September 2011

I live in the woods of Southern Indiana and often find that I need to trim low hanging limbs on the trees in my yard. I’ve resorted to using a saw before, but most of the time, we’ll wait till we have a lot of limbs to trim and will ask Jeanne’s brother to come [...]

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The problem with alarm clocks is that they wake you up in the middle of a dream, and not just you, but also all the people at your place. Furthermore, alarm clocks don’t know if you are already awake or not, and therefore they don’t know when to stop the alarm and when to continue [...]

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Last year I told you about some multipurpose cases for the original iPad from Happy Owl Studio. I never got a chance to try one of their cases with my iPad, but I never forgot about them. I was happy to see they were updating their products for the iPad 2. You know how I [...]

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Dear Gadget Diary, It’s been a gorgeous early Fall Saturday here in Southern Indiana. We went to the local Farmer’s Market this morning to check out the fresh produce, baked goods, crafts etc. Then we headed out to our small municipal airport for breakfast / lunch at the Hanger 5 restaurant. I brought along my iPhone [...]

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The stylus is making a comeback in a big way this year. We’ve reviewed quite a few here on The Gadgeteer (see the list of related posts below for just a few of them…). I’m still trying to find the BEST stylus out there and I’m thinking that the XStylus Touch might be it. I [...]

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I am a coffee lover (tea too) and I always like a little coffee in my steamed milk.  In other words, save your espresso, save your coffee black, bring on the dairy! I cannot always get to Starbucks for my morning java.  And for years, I have had to live with cream and sugar or [...]

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If you like homemade ice cream, but don’t like the large quantities that most ice cream makers produce, check out the Sassafras Ice Cream Maker from Sassafras Enterprises.  This little ice cream maker produces about 1 pint total, and you can even make two flavors at once.  You don’t need salt, and you don’t have [...]

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Today’s LogicBUY Deal is the 11.6” Dell Alienware m11x Core i3-330UM ULV gaming laptop for $699.  Features: 1GB GeForce GT335M discrete GPU and 8GB of memory, 1.3MP webcam, 802.11n WiFi, 320GB hard drive, and Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit). $1019 – $270 off – $50 coupon code = $699 with free shipping Older Core 2 [...]

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Do you cringe when you see another iPhone 4 that has scratches? Protecting your investment while still having a cool looking phone can be a challenge if you want to avoid a bulky case. The Incipio iPhone 4 feather Ultralight Hard Shell Case is a very light weight and non-bulky option. They sent me a [...]

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I like keyboards; I like big, full-sized keyboards like my Logitech G15 on down to my one-handed Lenovo N5902 Multimedia Remote. I could barely play “Chopsticks” on the piano and when it comes to 0n-screen keyboards. I’m all thumbs…in the wrong way. We have three tablets in our home (Apple iPad, Asus Transformer and HP [...]

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When I was in college, everybody had these bed pillows that looked like the back of a chair with arms.  We called these pillows “husbands”, and they were great back support while we sat on our beds doing assignments for hours.  I had seen a few husbands in stores over the years, but none were [...]

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If you have a lot of gadgets – and I’m betting you do – you have a lot of charging cables.  The Powerslice Universal Charger from fuse™ can unclutter your charging area by charging four devices at once with only one AC connection.  There are three replaceable “slices” on the charging base that you fill with [...]

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Today’s LogicBUY Deal is the Sony Alpha Interchangeable Lens NEX3K/B camera in black for $434.99.  Features:  18-55mm lens, 14.2MP, 3.1X optical zoom, Memory Stick Pro-HG Duo, SDXC card slot, more. $599.99 – $165 coupon code = $434.99 plus free shipping.  This is the best deal found by LogicBUY for this camera. This deal expires September [...]

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It all started 7 years ago when I started my third  business, a computer retail and service store.  I was happy with my other two businesses which uses Verizon Business for our phone services.  So I decided to use them again for the computer store.  I ordered a few phone lines, fax / credit card [...]

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I recently found some beautiful leather cases by Skytop Trading, and I said in my news post that I think their Leather Case for iPad or iPad 2 is perhaps the most beautiful case ever.  I was very happy to be given the opportunity to try out the Skytop Trading Leather Case for iPad 2.  [...]

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Had it with packs that can’t hold up to real, down-and-dirty use?  Have a look at GORUCK.  The name is a combination of “go” which implies movement and “ruck” (short for rucksack, a military word for backpack) which implies action, energy and purpose.  GORUCK’s products are designed by a former US Special Forces (AKA Green [...]

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Just when I thought I’d gotten a handle on the best deal in VOIP offerings, along comes Obihai with the OBI 100 VOIP telephone adapter.  In conjunction with a Google Voice account, they claim unlimited calling to POTS users in the USA.  Frankly, I didn’t believe it, so I received one of their devices and have been [...]

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Today’s LogicBUY Deal is the 11.6” HP Pavilion dm1z dual-core AMD Fusion laptop for $369.99.  Features:  720p, LED screen, Radeon HD 6310M discrete-class graphics, 92% full-sized keyboard, Wireless-N, webcam, card reader, 3 USB 2.0 ports, HDMI output, up to 9.5 hours battery life.  Options: up to 8GB DDR3 RAM, 128GB SSD, external Blu-ray drive, WWAN, [...]

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Epson has announced its new line of portable, combo projectors, the MegaPlex MG-850HD and the MegaPlex MG-50.  Although both projectors feature a built-in dock to play content on iPhones, iPods, and iPads (and charge them), they are compatible with other devices.  They have HDMI, VGA, and USB inputs to connect smartphones, tablets, computers (PC and [...]

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I have reviewed many fancy flashlights on The Gadgeteer, most of them relatively small, compact and for their size, pretty bright. Well, this time I am reviewing the Fenix TK70 courtesy of Fenix Outfitters. The TK70 is neither small nor lightweight but is supposed to be brighter than all my other flashlights combined….car light on [...]

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