The Gadgeteer
Author Details

Julie Strietelmeier

Editor In Chief

[Columbus, Indiana]

I was born a gadget freak. This is a fact that can be proven by looking at a note written by a teacher on the bottom of one of my grade school report cards. "...Julie continues to bring little toys and things to school to trade with the boys..." Lucky for me, my parents never condemned my love of tech. My Dad actually encouraged it, by allowing me to dismantle old household devices in order to retrieve the magnets from their motors. As for computers, I started out with a Texas Instruments TI/994a computer, then several Commodore 64's, an Atari ST, various home built Windows boxes and currently a 24" Apple iMac. My PDA and phone usage is in constant flux. I get bored easily and can never get enough new devices to try.

Diary

Wow, I'm so surprised by how many entries we've had so far for my 31 Days of the Dragon contest to win the HP HDX laptop package. We're up to 86 entries at the time I'm writing this. I'm having a lot of fun seeing each new entry. Please keep get your entries in by 12am EST 5/15/08...

Other contests that have recently started include ones at the following sites...

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Articles

Macworld Expo 2008 - 01/22/2008

Trip report for Macworld 2008

Gadgeteer Spotlight on John Starkweather of Microsoft - 01/21/2008

Interview with industry insiders

Gadgeteer Spotlight on John Hindaly of Vaja - 11/06/2007

Interview with industry insiders

Gadgeteer Spotlight on Brando Ng of Brando's Workshop - 10/01/2007

Interview with industry insiders

Gadgeteer Spotlight on Peter Rojas and Ryan Block of Engadget.com - 07/30/2007

Interview with industry insiders

Gadgeteer Spotlight on Michael Hess of RoadWired.com - 07/06/2007

Interview with industry insiders

Gadgeteer Spotlight on Scott Jordan of SCOTTeVEST.com - 06/22/2007

Interview with industry insiders

Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2007 Trip Report (Day 3) - 01/10/2007

CES 2007 Trip Report Day 3

Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2007 Trip Report (Day 2) - 01/09/2007

CES 2007 Trip Report Day 2

Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2007 Trip Report (Day 1) - 01/08/2007

CES 2007 Trip Report Day 1

Gadgeteer Podcast #2 - 11/08/2006

11/08/06

Gadgeteer Podcast #1 - 10/09/2006

10/09/06 - First Gadgeteer Podcast

Mobius Boston 2006 Trip Report - 10/02/2006

Trip report for Mobius Boston 2006.

Mobius 2005 Trip Report - 12/12/2005

Judie & Julie are guests of Microsoft for the 2005 Mobius session.

Switch from PC to iMac. 3rd Time the Charm? - 09/06/2005

My experiences switching from Windows to OS X for the third time.

[36 articles by Julie Strietelmeier - show all]

Reviews

LifeGear LifeLight Mega-Function Lantern - 05/05/2008

Mega-function lantern

AltusLumen Tri-L LED Flashlight - 05/05/2008

Folding flashlight

Video Quick Look at the SimpleTech Signature Mini USB Drive - 05/02/2008

SimpleTech Signature USB Drive video review

Video Quick Look at the Boa Design iPhone Fashion Sleeve - 04/25/2008

iPhone Fashion Sleeve video review

Brando TEMPer Hum USB Hygrometer and Thermometer - 04/22/2008

USB Hygrometer

RAPHA SurroundXi Speaker - 04/21/2008

Portable speaker

Weiguo Solutions Spotlight LED Flashlight - 04/18/2008

Mini LED flashlight

Audioengine AW1 Premium Wireless Audio Adapter - 04/17/2008

Wireless audio adapter

Groqit Personal Inventory Management System - 04/14/2008

Barcode scanner

Brando 2.5" and 3.5" SATA HDD Dock with Hub - 04/10/2008

SATA HD dock

HP 2133 Mini-Note PC - 04/09/2008

Ultra-portable PC

Klegg Electronics Genesis V1803 Camcorder - 04/04/2008

Digital camcorder

Samsung Progressive HD Camcorder SC-HMX10C - 04/04/2008

HD camcorder

Maximo iMetal iPhone Headsets - 04/01/2008

iPhone headsets

Skullcandy Full Metal Jacket (SC-FMJI) iPhone Earbuds - 04/01/2008

In-ear iPhone earbuds

[877 reviews by Julie Strietelmeier - show all]