinking, then the Shot Caller is it. And let’s face it, when you’re playing drinking games with your buddies, it is all about being responsible and drinking up when you are told to drink up. Made for the Power Hour and Century Club drinking games, the Shot Caller prepares you for when it is time to drink, with red, amber and green lights. You can set it for either an hour or 100 minutes, and it comes with four regulation-sized shot glasses. The financial cost is $US14.99. [The Shot Caller via DVice] More »
Gadgets
Four-Minute Hourglass Shower Timer for Drought-Stricken Georgia Folks, Smelly Hippies
10:10AM Matt Buchanan | Unlike the rest of the Giz crew (especially Chen), I shower daily. But I’m also currently located at ground zero for god’s wrath. Despite the governor’s public missive for divine relief, Georgia’s still got less moisture than scarecrow, which is really the only reason this four-minute shower timer in hourglass form interests me. It’s only three bucks, and I’d probably mostly ignore its silent screaming, but I feel like I might shower just a little bit faster. Every drop counts right? [Envirosax via Green Deals Daily via Crave] More »
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Williams-Sonoma Triple Timer Takes a Nod From Cupertino
1:54AM Jennifer Hooker | Those of you who have chosen to decorate your kitchen with an eye toward all things Apple will delight in Williams-Sonoma’s iPod-lookin’ Triple Timer. The basic kitchen timer allows you to set three alerts for different dishes, using what looks like a handy iPod clickwheel. (Somebody’s patent’s getting infringed.) The Triple timer also has a clock on its LED-backlit display. Unlike any new iPod, the Triple Timer includes a dock, runs on AA batteries—and costs just $20. [Williams-Sonoma via Gadget Lab] More »
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