Gear Diary

Today (May 1st) is RSS Awareness Day. I personally read almost all my daily sites via Google’s RSS reader. I find it so much easier and faster to use than going to each individual site looking for new articles. Back in 2004, I wrote a short RSS Primer article to introduce people to the concept.

I get lots of email every day with people asking if I’ll mention their site or service. Here are a few that seem worthy enough to pass along… http://www.iliketotallyloveit.com – It’s a social shopping site where users can post products and rate them as well as comment on other user’s postings… among many other things.

I was given a nice little Earth Day surprise this morning when I was walking into my day job at Cummins Inc. Everyone was given a free Compact Fluorescent light bulb. In the past year, I’ve actually replaced approximately 75-80% of all the bulbs in my house with this more energy conserving type. I had

So who else felt the earthquake this morning? I live in southern Indiana, and was lying in bed when it happened. I actually didn’t feel a thing. I just heard some weird noises and thought it was Max my cat running up and down the hall like a wacko. Then the DJ on the radio

I have 3 bird seed feeders, 2 suet feeders and a thistle feeder within viewing distance from my couch. I enjoy watching the birds on the weekends when I sit there eating my breakfast in the morning. Every so often, there will be a bird that I can’t quite see well enough to figure out

JAVOedge sent me a nifty little 4-pack of their Micro Swipes. They look like the kind of swag that you can pick up at a trade show, so I wasn’t expecting anything mind blowing when I opened the package… A Micro Swipe is a two inch long little puffy plastic pillows with a layer of

I wanted to pass on a link to a site called Coupon Winner. With the CouponScout tool, located within the various categories, consumers can compare coupon deals on merchandise from the top retailers, side-by-side without having to flip from one resource to another. Coupon Winners, a part of SurfMyAds.com, provides almost 7,000 money-saving offers from

I am happy to announce that we now have the ability to use avatars in the comment system. We’re using the universal avatar service called Gravatar. It’s completely free, so go to the site and sign up now :o) It will automatically associate the avatar that you setup for the email address that you used

Are you ready for February 17th, 2009? That’s the date when all full-power broadcasters will be required to convert all of their programming to DTV (Digital TV) and will no longer broadcast analog signals. As a result, to receive TV programming, some consumers will need to make changes in some of the equipment they currently

If after reading Ryan’s review of SLAPPA’s new Ballistix line of laptop bags and sleeves, you found yourself interested in buying one, SLAPPA has an offer to help you out. For the month of April, you will receive a 15% discount, if you use the coupon code “gadgeteerapril”. This code is good for all of