For Star Wars Fans
I usually don’t post stuff like this, but Claire sent me the link and I about swallowed my tongue laughing. If you’re a Star Wars fan, you owe it to yourself to watch this 4 minute video. Trust me…
Gear Diary
Gear diary entries from the-gadgeteer v2
I’m Floating in the Clouds Now with GMail for Domains
I finally did it. I have untethered myself from my server based email. It’s something I had been thinking about for a very long time, but just never pulled the trigger. Two weeks ago The Gadgeteer server had a hiccup that made everything inaccessible for the better part of a day. That experience of being
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Palm pre – Is this Palm’s Rocky Balboa moment?
Palm’s press conference at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas just ended a few minutes ago. Since they originally announced this “New-ness” event, quite a few people have been speculating that their announcement would be underwhelming at best. We’ve been hearing that Palm has been down for the count for months now. As a
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Can an iPhone App Calm Your Fears?
Ringggggggggggggg! Julie: “Hello?” Caller: “Hello, is this Julie?” Julie: “Yes.” Caller: “This is Columbus Regional Hospital Breast Health Center. We found something on your mammogram and need you to come back in to get it rechecked.” Julie: “….ok.” Caller: “How about tomorrow at 8am? We will do another mammogram, and then possibly an ultrasound. You
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Goodbye 2008, Hello 2009
Happy New Year everyone! Where did 2008 go? Did it pass by as quickly for all of you like it did for me? Typically on January 1st, I look back at the previous year and am either very happy that it’s gone, or a little melancholy. I’m not quite sure what I think about the
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My Favorite Gadgets of 2008
It’s New Year’s Eve, which means it’s time for me to reflect on all the gadgets that passed through my hands during 2008. During this past year, I wrote over 100 reviews. That’s a lot of products that were either really cool, or really lame. I’d like to share some of my favorites with you.
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I’m spending the afternoon installing Boxee on my AppleTV
It’s Christmas afternoon and Santa didn’t bring me any gadgets 🙁 But, I’m going to show him and make my own new toy by installing the Boxee Media Center on my AppleTV. Even though I have mainly been using the WD TV HD Media Player to watch video that I have um… uh… obtained, I’ve
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Best Buy BlueShirt and Geek Squad Expert answer my questions
A week or two ago, I was asked if I wanted to do a call-in video interview with a Best Buy BlueShirt and a Geek Squad Expert. I wasn’t able to make time to do that, but they did allow me to send in a couple of questions that they would video tape the answers
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Don’t throw away your old stuff, swap it!
I don’t know about all of you, but I’m big into recycling these days. I break down all the cardboard boxes that show up at my house. I save newspapers, magazines, mail and other paper. I even collect bottles, cans and plastic containers. Every so often, I drop off this stuff at the local recycle
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Palm App Store – Too little too late?
I had an email show up in my inbox at 2am this morning announcing Palm’s new App Store for Palm and Windows Mobile operating systems. The announcement says that you can browse and download over 5,000 apps & games right from your Palm device. Plus, there are over 1,000 free apps to choose from. The
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HP Magic Giveaway Contest – Day 17 & 18
The last set of sites have announced their HP Magic Giveaway contests. Visit them and enter their contests for more chances to win $6000 worth of computer goodies from HP and Windows Live. Monday: CiberPrensa Unión de Bloggers Hispanos Tuesday: Last100 JK On The Run Geek News Central
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HP Magic Giveaway Contest – Day 15, 16 & 17
A bunch of new sites begin their HP Magic Giveaway contests this weekend. Visit them and enter their contest for more chances to win $6000 worth of computer goodies from HP and Windows Live. Friday: OSNN Slashgear Digital Home Thoughts Saturday: Study Hacks – Demystifying College Success Sunday: Digital Inspiration GeekZone The Digital Lifestyle
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HP Magic Giveaway Contest – Day 14
Four more sites begin their HP Magic Giveaway contests today. Visit these sites and enter their contest for more chances to win $6000 worth of computer goodies from HP and Windows Live. Stop Drop and Blog Living – In Theory Geeks Room Eliax
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HP Magic Giveaway Contest – Day 13
Today we have three more site starting their HP Magic Giveaway contests today. Visit these sites and enter their contest for more chances to win $6000 worth of computer goodies from HP and Windows Live. Slashdot Review Gadgetell Liliputing
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Reasons not to buy or upgrade your PC right now.
Christmas shopping and end of the year business purchases tend to be reasons why people upgrade their PCs. Do you need some reasons on why you should consider NOT to buying a PC this year? Or some alternatives to upgrading the one that you already have? Check out the email I was sent for some
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