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iPhone and iPod touch only: While AccuWeather.com has a decent mobile web site for getting the forecast, their native iPhone application is pretty sweet when you’re a power weather watcher.

The free iPhone download has an easy-to-use interface with current conditions, the five day or hourly forecast, alerts, and indexes. You can tell it to give you the weather for your current condition, or add multiple favorite locations.

App Store

It won’t make your cigars smell any better or taste any finer, but they’ll look smokin’ in this carbon-fiber–wrapped humidor from Ferrari. At a cool $1,000, just make sure you put something nicer than Swisher Sweets in it.

If you’ve already got a $1.5 million Reventon in the driveway, a $350 Lamborghini hoodie on your back and the $60 Lamborghini baseball cap on your head, the only thing you need to complete your collection are these $120 signature Christmas ornaments. Buy them and you’ll truly be the man who has everything.

The Brooks Brothers Triple Guard Stripe Tie ($150) is a USA-made masterpiece, much like Jennifer Aniston. Part of their high-end Black Fleece collection, anti-Angelina wears only it and a smile on the cover of January’s GQ and for me a nice excuse to put a naked Jennifer on the blog!

Energizer will be debuting its Rechargeable Solar Charger at CES next month, and it will apparently come with the following specifications :-

USB-out port to power other devices
Can be charged from an AC wall outlet in addition to the sun
Weatherproof to withstand the elements
Sounds like the perfect camping device to carry with you – word has it the $49.99 price point will come with a couple of Energizer Rechargeable batteries.

Steve Jobs’ absence from the public eye is prompting questions about the Apple CEO’s status, management effectiveness and health.
So far, the company has done little to provide substantive answers to those questions.
The mystery behind the lack of a Stevenote is leading some to speculate that Apple is getting ready to dethrone him, that Jobs has lost some of his typically ironclad control or that his health is failing.
“The company can be a little more open about what’s happening with Steve Jobs,” said Vijay Rakesh, a ThinkPanmure analyst. “It’d help everybody put some uncertainty to rest.”
Whether he is sick or not, analysts and investors are justified in wanting to know the state of Jobs’ health and position at Apple. His management style has been responsible for turning Apple from an also-ran into one of the electronics industry’s true success stories. Perhaps recognizing his value, worried investors knocked 7 percent off the company’s share price the day after the company announced he would not make his traditional January appearance at Macworld Expo. And business site Breaking Views estimates Jobs himself accounts for about $20 billion of Apple’s current market capitalization.
“That makes Jobs’ absence from an upcoming trade show where he’s historically the keynote speaker worrisome, especially amid speculation surrounding his gaunt appearance in the summer,” writes Breaking Views’ Jeff Segal.
Several Apple employees contacted by Wired.com have reported that they haven’t seen Jobs since the company announced the CEO would not appear for a Macworld keynote. Jobs generally isn’t very visible in public, but the employees said they haven’t seen him on campus recently, either.
Apple on Tuesday said Jobs would not deliver his traditional keynote at Macworld Expo 2009, reigniting discussion about Jobs’ health and his status as CEO. Apple also said 2009 would be the corporation’s final appearance at the Macworld trade show — and said that’s why it’s not worth Jobs’ time to show up.

Thanks Wired

I can’t stand gas stations that don’t have pump levers that can be pinned into position. I also shudder at the thought of what kind of horrible germs could be lurking on pump handles in general. The Gas Gripper claims to solve both these problems by latching around the lever so you don’t have to. It even stores neatly around your cap for added convenience. $5

Weighing in at 10 pounds and updated for the first time in ten years, The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia ($75) is the closest you’ll come to the Jedi Temple’s Holocron. This fully illustrated, three-volume hardcover set features detailed information and minutia that even the most dedicated Star Wars fan would be hard pressed to know, covering everything from Episodes I-VI to the universe of comics, video games, novels, and cartoons. Amazon.com

Looking for a watch that’s about a million times more distinctive than your crappy Casio? Check out the Cabestan Winch Tourbillion Vertical Watch, a timepiece so stunning that you’ll forget that it actually tells the time.

It has 1,352 components all working together, driven by a 450 link chain and nickel silver drums. price starts at $ 275.000