This light emits a fantastic multi-coloured display. There are 5 different sequences which you can change between by pressing the button on the side. Each style is made up of different combinations of red green and blue light each with different patterns and displays some flashing and some still. The multi-coloured effect is really beautiful. The dome shape means that the light reaches out expansively to illuminate the pool or room.
Amazon.co.uk Review If you’re setting up a network, you are going to need a switch to sit at the centre of your network amd direct communications between computers. Netgear’s Platinum Series 5 Port 10/100 Switch FS605 is a five-port switch, so you can connect up to five computers. It supports fast Ethernet, running at 100 Mbps, but is also compatible with the slower Ethernet standard at 10 Mbps.
A switch is a device to which all computers in a network or section of a network send their data. A switch works out which computer should receive the data and sends it out to just that port. This is different from a hub, which directs everything it receives to all available ports, leaving it up to the receiving computers to work out if the data is intended for them.
It shouldn’t be hard to see that a switch is a lot quicker than a hub. All ports on a switch have the potential to run at the full speed of the network to which they’re connected. In a hub, the top speed of any port is the speed of the network divided by the number of ports in the hub. There’s also a limit to the number of hubs you can connect together to extend a network–there’s no such limit when connecting switches.
The FS605, about the size of a Pocket PC or portable CD drive, has a set of six LEDs on its front edge. The first shows when the power from the separate mains power pack is connected, while the other five show when individual ports in the switch are active. They shine yellow for an Ethernet connection and green for a fast Ethernet one, and flash as data passes through them.
You can position this Netgear switch horizontally on the desktop or vertically using the stand provided or wall-mounting. With all recent versions of Windows, all the software you need to set up a network is built into the operating system and no extra programs are needed or supplied by Netgear.
Should you need to connect the FS605 to another switch to extend your network, you don’t need to worry about using special cables or designating one of the ports as an uplink between the two switches. This device is intelligent enough to work it out itself and any of the five ports will automatically switch to an uplink mode as required. –Simon Williams
Product Description Presenting Acer’s first 11.6 inch widescreen netbook, the Aspire one 751h! Play high-definition content on the large LED-backlit display and enjoy amazing 5.1-channel audio with Dolby Headphone. These groundbreaking advancements plus more usher in the netbook generation and give you fantastic fun on the road. Let the show begin!Main Features:Acer Aspire One 751 Net-book PCIntel Atom (Z520) 1.33GHz Processor with 512KB L2 Cache 533MHz Front Side Bus2048MB 667/800MHz DDR2 RAM250GB Hard DriveMobile Intel US1…
Fun for all the family with this amusing Talking Homer Fridge Magnet; simply press the face of the magnet to hear Homer’s specially recorded phrase by Dan Castellanta (voice of Homer in the TV show): “To alcohol! The cause of-and solution to-all of life’s problems!
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It’s just the thing that Harry Potter could use while watching TV at Hogwarts – a wand that changes channels or turns down the volume at the flick of a wrist.
And this buttonless remote control certainly seems to have magic properties because it has just attracted the largest investment in the history of Dragons’ Den, BBC2’s entrepreneurial reality series.
Entrepreneurs Chris Barnardo and Richard Blakesley accepted a £200,000 offer from tough-talking Duncan Bannatyne for their Kymera Wand on the hit show. – Dail Mail
If you or your precious offspring are obsessed with a certain bespectacled boy wizard, you’ll no-doubt already have wands lying about the house. This one, however, is totally different to anything you will have waggled before – it can control the telly. In fact, it can control most things that require a remote control, making its wielder appear to be able to perform some pretty incredible leisure-orientated magic tricks, and you won’t even need to spout gibberish spells to do it.
After you’ve learnt the basics (it takes a few practice sweeps to get the hang of it), you’ll be able to programme your wand to control the volume, channel, brightness or whatever your remote can do. A turning motion (it’s all in the wrist) will control the volume, a sweep up or down will move the channel forward or back a step, and even double-tapping on the side will perform whatever you assign it. In all there are 13 different swooshes, sweeps and swoops to learn, and each one can be given a separate task to complete. All you have to do is put your wand into ‘learning mode’ by giving it a quick tap on the shaft, perform the move you want, and then press the corresponding key on your remote – the wand remembers it and performs it next time you do the same move.
It’s difficult to emphasise how much fun this is, and how cool the effect is when you’re merrily commanding all and sundry around you. The Hi-Fi, the TV, the computer, the lights (if you’re fancy enough to have remote control lights), anything that needs flicking on or off in the room can be controlled by a wave of your wand. Indeed, if you’re even slightly interested in anything vaguely wizard-related then you owe it to yourself to get one of these – great fun, ingenious technology and an impressive effect. Top it off with a beautiful faux-dragonskin box with Chinese silk inlay and you’ve got a superb little package, perfect for the wannabe wizard in your life.
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The Wand Remote Control allows you to control remote devices with a swish.
Most devices that use a remote control can be manipulated with the wand – TVs, Hi-Fis etc.
Can control multiple devices, not limited to one.
