Crapgadget: Tacky USB knicknacks edition
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted Jun 1st 2009 8:07AM
posted Jun 1st 2009 8:07AM
When the fine folks of the USB Implementers Forum put together the specs for USB 2.0 some nine odd years ago, they certainly never dreamed that this technology would be the standard connectivity option for the tacky knickknacks of the 21st century. We know you won't be lining your mantelpiece with any of these things (the space being reserved for your Franklin Mint collector plates depicting the cast of Gone With The Wind) but maybe your cube could use some gussying up? We have 2GB thumb drives for you that almost-not-really pass themselves off as cat's ears, a USB hub that comes with "chocolate" balls of dubious provenance, a hub that might look at home next to your skull bong, and lastly, a USB powered fan with a fetching Spider-Man motif. Do any of these sound good to you? We didn't think so. But feel free to hop on past the break for a good laugh.
Read - USB Chocolate 3-Port Hub
Read - USB Memory Cat Ears
Read - Wacky Skull and Potato Polyresin USB Hubs
Read - USB Spider-Man Fan
Read - USB Chocolate 3-Port Hub
Read - USB Memory Cat Ears
Read - Wacky Skull and Potato Polyresin USB Hubs
Read - USB Spider-Man Fan
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And let the downraking begin in 3, 2, 1, go!
Oh am I first to down-rank you!!?!?!!?1 YAYAYYAY!
No poll?
LOVE the posting of pics instead of having to open 4 new tabs
HATE that the poll is gone - wth?
Funny, I'd have thought Sanrio would have done the USB cat's ears.
My cat could use a couple of these, having suffered from frostbite last winter. No USB receptacles I'm aware of though.
Those USB fans are actually useful in certain situations! For example, my Xbox used to be in a 'hole' in the desk/table thing, so having a USB fan plugged in to the Xbox and positioned cleverly kept the air circulating :)
actual spider-man usb fan description:
Summer is coming, you can enjoy coolness by using this USB Spiderman Fan, its wind speed is strong. You will feel the coolness penetrating your heart.
When Lucky rabbit's feet aren't enough, we will dismember other domestic animals.
"You will feel the coolness penetrating your heart."
Those skull/potato/shell hubs are awesome!
The fake Ferrero Rocher hub fails.
"I haz ur USB memoriz! I haz teh pwnzorz!"
From the USB Spider-Man Fan:
Summer is coming, you can enjoy coolness by using this USB Spiderman Fan, its wind speed is strong. You will feel the coolness penetrating your heart.
Now I guess the real question is, are they referring to the air temperature penetrating your heart (sounds dangerous) or the simple awesomeness of owning one of these?
OK, the cat's ears are weird, but on the same site, they have cat's paws! The ears don't quite look realistic, but the paws are creepy... The rock (on the skull site) looks like petrified poop...
Wasn't "The Ear of the Cat" a song? Oh, the year of the cat. Gotcha.
Neko-mimi
I suppose these aren't supposed to make any sense, but why a spider-man fan? Wouldn't a superman ice breath be more appropriate?