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-Broom-vac (newer generation has good suction--great for the tumbleweeds of cat hair and bird down)
-Electric tea kettle
-Laptop

― Jesse, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 20:43 (eighteen years ago)

iPod, of course.

― kenan, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 20:44 (eighteen years ago)

iPod is fine, and I considered listing it, but it's not something that evertime I am using it, I think "Wow. This was sort every penny and more."

-Digital camera.

― Jesse, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 20:51 (eighteen years ago)

4 Gb USB stick

― StanM, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 20:53 (eighteen years ago)

-WiFi (related to laptop, but a seperate miracle. I was delighted to find that I could get an open signal on one El platform).

― Jesse, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 20:55 (eighteen years ago)

digital camera seconded

― kenan, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 20:56 (eighteen years ago)

flat-panel LCD monitor

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 20:56 (eighteen years ago)

chromatic tuner
stovetop espresso maker
gf grill
dig camera, laptop, mp3 player, all this technolgies
good tweezers
bionic frontal lobe

― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 21:00 (eighteen years ago)

-cell phone
-Nintendo DS
-digital camera

― kingfish, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 21:01 (eighteen years ago)

gf grill

For a second I pictured you with a girlfriend with gold fronted teeth.

― Michael White, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 21:03 (eighteen years ago)

yes i am glad i purchase that

― rrrobyn, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 21:04 (eighteen years ago)

stovetop espresso maker

I almost bought one of these at Marshall's, but I put it down and bought a couple of lovely Perry Ellis shirts instead.

-cell phone

I take it for granted. To me this is like saying, "Roofs are great, since they keep out the rain." Cameraphone, however re-ignited the love of the phone."

― Jesse, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 21:05 (eighteen years ago)

PSP
nose and ear hair timmer - brilliant

― admrl, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 21:09 (eighteen years ago)

Three blade razor. But I will go broke buying blades :/

― brownie, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 21:15 (eighteen years ago)

Cameraphone, however re-ignited the love of the phone."

well, that's the thing. the thing's an email device, mini-web browser, stopwatch, alarm clock, vid/still camera, two-way pager, mini-audio recorder, games platform, calendar, calculator, floor wax, desert topping.

― kingfish, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 21:17 (eighteen years ago)

I don't like my cellphone. I only have it because i don't have a landline, and it barely even works in my apartment. Maybe it's not the phone I hate, maybe it's Cingular.

― kenan, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 21:18 (eighteen years ago)

leatherman keychain

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 21:18 (eighteen years ago)

Swiss Army knife; coffee grinder; cordless screwdriver.

― Rock Hardy, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 21:36 (eighteen years ago)

I didn't purchase it myself, but I really love my wand blender/mixer thing.

― Michael White, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 21:41 (eighteen years ago)

Same thing here. It was a great gift.

― kenan, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 21:42 (eighteen years ago)

- Penny
- sometimes Brain

― nabisco, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 21:43 (eighteen years ago)

A submersion blender?

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 21:43 (eighteen years ago)

that one

― kenan, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 21:44 (eighteen years ago)

I figured. I have one too, it's one of those things that I didn't really expect much out of and now kind of can't remember life without it.

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 21:46 (eighteen years ago)

my first Mac (a Quicksilver)

― milo z, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 22:22 (eighteen years ago)

http://doubledragon.classicgaming.gamespy.com/merchandise/images/dd2handheld.gif

― Jordan, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 22:27 (eighteen years ago)

haha inspector gadget joke

― rrrobyn, Thursday, 29 March 2007 03:56 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.frostwave.com/images/blueringer.gif

Everything else pretty much sucks. Why can't I have nice things. Wait, is this a gadget?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/159/405227254_c67a46fae8_o.jpg

― S-, Thursday, 29 March 2007 04:07 (eighteen years ago)

Oooh! It's shiny! So I'm going to say yes.

I burned out my Braun wand blender. I keep meaning to get another. It was great.

