Gear Diary

Accessories for the 2nd gen iPod shuffle are starting to trickle in. I actually received something today in the mail from Rhinoskin that I want to tell you all about. They are called iPod Shuffle Accents and come in packs of 4 for $19.95. Each Accent is a small neoprene lined 100% anodized aluminum shell. […]

I had another “this is why I love my PDA” moments today… I had a doctor’s appointment to get a cortizone shot in my shoulder. Shots don’t usually bother me, but just the thoughts of having one in a joint was making me a bit nervous. Lucky for me, my hour wait to get into

Happy Monday gadgeteers! :o) I need some car stereo advice. I want to replace the stock head unit in my 2006 Mazda 3 and don’t know which way to turn. I don’t care about DVD or navigation features, but the top of my wish list includes iPod integration and XM radio capability. A USB port

My Treo 750v received a package today. :o) Vaja sent a Red and Black iVolution leather case to match the Red and Black leather messenger bag that I reviewed not long ago. They also included a Rivet system clip to attach to the bag. Check out the pics… The case is very similar to the

Best Buy is bringing out some online resources to help folks with their holiday shopping at AskA BlueShirt.com. There will be a chat session on the site that will allow users to interact with Best Buy’s blueshirts to learn everything they’ll need to know about getting gifts this season. The chat will take place on

I just found a Cingular branded Treo 680 on my front porch (It’s 11pm here). I had been expecting one to be delivered all day, but the FedEx person never arrived. Or so I thought… Evidently they did at one point during the afternoon / evening and didn’t bother to ring the doorbell. Grrrr. Anyway,

I hope that all of our US readers will have a great time tomorrow visiting with friends and relatives and eating way too much turkey and pumpkin pie! I’ll be attending 2 family get togethers, so I will be waddling around by the end of the night ;o) Don’t forget to come back to the

My favorite part of the day is when I come home from work, park at the end of my road, get out of my car and go see what is in the mailbox. I’ve been a postal junkie since I was a kid. I remember racing my sister to the end of our driveway so

I returned the Zune and Everex laptop to Walmart today. It’s been awhile since I’d purchased electronics from them and had to return something, so I wasn’t too surprised when they had to call up someone from that department to come to the service area to check things out. I figured it was for the

Well, it appears that my Zune has a defect. I set it up this morning and copied over about 20-30 folders full of .MP3 files. Syncing appeared to work as expected (although a bit slow), but when I went to listen to the music in my car at lunch, all the songs skipped like they

I went ahead and picked up a Zune last night along with a cheapo Everex laptop at my good old Super Walmart store. I opted for the White version because to me the Black one is boring and the Brown one looks… well… I’m not going to say it… ;o) So far I’ve only managed

Today is Zune day and I’ve yet to make up my mind about purchasing one. First of all, to even review it, I’d need a Windows computer (which I don’t have at the moment… no, I’m not soiling my 24″ iMac, so don’t even think about it ;o) ). Then there’s the horror stories that

A person very close to me had to have a PET (Positron emission tomography) scan yesterday. I’d never heard of this type of diagnostic x-ray and suggested that she ask the technician if she could get a copy of the image emailed to her or something. I thought it might be interesting to look at…

Eric Ullman of Mark/Space just sent me this great news item! I’m very excited and can’t wait to test it tonight after I get home from work :oD Mark/Space has just released The Missing Sync for Windows Mobile v3.0. This version adds a bunch of new features for users, including + support for Address Book

How many of you 30, 40, 50 somethings out there had a yo-yo when you were a kid? I was a Duncan yo-yo girl myself and I had several of them. I even had a secret desire to become a yo-yo master (mistress?). Unfortunately, that dream was never realized as I was never very good.