There I was, a week or so ago on a typical Indiana Spring evening. Spring here tends to mean pouring rain and booming thunderstorms, and the night in reference fit that description. The time was 8:30pm or so, pitch black outside, and after a nice loud thunderclap, the inside was just as black as outside! […]
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Product Requirements: Device: Apple computer with built-in FireWire port; Mac OS X v10.1.5 or later PC with built-in FireWire or USB 2.04, or Windows-certified FireWire or USB 2.0 card; Windows Me, Windows 2000 or Windows XP Home or Professional I’ve become a Pod person! No, I’m not talking about Invasion of the Body Snatchers, I’m
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If you are in the market for Compact Flash and other memory media (including desktop RAM), you might want to visit Alpha Memory. They carry the Transcend brand of Compact Flash cards that are some of the fastest on the market. I tested their media with my digital cameras and Pocket PCs and wasn’t disappointed
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Product Requirements: Device: Palm PDAs with a universal connector Windows 98SE and higher So, you’ve got a Palm with a universal connector and an SD (Secure Digital) memory expansion slot. How would you like a hotsync / charge cable for your PDA that also included a card reader? Intrigued? I was too when I heard
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I’m loving my iPod! I’ve been ripping my entire CD collection a little at a time all weekend. I’ve run across CDs that I didn’t even remember buying. For example, the soundtrack to the movie Eddie and the Cruisers. And then there are CDs that I should probably should never admit to owning, like Hanson.
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2003-06-01 Read More
I am ready to get an iPod! I’ve wanted one forever, and after reviewing the Neuros 20gb MP3 player, I realized what an awesome thing it is to carry your whole music collection around with you where ever you go. I have a problem though, I went to try to order the 30gb model (I
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Hello, my name is Julie Strietelmeier, and I’m a compulsive gadget buyer! How many of you out there share my affliction? I see something shiny and new and want it now! Only to tire of it quickly there after… Case in point, the Game Park GP32. Yeah, it was nifty, but I also just posted
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It’s time to start planning my fall (2nd week of October) vacation, and I’m looking for some ideas on where to go. Last October, I visited Sedona Arizona and had a great time (see my trip report). I want this year to be just as great or even better. Here are my criteria… I want
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2003-05-14 Read More
I’m a gadget show off! I get endless pleasure when my co-workers walk by my desk at work and ask “what’s that?”. This usually results in a short demo of whatever product I happen to be playing with (I mean reviewing) at the time. Usually this is an electronic gizmo, but sometimes it is just
HELP WANTED: Case and Accessory Reviewers I’m looking for Zire 71, Sony Ericsson P800, Sony CLIE SJ33, HP1910 owners with good writing skills and access to a digital camera. I have 1 case and stylus for the HP1910, 1 case for the SJ33, 1 belt clip case for the P800, and 3 cases for the
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2003-05-12 Read More
Fonts, fonts, fonts! Who doesn’t love fonts? Palm users have typically only had the choice of 4 font styles: Standard, Bold, Large, Large Bold. Wow, how exciting……….not! If you want to spizz up your Tungsten|T, Tungsten|C or Sony NX, NZ, TG, then check out the Fonts4 packages from Lubomir Veselovsky. Use it for 14 days
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Product Requirements: Device: Microsoft Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, or XP 1 free USB port Do you feel lost without a remote in your hand? If there was an Olympic event for button pushing, would you win the gold medal? Same here! I’m constantly switching songs on my stereo and have wondered what it might
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My new computer is all put together now! It was more time consuming building this one due to the special heat sink for the video card that I had to put together. I opted for the Zalman heat pipe. So far, I’ve booted up once, just to see if everything appeared to be working correctly.
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2003-05-03 Read More
Product Requirements: Device: Windows 98 and higher Repeat after me: convergence, convergence, convergence. That’s the name of the game these days when it comes to new home entertainment and PC interaction devices. No longer are we content to just sit in our home offices to listen and watch the media stored on our PCs. Instead,
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