Gear Diary

This entry is just for the iPod nano toting girls in the audience. Well I guess it could also be for the guys that love them too ;o) Designer Maggie Stephens sent me one of her iPod nano Outfits. These are vinyl cases are designed to totally enclose the player (even the click wheel and […]

Here’s some non-gadgety news for you… My horse Pokey had her first colt yesterday. Pokey is a Paint mare, and I had hoped her foal would look like her. I got lucky… …meet Thunder Button. Yippie-ki-yay! :0)

Let’s play Mystery Gadget! Tom Feledy sent me an email asking if I could help him figure out the identity of someTHING that he found: “I found this thing in the across the street from the SF Hall of Justice. It’s grey plastic (not yellow – that’s just the light in my living room). It

I just received notice of a recall on certain Hewlett Packard laptop batteries. If you own an HP laptop, it might be prudent to see if you are one of those affected: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 20, 2006 Release #06-145 HP Recalls Notebook Computer Batteries Due to Fire Hazard WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer

Am I the only person in the world that doesn’t like playing Sudoku? Seriously, I just can’t get into it. Maybe I shouldn’t be surprised as I never liked Minesweeper, Mastermind or other games of that ilk either. Unfortunately, I didn’t know I disliked the game when Brando asked if I would review his $20

Well, I am suffering from a bit of disappointment and disillusionment with DualCor at the moment. This week various gadget sites have been bubbling with the news that the pricing on my latest dream device has increased by 25%. According to several sources on the web, Westwood, the only company that (as of yet) is

Now for something that is not gadget related at all… I used to be into fingerstyle guitar, but haven’t played in several years. My poor Collings acoustic guitar has sat idle and neglected in its case for a long time now. This past weekend, I got it out and tried to play. Unfortunately, it felt

I had to do a double take when I surfed to this page today: LASIKS@Home Be sure to check out the 4 easy steps page. ;o) I guess this is a left over April Fools Day joke site. I just couldn’t find anywhere that says “gotcha!”.

I always knew that The Gadgeteer ruled, but now it’s official. Check out the Rule The World website and the award that we won :o)

It’s been a while since I ordered a new laptop, for myself or for anyone else. That’s why I was pleasantly surprised when I went to the Dell site on the 23rd of last month and was able to get a Inspiron Notebook 1300/b130 for $499 after the $150 rebate. I didn’t add a single

Help Wanted Hey all! I’ve got a geek gadget harness for someone to review. This is a Civilian Labs Business Class LT Harness System Bag from Semson’s and Company, in Green and Black. First person that emails me volunteering to write up a review with some pix (you have to model it too!), gets it.

To make a long story short… Shawn, one of our readers, received two of the same bag when he placed a Maxpedition order several months ago. According to Shawn, “I did the honorable thing and called and told them and there response was they were going to send a label for me to return it

Happy Birthday Palm! 10 years ago today the 128K Pilot 1000 was introduced to the world. How many of you remember the 1000? How many of you bought one right away? And, how many of you still have one in a drawer someplace? Could there be some people out there that are even still using

I wanted to update everyone on how life has been so far with my iMac. For those of you following along at home, I purchased a 20″ G5 iMac at the beginning of July last year. It was my third attempt (and I hoped my last…) at switching away from Windows XP. I’m happy to

I am back from Kansas City with a new respect for mothers of toddlers and a new loathing for air travel. The nieces and nephew were awesome – but I had forgotten how tiring it could be to keep up, entertain and referee youngsters. Of course, I have never had to deal with three at

I’ve been trying out two different PalmOS software titles from a company called ShSh Software. The first one is 2day. This application is an excellent do everything “today” style application. In addition to displaying your upcoming appointments and tasks, this app can also be used as launcher and will display the status of your Emails,

And now for another episode of “It’s A Small World”. About 2 years ago Taire Avbovbo wrote a couple iPod mini case reviews for the site. Two weeks ago I received an email from him saying that he had been to the Cummins Tech Center (where I happen to work) and was working in the

Today we are boarding a plane and heading to Kansas City to spend time with Steve’s sister, her husband, our nieces and new nephew. I hope all of you that have Spring Break this week enjoy a safe and wonderful time off with your kids. I’ll be back Saturday. :0)

Now why are you wasting time looking at my diary entry? If you haven’t checked out Julie’s incredible video of the Brando Stretching Hula Hoop, then you are missing out on one of the most entertaining entries ever! Check it out!

Brando sent me a product that doesn’t quite fit into what we typically review here on The Gadgeteer. But, being the good sport that I am, I thought I’d give it a try anyway. The Stretching Hula Hoop is sort of a cross between a Slinky and an old school hula hoop from the late