Gift ideas

Gift ideas for July 2006

Help! Drain Stopper

Help! Drain Stopper

July 31st 2006 | Home & Garden

A really funny stopper for the kitchen sink or the bathtub. A rubbery hand extends up from the plug mimicking a reach for help out of the watery depths, while essentially providing a non-slip surface for an easy and firm grip in the sink or the tub.

$7.50 at Amazon

Book Cover: Home Organizing Idea Book

Home Organizing

July 28th 2006 | Books

Time to get going with that summer project? Maybe this book can put you on the right track. Home Organizing Idea Book offers hundreds of creative ideas and flexible solutions for organizational and home storage challenges in every room in the house. More than 300 valuable pages that will help you get, and keep, an organized home.

$14.99 at Amazon

Nokia 6682 Phone

Nokia Smartphone

July 26th 2006 | Cell Phones

The 6682 is Nokia's latest Series 60 smartphone for the U.S. market (Based on the 6680, which is available in some other parts of the world). Nokia 6682 is, among other things, equipped with a 1.3-megapixel camera and a large 262k color display. You can hook it up with e-mail accounts, use SMS and MMS picture messaging, and best of all: sync it up with your desktop computer to keep your contacts, calendar, to-do list, and notes updated.

$499.99 at Amazon

DVD Box: Entourage – The Complete First Two Seasons

Entourage DVD Box

July 24th 2006 | DVDs

The first two seasons of Entourage – the story about Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier), a rising Hollywood star and his three childhood companions – is now available in DVD form. The series is a big success created by HBO and it has everything viewers can expect from an HBO series: smart, hilarious, and highly addictive. Kind of a Sex and the City for men.

$52.37 at Amazon

Casio Exilim Digital Camera

Casio Exilim

July 21st 2006 | Photography

The compact Exilim camera from Casio is ideal for anyone who wants hassle-free pictures and to have a lot of fun. Thanks to Anti Shake DSP the risk of blurred photos caused by shaking hands or moving subjects is reduced. With high-resolution 6.0 megapixels, long-lasting battery, 3x optical zoom, and a elegant 2.5-inch TFT color display you can take great pictures in any situation.

$219.00 at Amazon

Play and Freeze Ice Cream Maker

Ice Cream Ball

July 19th 2006 | Home & Garden

With the Play & Freeze Ice Cream Maker, you can make ice cream anywhere! You don't need electricity, just add ice and rock salt in one end and ice cream mix in the other end, then shake it, pass it or roll it – in about 20 minutes you have a pint of ice cream! The mix can be as simple as cream, sugar and vanilla, but the only limit is your imagination.

$29.95 at Amazon

Magnetic chess set in walnut

Portable Chess Set

July 17th 2006 | Games & Toys

Feel for a game of chess? This chess set in walnut can be brought along wherever you go. The magnetic board holds the pieces in place while you play, and when you're not the board folds up to hold all the pieces inside. Checkmate!

$27.95 at Amazon

CoolIT Systems USB Beverage Chiller

USB Beverage Chiller

July 14th 2006 | Computers

This coldplate chills to 7 degrees Celsius (45 degrees Fahrenheit), just seconds after plugging the chiller into your computers USB port. Just the right temperature if you want to have some cold drink nearby your computer to chill your self down. Or why not give it away as a cool gift for your geeky friends?

$20.60 at Amazon

Rosendahl – Wine Tube

Innovative Bottle Rack

July 12th 2006 | Home & Garden

The Rosendahl Wine Tube bottle rack features innovative wall mounting that allows your wine collection to become a striking wall display. The simple ingenuity and a natural aluminum finish makes this a piece of art as much as a storage space. In addition, the design allows for easy selection from your wine collection, since bottles and labels always are clearly visible.

$93.50 at Amazon

Philosophy 2 Piece Coconut Scented Bath and Body Set

Coconut Bath and Body Set

July 10th 2006 | Beauty

Dreaming of a relaxing vacation on a beautiful white sand beach beside the beautiful crystal-clear water but can't get away? This greeting from Maui – containing 3-in-1 shampoo, shower gel, bubble bath and body set from Philosophy – doesn't take you all the way but perhaps it can turn a part of your bathroom into your own island oasis so you can have a micro-mini-vacation when you just need to get away.

$25.00 at Amazon

Powers of 2 BCD Clock

Tell the Time in Binary Code

July 6th 2006 | Home & Garden

At first glance it appears to be just an artistic arrangement of lights, but this Powers of 2 binary clock actually tells time. The timepiece uses binary code, a 2-number system that's the language of computers, to show what time it is. After a few minutes of practice, you'll be able to read the clock by adding up the lights in each column.

$29.99 at Amazon