Posted in Cool Toys on Dec 3rd, 2002
Here’s the deal. i don’t have OS X 10.2. I don’t have a Sony Ericsson T68 mobile phone. I don’t have a powerbook with BlueTooth (or even a card). But, the Knowledge Base article, Bluetooth: How to Use a Sony Ericsson T68 Phone as a Bluetooth Modem86151, has me thinking that maybe I should change [...]
Posted in Cool Toys on Nov 20th, 2002
I am SO tempted to get This: Database for Tracking Books, CDs and DVD’s Automatically Assembles Cover Art and Information from Internet DataSources Works with Mac (and windows, linux, palm) Free CueCat Barcode Scanner (I knew I shouldn’t have thrown those out…) $85 though – that’s about 2 times what I’d like it to be. [...]
Posted in Cool Toys on Nov 17th, 2002
Anybody know if there’s a way to hack a Tivo box (in particular a DirectTV Tivo box) so that it can serve as an MP3 jukebox? It seems like this is one of the first hacks that people would have put in place, but whenever I go searching for a way to do it, I [...]
Posted in Cool Toys on Oct 28th, 2002
I ordered a set of Altec Lansing ATP3 flat-panel 3-piece speakers for my computer at work. I listen to MP3s at work a lot, and the positioning of my computer tends to place the sound more outside of my office than in making it louder for others as opposed to me. Plus, the speakers that [...]
Posted in Cool Toys on Oct 5th, 2002
A while ago, I came within inches of giving in to all the street hype. I was seriously looking forward to getting one of the Danger, Hiptop devices. The Side Kick, the first danger device to be made available, came out last week. I went to my local CompUSA, the only retail distributer so that [...]
Posted in Cool Toys on Sep 17th, 2002
I think all of the buzz about the Danger Hiptop finally got me. I’ve been thinking about getting a James Bond type phone/PDA/toy for a while now. When I first saw all the tech pundits drooling over the Hiptop I didn’t get what the big deal was. Now, I think I see and I think [...]
Posted in Cool Toys on Sep 3rd, 2002
OK, OK … Forget the flying cars. Just get me one of these!! (15 MB Quicktime file – Knowledge Navigator from 87 – forerunner to the Newton)
Posted in Cool Toys on Aug 30th, 2002
I have always wanted a Star Wars Land Speeder. I didn’t want a speeder as desparately as I wanted a light saber or the ability to float a spaceship with the power of my mind, but this is still pretty freaking cool if you ask me.
Posted in Cool Toys on Aug 17th, 2002
In the past 6 weeks there have been at least two occasions where life would have been better if I had a cellular phone. I’ve resisted jumping on the mobile bandwagon for a while now (see post below this one #), but I’m thinking it may be time to embrace the future, or the past, [...]
Posted in Cool Toys on Jul 10th, 2002
So, I’ve been thinking about getting a digital camera. Tonight I finally decided on The Nikon Coolpix 995. Now whether I will be able to motivate myself to figure out how to take decent pictures is still up in the air, but at least now I have the cool toy. It’s really about the toys [...]