James Garriss

James is a systems engineer, has been married for 30 years, and has a pair of energetic toy poodles. His favorite gadgets are those that solve problems around the house and yard.

HyperX Pulsefire Haste Gaming Mouse review

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REVIEW – HyperX makes quality gaming gear for every type of video gamer, from professional to streamer to weekend warrior.  Their gaming mice, for example, span the gamut from 11-button programmable to the wireless Pulsefire Dart to RGB lighting.  HyperX recently announced the newest member of their gaming mice lineup, the lightweight Pulsefire Haste. What

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Raspberry Pi drops microcontroller, and it’s only $4!

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NEWS – The Raspberry Pi Foundation has been building mini computers for years now.  I have one on my local network that hosts PiHole.  Recently they’ve decided to dip their toes into some new water:  microcontrollers.  They just released the Raspberry Pi Pico, a small microcontroller board that only costs $4!  If you’re ever wanted

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Kensington SD5600T Dock review – Thunderbolt 3 connectivity and 7 USB ports!

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REVIEW – Earlier this year I was able to upgrade to a new 16-inch MacBookPro for my work computer.  I love this laptop; it’s fast, powerful, and responsive, a perfect computer for programming and engineering work.  Like all Apple laptops, it suffers from a shortage of ports; it has four Thunderbolt 3 ports with USB-C

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HyperX Cloud Revolver Gaming Headset +7.1 review

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REVIEW – HyperX recently announced a new high-end headset that is targeted at “the elite PC or console gamer.”  Gamers are the typical audience for HyperX—their motto is “we’re all gamers”—but in an interesting twist, the webpage for the Revolver says that it’s great for working from home and for online education.  I’m a teleworking

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Should you grab a DJI drone while you can?

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NEWS – Are you big of drones and quadcopters and other flying machines?  Here at The Gadgeteer, we are certainly are!  We’ve reviewed three different drones this year (along with one other I’m-not-really-sure-what-it-is).  If you’re into drones, you’re probably already familiar with the name DJI, a maker of high-end drones.  What you might not know

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Function101 Button Remote review – A better remote for your Apple TV

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REVIEW – I’ve used Apple TVs for several years, and I really like them.  The hardware is high quality, and the software is easy to use.  There’s one thing about the Apple TV, however, that I really don’t like:  The remote.  It’s so minimalistic that it’s often a pain to use.  Entering text at a

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ESHLDTY T1 RGB Waterproof Power Tower power strip review

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CROWDFUNDING REVIEW – Power strips are just power strips, right?  There’s nothing interesting or amazing about them.  Some are wide, some are tall, some are round, some are square, but they are still all basically the same.  Along comes ESHLDTY, and they put some modifiers on a power strip that are not expected, words like

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