Everyone knows that feeling like a secret agent is part of being a computer user. Especially since I changed my windows startup sound to the theme from Mission Impossible. Not conspicuous at all.

Being a super-sly secret agent, I have data protection needs. And by data protection needs, I mean that I have to hide my collection of adult films from my wife. This little USB wine cork kinda does that… only it’s just 2 gigs of data.

Sadly, it isn’t a vessel for some rare loose diamonds that I snatched from the queen of China. Worse yet is the $50+ price tag for a 2GB storage unit. Maybe you could think of it as an investment- wines are supposed to get better with age, so why not USB drives?

I usually photoshop these things to make it look like they were slain violently. It’s become a long running tradition here at Pixel Shack, but the cork simply doesn’t lend itself to- Ah, what the heck! Here’s your decapitated USB drive:

“you expect me to talk?”
“no, I expect you to die!”

And die he did, for cork james bond wasn’t a very good spy. He was best known for sitting in one spot- not the best trait for an international man of mystery. I told you that this would not end well.

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Make data transfer more fun with this enter-ctrl key sd card reader. This card reader can read SDHC 2.0, SD, micro SDHC, micro sd /T-flash, Sony M2, Memory Stick, and MS Duo cards, and is compatible with a nice range of operating systems- vista, xp, 2000 and Mac. Just to mix things up a bit, I’m not going to photoshop blood on this USB peripheral. Don’t worry, I’m still immature- I’m just to busy right now… maybe next time.

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My regular readers will probably know exactly what to expect from me when they see a USB thumb drive that looks like an animal on my website… the rest of you are in for a surprise. I was going to write this post about the latest breakthroughs in treatment for acne , but I simply couldn’t resist the USB tuxedo bear. At $17 for a 2GB drive, it isn’t the best deal around… you certainly won’t feel like you just stole a pic-a-nic basket, so you’d better really like bears if you’re buying this… or tuxedos.. or animals wearing tuxedos… or spending too much for flash drives. Hey, whatever floats your boat. Personally, I get my kicks by photoshopping blood into pictures of USB flash drives. Yeah, I’m probably the only one. Evidence is below:

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What we have here is a really cool hard drive. It even comes with a lesson in Korean codespeak. Let me explain further- this product is called the Mint Hard. The company that makes it is called Mint- that part is straightforward. The reason they call it “hard” is another story- you see, in Korea, the word hard is the same word they use to refer to ice cream bars and hard drives, so the ice cream bar shaped hard drive makes perfect sense in their language.

Also, did you notice that USB Drive handle? They mention that it isn’t meant to be used as a handle… so those of you who want to treat your USB drives like industrial handles may want to think twice… or glue it in place (please don’t glue it in place). The hard drive automatically transfers any data from an inserted USB flash drive. I’m pretty sure you don’t have to use their USB handle exclusively.

Did you know that electronics made in Korea have a Seoul? Wow, what a bad pun. I do apologize. On the other hand, I stand firmly behind the following photshoped image:

Yeeh, I just went there. What can I say, it’s what I do.

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These PICO mini flash drives are cute, functional, colorful and priced right. They’re also waterproof! Besides being tiny, they are color coded to indicate storage capacity:

What makes these most appealing would be the relatively tiny size of just 32mm x 15mm x 3mm and weighing a mere 1.5 grams. Different colors denote varying capacities, where the pink 2GB, green 4GB, blue 8GB and black 16GB will be going for $9.99, $14.99, $23.99 and $39.99, respectively.

Since flash media has become so inexpensive, I’ve been thinking of installing Windows onto a flash drive and seeing just how functional that will turn out… TinyXP [wikipedia] looks like the ideal OS for this.

Super Talent Pico Mini USB Flash Drive [Ubergizmo]

I just love these animal-shaped USB peripherals. They give me such an awesome opportunity to photoshop them into a pool of their own blood.. I mean red pixels.

Yeah, I know- it’s morbid and perhaps a little crazy: “Why can’t he just blog about that nice plasma stand I saw, or even the new iPhone?” The answer? Because that kind of stuff bores the hell outta me. Don’t get me wrong, I just love owning big TVs and small telephones, I just don’t find writing about them to be very much fun. Also, making PETA angry is one of my favorite hobbies. The angrier you make them, the nakeder they get!

USB Panda Hub [foolish gadgets]