Do you remember the original Slush Mug? No, neither do we. And that’s odd because we’ love our retro gadgets at girlgeekchic towers. But who cares, because this simple but ludicrously effective vessel is back, and it still makes delicious slushies without all that mechanised churning malarkey.

All you do is freeze the mug’s liner (or Glaciercore), return it to the mug and pour in your favourite drink. Give it a stir and before you can sing ‘you’re as cold as ice’ (well, about 5 minutes) you’ll be enjoying the tingly texture of a perfectly mixed slushie.

Pour in whatever sugary fruity/fizzy drinks you fancy, from cola and root beer to lemonade and squash. The possibilities are endless, especially if you start mixing things up a bit. Try a Yellow Howler (lemon, lime and pineapple); or how about a Smoothie Cappuccino (coffee, milk and sugar). You can even use this idiot-proof gizmo to create slushies with additional alcoholic oomph. Frozen margaritas in a flash? Yes please! Just not the blue slush puppies as they used to make your tongue go bright blue!

Available from www.firebox.com Price £9.99

The brand new Lomography 360 Spinner is a retro camera that literally spins 360 degrees, resulting in a complete panoramic shot of your surroundings. It is a charmingly low tech, analogue camera, making it simple to use and easy to understand and it uses…wait..for..it… 35 mm film *WTF* I haven’t seen a snappy snaps film for a long time! Just load the film into the camera, hold it at your chosen angle, pull the ring pull and release. The head of the camera will spin 360 degrees and that’s it, photo taken, job is a good’un.

On a 36-exposure film your Lomography camera will take up to eight 360o panoramic shots. Developing couldn’t be easier; as when a film is processed the whole film is developed in one straight line, so just pop ask your photo guy to give you the film back to you uncut – then you can cut the film wherever you want and leaving you with eight funky snaps. How cool!

The Lomography 360o Spinner is available now from www.firebox.com priced £99.99.

Now I think this is just so funny. Given how we are always wanting the latest in technology I think adding a bit of retro glamour to your workspace is actually quite refreshing. Ok, so it requires a usb port so not that *retro* but  it’s got a decent quality lens, 24 bit RGB colour and a built in microphone so will actually do the job ok. Luvin the classic tripod too.

Available online for £14.99

Dimensions

• size: 12x6x3.5cm