Pardon me while I pat myself on the back. I was just looking to see what I needed to write about for tonight’s post, when I realized that Monday’s LapPads review was actually my 500th review! I guess it is fitting that it was the review to be Slashdotted. Wow, 500 reviews in almost 7 […]
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2004-06-10 Read More
Whew! Here it is 4 days after returning from vacation and I’m just now crawling out from under the piled up work from my day job, Gadgeteer stuff and the rocks in my yard (don’t ask…). I’d like to thank all of you for the Birthday wishes in the discussion forum and for the personal
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2004-06-09 Read More
In a few days, I’ll be winging my way to Texas to spend a week with Judie and her family. I won’t be lugging my Powerbook with me on this trip. I figure I can check my email from Judie’s PC if I want to. I will probably just bring along a PDA and digital
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2004-05-26 Read More
Product Requirements: Device: Windows PC running 98SE, 2000 or XP. Digital cameras are available in all sorts of shapes and sizes these days. From the typical run of the mill point and shoot variety that we’re all familiar with, to something a little more exotic like the James Bond Stealth cam that we reviewed here
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Product Requirements: Device: iPod / iPod Mini with dock connector You’ve seen these retractable sync cables for various PDAs, but now they are available for one of my favorite gadgets of all times – the iPod. Brando’s Workshop is now carrying their own branded cables which are available in both USB and FireWire versions. Weighing
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With regards to our gear diaries, things sure have been quiet around here lately. I just noticed that I haven’t posted anything new in 11 days! I’ve been busy doing the remodeling thang… Painting bedrooms, carpeting, adding a roof over my front porch, painting the exterior of the house, new gutters, and getting ready to
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2004-05-14 Read More
Product Requirements: Device: Windows 98SE or higher Mac OS 8.6 or higher When I found a USB 2.0 to IDE cable in a package of other review items that I had received from Brando’s Workshop, I had to wonder when and if I’d ever be able to actually review it. According to the packaging, this
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Product Requirements: Device: Sony CLIE TH55 Fans of book style cases will be happy to learn that there is a new Sony CLIE TH55 offering on the market from Surplus PDA. Available in smooth grained black leather with contrasting white stitching, this is good case for men, women, corporate or casual. The case is well
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Product Requirements: Device: Sony CLIE TH55 If you are not the type of person who is content enough to purchase just a leather case or just a metal case for your Sony CLIE TH55, then you might want to check out the Metal & Leather Suit from Extreme Limit of Japan. Well known for their
Extreme Limit Sony CLIE TH55 Metal & Leather Suit Review Read More
I did a little Spring cleaning this weekend and posted a few things on eBay. If you want a good deal on some leather bags, and would like to help support this site, go take a look! More postings to follow…
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2004-05-03 Read More
PC to Mac saga Continued… I know most of you are probably tired of hearing about my switch, so this will be the last post about it. I just wanted to follow up to say that everything is going great. Better than great actually! I love my Powerbook and know it wouldn’t take much for
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2004-04-27 Read More
Product Requirements: Device: Sony CLIE TH55 The Sony CLIE TH55 hasn’t been out very long at all, and already we have several options to customize it. From leather cases, to plastic plugs that fill the voids left at the top of the CLIE when the flip cover is removed. Another way to customize your TH55,
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More PC to Mac Switch Adventures Last night was my first attempt at writing a review on the PowerBook. I used a freeware application called TacoEdit to write the HTML. This is a simple app that can have a split screen that has your editor on top, and a live preview window on the bottom
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2004-04-20 Read More
Gear bags are a passion with me. I’m always on the look out for something better than what I am currently using. For me, “better” tends to mean a combination of functionality and style. I don’t want to carry the same boring bag that everyone else does, I like to be different. So, I was
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PC to Mac Switch Day 3 Last night I only had time to import my 3800+ song collection from my PC to the PowerBook. I didn’t realize how long it would take when I started the process… I made the mistake of adding the files to the iTunes library using WiFi. I started the import
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2004-04-16 Read More
Progress with the big switch-a-roo (AKA my PC to Mac odyssey): I received the Powerbook Tuesday night and only had enough time to unpack it, turn it on, register with the .Mac service, hook up to my home network via WiFi, and pull down all the automatic software updates from Apple. I had googled around
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2004-04-15 Read More
Product Requirements: Device: HP2200 iPaq Pocket PC “We have the power to make it stronger, faster… ” Some of you may recall those words from a 70’s TV show called The Six Million Dollar Man. But for me, these words remind me of PocketPCTechs.com. These guys can take most Pocket PCs and turn them into
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It’s deja vu all over again… Some of you may remember that two years ago I bought an Apple G4 Titanium Powerbook with the intentions of making the big switch from PCs to Macs. Although I loved the TI Book, it just didn’t work out for me at that time, so I sold it. Wellllll,
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2004-04-13 Read More
Hi all! This has been a crazy week! I have been semi offline since Wednesday due to upgrading to the new ethernet version of the Direcway Satellite modem (DW6000). It took two days before I had it working. They had forgotten to activate the modem before sending it to me… DOH! As a result to
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2004-04-09 Read More
Product Requirements: Device: Any computer with a standard sized USB port I have a real weakness for widgets, doodads, thingamabobs and whatzits. I have drawers full of them. That’s the problem. I buy these little doo-hickeys thinking they will make my life easier somehow, when all they do is clutter up my drawers. When I saw the FlexUSB
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