Food and drink are precious commodities, especially when it comes to having to store them in the same refrigerator and freezer space as roommates. You know those ones who have 'different' appetites and cleanliness habits. Whether you are sharing an apartment, a house, or a room with workmates or classmates, having a personal space for your own food supply is often a matter of necessity.

You may desire your own storage space for your particular and unique culinary delights. How do you store your food supply when those friends of yours are hogging the refrigerator with their uninspired food and drink choices? You invest in a refrigerator that has specific modules for each person who resides on the premises.

The new Electrolux Flatshare Refrigerator is an innovative product that gives you your own space for your all-natural, processed, or whatever else kind of food you enjoy. No longer do you have to store your exquisite delectables alongside someone else's less-than-fresh rutabaga or rapidly deteriorating corn dog. This modular refrigerator guarantees you your own personal, safe, sanitary, and organized refrigerator and freezer space.

The concept behind the Electrolux Flatshare Refrigerator is simple. The modular fridge as a whole is made up of separate pieces or compartments. They are stackable, one on top of the other. In essence, each roommate has their own mini-fridge; however, they are not stored in separate rooms. They are part of one refrigerator unit in one space that takes up the same amount of space as a traditional refrigerator does.

Stefan Buchberger from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna is the brains behind the Flatshare fridge. He created it and it was an entry in the Electrolux Design Lab competition, which is held yearly. Each stackable module or compartment that comprises the Flatshare Refrigerator is suitable for one individual. There is a taller section for bottles and cartons and a section for fruits, vegetables, and packaged meats and the like. In addition, there is a section for frozen foods as well. Each person's module comes equipped with handles on the side for portability.

What's great about this kind of refrigerator is that it allows you some sort of individuality concerning the storing of your precious food. It also means that the smell of your roommate's anchovy pizza won't seep into your ultra-decadent triple fudge cookie ice cream. Each refrigerator configuration, as a whole appliance, consists of a base unit and can employ up to four of the stackable modules. Each person's storage unit can be a different color. An individual can also choose to add accessories to their particular module. This could be a bottle opener or a small bulletin board in front.

The Electrolux Flatshare Refrigerator is one of the nine finalists in the Electrolux Design Lab 2008 competition. This competition has garnered 600 entries from 49 countries. Undergraduate and graduate industrial design students received invitation to create and design appliance concepts geared to the Internet generation.

This far-out refrigerator is the perfect peacekeeping device for those who fight over refrigerator space. It's a sure way to keep one's food in one's own territory. While it doesn't guarantee against pilfering from those friend's of yours with voracious appetites, it does guarantee your food will stay stored where you like it-the way you like it.

Posted by Mike.

Go ahead.  Admit it.  You’re screwing around on the Internet right now when you have work to do! 

Hey?  Hear that?  It’s your boss coming up behind you.  Quick, hide this page! 

What?  You weren’t quick enough and you got chewed out?  Sucks, dewd. Sounds like what you really need is a Stealth Switch. 

The Stealth Switch includes a foot pedal and a software package compatible with Win 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP Home/Pro that will hide windows based on the settings you put in.  You can choose between hiding the current window, all windows or even all windows except for those you specify.   This doesn’t just minimize them.  It gets rid of them so that they don’t even show up at the bottom on the task bar. 

Is sound a problem? The Stealth Switch can take care of that with ease, muting the sound.   You can procrastinate in full confidence because it’s set so you can password protect the restore function.   When the boss walks on by, you can go back to wasting company time safely.

Hey, it’s not just for procrastinators cyberloafing.  What it was really designed for was to be able to protect sensitive information quickly and safely.  Stop twitching!

Posted by Noel.

People who play computer games often have one complaint: the keyboard.  A computer keyboard is set up for typing, not for gaming, and it can be cumbersome when you're trying to get around an obstacle or switch weapons in your game.

If you've ever wished for a totally customizable keyboard just for gaming, today is your lucky day.  The DX1 Input System from Think Geek lets you stick keys wherever you want them and assign whatever functions you need.  The keyboard's background is also customizable, so you can stick in your favorite piece of fan-art from the game or make a map of which key controls which function.

There are two stationary buttons that can't be moved.  They control the keyboard's menu and let you input the functions for the keys. 

Best of all, you can input strings of commands for any key.  That means that if there's a sequence in the game that you repeat constantly, you can execute the sequence with just one keystroke. 

The DX1 works with any program at all, so it's perfect for that software you use often that is just too complicated to use with a regular keyboard. 

Posted by Delana.