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I still love my Canon EOS 40d

Posted: Friday, February 25th, 2011 @ 9:16 pm in Gadgets | No Comments »

I’ve had it over 2 years now. I know that, because my ex-girlfriend bought it on her credit card for some reason, and we’ve been broken up for almost 2 years. So it’s relatively old technology in the world of consumer electronics. But I went to an indoor dance event (Contra dance) and took some [...]

Why the iPad sucks

Posted: Friday, October 29th, 2010 @ 11:07 am in Gadgets | No Comments »

I am definitely an Apple Fanboy.  I have an iPod, iPhone 3Gs, two Macbook Pro‘s, a Macbook Air, 2 Mac Mini‘s, and gobs of accessories. I also have an iPad.  And you know what?  I basically never use the iPad. See why not after the break…

One camera to rule them all

Posted: Thursday, June 8th, 2006 @ 1:54 pm in Gadgets | Comments Off

Canon EOS 1D Mark IIN – one camera to rule them all!

Nifty new cameras

Posted: Tuesday, June 6th, 2006 @ 12:57 pm in Gadgets | Comments Off

Nikon S6 pocket camera rocks!

Harmony remote (guest entry!)

Posted: Monday, March 27th, 2006 @ 1:13 pm in Gadgets | Comments Off

A family friend gets an (old) Harmony remote, and reviews it for your reading pleasure!

Holiday gift ideas

Posted: Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005 @ 7:03 am in Gadgets | Comments Off

For the biggest pain in the ass gift recipient – a few gadget ideas…

Apple Airport Express? No thanks!

Posted: Monday, September 12th, 2005 @ 9:02 pm in Gadgets | Comments Off

The Belkin travel router – will it fly with the Apple big-dog of small wireless?

Klipsch iFi – BlamO for the iPod

Posted: Wednesday, June 29th, 2005 @ 6:18 pm in Gadgets | Comments Off

Working with the guys at Klipsch is a joy. First, they have some pretty cool stuff – speakers that absolutely crank (or just plain sound good when hooked up to my Sonos). They have serious rocker appeal, given their long history of the infamous Klipsch Horn Tweeters that my crazed, pot-smoking upstairs neighbor would jam [...]

Satellite Radio smackdown

Posted: Thursday, June 2nd, 2005 @ 6:42 pm in Gadgets | Comments Off

I’ve been using a couple Sirius and XM satellite radio units for the past 6 months, and there are definitely differences between these services. Besides the differences between the Delphi and Audiovox units, there are some content and functional differences as well. Do they sound better than FM radios? Do they cost much? Which one [...]

Dell 24″ LCD

Posted: Thursday, May 5th, 2005 @ 10:20 am in Gadgets | Comments Off

Saweet… Large screen LCD monitor with a great price and only one complaint!