If you happen to still have a land line, this is the only thing you need sitting next to it.  These “cashier’s journals” from Moleskine have a simple heavy-duty cardboard cover with visible stitching on the spine and acid-free pages.  Last 16 pages are detachable and each has 64 pages.  Better looking than post-it notes and reasonably priced.  Set of 3 for only $8 BUY

The reviews are in, and the 3M 110 Pocket Projector has beaten the Pico PK 101 to claim title to the best handheld projector.  What’s so cool about this?  A few things.  No fans means it is quiet, LEDs mean the bulbs last for 10,000 hours, and it projects images up to 50 inches.  That means you have a 50 inch TV in your palm.  You can put it in your home to project art onto a blank canvas, you can combine it with a PDA and laser keyboard to create the smallest laptop with the largest screen.  Possibilities are endless.  All this for only $302. BUY

So your cell phone is great, but sometimes it’s nice to get back to the basics. Sparkfun’s Rotary Phone makes that incredibly easy. Slipping your SIM card into this phone will transform it into your phone. You dial out, you get incoming calls, all on your cell phone card – but with a real phone (without the whistles of the cell..but this does have bells that ring). It is even portable and runs for 4-5 days on a charge. So put this on your desk, or even on your center console in your car (we’d love to see someone talking on this in traffic) and put your cell away for a while. Get ahold of something more substantial, for only $199.95.