Something for the Weekend gadgets this week included a range of Christmas gifts for men which drew a varied response from Stephen Merchant and Tim Lovejoy. Here were the products featured on the show:

MES Footwork Custom Trainers, £55

These custom trainers can be designed with any print of your choosing – upload your images and MES will design your custom trainers for you.

Hoodie Buddie, £40

The Hoodie Buddie was worn by Stephen Merchant on Something for the Weekend – it’s a hoodie with earphones built into the dangly bits at the front, allowing you to listen to music easily when wearing the hoodie. The MP3 Player fits into a hidden pocket on the hoodie with a headphone jack.

Lomography Sprocket Rocket Camera, £48

This retro film-based camera is a real blast from the past. Advertised as £70 on Something for the Weekend but we’ve found the Sprocket Rocket camera for just £48.

Conical Flask Oil and Vinegar Set, £19.99

One for the budding chefs who also have a passing interest in chemistry. This Conical Flask Oil and Vinegar set looks great and makes a great talking point at any dinner party. Stephen Merchant loved this Something for the Weeekend gadget.

iMusic Shower Gel MP3 Player, £29.99

This shower radio is shaped t look like a bottle of shower gel so it looks better in your shower. Advertised for £29.99 on Something for the Weekend but we’ve found it 30% cheaper

Vinyl Coasters (pack of 6), £15.99

Keeping with the retro cool theme, these vinyl coasters look great and do the job of protecting your tables from water marks.

Victorinox Swiss Army Knife, £283.50

An expensive Swiss Army Knife from Victorinox – this is due to the 32GB encrypted USB stick which makes you feel like a super spy. If you’re looking for a cheaper Swiss Army Knife this Christmas, try this one from Amazon for £15:

Victorinox Swiss Army Knife, £15

Fortnum and Mason Stilton, £12

This upmarket cheese is a great Christmas present at a downmarket price. Buy direct from Fortnum and Mason by clicking our link.

Reindeer Pate, £15.99

A Christmas themed gift for the foodies in your life. Reindeer Pate is a genuine Arctic delicacy and it went down well with Tim Lovejoy and Stephen Merchant. Antlers not included.

Selection of Cocktail Bitters

Mr Jones Around The World Watch, £150

This watch has 8 hands each using the silhouette of a famous landmark to depict a timezone, eg Big Ben for GMT. A unique, cool watch.

Man Wrap Gift Wrap, £5.99

Man Wrap is a gift wrap for blokes. It comes in a range of colours and styles and is a doddle to use, being on a handle. Ideal for wrapping those Christmas presents quickly and easily.

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John Lewis recently launched their new Christmas advert, featuring a heartwarming story of a little boy who just wants to give a gift to his parents at Christmas, and a fabulous song to accompany it. The song from the John Lewis ad is a cover of the Smiths classic ‘Please, please, please let me get what I want’ by Slow Moving Millie, AKA Amelia Warner. The advert has caught the public’s imagination with it’s retro styling, heartwarming message and evocative soundtrack, and rightly so.

You can see the making of the John Lewis Christmas advert here

What’s more, John Lewis are running a video competition called ‘Guess the Gift’, releasing a new video every few days, with 12 great prizes on offer including a brand new iPad 2.

Click here to enter the John Lewis Christmas Competition

This Go Up Shopping Trolley featured on The Young Apprentice. It’s not like your usual shopping trolley because it’s got 4 wheels, making it a much more manoeuvrable shopping trolley.

The Go Up shopping trolley as seen on The Young Apprentice also has a large storage capacity, a cool bag compartment and folds up neatly, saving space.

Click here to buy a Go Up Shopping Trolley as seen on The Young Apprentice

Last night we saw the penultimate episode of An Idiot Abroad 2, the hilarious travel series starring Karl Pilkington, and the birth of the Pilko Pants. Karl climbed Mount Fuji in this episode, and on the way he tried Sumo wrestling, cat stroking, sleeping in the smallest hotel room you’ve ever seen and Zen Buddhism meditation. Through the series Karl has visited some spectacular places and done some amazing things – Africa, the Arctic, swimming with sharks, Route 66, whale watching.

At the end of this particular episode of An Idiot Abroad, Karl had an epiphany – he decided he wanted to invent something which he could leave behind after he’s gone. ‘Behind’ being the operative word, because what he came up with after hours of deliberation and thinking were the ‘Pilko Pants’. The idea is simple – the Pilko Pants are a pair of inflatable pants which provide cushioned support for sitting on hard surfaces. Number 1, Karl explained, it solved the problem of getting a cold bottom when you sit down on a cold rock. Second, the Pilko Pants provide comfort when you most need it.

Of course, the Pilko Pant is still a prototype and as soon as they become available you will be able to buy them right here. In the meantime, we’ve found a similar alternative to the Pilko Pants.

View an alternative to the Pilko Pants

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Newsreader Mark Austin appeared on The Alan Titchmarsh Show to talk about Newsroom’s Got Talent, a big live show featuring newsreaders as you’ve never seen them before. Raising money for Beating Bowel Cancer, Newsroom’s Got Talent is a celebrity fun-filled talent night featuring some of the best known newsreaders in the country such as Katie Derham, John Snow, Mark Austin, Kate Garraway and Krishnan Guru Murphy.

Newsroom’s Got Talent takes place at the Indigo O2 on 2 November 2011.

