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A Plug Designed to Make Us Think About Power

No matter how passionate you are about being green, it's still a tough effort. But its often hard to ignore something staring you in the face. Just like how it's easy to recycle with a recycling bin i...

TV TrickleSaver Saves You Time ...and Energy!

We try and turn off all the unneccesary power-suckers in a standard routine every time we leave the house. The lights go off, the computer goes into sleep mode and the TV, DVD player and cable box eac...

Mathmos AirSwitch Lamp: The Anti-Clapper

Remember The Clapper? As kids, we thought that turning on lights with just a clap of the hands was just about the closest thing to being super-human. As an adult, now we realize if you're not geriatri...

How to... Piss Off Everybody at The Sports Bar

Step One: Buy a TV-B-Gone universal remote control. Step Two: Buy a baseball bat. Step Three: Wait until the last two minutes of the neck-and-neck NFL game at your local Hooters, then activate said T...