Archive November 2004
Holiday Lights, Wreaths
My desktop wasn't looking terribly merry until a few seconds ago. Someone at InterfaceLIFT posted a Christmas Wallpaper. It's quite jolly. I'm looking for other media fun now… know of any Christmas wallpaper sites I should see and share? It's much easier to right-click and Save As than it is to string up the lights. [...]
Dog Days of Winter
How are my dogs feeling right now? Here, let me find out… ah, they're in a playful mood. I can't read minds – but I can read LCD screens. There's a new product on the market called the Bow-lingual. Gag gift? Yes and no. I saw it sitting on the shelf and couldn't resist its [...]
Desktop Search
Desktop Search is going to be the biggest battle in 2005. There's the Google Desktop, MSN's secretly working on a Desktop Search solution, Filehand Search is feature rich, and the undisputed genre visionary X1 has been around for ages. I've even seen advertisements for the Sleuthhound! Family and something called Enfish. Several of these products [...]
When You Wish Upon a List
I've had to assemble a short Christmas wish list for family members, as nobody really knows what to get a geek. But what about a wish list for the non-geeks? I found a friend who could help; she gave me permission to republish her wish list today. There are a few good ideas in there, [...]
TechTV and The Screen Savers
I hear G4/TechTV revamped The Screen Savers show today. I can tune in through channel 23983 on my digital cable box, but… I haven't even bothered to watch anything there for the past couple of years since I left (save the two days when they invited me to host CFH again). Friends are sending me [...]
Nintendo DS Owner
I must be one of dozens of Nintendo DS owners on the planet right now. I checked the Linkup Engine, and I'm feeling quite lonely. Of course, the lonliness is made more tolerable with a Nintendo DS in hand! The included Metroid Hunters demo is fun, but… controlling the character is somewhat clumsy on the [...]
Secure Digital Extravaganza
I picked up a 1GB SD card the other day… for $60 and a $15 mail-in rebate. I only have one device that supports Secure Digital at the moment, but it seems to be the “removable media” of choice for products today. I'm not sure if prices will go much lower than this before the [...]
The Lockergnome Universe Grows
For proof that you can write about anything, someone's set up a Lockergnome.net blog on herpes – specifically, “Empowerment Over Herpes.” Don't worry – it's not contagious. At least, you can't get herpes from reading about herpes… yet. I'm not joking about VD, mind you – just saying that here's a resource for those of [...]
AdSense for the SysTray
One of my favorite programmers just released a new tool, which I inadvertently renamed this weekend: SysSense. It's for automatically monitoring your Google AdSense account. “Load when Windows starts, 24-hour time display, auto update tray tooltip information, select which information to show in tray tooltip, proxy support, one-click to log into Google AdSense website, display [...]
Holiday Season
The Holiday Season is finally in full swing – just had my first cup of egg nog a few minutes ago. I promised myself I'd enjoy it for at least a half hour, but it didn't last much longer than two minutes. This is a season of miracles, no matter what specific winter holiday you [...]
PictureMate Man
She is now the proud co-owner of an Epson PictureMate photo printer. Even though I've only spent about three days with it so far, I'm ready to recommend it to all you Holiday shoppers. I've never owned any kind of photo printer before, so let me explain why I believe it'll appeal to those of [...]
Star Wars DVD Deluge
Another trend that has true Jedis somewhat worried is the flood of junk offering a “Complimentary Star Wars DVD Trilogy Set.” A company that goes by the name eMarketResearchGroup claims to be “Helping Build Better Products Through Customer Feedback.” Here's a bit of feedback, folks: don't spam me again or I'll do that Darth Vader [...]
Free Weekend Fun
Thank goodness I finally have SONGS TO WEAR PANTS TO! I think he should do a tune based on Scoble's entry on Firefox. I would call it “The Scobleizer.” I should probably just throw money at him, eh?
I'm Selling My PowerShot Digital Camera
Canon PowerShot G5 Extra BP-511 Original Box Condition: Great (light external wear) Motivation to sell: low $550 (Buyer pays S&H) “The PowerShot G5 uses a 5.0 Megapixel CCD sensor, providing a file with 2,592 x 1,944 pixels for stunning clarity and color in even your biggest enlargements of up to 20×30 inches in size. Primary [...]
I'm Selling My iMac
Apple iMac Desktop 15'' 10.3.6 (Panther) 800 MHz G4 / 256 MB SDRAM 60 GB Ultra ATA Hard Disk SuperDrive Condition: Great (normal wear) Motivation to sell: high Original Box $600 (Buyer pays S&H) “The iMac's display literally glides through the air – allowing you to effortlessly adjust its height or angle with a touch [...]
