Gear Diary

I joined Netflix yesterday. Yeah, I know it seems lame to be excited about something that has been around for a long time now, but it doesn’t take much to excite me. Why did it take me so long to try it? Well, I’ve been a DirecTV subscriber for eons. Over the years, with price […]

We had 6 or so inches of snow today! Thought I would share some pictures that I snapped about halfway through the storm. I love snow when you can look out at it from inside a nice warm house ;o) Speaking of which, the high temperature here today was only 15 degrees!

What type of person are you? Do you carry a USB thumbdrive with you, or flash cards with a card reader? I carry both, but that’s because I’m The Gadgeteer and am always prepared for a geek emergency. That said, I’ve always liked thumbdrives better. Flash cards and readers are more tedious to use because

I’m happy to announce a new feature on The Gadgeteer. You now have the ability to comment directly on a gear diary posting instead of having to create a new topic in the regular discussion area. This was one of our most asked for features during the last request for user suggestions and feedback. See,

This summer, The Gadgeteer will hit a major milestone in its history. It will turn 10 years old. It’s really hard for me to believe that I’ve been writing reviews for a decade! But at the same time, it sorta feels like only yesterday since I started this site. It wasn’t like I was new

I’m pretty excited about some really cool product reviews that we have coming just around the corner. Things that are both different and fun. Because I’m a big tease, I thought I’d let you see some pictures of the products before we actually review them… Bonus points to anyone that can accurately guess all three

Happy lazy Sunday afternoon. What’s The Gadgeteer to do when it’s 16 degrees (Fahrenheit) outside and there’s nothing good to watch on TV? How about a quick sift through my basket of goodies from the past few weeks. From the looks of things, I seem to have accumulated a nice collection of iPod nano and

It was just a matter of time before I decided to ditch the Treo 750v for another smartphone. After my frustration with it while I was at CES, my confidence level with Windows Mobile has been a little strained. But that isn’t the only reason why I’m dumping my 750v. There’s also the fact that

I’ve had the Acer Ferrari 1000 for 3 weeks now. During that period I’ve not had much time to put it through its paces. I’ve found it a bit difficult to use a Windows machine as my main computer when I’m currently a Mac user and all my apps / email are on the Mac.

Check out this video demo of a “Multi-touch” computer user interface that was recorded almost 1 year ago. http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=j_han Very cool stuff! I wonder how long it will be before we actually do completely abandon keyboards and mice. Anyone care to speculate?

For the past few days I’ve been testing a combination MP3/WMA player / FM transmitter for your car by Vavolo. The iTrani LCD Car FM Transmitter is actually pretty cool because it has a USB, SD/MMC slot and a line in jack. So, you have 3 ways to feed it your music. There’s even a

I have a hard time finding comfortable headphones / earbuds to wear. It always seems like they make my ears hurt within minutes of putting them on. I just had the chance to try a new pair today though. The Arriva active wear headphones. These are behind the head style headphones that have a unique

When I returned home from CES, I found quite a few packages waiting for me. One of them was a White 13″ Macbook Hardcase from Rhinoskin. Since I don’t own the 13″ Macbook, I’m offering to send this $60 case to one of you! All you need to do is to agree to write a

I got back home last night. Yay! Vegas is fun, but there’s no place like home ;o) Now I just have to catch up on all the stuff I let slip while I was at CES! How do I do that? I stay home an extra day from my day job of course. Hey, I

I came back to my hotel room a bit early so that I could learn about all the goodies that were announced at MacWorld. Seems there were really only two… The Apple TV (sorry, I can’t make a little apple symbol) and then the one everyone is talking about: The iPhone. I have to admit