Archive for the 'gadgets' Category



Macbook Pro, Buy Now or Wait?

Published on January 30, 2006

A lot of gadget heads like me love adopt early forms of technology. But this time I am going to be weary. The new Intel Macbooks are really nice and really enticing. If you didn’t know already, It will be Apple’s 30th anniversary in June. Many are speculating that there will be even newer computers [...]


Xbox 360 Thoughts and Observances

Published on January 8, 2006

I had the recent opportunity to pick a few Xbox 360’s and decided to keep one for myself and play it. About a week or two ago I wrote an article about upscaling on DVD players and how it might work. The Xbox 360 does just that and here is what I think about the [...]


Sirius Satellite Radio

Published on January 2, 2006

My roommate got the Sirius Satellite Radio for Christmas and I was skeptical at first about how robust it really was. Even though you pay for a service that is uncensored, Howard Stern is the big name on the service. We decided to hook up the FM transmitting home dock and here’s what we came [...]


Terrible Technology Experience in a Car - GPS

Published on December 28, 2005

We were riding on the highway this afternoon and this car just happened to have a GPS navigation system. It has a pretty slick interface and it will talk to you and everything, but it had absolutely no idea where the golf course was. We entered in the name of the town and the name [...]


Mario Kart Arcade

Published on December 19, 2005

This is something even the ladies will love. This is an arcade sized dual-seated Mario Kart GP arcade machine. There have been many rumbles had in the apartment in college and high school when this game came out. Now you can add this machine to your game room for a mere $18K. Fuhgetabout that new [...]


iPod Shuffle Sold Out Until January

Published on December 18, 2005

Sources from Apple are saying that the iPod Shuffles are sold out until January. This is perfect timing because of the annoucement of the smaller iPod Shuffles. They believe that the shuffles are not being manufactured anymore to turn their efforts into making the new ones.


Wireless iPods in 2006?

Published on December 14, 2005

For those of you that jumped on the Nano and the Video versions of the iPod, have no fear, there will be a new sheriff in town. Speculations have arised that there may ber wireless iPods in the middle of 2006. The company that manufactures the motherboards for the iPods has signed a deal wo [...]