Gadgets & Gear

If you are a true gun fanatic then you most likely love attention to detail and can appreciate the time and effort it takes to create a beautiful gun which involves fine craftsmanship to get a complete product. If you happen to be one of those people that are very picky about the small details then you will love the work of Alexander Perfiliev of Russia who has been creating miniature gun replicas for over 30 years now.

It’s not until you have a closer look at the work when you realize that Alexander is serious about his creations. For example, the Mosin Rifle (pictured below) is a complicated weapon and it took him one year to get it right. He didn’t have access to fancy equipment or even a power drill. He started off by only using a primitive hand brace back in 1970.

I’ve been looking into buying a macro lens for my Canon DSLR camera because I like to take close up pictures of gadgets and my watch collection but every time I look at prices of macro lenses, I get the shivers.  I may give the Macro Cell Lens Band a shot.

The Macro Cell Lens Band makes use of a rubber band and what looks to be a small magnifying glass, that attaches to your phone and gives you close up shots.  And here I thought rubber bands were only good for launching them at your co-workers.  The lens easily slips over the phone and is held in place with the rubber band and when not in use, just slip it over your wrist or the card it comes for easy storage, no need to carry big bags to carry your extra lenses.

I never thought I’d find a computer mouse sexy, but here we are and I say “this is one sexy mouse!” The mouse in question is the Logitech Touch M600 Touch; it’s like one of those fancy Apple mice without buttons that you see at Starbucks next to those fancy laptops. 😉

As cool looking as the M600 Touch mouse is, it’s nothing too special. It’s basically a trackpad (those things found on laptops) shaped like a mouse.  You swipe your finger across the surface to move the cursor and click it.  The Logitech Touch M600 mouse uses one AA battery that lasts for about 3 months and if you want to double that to 6 months, there is a slot for a second battery.

I’m no shisha/hookah connoisseur but I do enjoy the occasional smoke here and there. I actually talked about my hookah experience a while back and we’ve featured a couple of fancy devices such as the Porsche Design Shisha and the Etienne LeRoy Shisha. I thought those hookahs were fancy but boy was I wrong! The Desvall Shisha is apparently the most expensive in the world selling for a staggering $60,000.

Desvall is offering unique pieces with state of the art engineering while incorporating traditional craftsmanship. Each Desvall Shisha is milled out of a solid block of metal with tolerances down to five hundred of a millimeter. Each metal piece sanded and polished by hand and then individually coated.