― Jesse, Thursday, 29 March 2007 05:43 (eighteen years ago)

Retractable Sharpie marker. Which I actually lifted from the office, but still.

― Jesse, Thursday, 29 March 2007 14:45 (eighteen years ago)

SKY PLUS

― peteR, Thursday, 29 March 2007 14:46 (eighteen years ago)

Spong

― Madchen, Thursday, 29 March 2007 15:13 (eighteen years ago)

That's the best name ever for anything.

― peteR, Thursday, 29 March 2007 15:15 (eighteen years ago)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/52/166141383_5af4282828.jpg

― Masonic Boom, Thursday, 29 March 2007 15:15 (eighteen years ago)

Oh! Can you grind meat in a Spong? I've been wanting to grind some meat....

― Jesse, Thursday, 29 March 2007 15:36 (eighteen years ago)

not this one. It lies, I say.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y103/tekblazer/DSC00786.jpg

― dice in my pockets, Friday, 30 March 2007 05:04 (eighteen years ago)

cookie dough dispenser

― Sara R-C, Friday, 30 March 2007 05:28 (eighteen years ago)

That sounds fantastic. Could you use it to dispense play-doh, instead, though? That would be MAGICAL. Oh, the smell...

― peteR, Friday, 30 March 2007 08:45 (eighteen years ago)

SKY PLUS

So OTM. Watching telly with ads is for LOSERS.

Also this is brilliant:

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000HRELY2.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
But I bet the link is illegal or summat.

― accentmonkey, Friday, 30 March 2007 09:11 (eighteen years ago)

― peteR, Friday, 30 March 2007 09:16 (eighteen years ago)

-MP3 player
-Mobile
-PS2

Sad but true...

― kv_nol, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:01 (eighteen years ago)

Actually, I'll caveat the sky plus thing: It's great until it breaks. I am now into my third week of trying to get my pause/play/record facilities re-instated, whilst still paying for them. It's like buying cocaine only to find it's talcum powder.

Arse ache. Yeah, sometimes the pause and record stuff fucks up on ours, but I just unplug it and take out the cards and leave it for a while and then plug it all back in. I do this a couple of times and it starts working again. I've never had it be so bad that it lasted three weeks. That's fierce.

― accentmonkey, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:31 (eighteen years ago)

Worst bit is the fact that you have to explain the whole thing again from the beginning every time you phone them (which is every day - I've already rung them once this morning), cause they keep no note on your account or anything. Oh, the number of times I've heard the phrase: "We've sent some signals to your box. It could take anything from two minutes to four hours for it to start working again." WOA: if it don't work after two minutes it's not going to.

I think I may add this to the batshit neuroses/petty things thread.

― peteR, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:45 (eighteen years ago)

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000HRELY2.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

What brand is this?

― Jesse, Friday, 30 March 2007 12:00 (eighteen years ago)

Morphy Richards. We got given it for Christmas and I use it for everything.

― accentmonkey, Friday, 30 March 2007 12:47 (eighteen years ago)

Oh, I know!

-electric toothbrush! It's not even an expensive SonicCare--just a cheapy Braun/Oral-B spinbrush, but it makes a world of difference.

― Jesse, Friday, 30 March 2007 14:27 (eighteen years ago)

Sonic toothbrushing is a con. Yer spinbrushes are still best.

― peteR, Friday, 30 March 2007 14:35 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.starpulse.com/Movies/Weird_Science/gallery/WEIRDSCIENCE017/
Sure, there's a biker gang and a missile in my house, but I finally got laid.

― Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows, Friday, 30 March 2007 14:43 (eighteen years ago)

I can't see that picture. If it's a sonic toothbrush I'll be really impressed.

― peteR, Friday, 30 March 2007 14:50 (eighteen years ago)

It's two geeky boys with bras on their heads anda science experiment gone wrong.

