Available for $9.75, you can have a good amount of fun with an IR Jammer. Yes, you read that right. A device that’s sole purpose is to jam the signal from your remote control. Just think about it: the possibilities are endless. Their site seems to rely heavily on TV viewing habits of couples, and while I'm sure it would be fun to take control of the remote, I'm one of those types who will get up and change channels manually. But I have other ideas for it. How about a little prank playing while at your friend's house? Or maybe that annoying neighbor in the apartment next door who watches death metal videos all night? That was what the scrambler was meant for: to keep that TV turned off. While the current uses of IR are sort of limited, this little gizmo is worth its price in fun.

Privacy and security are on everyone's minds these days. And if it's not on yours, it ought to be in light of the Federal government tracking calls and emails of most Americans.

Considering that computers are natural data collectors, simply surfing the net can put your information into the wrong hands. Surfing anonymously can be done but usually involves configuring software and messing with your Internet settings.

Now, however, this got much easier: enter the Stealth Surfer II. In the convenient form of a USB thumb drive, the Stealth Surfer holds its own browser/e-mail, clinet/e-mail, and encrypter/IP masker. Building on the trust and security of Firefox and Thunderbird, these additional applications can make your web activities absolutely private. And with histories, cookies and forms stored locally on the USB drive, the engineers at Stealth Surfer have added in an encrypted password to further your privacy should your drive becomes lost or stolen.

I'm personally a huge proponent of privacy rights, and this is truly a breath of fresh air. Considering just how much information is available about you via simple search tools, it's a scary world we live in. Anonymity is one of those basic Human Rights we are all owed, even if governments don't agree. While you can do everything the Stealth Surfer does yourself, this simple package is easy to use, even by the least savvy among us. The availability of such a tool is good news indeed.

PDAs, Tablet PCs and the like are supposed to make your life easier by being able to take your handwritten notes and save them digitally. Naturally this concept is flawed not only by the need for frequent screen protector replacement, but by the medium itself. Not many of us are comfortable writing on a tiny screen with a stylus. It just doesn't come naturally, especially for those among us with large, free-form handwriting.

Quite frankly, we all know how to write on paper. It's natural, easy to use and ingrained in us since we learned how to write in the first place. It seems the developers at DigiMemo have realized this and created the DigiMemo 692. It looks deceptively like a traditional notebook, but sports a high-tech core.

What do you think of when I say "Blimp"? Ok, besides the Hindenberg. Naturally, the image of the Goodyear blimp floating around the Superbowl or similar event comes to mind.

In this day in age, nothing is immune to new technology. The Lightship Group has produced essentially the Blimp 2.0 with their A-170 Lightsign Airship. Unlike the traditional blimp in terms of function and design, it features something big: a 30 by 70 foot 30,000 pixel LCD screen. The screen can display static images, video clips and even television broadcasts. The blimp has received FAA approval and is now only waiting for some market demand before it sails.

While it's nice to see that the venerable blimp is not dead, the video playback issue bothers me. People have a tendency to look at blimps because they really are not that common. Most of us see them less than once a year. While I'm sure that sounds like market gold to someone, it is actually a distraction. Countless accidents can be blamed on distraction from roadside video billboards. A 30 by 70 foot floating TV will pretty much do the same. Video broadcast isn't appropriate everywhere.