Judie Stanford

It is that time of the year again, the time when Julie’s and my in-boxes fill with invitations and requests for RSVPs, the time when every trip to the mail results in letters with interesting return addresses, and a time ripe with the promise of gadgety goodness: It’s time for 2004 CES! Julie and I […]

How many of you can remember the year when Trivial Pursuit took the world by storm? I know it’s telling my age, but I can remember 1984 very well. I was a junior in high school, Ronald Reagan was president, Mary Lou Retton won 5 medals in the LA Olympics (which had been boycotted by

I haven’t posted a Gear Diary entry for the last couple of days, because I was too busy practicing at being a Plant Tycoon, I was all caught up in growing virtual plants, cross pollinating, mutating, collecting seeds, and making money! I had over 150 hours invested in this real time game, had almost $50K

There are two things in life that I really enjoy: a good movie and a good book. So today, I will tell you about two things that have had an impact on me. The first is the 2004 Leonard Maltin Movie & Video Guide, by Landware. How many times have you rented a movie, only

It’s been a busy couple of days…I ordered a custom sterling silver Tapwave Zodiac stylus from Mark Hammill – I can’t wait to get that! I would have liked it even better in 14kt gold, but the budget says “not no, but hail no!” ;0)I also traded in my Harley Davidson edition F-150 for a

As those of you that read Julie’s and my Tapwave Zodiac review will recall, I mentioned that this is definitely a PDA that you will need screen protection for. If you are one of the lucky few that has already got your Zodiac, then it is worth noting that Brando Workshop has got you covered.

Just to give you an idea of how far we have come technologically in the last decade… In 1989, when pregnant with my daughter, I had an ultrasound. The resulting blurry picture of what looked like an open palm sweetly cradling her face was printed on thermal paper (which has long since yellowed) and would

My McAfee virus protection subscription ran out yesterday. Now I realize that I probably shouldn’t have waited until today to worry about it, but I did. So now, other than access to Trend Micro’s free online virus scan, I am feeling pretty defenseless. What do you all think is the best virus protection out there?

I have found a new time-waster that is making me wish I had paid more attention during geometry…Calypso, by funGames. The action starts with a grid full of empty hexagons. You remember those – a polygon with six edges and six ventricles, right? Similar to Tetris in a way, various shapes composed of joined heaxagons

OK – I just got home from a quick trip to Eldorado, and when I returned the Tapwave Zodiac was waiting for me on my front porch! It’s charging right now…

This is big news for me, maybe some of you will be able to relate: Starbucks has finally came to San Angelo, and in a big way. For a while, we had a little outpost type Starbucks at the hospital, and believe me, I was happy to have that. But last night a new free