― Masonic Boom, Friday, 30 March 2007 14:50 (eighteen years ago)

It's a coffee grinder.

― Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows, Friday, 30 March 2007 14:52 (eighteen years ago)

Where do I begin? Hmm. Cellphone I could do without (but of course I don't).
Digital telly? Yes, great but I don't watch it THAT often.
DVD recorder? Yep, although I don't use it THAT often.
Microwave? Yep, very handy.
Computer? Oh YES! Complete with INTAHNET.

― stevienixed, Friday, 30 March 2007 14:55 (eighteen years ago)

-This incarnation of ILX

― Jesse, Saturday, 31 March 2007 06:04 (eighteen years ago)

food processor, brand new (box opened, but plastic still wrapping all parts), $15 from a consignment shop! every time i use it i get excited all over again.

small french press. especially excellent since i recently learned you can make loose leaf tea with it.

speakers for my laptop. what an improvement.

almost all my other gadgets were given to me by my parents. i'm enjoying that while it lasts.

― Maria, Saturday, 31 March 2007 06:24 (eighteen years ago)

i want so many gadgets
to go go go

― rrrobyn, Saturday, 31 March 2007 06:54 (eighteen years ago)

Send'em to meeee!

― stevienixed, Saturday, 31 March 2007 07:02 (eighteen years ago)

Maria, here it was the other way around. About a decade ago I bought amongst other a photocopier and a cellphone for my parents.

― stevienixed, Saturday, 31 March 2007 07:26 (eighteen years ago)

My Sky Plus is now FIXED! TFFT! Just in time for me to stick loads of things into my planner to record whilst I'm at my parents' for Easter. Yay Sky Plus: you are the best invention since PENICILLIN. Or the WHEEL. Or LIE-INS.

― peteR, Thursday, 5 April 2007 16:12 (eighteen years ago)

My Swiss Army pocket knife. Mine has two blades (small and large), plus a can opener that doubles as a small screwdriver, a bottle opener that doubles as a larger screwdriver, a tweezers, and a toothpick. I am never without it - so it is a good thing I never fly anywhere!

― Aimless, Thursday, 5 April 2007 17:10 (eighteen years ago)

I have lost two of those knives because I took them where I shouldn't've - Prestwick airport and Bologna football stadium respectively. I did take a knife on the Eurostar (where you don't check your baggage) but they didn't find it.

― Mark C, Thursday, 5 April 2007 17:19 (eighteen years ago)

I want to clarify that I never bought Penny. I believe in human freedom and would never purchase a bright, capable young lady with her whole future ahead of her. I would have no ethical objections to paying money for Brain, but he already has a loving family, and anyway he's probably passed on by now.

My faves =

1. my Olympus digital voice recorder, which in addition to interview use can turn a long walk into 10 pages of writing

2. my watch, which looks vaguely like an amplifier and for some reason can also record things

― nabisco, Thursday, 5 April 2007 17:23 (eighteen years ago)

two years pass...

I just bought this today and despite its high price and silly name it's probably my favorite usb key ever

http://www.memorybits.co.uk/blogbits/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/iamakey-300x300.jpg

― had died in a balloon accident several years in a ballooning accident (dyao), Monday, 26 October 2009 08:47 (sixteen years ago)

two years pass...

I've been wanting to revive this thread for a while b/c over the past 3 years many wonderful products have enhanced my life in many ways. Today I am grateful for:

- Roomba. OMG how Roomba has paid off.
- iPhone. <3
- White Bright https://cdn.alice.com/images/products/1264476/300.jpg?1251913699
I bought this on the off chance it would save the 6 or 7 yellow/grey undershirts - with terrible pit stains - that I was going to throw out, but which were otherwise wearable. Shockingly, it made them completely white as new.

― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Monday, 22 October 2012 21:47 (thirteen years ago)

kindle

― the oft-posited third fisherman (darraghmac), Monday, 22 October 2012 21:53 (thirteen years ago)

Griffin ipod hoonja doonja that plays my ipod/iphone through the stereo. So much better than those stupid fm transmitter things etc.

