You just can’t find home accessories like this much anymore. My favorite has always been the leg lamp from A Christmas Story, but this one comes in a close second.

The Dachshund’s torso uses a standard bulb to produce a nice soft light sure to add conversation to any gathering. The front and back of the dog lamp is made with a very detailed antique brass finish complete with color and name tag. The Dachshund lamp retails for $49.95.

via CoolestGadgets

The metal pen is the one pen you can always count on to write down your ideas. This pen doesn’t use ink but instead has a metal ‘nib’ that allows it to write on virtually any type of paper.

The pen relies on a technique known as Metalpoint (or Silverpoint when the stylus is made of silver). Metalpoint is typically associated with the Renaissance and was used by artists such as da Vinci, Dürer and Rembrandt. Metalpoint pens had a special soft metal stylus made of silver, lead, bismuth, gold or bronze. When drawn over …

So let’s say your phone is stolen. Well, you can stop your service for that phone, but there are three things you may still be worried about:

You are out a phone and you have to buy another.
The data on the phone might be private and you don’t want someone else to have it.
The guy that stole your phone has one for free.

Well, chances are you’re out of luck for #1, but Synchronica might be able to help you with numbers 2 and 3. With Synchronica’s phone management software calle Mobile Manager you …