seller of pretty good PC parts - performancepcs.com, seller of fairly good computer stuff, has catalog - cyberguys.com

You should never be without one of these if you are working with Quark, MS Publisher, OpenOffice, StarOffice, or MS Word and Avery forms/labels/businesscards/postcards/whatever.

email service without a computer. it's a little keyboard and LCD display. order by fax or online. prints to standard fax machines. other similar devices

protect hard disks when they are out of the case. only available at one place.

flat, mailable landline. not available in the USA (UK only). but it sure is a neat idea.

set to local atomic clock, so as long as it has a signal, keeps accurate time.

green laser pointers are more expensive and are "50x brighter than red", and I think consume more battery power.

clock, count-up, count-down timer. Times up to 24 hours with electronic accuracy. Memory allows storage of count-down time. My favorite kind of timer. Not great if you like one that ticks though. Plastic as usual. The stand usually breaks on these, but if it is anything like my Bonny, you could still hear it several rooms away laying on the beeper. This is the best replacement I could find. stand or no stand, I like timers similar to this.

X-ACTO Powerhouse 1799 Electric Pencil Sharpener Black

X-ACTO School Pro 1670 Electric Pencil Sharpener. heavy-duty for school use. tip for use: hold the pencil with 2 fingers as close to the opening as possible. you lose a lot less material that way and less chance of funny points. some pencils are just made wrong though and you have to compensate.

X-ACTO Model 41 Commercial Electric Pencil Sharpener Metallic Beige

forecast cost, displays kWH, V, A, W(VA), Hz. 0.2% accuracy. wide enough to use 3 outlets if plugging into a power strip, so suggest you use with a short 14" 13A extension cord or better. <--you may want 15A for some higher-current appliances. not easy to use I am told. applianceCostPerMonth=applianceWatts*hoursOnPerDay*30.5*$0.0736/1000 (assuming 30.5 days in a month).

forecast cost, displays kWH, V, A, W(VA), Hz. 0.2% accuracy. wide enough to use 3 outlets if plugging into a power strip, so suggest you use with a short 14" 13A extension cord or better. <--you may want 15A for some higher-current appliances. easy to use. applianceCostPerMonth=applianceWatts*hoursOnPerDay*30.5*$0.0736/1000 (assuming 30.5 days in a month). I don't have to study the manual every time to know how to use it! and if nothing else, you can see how much power your PC consumes (don't go by the power supply wattage rating - it only draws what it needs). This thing doesn't seem to be accurate on $/mo estimate. I ran it on a heater and it said $400/mo yet we pay only $200.

makes just about any sound you would like. fine for knob-tweakers. USB 2.0 port. invisible D-beam you can wave your hands over! VSTi software included. knobs are positioned left-to-right. 2 oscillators. high quality delay, reverb. arpeggiator. external audio input for morphing sound: you supply a headset or mic.

tape-to-MP3. requires a 9-pin serial port (not all new PC's have one), line/audio in, and line/audio out jack. has pass-thru headphone & mic jacks. this thing must have long cables that feed through the inside of your PC and out one of the back plates. autoreverses & plays the other side. overall, a bit of a pain to set up. If your PC doesn't have a serial port, you will need one of the USB1.1-to-serial9pin adapters (they are USB-bus-powered). Since this plugs into your line in jack, you are going to have to fiddle with 4 volume settings (the volume coming out to your speaker adjustable in your computer's settings, the volume kbob on your speakers, and the volume knob on the unit, the line in volume which must be adjusted to your loudest tape to avoid clipping and other distortion, which you will probably have plugged into the headphone jack of the unit). the line in adjustment can be tricky, so if the manual says anything, follow it. This device may have the advantage of working with Vista without Vista's media constrictor kicking in (only happens on non-vista certified products - this plugs into a vista certified sound card...).

tape-to-MP3. don't know if this thing autoreverses, but it's USB 2.0 and a whole lot easier to hook up - 2 cables probably, 1 AC power cable and 1 USB 2.0. comes with Audacity (audio editor that outputs MP3) and can port your songs to your itunes account for you. USB 2.0 avoids the other deck's volume & cable mess. CD supposed to be for Mac & PC, but files on it are only for PC - go to their web site for Mac files. "Important Mac note - before you start, you need to go into your sound playback file and choose: USB audio codec - this is the opposite of what they say in the booklet."(reviewer) you must press "finish" when it's done and "track" between songs. filters some of the scratchy sound a little. great sound quality. If you have Vista you will have to download a different version of the software. Note: vista certified.

comes in a plastic box w/labels. I had no bad ones in the 2 boxes I bought.

given the quality of the IBM disks these ought to be good too.

floppy drive cleaning disk and small amount of fluid is what you usually get with these.

16 sheet version. shreds cds and credit cards. 28 liter wastebasket. basket full alarm annoying.

7 sheet version. shreds cds, credit cards, and staples. 4.22 gal. wastebasket.

7 sheet version.

3 sheet version. w/ Pencil Sharpener & Letter Opener. 8.25 liter wastebasket.