Today, the final piece to my new quiet computer puzzle arrived… the case. I ordered a very cool CaseArts Knotty Burl painted Cheiftec case from Directron. This weekend is going to be a computer building funfest — at least that is my plan as long as the computer gods don’t frown upon me. Tomorrow night, […]
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2003-05-01 Read More
I’m in the process of building myself a quiet PC. I ordered the Motherboard, Athlon 2800+ Processor, nVidia 128MB Video Card, TDK CD-RW, 1GB of RAM, and Win XP Home this past Wednesday afternoon. All of it was delievered today! WOW, that’s fast service if ever I saw it! I also ordered an ultra quiet
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2003-04-25 Read More
Hey Palm fans! I’ve got the new Zire 71 in my hot little hands, and will have a full review posted tonight (Wednesday). I think Palm has a real winner with this one. We’ll have a review of the Tungsten | C soon too. Judie doesn’t have the evaluation unit yet, but it shouldn’t be
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2003-04-23 Read More
Who would have guessed that last year’s Palm equivalent to the mini-van – the Zire, would morph into this year’s two door sport coupe? Everything pointed to the Zire remaining Palm’s bargain PDA. But wow, things sure have changed. Now, the Zire 71 (who comes up with these model numbers anyway?) is poised to become Palm’s multimedia
Product Requirements: Device: PDA with a Type I or II slot, Windows 98/98SE/2000/ME/XP, MAC OS 8.6 and above I’m an accessory pack rat. Useful little do-dads make me smile. Especially when I can pull one out of my gear bag to help solve my own or someone else’s problem. Case in point: The Semson’s &
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I went new TV shopping in Greenwood, IN today. Visited a Circuit City, HH Gregg, Best Buy and a Sears store. I had been all set to just purchase a 36″ flat screen TV, but from the moment that I saw the projection TVs, I was in love with their crisp, bright picture. WOW! My
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2003-04-18 Read More
Am I the only person that has waited till the last minute to get their taxes done? My appointment is tomorrow afternoon. Depending on the outcome, I may be shopping for a 36″ TV, or a new (quiet) PC. If I’m really lucky, both… Can you believe I’ve still not played around with the GamePark
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2003-04-11 Read More
Product Requirements: Device: Microsoft® Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP USB port MP3 players are fantastic when you want to carry a couple hours of music with you while you’re on the go. But how do you carry your entire music collection with you instead of just a couple albums? I bet you immediately thought of the ever popular
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The GamePark handheld game arrived yesterday. I was so busy, that I didn’t even open the package until midnight last night. First impressions without even turning it on, are that it feels cheaper than a Game Boy. I’ll actually play with it tonight! The Neuros review has been delayed until this coming Thursday. I had
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2003-04-08 Read More
Product Requirements: Device: Microsoft® Windows® 98 / 98SE / Me / 2000, Professional, XP Home and Professional, Macintosh® OS 8.5.1 / 8.6 / 9.0 / 9.1 / 9.2, Mac OS X 10.0 / 10.1 I’m sure you’ve heard the old saying, “good things come in small packages”. I’d have to say that is certainly the
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-U20 Digital Camera Review Read More
Check out the handheld game console that I just ordered from the UK. It’s called the Gamepark GP32. It is a USB color device that can emulate a wide variety of game systems including: NES, SNES, Sega, Spectrum, Aracde, MSX, GBC, NGP, and PCE. I should have it early next week, so we’ll see how
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2003-04-03 Read More
Let’s see a show of hands, how many of you think of kids when you hear someone mention a Game Boy? It’s true that these handheld game machines from Nintendo are primarily marketed towards children. But guess what? Adults can love them too! I know I do. Having owned the original Game Boy, Game Boy
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It’s time for me to upgrade my desktop PC. I’ve had this current home-built Athlon 800mhz system for going on 4yrs now. I kicked around the idea of buying a nice desktop replacement notebook and using it, but I’ve changed my mind and want to stick with a regular desktop type system. The reasoning there
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2003-03-30 Read More
I love my ReplayTV, and now that Sonicblue has declared bankruptcy and has said that they will only guarantee their service (ReplayTV devices have to connect to a server for the TV guide data) through the end of April, I’m scared that my PVR is going to turn into an expensive paperweight. I’m not interested
Julie’s Gear Diary – 2003-03-28 Read More
Update 03/28/03 Here’s a confession: I’m an MP3 junkie! I listen to them through my desktop PC while I’m surfing or writing reviews and I listen to them through my Tungsten|T while I’m at work or on the go. The thing is that I’ve been wishing that I could listen to my MP3 collection while
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