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Julie Strietelmeier

I created The Gadgeteer in 1997 as a fun way to share my passion for gadgets which began when I was a little kid. Some of my other interests include ukulele, photography, and productivity hacks. Learn more about me and my favorite gear. You can now find me on https://www.youtube.com/@JulieStrietelmeier and https://juliestrietelmeier.com/




Plug and Play Wireless Vehicle Monitors

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Lemur Vehicle Monitors offers 3 different wireless modules for your car that look pretty useful. EconoDriver will display cost per trip, current gas mileage and the Green rating of your driving performance (hmmm, not sure exactly what that means…). The SafeDriver module displays the maximum speed, miles traveled and number of sudden stops since the

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Joby Announces Gorillapod Magnetic and Ballhead X Camera Mounts

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Today at PMA 2010 (Photo Marketing Association), Joby announced two new products. The Gorillapod Magnetic and the Ballhead X camera mounts. These products continue the tradition of their popular flexible camera tripod, but add a few new features. The Gorillapod Magnetic contains powerful magnets in its feet, allowing it to be anchored to any magnetic

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Easy storm tracking for geeks who don’t want to actually go outside

I’m not like our gadgeteer buddy and real storm tracker Mark Rosengarten, but I do like to keep an eye on the weather. Especially during the winter months. On my iMac, I use Geektool to put an updating radar image of Indiana in the bottom corner of my screen, but now when I want to

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Track Electrical Usage and Program Devices to Power On/Off

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The Kill-A-Watt Graphic Timer displays the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly power usage of a connected device on its large backlit LCD. We’ve reviewed Kill-A-Watt products before (see related posts below), but this gadget goes one step further by providing a programmable timer feature with up to 96 programmable on/off settings per day. It also

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Turn your iPhone into a cuckoo clock

Here’s something a little different… It’s the BirdBox alarm clock from Luckybite. It’s a cardboard birdhouse that you slip your iPhone or iPod touch into and running the free app, it turns the combination into a cuckoo clock. It can be set to chirp on the hour and any time you tap the screen you

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Protect your iPad with a Hard Candy Case

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While we all wait to get our hot little hands on an Apple iPad, we can at least drool over the accessories that keep being announced. Hard Candy Cases have some interesting offerings that range in price from $34.95 to $49.95. These cases have zippered or snap-on screen protectors that prevent damage to the iPad’s

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Jitterbug supports the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women movement

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Jitterbug has announced the new Jitterbug J by Samsung in Red. People who buy this phone will receive official American Heart Association Heart Healthy Tips text messages on the Jitterbug that they can implement in their own lives and share with loved ones. This phone also has a LiveNurse feature, which offers unlimited, 24-hour access

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