13 commands in total can be learned by the Wand.
Programme the wand by putting it in learning mode, performing an action and pressing the corresponding key on the remote control.
Learns via infrared codes from remote control.
Comes packaged in its own beautifully decorated case.
Please note: instructions for the wand are only available in English.
Full range of actions:
Rotate clockwise.
Rotate anticlockwise.
Flick upwards.
Flick downwards.
Flick left.
Flick right.
Tap on top.
Tap on side.
Double tap on top.
Double tap on side.
Push forward.
Pull back.
Big swish.
Suitable for ages 8 years +, or anyone old enough to enrol at Hogwarts.
Product Description There’s nothing quite as poor as a bad hand in cards. Not only does a bad hand get you off on the wrong foot, so to speak, but it can completely ruin your day if you’ve foolishly bet your house/caravan/camel/wife on it. Now, you can, with a touch of sly and cunning, turn every hand into a devastating weapon against your foes and reveal astonishing mind powers by not only predicting their hands, but knowing when to fold and when to stay the course. This otherwise standard-issue set of casino quality plastic coated playing cards masks a deep and dangerous secret. They’re highly durable, giving them a lifetime of potential for scurrilous double-dealing. Subtle markings on each card show their suit and number using a technique known only to you, enabling you to stay in complete control and demonstrate awe-inspiring mastery of the deck, the whole table, and the entire gaming universe. Clearly, there are limitations and even we feel it would be foolish to take things too far. Like taking your chums’ money. But if they’re game for a laugh and know just how bad you really are at cards, we dare you to keep a straight face as you systematically take them to the cleaners.
Product Description This is a portable style wristband with a rechargeable Li-ion battery that can be worn as a wrist strap. It can supply power to any kind of portable electronic devices like iPod, MP3, MP4, PDA, Portable Games player etc…
Pakage Content: Wrist Strap Battery, mini USB to USB cable, 11 portable elecgtronic adaptors (major brand mobile phones, PSP, Nintendo DS, iPods, iPhone, cameras, etc.).
Wristband rechargeable Li-ion Battery for portable devices including connection adapters for most popular mobile phones and portable electronics including iPods
Integrated LEDs show charge status
Built to withstand almost any weather conditions
Maximum power available: iPod 27Hrs, Phone 65 hrs, Digital Camera 1090 Photos, Two-Way radio 16 Hrs, PDA 32 Hrs
11 x portable adapters of electronics (PSP, I Phone/I Pod, LG, Mini USB, Nokia (2mm Jack), Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Micro USB, Nintendo DS, Female USB, Male USB (use for charging the Powerstrap))
Amazon.co.uk Review Federico Fellini’s 1972 ode to the city of Rome is far from a coherent narrative, but as a selection of images and sounds celebrating the famed Italian capital, it’s dazzling and hugely enjoyable. Stylistically, it’s a perfect bridge between the excesses of Satyricon and the nostalgia of Amarcord, and it showcases the true love that Fellini had for the Eternal City. Mixing autobiographical flashbacks with the travails of a present-day movie company making a film about the city (headed up by Fellini himself), Roma is an impressionistic tour de force, delivered via Fellini’s unique cinematic vision. If you can’t tolerate Fellini’s larger-than-life approach, the sometimes-garish colours, or the circus atmosphere, you’ll probably find Roma insufferable. But fans of Fellini will be in seventh heaven, especially during some of the wonderful set pieces–a music dance hall performance that’s interrupted by bombing during World War II; a papal fashion show that’s so surreal it must be seen to be believed; and a breathtaking sequence in which the film crew, tagging along with an archaeological dig, happens upon an ancient Roman catacomb and watches as the beautiful murals disintegrate before their eyes. Through it all, Fellini’s passion for Rome (and moviemaking) shines through, especially in the film’s climax, a dialogue-free sequence of motorcycles roaring through the city at night, a tour that ends at the magnificent Colosseum. At that marriage of past and present, Roma is about as perfect as cinema can get. –Mark Englehart
Amazon.co.uk Review Thanks to Mike Myers’ wonderfully rude, lowbrow humour and his full-bodied understanding of who his character is, Wayne’s World proved to be that rare thing: a successful transition of a Saturday Night Live sketch to the big screen. Wayne Campbell (Myers) and his nerdy pal Garth (Dana Carvey) are teens who live at home and have their own low-rent cable-access show in Aurora, Illinios, in which they celebrate their favourite female film stars and heavy-metal bands. When a Chicago TV station smells a potential youth-audience ratings hit, the station’s weasely executive (Rob Lowe) tries to co-opt the show–and steal Wayne’s new rock ‘n’ roll girlfriend (Tia Carrere) at the same time. Like Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure before it (and the later Detroit Rock City), this is a film that affectionately parodies and celebrates slacker teenage culture. It’s also filled with all kinds of knowing spoofs of film conventions, from Wayne talking to the camera (while forbidding other characters to do so) and hilariously self-conscious product placements, to labelling a moment a “Gratuitous Sex Scene”. Dumb yet clever–and very funny. –Marshall Fine, Amazon.com
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