Wait, what? I kinda forgot to do an AGOTW at the weekend, so I’m doing one now, a whole 5 days late. But I’m sure you’ll agree that it was well worth the wait as I have a real treat for you today.

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In previous editions of Awesome Gadget of the Week, we’ve always focussed on a single device. Well, this week I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to bring these lovelies to the world’s attention – not only do these gamepads look like an ergonomic nightmare, they’d also look right at home in the bedroom of some weirdo goth-type kid, among the samurai swords and statuettes of mythical creatures.

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This week I decided to go and take a look at Brando, because all of my previous awesome gadgets have been from DealExtreme, and it’s a bit unfair to give them all of the crapgadget glory.

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OK, so it’s actually called the “Cool Ring-Style Fingertip USB Optical Mouse”, and not fingermouse at all. But what’s in a name eh? Would a pointing device smell as sweet by any other name? Probably.

It’s a somewhat-awesome gadget, and it’s been a week since the last one, so it’ll do.

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Welcome back to Awesome Gadget Of The Week!

Now, some of you out there may not have realised that the “awesome” in the title of this series is actually meant to be just a little bit sarcastic. You may think that items like the USB Tape Dispenser and the Crap Frisbee aren’t really all that awesome at all, unless you agree that some things can actually be so bad that they’re actually good – a bit like the music of Rick Astley.

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OK, I know some of you out there in internetland dared doubt the greatness of the USB tape dispenser we featured last week, so this week we’ve really pushed the boat out with our ‘Awesome Gadget’ feature. So without further ado, I proudly present to you the Cute Poop Crap Frisbee, available from everyone’s favourite Chinese tat site DealExtreme.

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Hello there, and welcome to our new series, known to some as “Awesome Gadget of the Week”. Well, actually it’s known to pretty much everyone as that, because that’s what it’s called. With this excellent new series, we hope to bring you the gadgets that will one day change the world. We’re talking about stuff like the wheel, the transistor, electricity, and sliced bread (because who can be bothered to slice their own, really?).

That’s why I thought I’d start off with this shining example of gadget excellence – it’s a 4-port USB 2.0 hub, of which three of the the ports actually swivel, and, wait for it… It also dispenses tape – Scotch tape, Sellotape, maybe even duct tape, but probably not rubbish Ethan Hawke films. It also only costs $14.41, which not only works out to be seven of our olde English pounds, but is also a palindrome, making it all the more brilliant.

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