One Gadget To Charge Them All
Remember when your old man’s pockets would have been the nesting ground
of crisp one pound notes, some imperial mints and an initialled handkerchief.
Move on a generation and the average bloke’s pocket is rammed with mobiles,
wallets, a myriad of keys, sat-navs, PDAs, MP3s, digital cameras and all manner
of gubbins. That’s why Blue Lounge came up with The Sanctuary.
Designed for daily use at the bedside table, kitchen counter or office desk
it’s a dumping station for your heaving pockets - but the clever bit
is that it also doubles as a charging station for over 1,500 different gadgets.
Looks nice too.
Price: £100
Web: www.myetoyz.com
Better Latte Than Never
Winter brings enough
problems what with Crimbo presents,
the cold, the Queen’s
Speech, crap TV and even crapper Christmas No1 singles. Another logistical problem
is getting to your local Starbucks for the essential morning-after-the naff-Christmas-party
coffee without either slipping on your arse in the ice, having to de-ice the
igloo-like car or having all the local school kids point and laugh at your alcohol
ravaged features. Fear no more. Philips’ SENSEO Latte Select froths up
plenty of strong posh brews by Douwe Egberts to get your dopamine levels twitching
to life – all in the comfort and warmth of your own home.
Price: £120
Web: www.philips.co.uk
Brickin’ It
Has RedHanded gone
all Scrooge and decided to award the long-suffering missus for all her tea and
sandwiches this year with a practical,
sensible brick? Before
you start sending poison pen letters to the office, this is actually the brain-child
of those very nice and thoughtful people at Chapter Arts Centre. They need a
couple o’quid to fix the roof or something and decided that a novel way
to tot up the figures would be to let anyone looking for a unique gift this year
to sponsor their builders. In return they’ll send out a ‘thank-you’ pack
containing a personal adoption certificate, signed picture of the builder, campaign
updates and that all important tea-bag. Your twenty-quid will ensure a builder’s
survival over the Xmas period.
Price: £20
Retail: Chapter Arts Centre (029 2031 1050)
Web: www.chapter.org
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