Posts about a variety of topics which are not news and are not reviews.
Name: Anne Willis Location: Charlotte, NC Let me first say that writing about myself was never a strong point for me and I would normally not send anything like this in but all the people I work with, and that I have known for a while know that I am truly a Gadgeteer. It started […]
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By now, most of you have heard that Julie’s and my families are going to Scotland for Spring Break. While Julie and I intend to do a full write-up on our experiences after we get back, I thought it would be fun to let you all in on what I plan on bringing, before I
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Name: Patrick Rozijn Location : The Netherlands Hobbies : Cycling, fitness, gadgets, reading, movies, SCFI I am System Engineer and my work area is in Networks (LAN/MAN/WAN) and MS Exchange. My portable gadget craze began 20 years ago when I bought my first handheld computer. A sharp PC 1350 with memory expansion slots and a
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Name: Matthew Miller Location: Puyallup, Washington I was in the U.S. Coast Guard for 7 years when I started working at the Marine Safety Center in Washington, D.C. as a salvage engineer tasked with responding to maritime casualties. (I have my degrees in Naval Architecture from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and Berkeley.) I found
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Name: Cornelis Steinitz Location: Switzerland My name is Cornelis Steinitz – it’s a mixture of a Dutch first name and a German last name. I was born in 1964, have the German & Dutch nationality and have been living in Basel, Switzerland (northwest Switzerland) since 1993. I am married, no children and have one cat
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Julie’s comments are in BLACK, Judie’s are in BLUE and italicized. Sunday The last time Judie and I attended COMDEX was the Spring 2001 show in Chicago. Having never been to a Fall COMDEX, which is supposed to be a huge show compared to the Spring event, I was very excited! I was too! What
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Name: Bruce Silver Website: n/a Location: Tipton, IA A Gadgeteer. As much as I hate to admit to the addiction, I suppose that’s the first step in recovery. While it is arguable that the rubber stoppers or sticks I would find in the allies of Tipton, IA, and play with for weeks on end could
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As many of you will recall, last year Julie and I were invited to attend Mobius, a Microsoft sponsored event, held in Washington state. This year, Julie was on vacation in Sedona during the event so I made plans to attend by myself. Last year, there were several attendees that brought their spouses. With that
Can you believe that I hadn’t been on a REAL vacation in over 6 years?! Sure, I’ve gone on several training trips for my day job, and computer trade shows for The Gadgeteer this year, but I’m talking about a real honest to goodness kind of vacation. The type of vacation where you purposefully distance
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Name: Justin Yu Website: www.cewindows.net Location: San Fransciso, CA Although I admit that I am only 18 years of age, I’ve had a great deal of experience with PDAs in my short time on Earth. I’ve always been interested in mobile technology, and as soon as I saw my first Palm Pilot Professional, I knew
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Name: Jak Grimm Website: n/a Location: Malaysia I am an Electrical Engineer, with an additional degree in Business Management. I have worked for the last 13 years in Telecommunications, first at NEC for a couple of years, and for the last 11 or so at Nortel Networks. Over that time, I have worked on Japanese
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Name: Frankie Rossi Website: www.pocketloft.com Location: Washington My name is Franklin Rossi and I live in the somewhat boring state of Washington. I am 15 years old and soon to attend the 10th grade in high school. I think I would be a good Gadgeteer because I have been in the computer world for a
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Hmm, where to start… Name: Gavin Maxwell Website: www.pocketscience.com.au Location: Australia My first foray into the world of gadgets was a few years ago when I was working as a Macintosh developer… my boss brought in this weird lookin’ little greenish lump of a box from a recent visit to Apple HQ here in Australia
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Studies have shown that 67.89% of gadgeteers own digital cameras, and that 99.8% of my studies have been conducted on a Ouija Board. Nevertheless, I’d wager a bunch o’gadgeteers own digital cameras, and I’d further bet more than a few have lost photos to corrupted media – whether the camera (or operator) accidentally deletes those
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 First, let me thank Julie and Judie for the opportunity to write this article for the Gadgeteer. Julie was one of the first to recognize the true potential of the Stowaway keyboard in her review when we originally introduced the keyboard. As the co-founder of Think Outside, I have strong opinions about keyboards for
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Product Requirements: Device: Any Pocket PC, uses 1.3MB There are some people that are satisfied with the basic functions that the included Pocket PC Calendar, Contacts and Tasks programs will perform. For those people, this article may have little to no value. It is for the people that need a bit more personalization and flexibility
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 Video phoning is the communication tool of the future. The opportunity to speak, listen and see the caller onscreen is right out of a science fiction movie. With the current models available, the future is here. Situation: You’re here, they (friends, family, business associates, etc) are out there. You can keep in touch by
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Julie’s Thoughts       Judie’s Thoughts I’ve always associated Las Vegas with glamour, outrageous looking hotels, glitz, Wayne Newton, slot-machine chimes, and all-you-can-eat buffets! But now, I’ll forever think of the Consumer Electronics Show when someone mentions what has long been known as ‘Sin City’. Regarding the part about the all-you-can-eat-buffets, I made Julie promise we wouldn’t
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After purchasing an iPAQ 12 months ago, my long daily commute with this Pocket PC and Avantgo left me with a feeling of wanting “something more.” Not wanting to spend a lot of additional money, I avoided the cost, bulk, and wait for wireless networking alternatives, such as the now defunct Ricochet. These solutions typically
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As a full-time, freelance writer who shoots his own photos, I rarely go anywhere without a laptop computer and a camera. I’ve written articles on everything from outdoor lighting for Consumers Digest to buying a houseboat for boating magazines and always provide the publication with photos if required. I’m not a photo pro but I
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