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oceans_11
05-28-2002, 02:37 PM
Can't get enough of them (electronics, tools, sporting equipment, etc.), but I have yet to find a good site that stays up to date!

Can any Gadget Freaks out there point me to a good site on the Web?
Dante
05-28-2002, 02:45 PM
Two that I know of off hand...

Sharper Image (http://www.sharperimage.com)

Hammacher Schlemmer (http://www.hammacher.com)

Also, Google has a decent page, but you've got to wade through some "novelty" crap. Go here (http://directory.google.com/Top/Shopping/Toys_and_Games/Novelty/).
Mr. Miskatonic
05-28-2002, 03:33 PM
Don't forget yea old Edmund Scientific (http://www.scientificsonline.com).

And not so yea old Brookstone (http://www.brookstone.com/world.asp)

The lackluster Herrington catalog (www.herringtoncatalog.com) .

The downright 'chunks-of-other-catalogs' Skymall (http://www.skymall.com)

Sovietski (http://www.sovietski.com) is always fun for some post-cold war nifty stuff.

Rounding it out we have TechnoScout (http://www.techoscout.com) and The Edge (http://www.edgeco.com)

A good source is the beta of .
Google catalogs (http://catalogs.google.com)
kryptonite2
05-28-2002, 03:37 PM
edmund scientific - free catalog online
american science and surplus - free catalog too i think


i need a green laser
oceans_11
05-28-2002, 04:46 PM
Thanks for the links, folks! Some great stuff to check out...

What I'd really like to see is something along the lines of Wired Magazine's "Fetish" section, that reviews the gadgets, too. Time Digital used to have a similar section, but I think it's dead now...
Kayeby
05-29-2002, 12:03 AM
I like [url="http://www.firebox.com/"]Firebox[url], but I'm not sure if they ship outside the UK.
Kayeby
05-29-2002, 12:06 AM
Aw crap.
Reeder
05-29-2002, 08:59 AM
How stuff works is a great place to look. (http://www.howstuffworks.com/stuffatorium.htm)
oceans_11
05-29-2002, 09:00 AM
Kayeby, your last post made my morning! Hilarious!

That's a great link by the way...
Reeder
05-29-2002, 09:05 AM
How stuff works is a great place to look. (http://www.howstuffworks.com/stuffatorium.htm)
oceans_11
05-29-2002, 09:05 AM
Kayeby, your last post made my morning! Hilarious!

That's a great link by the way...
Kayeby
05-29-2002, 09:20 AM
Wow. And you said it twice and everything! *blush*