Gear Diary

Friday, as I was in the midst of writing the day’s review, Alison from Astraware sent me a pre-release copy of the Pocket PC version of Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templar’s, which earned her the new nickname of “the evil one“. Why? Because it took a supreme act of will power to finish the […]

My Treo 650 has totally spoiled me. No matter how much I want to try to go back to using a non smartphone (for portability and ease), every phone I try just leaves me wanting more. I’ve tried the Sony Ericsson w600i, Motorola Pebl, Sony Ericsson Z520a and Nokia 6131. None of them lasted for

I returned from from Arlington Sunday night and am wiped out! This was my first time to attend a Sigma Kappa Sorority National Convention, and I had no idea what I should expect. Some of the highlights included meeting Stacey’s (another local alumna) and my wonderful roommates, Lisa & Jill from the University of Florida…

When is a Friday not reason to celebrate? When you have to play hooky from work in order to wait for a repair man to come service your 1 week old brand new refrigerator and for an exterminator to come give an estimate on removing an infestation of bees or hornets in a wall of

I hope that all of our US readers are having a great 4th of July holiday! I am going to throw a little something out in the mix, courtesy of the folks at Maxtor. For those who weren’t aware, during the month of June Maxtor sponsored a National Backup Awareness campaign. There were podcasts available

My iMac is back home safe and sound! You don’t know how much you appreciate a 20 inch display until you have to use one that is only 12 inches. I’m curious, how many of you out there have a dual display setup? Those of you that do, how do you work? Do you only

I had to drive my iMac to the doctor Monday. Lucky for me it was still under the 1yr warranty. Just barely though. On 7/7, I will have had it for an entire year. Time sure does fly! I’m also lucky that there is an authorized Apple repair store in Bloomington, 30 miles away. I

If you’re looking for a new game to check out, look no further than Big Box of Blox from Astraware. Available on June 29th for Windows Mobile for Pocket PC and Smartphone and Palm OS, this is a block stacking game with great graphics! I’ve been having a lot of fun trying out the preview

One of our readers sent a link to this blog post and asked (tongue in cheek – I hope) why Julie and I weren’t invited to the T-Mobile Sidekick3 launch party… …along with Jessica Simpson, Eva Longoria, Kristin Cavallari, Christina Milian and anyone else in Hollywood that happened to be free that night. Well! I

It’s a sad sad day… I just read that LEGO plans to close its U.S. manufacturing plant in Conneticut. It is going to move production to Mexico. LEGO is also going to layoff 1200 of its workforce worldwide over the next 3 years. I have several buckets of regular bricks (I never really got into

I don’t really care to use a play through style case for my iPod Video or nano. The only cases that I use are for transporting them in a gear bag. I have found a cool site that has all kinds of iPod sleeves. iStyles has iPod Video, 4G iPod and nano sleeves made from

For those of you that were interested in the Pertelian X2040 display after Rob’s review several weeks ago, I’m happy to announce that ThinkGeek.com has discounted the price to $44.99 for the rest of June.

I’d like to thank those that have sent in a Gadgeteer of the Month Entry. So far, I have given away the Womp! Pink Skull pouch and the Womp! nano wallet. Still available and ready to be given away are the Womp! cases for the iPod mini and 5th generation iPod. I also have a

GoldenRAM just sent word that they have a new free system analyzer tool called UpgradeDetect that works for both Consumer and Corporate (multi-user) environments. It has an advanced detection program (8-years in the perfecting) that will scan a user’s computer and identify the EXACT upgrades (down to the very part #) that will work on

I’m cleaning out my closet again; items are listed on eBay. :0)

I really need help. I think I’m turning into my Dad… Ever since buying my Mazda 3 5 door (zoom zoom) almost 2 weeks ago, I’ve been reading car forums for modifications and add-ons. I even went into an AutoZone yesterday where I purchased a California Duster, microfiber towels and Mequire’s Quick Interior Detailer spray.

DualCor just released this cPC FAQ on their site. I have had a rough copy since May 18, but I didn’t post it because I was asked not to. The one thing that has stopped bothering me about the cPC is that it doesn’t come with an out-of-the-box wireless network solution. After ordering and then

I want to tell you about some cool key rings that I received the other day. They are called NITE Glowrings because they…um…glow :o) They are made of Polycarbonate with a small vial of Tritium encased inside them. Tritium is a gaseous substance that reacts with the phosphor coating inside the vial. This reaction causes

Ilium Software’s 9th anniversary is June 2nd. To help celebrate, they are going to have some great discounts on their popular Palm, Pocket PC and Smartphone software titles such as eWallet and ListPro. Be sure and check their site for more details: http://www.iliumsoft.com/site/custserv/anniv_sale.htm

Pssssssst! There is a Father’s Day Sale going on at SCOTTeVEST until June 16th. Here’s the link. :0)