Wednesday, January 28, 2004

Solar Powered Jacket!

OK, now this is something *really* interesting: a solar-powered jacket that can power PDAs, cell phones, and the like. And it's fashionable too!

Wired News: Gadget Jacket Charged by the Sun
This is the Wired Vaporware 2003 article, in case you're interested:

Wired News: Vaporware: Nuke 'Em if Ya Got 'Em
Palm Tungsten WiFi Card??

Oy, vey. The one gadget high on my list is actually a gadget for my gadget: an SD card that would allow my Palm Tungsten T to access my home WiFi network. Sounds like it's going to be a while yet, as SanDisk has moved back the release date of the Palm drivers for the card yet again (uggh). The device already made Wired Magazine's Vaporware 2003 list, and it looks like it will remain so for a while yet.

Brighthand � SanDisk Moves Back Release Date of Wi-Fi SD Card Yet Again

Saturday, January 24, 2004

I read about this in Wired magazine; I have been attracted to the DVR (digital video recorder) idea for some time, but haven't made the leap due to the price of the devices.

A small sidebar in the February 2004 Wired magazine (page 26) talked about how you can "rev up" ReplayTV, and it got me to thinking; it's a pretty cool device! I'll have to check into this more.

ReplayTV
January 24, 2004: While reading through this month's Wired magazine, it occured to me that I should be journaling all of the cool gadgets that I come across during my travels through cyber- and real-space. Thus, this blog was born.

Anyone that knows me knows that I am a gadget freak, although I will admit that I am also not the first person on the block to necessarily have a given gadget. I am fortunate that, during the normal course of my job, I get the opportunity to review many types of gadgets without necessarily purchasing them--in this regard, I have the nearly perfect job!

That said, when I *do* find a "must have" gadget, there is a high probability that I will wind up owning one, but not until the price comes down into the range that I deem "affordable".

This blog will start with some of the neat things that I found in this month's Wired magazine, and who knows where it will take us?