Gear Diary

Houston we have a problem… I’m getting the Mac OS X fever again. Tiger looks very enticing! It would work great on a Mac mini. ;o) I’m thinking about picking one up at the end of the month. You know what they say, 3rd times the charm. If anything, it will make a great (silent) […]

How do you feel about Spam? Do you just deal with it, or do you use a tool or service to make it as painless as you can for yourself? I get probably 1000 emails a day through my gadgeteer address. Of those 1000 or so emails, 95% are spam. I’ve been using a free

So by now I figure that every one has heard about the anticipated (yet not officially confirmed) new Palm device, the LifeDrive. According to the link under this blurb, the LifeDrive will have “an on / off / hold button, a rotate button, voice recorder, five way navigation with improved fast scrolling, 4GB Non Volatile

Happy Daylight Savings Time Change Day (not for me in Indiana though) My hx4700 sold on eBay yesterday. Yay! :o) I’m not even sad to see it go. My Treo 650 is my buddy these days. Speaking of the Treo, one of our readers did some recon work at his local Verizon store and snapped

Well, I pulled the trigger and posted my HP hx4700 iPAQ on eBay. Since I have only turned it on a few times since I received the Treo 650, I figured it was time to try to recoup some of the money I paid for it. Not to worry, I haven’t totally abandoned the Pocket

Those of you with keen eyes have probably been noticing some new additions to the site in the way of a text based advertising service that we’re trying out. These new links are appearing on the reviews, articles, forums pages and home page. If you haven’t noticed yet, the links look like the one in

I feel like I have been visited by the HP iPAQ 4700 Case Fairy! Coming up in my queue I have the Vaja HP01 Classic, the E&B Slipper PAQ and…drumroll please…the Sena case that accepts the extended battery! Reviews coming soon! :0) In other news: the Sony PSP has been released, and in my West

This & That I’m still loving my Treo 650, so I’ve decided to permanently ditch my hx4700 iPaq. I’ll be putting it up on eBay in the next day or so. It appears that PalmOne has released a patch for Sprint Treos. I’m still waiting to hear if I can apply this patch to my

I am back from the ranch and after a week of living in paradise, my only complaint was having to deal with a spotty Starband satellite modem. I suppose I should be thankful that I had any internet connection at all, but you just can’t imagine how happy I am to once again have my

Well, my family is about to head into the wilderness for a week! Hope all of you have a fantastic Spring Break! :0)

Here’s a confession… My favorite part of the day is coming home, getting the mail out of my mailbox and seeing if there has been any packages left on my front porch. I’ve been a mail junkie since I was a kid. I remember sending away for free stuff like stamp and coin collections, just

Wow, I have been completely remiss about writing in my diary lately. It’s not because things haven’t been going on…it’s just because I forgot to! I have been testing out a really small USB driven 5GB Seagate Pocket Hard Drive. This thing is great for portable backups, and I am going to give it a

We have the coolest readers on the planet. Look what just showed up in my inbox… A song written by Isobutane. I really want to know if it has actual music that goes along with it. Enjoy! The Gadgeteer Song by Mark Rosengarten, 2005 Progess demands More gadgets in hand Ipods and cells With whistles

My weekend surfings have come across this site that I thought might be of interest… Check out this AMAZING Shockwave game. It’s like Unreal Tournament. I’m serious! It’s just a demo, but it makes me excited about other Shockwave gaming possibilities in the future.

Treo Update It’s here, it’s charged and it’s activated. Whee! That’s why I posted a Gadgeteer of the Month article tonight, I wanted to setup my new phone instead of writing about a gadget ;o) Speaking of which, we’re running dangerously low on GOTM submissions. Come on guys, send in your stories. Back to the

Whoo hoo… I finally pulled the trigger this morning and bought a Treo 650 off eBay. It’s already been converted for use on the Verizon network, so I won’t have to do that myself. I’m really looking forward to getting this new phone / PDA combo. It’s been awhile since I’ve had a Palm OS

Those of you that have been following along on the iPod odyssey will be happy to know that yesterday DHL delivered one brand new, sealed in the box, 4th Generation 20GB iPod! YAY, our experiment worked! I opened it up to take pictures and make sure that it didn’t say “www.freeipods.com” across the back (it

Forgive my tardiness in posting entries lately. Jeez, I’m either lazy or buzy. Let’s go with the latter ok? ;o) A few updates… My computer room remodel is now officially complete. I have all my junk (I mean equipment) moved back in and am quite happy with how the room turned out. Now I’m ready

Well, here is a bit of potpourri: I have been playing Zuma, one of Astraware’s newer games lately, and it is fun! It’s like a bubble shooter, but they have added a whole new twist. It’s definitely worth checking out if you enjoy action games! I would love to be able to carry my iPAQ

I don’t know why I post that I’ll have a review ready on a specific day. It always comes back to bite me in the you-know-what when I can’t deliver. Yeah, I’m not getting the Dell X50v posted tonight like I promised. Tough week on the family side of things caused my plans to slip