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10 Fun Gadgets for Your Home Office |
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Working from home is great, you can get up when you want, the only commute to your desk is a short walk from your bed, and your boss isn't breathing coffee in your face every five minutes. Of course, if you're working at home, you're free to decorate your desk with as many entertaining gadgets as you can lay your hands on to make up for being on your own. Be careful of getting too many USB gadgets though, because you still need to fit in some time for work...
Nabaztag- The Wi-Fi Rabbit
The latest and possibly, most bizarre gadget from the states, Nabaztag
is a Wi-Fi enabled plastic rabbit that can go anywhere you do, and keep
you up to date with the latest news, weather, stock market prices and
even read your emails to you. Amazingly cute and impossibly clever,
this virtual assistant is the perfect way of keeping in touch with your
desk when you need to pop to the kitchen to make a cup of coffee.
USB Massager
If working from home is leaving you feeling stressed out, you can now
get relief from a massage pad that plugs straight into your USB port
and promises to de-stress you in minutes, thanks to its high speed
1800RPM motor, and a 2 metre long cable that means it can get to the
parts other vibrating devices can't.
USB Hamster Wheel
Watching this furry little rodent happily running around in his wheel,
it is easy to get philosophical about how the hamster in a wheel is a
metaphor for modern life, but don't bother, it's cute, its funny, and
the less you worry about the stresses of the rat race the better quite
frankly.
Panic Button
Although it doesn't actually do anything, there is something deeply
reassuring about having a big red button marked "PANIC" attached to
your computer. If things are getting particularly tricky, you can
always stick them in other places too, in case of emergencies...
USB Fan
There are loads of different versions of this classic gadget available.
Guaranteed to keep you cool when you're working your fingers to the
bone, just plug one in and enjoy a cooling breeze over all your hard
work.
Street Mouse
These have been around for a few years now, and they're still great
fun, a full featured mouse shaped like a car. The latest versions look
like a TVR, and make revving noises when you move them around. The only
drawback is that being optical; they're no use for picking up fluff
from all over your desk.
Dead Fred Pan Holder
Although this voodoo inspired desktop decoration doesn't actually do
anything useful, just having it there to stab your pen into after a
particularly annoying phone call is a relief in itself. Especially if
the person you were speaking to doesn't react well to being told the
truth.
Verballs Skype Creatures
If chatting to people over the phone is making you feel lonely, and in
need of some real company, Verballs Skype Creatures are the next best
thing. Using some bizarre internet witchcraft they pick up the signals
from your phone conversation, and move their mouths in time with the
words of the person you're talking to. Freaky at first, but after a
while, these hairy little weirdoes become reassuring.
USB Plasma Ball
If you want to feel as though you have the forces of nature at your
fingers as you work, plug one of these USB plasma balls into your PC,
and watch in awe as lighting crackles around the inside of it. Oddly
addictive, you'll probably spend more time pretending to see the future
in your ball than working, but as long as no-one walks in, you should
be OK.
TARDIS USB Hub
With all these extra gadgets cluttering up your desk and taking up all
the USB ports on your PC, you're going to need a few extra sockets to
plug them into. Sadly this TARDIS look-alike doesn't come with infinite
space to stash your toys in when playtime, er, work is finished, but it
does make a classic noise and light up for no apparent reason every now
and then. |
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