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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Friday Fun! I’ve been surfing while I should be finishing the review I have to post tonight… Bad Julie. But in the process of my surfing, I happened upon this site which is a MUST see: http://www.ertdfgcvb.ch/p1/sky.html If you have a superman complex or want to get in touch with your inner eagle, check it
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Looking for a fun way to break an ankle or an arm? Look no further than the Carveboard. This is a skateboard with 14 wheels instead of 4. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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Portable media players like the Datexx Pavio Portable Digital Theater or the Sony HMP-A1 Hard Disk Multi Player are great for on the road audio and video viewing. But when you’re home and want to share your media content with your family and friends, passing around a small screened device isn’t the most convenient. That’s
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Just as portable digital music players did away with the need to tote a CD player and a stack of disks, portable digital video players aim to do the same with bulky portable DVD players and their accompanying media. Various generations of these portable digital video players have been trickling into the market over the
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Sometime back in May or June I decided to try a different approach for my photography business. Rather than the traditional portrait stuff, I decided to see if I could make a nickel selling action shots. So far my little endeavor (iphotsports.com) seems to be paying off pretty well. Anyway, getting round to the point,
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Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I’ve got the turkey in the oven, the Hopping John on the stovetop, the stuffing and green bean casserole ready to heat up, and Sarah & I made the deserts yesterday! I can’t wait to enjoy it all as well as the leftovers in the coming days, since we made so much.
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Name: Shayne Waters Location: Syracuse, NY My birthday was in September, and every year I have this little routine I go through with my mother as far as what I want as a gift. It usually goes something like: “What do you want for your birthday this year?” … And then me responding with a
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Keychain tuner that lets you tune the open E strings and other strings fretted to an E note. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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There have been so many times that I have needed to transpose written text from a document in hand to a document on my computer. When it is an entire document, such as a lease on which I am changing terms before returning, I’ll generally scan the entire document into Word using my desktop scanner/printer
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Are the US readers out there all ready for Thanksgiving and Black Friday? You couldn’t pay me to get out and shop the day after Thanksgiving! ;o) I might do some shopping online though ;o) What gadgets are people hoping that Santa will bring them this year? The Xbox 360? I think I beat Santa
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Palm’s newest entry level PDA is the Z22. Coming in below the sweet spot of $100, this PDA gives you all of the basic PIM (Personal Information Management) features that we’ve come to expect in a personal digital assistant, while leaving the power user features for the more expensive models. Unlike Windows Mobile device manufacturers,
Last Fall Palm introduced the Tungsten | T5 model PDA. Now one year later, they have released the TX model. The T5 and the TX share quite a few similar features including the same body case size and style. That should come as good news for T5 owners looking to upgrade to the latest and
There are many different earbud holders / organizers on the market, but the earBuddy from SendStation looks like one of the best yet. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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World’s first Bluetooth wireless trackball. Even has a charging cradle. Nice! SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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One of the fun things about finally owning an iPod is that I can now start enjoying all of the nifty devices creative manufacturers are introducing to further integrate the iPod into everyday life. While I have seen some strange items that I wouldn’t personally have a use for, like the iGuy that Julie reviewed,
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Original review appeared May 20, 2004. An Update was added November 17, 2005 and new remarks appear in red. When Julie and I attended CES this January, one of the items that caught my eye was the KB-Reader Keyboard by Atech Flash Technology which featured a built in media card reader. My comment at the
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Analog watch with a built in magnifying glass and LED flashlight. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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Analog watch that displays the time with red LEDs when a button is pressed. I don’t know why I think this is cool… SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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When I bought my O2 XDA II Mini in February this year, I thought “Now this device will be a keeper for at least a year”. How silly of me. As soon as I started reading about the HTC Universal, I knew that was going to change. A device that had a built-in keyboard, WiFi
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