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USB Cup Warmer
I have this big problem that when I sit down at my desk with a nice hot cup of Rooibos Tea and start coding, I get so involved with whatever I'm developing that I just totally forget about everything around me, including my tea. Then, two or three hours later (by then virtually starving of thirst), my tea is ice cold. That really sucks, especially in this (unusually - for South Africa) cold weather.
The other day Ben Ward posted something to Twitter about the USB Cup Warmer. At first I actually thought he was kidding, but then it turned out he was very serious.
£3.95 isn't really too expensive; I just hope they export to South Africa. The importing costs would probably be more than the item itself. This does go onto my birthday wish list (or ønskeliste, as they say in Denmark), however. By the way, anybody know where you can buy all this geeky gear in South Africa?
(Just a note to the markup fanatics between you, note the use of the HTML lang attribute in <span lang="af">Rooibos</span> and <span lang="dk">ønskeliste</span>.
Copyright © 2004-2009 Charl van Niekerk. All articles are released under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 South Africa licence, unless where otherwise stated.
4 Comments
Comment by
Danie Roux on Thursday, June 28, 2007 3:22:00 PM
Charl,
I have one just like it. Got mine from the Gadget Shop in Brooklyn, Pretoria.
Works well as a cheap USB hub, but it doesn't work so well as a warmer. Getting a metal cup to put on it works the best.
Comment by
Charl van Niekerk on Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:40:00 PM
That's fantastic! Do they have a website perhaps? Can one order from George?
Comment by
Imel on Friday, June 29, 2007 9:21:00 AM
Hey Charl, I had one of these a couple of years back, got it as a promotional freebie.
It was completely and utterly useless at keeping anything warm.
As it did not have a built in hub it ended up being used as a (unplugged) coffee cup coaster instead.
Maybe USB cup warming technology have moved on since then?
Comment by
Charl van Niekerk on Friday, June 29, 2007 2:19:00 PM
Hi Imel,
It seems like most people are of the opinion that these are fairly crappy. Nice concept, poor implementation I guess. It's a good statement of "I am a geek" though. :)
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