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Spotlight Gadget: PlayAway

By Staff editor / December 12, 2005 / Uncategorized / Spotlight Gadgets / Leave a Comment

Self playing digital audio book. About the size of a cassette, but no player is required. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It

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Spotlight Gadget: CALIBUG HDTV

By Staff editor / December 11, 2005 / Uncategorized / Spotlight Gadgets / Leave a Comment

Turns any PC or LAPTOP equipped with HD Component Video or Composite/YC video output into an HDTV, DV, NTSC or PAL Video Test Signal Generator. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It

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Spotlight Gadget: Solar LED Keychain Light

By Staff editor / December 11, 2005 / Uncategorized / Spotlight Gadgets / Leave a Comment

Self powered LED light in Key Chain form. One side has the solar panel, the other a mirror. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It

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Julie’s Gear Diary – 2005-12-08

By Julie Strietelmeier / December 8, 2005 / Uncategorized / Gear Diary / Leave a Comment

Hi all. I’m sitting in my hotel room here in Seattle, Washington. The Mobius 2005 event ended this afternoon. I know Judie mentioned that we would be having a full article when we return, but neither of us took notes, so you’ll just have to settle for a couple of gear diary entries (Judie is

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USB Geek Drumming Santa

By Judie Stanford / December 5, 2005 / Reviews / Toys / Leave a Comment

It’s not often that a product brings out the total Scrooge in me, but somehow or another this one certainly did. Perhaps it was the incessant noise produced when going to this product’s webpage, or perhaps it was because the noise actually produced by this USB driven toy was even worse in person…I don’t know.

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iBEAM Optical Timepiece

By Julie Strietelmeier / December 5, 2005 / Uncategorized / Watches and Clocks / 19 Comments

What kind of watch does your typical Gadgeteer wear? A no frills $7 Walmart special? Ummmmm, probably not. We tend to want our watches to do more than just tell time. A few of the more gadget worthy watches that we’ve reviewed in the past include the Microsoft SPOT watches, the NHJ VTV-101 watch and

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Gift Ideas From The Troy Store

By Judie Stanford / December 5, 2005 / News / 2 Comments

We all a small group of people on our holiday lists that we need to give gifts, but for whom we haven’t a clue as to what to buy. Whether they be co-workers, hosts and hostesses, or friends who already have everything, there is always a need for a thoughtful gift that doesn’t look like

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WaterField Designs Wallet

By Julie Strietelmeier / December 5, 2005 / Uncategorized / Gear, Wallets / 13 Comments

WaterField Designs makes some of my favorite gear. I use and have used their pouches and bags as part of my everyday gear collection. Located in San Francisco, this company is one of the friendliest that I’ve had the opportunity to work with. They make great bags and accessories too. :o) Today I’m going to

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CooLanyard Digi-Grip Camera Finger Ring

By Judie Stanford / December 5, 2005 / Reviews / Camera, Camera gear / Leave a Comment

If you aren’t the type that likes to wear your camera on a neck-strap, a wrist strap is always an option. But what if a wrist strap isn’t quite what you want to wear either? Well, there is always the Digi-Grip offered by established eBay store owner Julian Harrison.  According to his eBay auctions, “If

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Judie’s Gear Diary – 2005-12-05

By Judie Stanford / December 5, 2005 / Uncategorized / Gear Diary / Leave a Comment

I am not going to be able to get their review done before Christmas, but I wanted to let you all know that I have received a pair of the new SCOTTeVEST Ultimate Cargo Pants, and I love them! Actually, I received two pair – one for me and one for Steve. I wasn’t sure

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WaterField Design Cableguy Pouches

By Julie Strietelmeier / December 5, 2005 / Uncategorized / Gear / 1 Comment

If you are a gadgeteer, you probably have a lot of gear. Gear that usually ends up in a heap at the bottom of your gear bag. I’m sort of a neat freak when it comes to keeping my gear organized and easy to find. I’ve been using one of WaterField’s gear pouches for years

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Judie’s Gear Diary – 2005-12-05

By Judie Stanford / December 5, 2005 / Uncategorized / Gear Diary / Leave a Comment

For those of you that just got an eleven-email blast from Julie and me in your inbox, I apologize. You see, we are about to head to Seattle for Mobius 2005 and we didn’t want to leave without giving you all lots to read. We’ll be gone Tuesday through Friday, hopefully learning about the newest

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Julie’s Gear Diary – 2005-12-05

By Julie Strietelmeier / December 5, 2005 / Uncategorized / Gear Diary / Leave a Comment

Whew! We just posted our Christmas review bundle. 11 reviews in total. Hope they will tide everyone over for the rest of the week as Judie and I are getting ready to head out to Seattle, Washington tomorrow for the annual Mobius conference. Judie almost talked me into only packing my Treo 650 for the

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The BeerClip

By Judie Stanford / December 5, 2005 / Reviews / Gear / Leave a Comment

I would be the first to admit that I have a few friends who would be happy to find this item in their stocking on Christmas Day  – a low-tech gadget that serves a dual purpose. Gadgeteers, I present to you the one, the only, the BeerClip…   Is it a money clip? Is it

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Plasticsmith’s Mac mini Stands

By Julie Strietelmeier / December 5, 2005 / Uncategorized / Computer Gear, Desktop / 7 Comments

If you are an Apple Mac mini owner, you already know that you have one of the smallest, quietest, and coolest desktop computers available on the market today. I really love mine! But the first thing that I realized after unpacking and setting it up was that I really didn’t want to set it beside

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Brando iPod Audio System

By Julie Strietelmeier / December 5, 2005 / Uncategorized / Audio, Video, TV, iPod / 3 Comments

For those times when you don’t want to listen to your iPod (or other device) through headphones, you need a small speaker set like the iPod Audio System from Brando’s Workshop. These battery powered (3 AA’s not included) speakers take up little space on your desk, but have big sound. Hardware Specs Frequency response :

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The CD Stripper

By Judie Stanford / December 5, 2005 / Reviews / Audio, Video, TV, Computer Gear / Leave a Comment

Even though these days I buy much of my music from online download sources, there are still times when I want to buy my music on CD. As everyone knows, CDs come wrapped in plastic which can best be opened with the use of a sharp knife. Some CDs come with a discreet pull tab,

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BuddhaPad Mouse Pad

By Judie Stanford / December 5, 2005 / Reviews / Computer Gear, Desktop / Leave a Comment

“Rub Buddha’s belly for good luck,” haven’t we all heard that before? Well now a mouse pad is out that takes that old saying literally. Billed as “The only mouse pad to generate good fortune every time you use it,” the BuddhaPad is set to “make good things happen.” How does it work? Well, on

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Spotlight Gadget: USB Powered Air Darts

By Staff editor / December 3, 2005 / Uncategorized / Spotlight Gadgets / Leave a Comment

Finally a USB gadget that you can use to put out an eye! Bout time! SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It

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SCOTTeVEST Ultimate Hoodie

By Judie Stanford / December 2, 2005 / Reviews / Clothing / Leave a Comment

Can you think of a single article of clothing that has permeated pop culture as thoroughly as the humble hoodie? According to the Ask Andy About Clothes website, this is how the hoodie got its start: “Brothers, Abe and Bill Feinbloom, founded the Knickerbocker Knitting Company, now Champion Products in 1919. It was a sweater

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