Click here to buy tickets for Newsroom’s Got Talent as seen on The Alan Titchmarsh Show

Ever fancied experiencing what it might be like to be James Bond? On The Gadget Show, Ortis and Jason accompanied by former Hollyoaks actors Matt Littler and Darren Jeffries did something very similar, by attending a SpyGames experience day.

Red Letter Days are offering a fantastic spy experience for just £49, which is 50% off the usual price of £99 for this experience day. What’s included:

- Instruction from ex-surveillance operatives

- Surveillance and unarmed combat techniques

- Weapons training followed by a high-tech laser system combat shoot-out with your fellow agents

The day starts with a full briefing before you learn how to fire sniper rifles and automatic pistols using high-powered air rifles and airsoft machine guns. Escape techniques, axe-throwing and unarmed combat will also be taught.

The guys from the Gadget Show and Hollyoaks loved it – and you will too!

Click here for more information on the Spy Academy Experience Day as seen on The Gadget Show

This week’s Something for the Weekend gadget round-up was a bumper edition with a special back to school and back to uni theme. Here were the gadgets featured on the show:

LiveScribe Echo Smart Pen, £180

The LiveScribe Echo Pen is a great little gadget for students as it records everything you hear, say and write, and links the audio recordings to your notes. You write on special livescribe paper which cleverly records all you write. Notes can be saved to yor laptop or PC for easy access after your lessons/lectures. The LiveScribe Echo SmartPen can record up to 8GB of notes and audio although there are 4GB and 2GB versions also available.

Click here to buy a LiveScribe Echo Smartpen as seen on Something for the Weekend

ION Docuscan, £120

The ION Docuscan is essentially a portable scanner, and it’s really useful as the Something for the Weekend gadget girl explained. You simply scan your document through the small portable device and the Docuscan will save it to an SD card in clear JPEG quality. It’s also great for scanning photos, and you can view and zoom in on your scanned images using the 2.4 inch screen on the device.

Click here to buy an ION Docuscan as seen on Something for the Weekend

Swan Teasmade, £60

The Teasmade was huge in the 80s, and despite a subsequent decline in popularity it has returned with a bang – can you think of a more suitable gadget for students? Place the teasmade beside your bed, add some water, pop a teabag into the pot, set the alarm and the teasmade will wake you up in the morning with a cup of hot tea (or coffee) waiting for you.

Click here to buy a Swan Teasmade as seen on Something for the Weekend

UniSak, £150

This Uni Sack, or UniSak, is a handy starter pack for a new university student. It contains practically everything you need, including sieve, oven glove, duvet, pillow, towels, even toilet roll. The Uni Sack is sure to be a big seller.

Click here for more info about the UniSak as seen on Something for the Weekend

Packaway Lunch Box, £10

This clever packaway lunch box can be collapsed to half it’s original size to make it ultra portable when you’ve finished your sandwiches. It also comes with a spork in the top of the lid. A great portable lunchbox.

Click here to buy a packaway lunchbox as seen on Something for the Weekend 

Scratch and Scroll Mousemat, £16

This is a great little mousemat which allows you to scratch notes in it with either your finger or the supplied stylus pen. Simply lift up the top layer to clear the mousemat and start again.

Click here to buy a scratch and scroll mousemat as seen on Something for the Weekend

If you’ve watched all episodes of The Apprentice and The Apprentice: You’re Fired! and you STILL don’t know what Melody Hossaini does for a living, you’re probably one of many.

Here is a link to her company’s website, InspirEngage International. It’s global you know…

InspirEngage International

Deal or No Deal is a long-running Channel 4 gameshow hosted by Noel Edmonds in which contestants have to open boxes of cash and try to beat the banker to walk away with a huge cash prize. Prizes on Deal or No Deal range from 1p to £250,000. Deal or No Deal was developed by Endemol, the same company who brought us Big Brother. Whether you love it or hate it, there is no argument that Deal or No Deal is compulsive viewing at times, with moments of high drama and suspense. Deal or No Deal is filmed in Bristol, England.  

You can apply for free audience tickets for Deal or No Deal here

So, you want to get a date on ITV’s smash hit show Take Me Out? The rules are simple – No Likey, No Lighty! Here’s how to bag yourself a hot date on the show. Let the bullet, see the points:

•  Get the look

When you’re coming down that love lift the last thing you want is for the ladies to mistake you for Wurzel Gummidge. Suave and stylish is the order of the day, but not too posh – some of the girls are ‘rough and ready’ types who will turn their light off at the first sniff of snootyness. Try this online retailer on for size:

• Get the confidence

At the risk of sounding like Gok Wan, it’s all about the confidence. The women on Take Me Out seem to love a man with a swagger. Not too much though, or you’ll look like an arrogant *****. Paul McKenna claims to be able to give you ‘Instant Confidence‘ for only £5.49 - give him a try.

• Pick the right song

Come down in the love lift to ‘Smack My Bitch Up’ or ‘I’ve Got A Brand New Combine Harvester’ and chances are you’re going to ruin your chances of a date. The song you pick for your intro can say a lot about you, so make sure you get it right – visit ShareMyPlaylists.com to find your perfect schmoozing track.

• Be yourself

Be natural, calm, confident and you are sure to bag yourself a hot date on  Take Me Out. If you don’t, at least you get a hug from Paddy. Here are your options if you fail to get a date:

If you fail to get a date on Take Me Out:

• Online dating

Get over to Match.com to meet thousands of single girls all looking for Mr Right. It could be you.