If you’ve got a stack of old cassettes you just cant face binning -nostalgia and all that, well you can now convert those  treasured mix tapes from your first love  and convert them to digital music with the USB Tape Express.

Simpky stick in a tape, hook it up to your PC and the easy peasy software will convert your tracks ready for your playing on your iPod. Perfect.

 Price £50 Available at www.firebox.com

Features

USB tape player turns music on cassette tapes into MP3s
Portable design fits in virtually any bag and enables you to play and transfer anywhere
Flexible battery or USB-powered operation
Comes with EZ Tape Converter software to guide you through transfer
Audio output enables you to listen on your stereo, headphones, or other speaker systems
Dimensions: 11.5cm (W) x 8.5cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Power: USB power (lead inlcuded) or 2 x AA batteries (not included)

I think this is really funny. It’s a Magnum ice cream thumb drive. Just pop the end off and plug into your USB port. It comes complete with a matching box & strap and the strap is detachable in case the ice cream melts…

The perfect gift for anyone who likes Magnums I suppose. Available at www.etsy.com

It’s nearly Valentines Day so here are some gift ideas to make a change from the usual flowers and chocolates and underwear and candlelit dinners - oh yeh, that’s me dreaming…

Check them out, I like alllllll of them if anyone fancies surprising me ?!

Valentine Heart Earphones

Cute, I *luv* these little things, then again I like most heart things - how old am I ?! They’re compatible with devices with a standard 3.5 mm headphone socket so perfect for listening to your iPod on your way to your Valentine’s date. Ear bud is about 1.25″ on a on 45″ plastic cord. Let’s get it on!

3D Valentines Card

So if you fancy getting creative for your luved one then why not have a go at making your own custom 3D card. Ok, so really all it is is a card covered in little hearts (awwww) with a pair of 3D sunglasses so it *looks* like the hearts are all a float behind the surface of the paper. Simply express your finest words of undying luv in black ink on the top and the text will float above the sea of hearts - how romantic?!

I Love You Music Pillow

Not quite sure how I’d react if someone got me this, I’d be like errrr thanks you must *really* luv me, but it’s just so tacky it makes me really like it in a weird way. You can connect to any external music sources using the 3.5mm stereo audio connector. Just pop your head on the pillow lie back and listen to your favourite choonz, just don’t take it out of the house!!

Handy Heart Warmer 

Cold hands - warm heart ? Now you can warm your hands too with this heart shaped pocket size hand warmer. You can warm up your luv forever!

USB Aromatherapy oil burner

This is definitely an original take on a memory stick! You simply add one drop of the included aromatherapy oil onto the little X, insert into a USB drive (horizontal drives preferred to prevent drips) and then you’re office will smell all yummy and lavendery . There is no software or drivers to install, the oil burner just needs to get warm. Ahhhh the sweet smell of success!

I really like this USB keyring from Juicy as a) it looks quite cute and b) it’s practical too. Dont know about you but I always seem to have a zillion things in my handbag and end up searching somewhere at the bottom for a USB stick. With this you can just put your keys on it and its all in one place, useful methinks. Only thing is it’s only 1GB so not a huge amount of storage and it costs around £45 which is pretty pricey compared to other ones you can get, but they just dont look as good. Nice Valentines pressie, please anyone?

Available on line at http://www1.bloomingdales.com

How cute are these !! Even though let’s face it, probably don’t need another flash drive OR handbag for that matter.

This USB handbag snaps open revealing the connector which plugs into your computer. It’s 8GB worth of storage and comes in pink, red, green and yellow.

PS. does that look like Morph carrying that pink bag?