Dave Rees and I were chatting the other day about how we would each like to write a book at some point in the future (the very near future for me – I hope). The conversation turned to selling these books and Dave suggested going the electronic distribution path instead of the traditional forest killing […]
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Austrian design company Urban Tool hopes so. I’m definitely not brave enough to wear one myself. People already think I’m goofy… If I’d showed up at my day job wearing one of these, I can only imagine the looks that I would get. 😉 But then, I live in smalltown USA. I do think the
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Small, easy to use media players for your living room have been showing up Left and Right lately. Ones that immediately come to mind are the ever popular WD TV HD and Popcorn Hour Media Tank players that I’ve reviewed. I love em both. But now Mvix is coming on the scene with the Ultio
Mvix Ultio – The ultimate media player for your TV? Read More
Roughly the size of a quarter, the DiskGO flash drive is available in capacities of 1GB to 16GB. Each drive comes with Dmailer Backup software installed on it. Users can create an encrypted profile and set redundant file backups to the external hard drive; it is also possible to archive past versions of files as
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HTC has announced the HTC Hero smartphone today and a new user interface called HTC Sense to go along with it. The Hero is a quad band GSM Android phone that has the same basic shape of the G1 that I reviewed awhile back. It still has the ‘chin’, but does not have the slide
HTC Sense user interface on the new HTC Hero looks yummy! Read More
This looks like a neat addition to a gadgeteer’s desktop… It’s the Mimo Mini 7 inch LCD monitor that attaches to your computer via USB. The max resolution is 800 x 480 and it can even rotate. It can be used as a separate display for your IM client, widgets, etc. The price might be
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iPhone developers will like this one. It’s a stainless steel stencil for user interface layout. It even comes with a mechanical pencil. I don’t program and I still want one 🙂
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When I was in the 2nd grade (back in the 70’s), my Dad would race miniature slot cars at a local hobby shop. I remember wanting to play with these cars and not being allowed to do so. My Dad kept his collection of track and cars in a spare bedroom in the house and
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Here’s a gadget for all of the wacky garden people out there. You know who you are. You have flowers planted in containers all over your front porch in the summer and house plants all over your living room in the winter. Now you can obsess even more (if that is possible…) with the 1.3MP
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The new iMM153 alarm clock from iLuv will not only wake you with your favorite iPod tunes, but will also shake the bed to wake even the sleepiest gadgeteers. It has several other features that interest me too, including a 10 level LCD dimmer control, dual alarms and four color choices. It will sell for
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