Skeleflex T-Rex Powerflex Lab

$45;

Skeleflex.com

Forget those dumb wood-and-glue dinosaur skeleton models that snap in half if you hold them too hard – this model dino eats them for lunch. Once you’ve used the more than 30 bone pieces and realistically movable flexible joints to build your T. rex, you can bring it to life by hooking up a motorized device to its spine. If you’ve got other Skeleflex kits (dinosaur or alien), you can mix and match them to concoct a unique, fantastic beastie. Best of all: no splinters.

BlackBerry Curve 8900

$199 with two-year contract; BlackBerry.com

T-Mobile users can finally stop whining about missing out on AT&T’s BlackBerry Bold or Verizon’s Storm. This Wednesday, T-Mobile releases the hotly anticipated Curve 8900: the thinnest, smallest, QWERTY-keyboard CrackBerry on the market. The trackball functions as a full-range mouse in its improved Web browser, while the 3.2 megapixel camera (with built-in flash) boasts auto-focus and video camera capabilities. In this iteration, you’ll also be able to sync the ‘Berry with your iTunes account.

Pistol guitar cable

$24.95 to $27.95; CoreOneProduct.com

Show the world what a hard-core musician you are by plugging

into an amp with gun-shaped connectors. Made to fit most guitars and basses, the cable is available in two lengths – 12 and 20 feet – and features 99.99 percent oxygen-free copper conductors for fuller tone and noise reduction. It’s also got corrosion-resistent, 24K gold-plated tips and an abrasion-resistant cord cover, so it stands up to stage wear-and-tear.

Google Latitude

Free; Google.com/

latitude/intro.html

As if Twitter, Loopt, Facebook Connect and Pelago weren’t enough, Google’s now entered the “how to stalk your friends” fray. Using GPS, Wi-Fi and cell tower location data, Google Latitude figures out where you and your friends are, then beams the info to your cellphone or computer (via iGoogle), pinpointing the locations on Google Maps.