I found this website opticsplanet.com that has a wide range of gadgets and unusual gifts including telescopes, microscopes, binoculars and star spotting scopes. One item that I found particularly interesting was the Meade MySky, a device which is basically a personal planetarium, similar to the skyscout. It is hand-held devices that has a point and shoot identification system to guide you through the night sky so you know exactly what it is you are looking at. Basically you just point it at a celestial object, pull the trigger and the device will till you what it is. It also has a full colour LCD screen and a computerised telescope. It hasn’t been released yet but you can pre-order the item online with free delivery.

Warm Biscuit specialise in ideas for ideas for children’s bedrooms. They have a wide range of bedding, furniture and curtains that can help you to customise your child’s room. Their range of vintage fabrics includes a variety of looks, from the plainer candy cane striped designs to more decorative William Morris style fabrics depicting flowers fruit and birds.

If you are designing a boy’s bedroom they also have fabrics with trains, fish or truck designs. They also sell accessories such as desks and toy boxes to add the finishing touches to your room. What’s more you can fully customise their range of furniture to fit with the theme of your room with most items being available in eight or nine different colours.

HomeandLiving.com has a range of home furniture for bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms and the home office. They also have a wide variety of entertainment systems, baby furniture, lamps, mattresses, framed artwork and outdoor furniture. They offer free shipping within the USA and delivery is within seven days or less. All items delivered within the Los Angeles area will also be fully assembled at your home and for orders outside of this area you can purchase optional assembly services when you check out. The website also has a useful section with tips and guidelines such as how to choose a good office chair and Feng Shui solutions for your home.

If there is one thing it’s impossible to do without these days it’s got to be batteries. LCB specialise in all sorts of different batteries. Their range includes laptop batteries, digital camera batteries, Camcorder Batteries, power tool batteries, cell phone batteries and notebook batteries as well as regular alkaline batteries.

They also stock batteries for more unusual items such as dog collars, door locks, hearing aids and medical equipment. If you are looking for batteries that are discontinued or hard to find, then LCB offer a battery rebuild service.

They offer free shipping if you spend over $99 and if you need an item quickly you can upgrade to a next day delivery service. 

If you are looking you promote a small business it’s useful to carry business cards with you. I came across this website that provides professional looking business cards. You can either design your business card online or alternatively if you already have a design that you want to use you can simply upload it.

If you choose to design a business card online you are provided with several options. You can choose whether you require glossy or raised print cards. You can then choose what printing method you require, whether you want both sides of the card to be printed or just the front of the card. The site then allows you a background from a range of designs and allows you to fully customise the business card with the text and font of your choice. You can also change the layout of the text and upload your business logo before being directed going on to choose the paper type.

The website also offers other items such as card holders, letterheads and envelopes which can also be fully customised online with your own design and logo.

The European Commission is looking to relax rules that currently stop farmers feeding animals on the carcasses of other animals. This practice was stopped seven years ago because of the links with BSE and the fact that it was widely spread by feeding the remains of infected cows to other cattle. Apparently the commission is going to investigate the safety of feeding pig meal to chickens and vice versa. The reason they want to reintroduce the practice is to save money, it is cheaper to feed farm animals on the remains of other animals rather than on expensive vegetable protein. Sainsbury's and Asda have already said they will not sell livestock fed on animal by-products. I know where I will be doing my meat shopping if the ban is lifted.

If you are looking for a new credit card you might want to try a mint card. They currently have 0% of balance transfers until the 1st of January 2008 as well as 0% on balance transfers until the first of August 2008. You also get 0% on purchases for the first six months. Their low rate apr credit card has a £7,500 credit limit and no annual fee. You also benefit from 24 hour MINT customer service and special offers on travel and leisure and wine through the MINT + Wine Club. You can register for a MINT card online and once you have received your card you can also manage everything to do with your account through their website including viewing your statements and making online payments.

I still haven’t decided on where to go on holiday and with the constant rain here in the UK my thoughts keep turning to sunny climates and sandy beaches. I came across this site called weneedavacation.com. They specialise in holiday rentals within the Florida and Cape Cod regions. Their range of Cape Cod vacation rental homes includes a range of areas from the more sedate resorts where you can enjoy quaint villages and shopping to more lively rentals suited to teenagers and sports enthusiasts where you can try surfing or boogie boarding. There is also wide range of rentals in the Florida area including rental ideally located for access to beaches as well as vacation homes close to Disney World ideal for the whole family.

Fees can really mount up when using your debit card abroad. It doesn't help when you think your card is free to use and then find out that you have been charged a fee after all. HSBC advertise the fact that their debit cards are free from transaction fees when used abroad. They do however, charge 2.75% on top of the exchange rate for overseas withdrawals which they say is not a fee, its simply how they calculate their exchange rate. It sounds like a fee to me.