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 18:53 (thirteen years ago)

Smart Cat Box is on my faves list.

http://i.imgur.com/GbCSs.jpg

Cat pees drains through safflower seeds, through a grate, into a reservoir, which you empty into the toilet. Safflower seeds are oily, so they don't absorb the urine. Shit gets scooped out and goes into toilet. *Huge* advantage is no grit tracked around, plus cat can't accidentally step into urine puddle and get a piss clump on a foot.

I have partially recovered from anosmia, and cat urine is one of the few things I can sometimes smell, and it seems like it doesn't stink with this box.

― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 17:04 (thirteen years ago)

iPhone. Use it for hours every single day.

― Jeff, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 17:06 (thirteen years ago)

Satnav. Saved me so much time and stopped so many dumb "No, I'm not lost" arguments with my wife.

― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 17:10 (thirteen years ago)

Yeh, definitely iPhone. I thought I'd mentioned it.

― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 22:52 (thirteen years ago)

Potato ricer. Awesome mashed potato every time. I'll never go back to old-school mashers now.
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSNqXbXJT93JQpHMSGYZDrgptYyqYUHJaHKQTvxPPKS_WVmWBl_z5KJKo19

― give me back my 200 dollars (NotEnough), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 14:06 (thirteen years ago)

This apple cutter is insane.

http://www.kitchenmonki.com/wp_blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/apple-cutter1.jpg

The kids eat so many more apples now. It's for sale at Bed & Bath for $12, but I bought it for $4 at Kroger.

― pplains, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 14:07 (thirteen years ago)

Oh, and a vap0r1zer. Spl1ffs are for losers who like coughing, for the rest of us, there's a bog of THC waiting for you.
http://www.dutch-headshop.com/images/products/lrg/G_v-tower-arizer-vaporizer_arz-vtow-1.jpg

― give me back my 200 dollars (NotEnough), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 14:08 (thirteen years ago)

*bag

― give me back my 200 dollars (NotEnough), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 14:08 (thirteen years ago)

rice cooker--the fancy kind with a timer

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 14:10 (thirteen years ago)

did you end up getting a zojiroosh

― 乒乓, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 14:32 (thirteen years ago)

Now discontinued, the Remington HKVAC-2000 vacuum hair trimmer, which for a decade let me trim (or do a complete regular flattop, whatever) without leaving a mess around the bathroom sink.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411zo2AG9aL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

― 圧迫系プレイ (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 14:57 (thirteen years ago)

^ flowbee

― koogs, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 15:05 (thirteen years ago)

xp £300 for a robo-vacuum? Does it really do £300-worth of vacuuming, or is it just an awesome jetson-style object?

― give me back my 200 dollars (NotEnough), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 15:06 (thirteen years ago)

My minirig speaker (best thing ever!!) minirigs.co.uk minirigs.co.uk minirigs.co.uk fell off the windowsill and broke. I wrote to the guy who manufactured it and he said he'd repair it for free! Best company and gadget int he world.

― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 15:10 (thirteen years ago)

those apple cutter hoonja doonjas are AWESOME

I never thought it would be a big deal but it's kinda rad!

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 15:34 (thirteen years ago)

Gotta be my slide scanner and photo scanner. Both under $100, now I have my family archives permanently preserved. Made framed copies of stuff for Mother's Day and birthdays! Also give stuff out at Christmas.

― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Dannon's Yogurt Dumplings and Pam Poo (Mount Cleaners), Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:39 (thirteen years ago)

Dollar stores are great. Besides stuff like household cleaner, plastic bins for misc crap, and super glue, I've found surprises like Parmalat and my usual brand of soy milk, which is ~$2 at the grocery store next door.

― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 22:01 (twelve years ago)

Jesus why don't I own a vaporizer yet?

― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago)

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