Julie Strietelmeier

I hope that all of our US readers will have a great time tomorrow visiting with friends and relatives and eating way too much turkey and pumpkin pie! I’ll be attending 2 family get togethers, so I will be waddling around by the end of the night ;o) Don’t forget to come back to the

My favorite part of the day is when I come home from work, park at the end of my road, get out of my car and go see what is in the mailbox. I’ve been a postal junkie since I was a kid. I remember racing my sister to the end of our driveway so

I returned the Zune and Everex laptop to Walmart today. It’s been awhile since I’d purchased electronics from them and had to return something, so I wasn’t too surprised when they had to call up someone from that department to come to the service area to check things out. I figured it was for the

Well, it appears that my Zune has a defect. I set it up this morning and copied over about 20-30 folders full of .MP3 files. Syncing appeared to work as expected (although a bit slow), but when I went to listen to the music in my car at lunch, all the songs skipped like they

I went ahead and picked up a Zune last night along with a cheapo Everex laptop at my good old Super Walmart store. I opted for the White version because to me the Black one is boring and the Brown one looks… well… I’m not going to say it… ;o) So far I’ve only managed

Today is Zune day and I’ve yet to make up my mind about purchasing one. First of all, to even review it, I’d need a Windows computer (which I don’t have at the moment… no, I’m not soiling my 24″ iMac, so don’t even think about it ;o) ). Then there’s the horror stories that

A person very close to me had to have a PET (Positron emission tomography) scan yesterday. I’d never heard of this type of diagnostic x-ray and suggested that she ask the technician if she could get a copy of the image emailed to her or something. I thought it might be interesting to look at…

Eric Ullman of Mark/Space just sent me this great news item! I’m very excited and can’t wait to test it tonight after I get home from work :oD Mark/Space has just released The Missing Sync for Windows Mobile v3.0. This version adds a bunch of new features for users, including + support for Address Book

How many of you 30, 40, 50 somethings out there had a yo-yo when you were a kid? I was a Duncan yo-yo girl myself and I had several of them. I even had a secret desire to become a yo-yo master (mistress?). Unfortunately, that dream was never realized as I was never very good.

My 3rd 24″ iMac arrived last night. I set it up this morning and YES, it too has the dreaded display hum. It isn’t quite as loud as #1 and #2, so I’m just going to learn to live with it. 3rd time was almost the charm…

Oh no! I’m all out of Featured Gadgeteer stories! What ever shall I do? I know! I’ll bribe you all to send me some new ones :o) So here’s the deal. Send me a story describing why you consider yourself a gadgeteer. Include a picture of yourself and your gadgets and email everything to me.

The folks at Guard ID Systems have sent me a USB gadget called the ID Vault. This flash drive looking device uses Smart Card technology to keep your user IDs and passwords for websites safe from hackers, phishers, spyware keystroke loggers and more. What do you all think of gadgets like these? Are they for