It never fails at the airport… I always observe some frantic person with their cell phone on life support status � the familiar beep � beep � beep of a dying battery. While not as frustrasting as a dead battery in a car, having power to spare is a good thing. Of course there are [...]
Archive | April, 2007
Data Drive Thru Announces $100,000 Challenge
Remember Allen’s review of Data Drive Thru’s Tornado? Well here’s a challenge that will make the winner $100,000 richer! All you have to do is figure out a quicker way to network aWindows XP and Windows Vista machine togetherand to “transfer a file from one machine to the other faster and easier than the patented [...]
Shhhhh… it’s Judie Lipsett’s birthday…
Sure today is tax day here in the states and most of us are hopeful that Uncle Sam will either be generous or show a little mercy! But on this day � April 17 � we can set aside the calculator and take a minute to quote: �Your birthday is a special time to celebrate [...]
The Don’t Bug Me All Natural Insect Repellent Patch Review
What smells like a vitamin supplement, sticks to you like glue, and may just keep you from becoming a human feast this summer? Well, the Don’t Bug Me Insect Repellent Patch – of course! According to their press release, the Don’t Bug Me Patch is “now available at major retailers nationwide, the effective and waterproof [...]
Don’t Ask: Back to XP
Tonight, after I finish the Don’t Bug Me Insect Repellent Patch review, I am going to reformat my T4215′s drive and reinstall XP. I’m not sure which problem it was that tipped the scale in XP’s favor exactly, maybe it was the… 1. Loss of my keyboard function buttons. 2. Loss of my tablet function [...]
What is an MVP Anyway?
I have often asked myself this question. A small attempt to define them has been made here.Even this effort has, I think, has fallen short. As I touched upon it in my Smartphone Thoughts post, I am convinced the MVP is an evil secret society trying to direct the lives of all of us geeky [...]
Everything USB Reviews the Samsung YP-K5 4G MP3 Player
It’s impossible to miss the Samsung YP-K5′s placement in the completely obnoxious (and yet oddly hum-able) Fergalicious video. Don’t believe me? Watch and see what I am talking about… If your curiosity has been piqued at all by this digital music player, then you might want to check out its Everything USB review.
Proporta Releases Sony NW A800 Accessories
Kat has just sent an email with the latest set of Proporta accessories – and this time they are targeting the Sony NW A800 digital music player… I’m not sure how I missed this particular player, but I like that it’s offerred in at least one color other than black and white. If you’ve got [...]
Crank It Up: XC-253 Flashlight Review
Here in the states with the change of seasons, there is always the possibility of inclement weather, power outages at home or being lost in the campgrounds with nightfall approaching. The Boy Scouts have a motto: Be Prepared. “Be prepared for what?” someone once asked Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the World Scout Movement. “Why, [...]
The WaterField Cargo Mambo Combo Review
It’s been five years since I helped review the WaterField Designs Cozmo bag, and two years since I reviewed the VertiGo. While I eventually grew out of both bags, to this day I still use the Gearpouch and SleeveCase (with flap and D-rings) that I received along with the Cozmo in late 2002. The Gearpouch [...]
And I Thought The Fun Was Over – My Maxtor Madness Part 2
Yesterday I was picking up the parts for a PC I was building for a friend, and while I was at the store I picked up a new 250GB Samsung HDD to slip in my now empty Maxtor case. It looks just like any other external 3.5″ enclosure inside so no problems right? Well I [...]
81 Squares Cant Be Wrong: JAMM’s Sudoku Roundup
Doug at Just Another Mobile Monday has posted a comprehensive roundup of some of the currently available Sudoku games. For those that haven’t yet caught the craze, “the rules are fairly simple.Gameplay proceeds on a 99 grid, which is further divided into 9, 33 squares. Based upon the numerical clues provided, the object of the [...]
Mystery Cat with a Regular Bus Route
Stan Lau sent a link with what has to be one of the most offbeat stories I have read in a while… Apparently McCavity, a white cat with one green eye and one blue, has been hitching rides on the No. 331 bus several times a week. According to the Daily Mail article, “The feline, [...]
A Peek Into the Mind of Palm
I got an email from my Palm contact today, saying that Palm has a new blog! In this blog, Paul says that they will “be talking about all kinds of things including product news and updates, cool new applications, employee perspectives, and other stuff too.”
Unboxing the Plantronics Pulsar 260 Stereo Bluetooth: The review
It didn�t seem that long ago that I visited a local users group regarding Bluetooth � the takeaway phrase was walking around with your own personal wireless network. Technology has surged ahead indeed reminiscent to first riding a bicycle in my youth: �Look Mom, no hands!� to �Look Mom, no wires!� So what is Bluetooth [...]
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