Gear Diary

Hi folks, we’re baaaack from CES! Wow, according to those in the know, this was the largest Consumer Electronics Show to date. Judie and I are in definite agreement with that fact, given that we had to fight the throngs of people for the past two days. My feet still hurt from all the walking […]

Judie and I will be heading off to Las Vegas on Wednesday to attend the Consumer Electronics Show. We can’t wait to report back about all the cool gadgets and gizmos that we run across while we are there. At least we hope we’ll run across some! I have a good feeling that CES will

By now, I think everyone knows that I am using the Tapwave Zodiac as my Daily Driver. While there are many things about this PDA that I absolutely love, of course there is always room for improvement. This is where certain developers really shine. Today, I want to tell you about a program that has

Yesterday we saw ‘The Return of the King’ at our local theater. Since we had just watched ‘The Two Towers’ the day after Christmas, we were eager to see the series conclusion, and boy – was it something else! It is rare for me to sit straight through a two hour movie without getting up

I hope that Santa was good to all of you! I must not have been a very good Gadgeteer this year, because he brought me a wonderful head cold as a gift. Which explains why I’m up at 3:00am… Since I can’t sleep, I thought I’d check out a couple Pocket PC games that Clickgamer

Merry Christmas to me! I just received a stainless steel prototype/pre-production Tapwave “Bolt” stylus from Mark Hammill, and let me tell you – this is a vast improvement over the stylus that shipped with the Zodiac. Mark has told me that so far there are just two of these styli in existance – one in

It is that time of the year again, the time when Julie’s and my in-boxes fill with invitations and requests for RSVPs, the time when every trip to the mail results in letters with interesting return addresses, and a time ripe with the promise of gadgety goodness: It’s time for 2004 CES! Julie and I

If you’re a Pocket PC user looking for a new time waster, do yourself a favor and check out Escape Velocity from ClickGamer.com. This is a very addictive puzzle game that is cross between Tetris and Pipes. You tap on the pipes to rotate them in such an orientation that they can connect to other

How many of you can remember the year when Trivial Pursuit took the world by storm? I know it’s telling my age, but I can remember 1984 very well. I was a junior in high school, Ronald Reagan was president, Mary Lou Retton won 5 medals in the LA Olympics (which had been boycotted by

I’ve been enjoying my first big screen TV for 5 days now. All I can say is WOW! When the guys first brought it into my basement living room, I was very worried that I had picked a set that was way too big for the space. But after moving the Lazy Boy recliners back

I haven’t posted a Gear Diary entry for the last couple of days, because I was too busy practicing at being a Plant Tycoon, I was all caught up in growing virtual plants, cross pollinating, mutating, collecting seeds, and making money! I had over 150 hours invested in this real time game, had almost $50K

Santa is making his scheduled appearance at this Gadgeteer’s house early this season. This past weekend I finally got the nerve to replace my ancient 27″ (no S-Video) Magnavox TV with the Mitsubishi 65″ rear projection TV. I also sprung for an HDTV tuner for my DirecTV and the local networks (Indianapolis) that are now

There are two things in life that I really enjoy: a good movie and a good book. So today, I will tell you about two things that have had an impact on me. The first is the 2004 Leonard Maltin Movie & Video Guide, by Landware. How many times have you rented a movie, only

Holiday Giblets Although Thanksgiving day isn’t until Thursday, this past weekend began my series of holiday gatherings. I was able to retain my Coolest Aunt Ever title by showing my 10yr old niece the Florida vacation slide show that I created using Photo Story 2. Actually, I think she was more impressed with Mini-me (Fujitsu

It’s been a busy couple of days…I ordered a custom sterling silver Tapwave Zodiac stylus from Mark Hammill – I can’t wait to get that! I would have liked it even better in 14kt gold, but the budget says “not no, but hail no!” ;0)I also traded in my Harley Davidson edition F-150 for a