I received notice tonight from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission of two recalls which might concern some of you; both pose a fire or burn hazard. The first is for the DYMO® LabelWriter® Power Adapters used with printers, and the second is for Lithium-Ion Batteries used in Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba and Dell Notebook Computers. If [...]
Archive | October, 2008
ResortLock trades keys for unique unlock codes – perfect for rental properties or anyone with kids
Here’s a really interesting security product for anyone that has a rental property – or kids who are constantly forgetting and/or losing their house keys. It’s a lock that accepts unique ID codes instead of keys. The codes are entered on a keypad and you never have to connect the lock to a computer or [...]
Dave Farrow breaks free of the Sony window after 30 days of storefront confinement
Dave Farrow has been living (and reading) in the Data Vision store window located on 5th Ave in New York City for the past 30 days. His Sony Reader Revolution is a publicity stunt to draw attention to the Sony eBook Reader as well as call attention to reading. For every page Dave reads, Sony [...]
2008 Honda Accord Coupe – Who says reliable can’t be fun?
What better way to celebrate 25 years of manufacturing cars in America than with an all-new version of your best-selling model. Honda North America did just that.
Griffin WindowSeat for iPhone & Touch Review
When I’m driving in the car typically my iPhone sits loosely on my seat. This means that when I take a sharp turn suddenly my phone slides all the way across the seat — sometimes on the the floor. So I was interested to see how Griffin’s WindowSeat would work to keep my iPhone firmly [...]
Brother MFC-790CW Wi-Fi enabled inkjet printer and fax gets the once over
The Brother MFC-790CW color inkjet and all-in-one printer gets the once over from our friends at TestFreaks. They like the wireless (which I find a notable feature for a printer with an estimated street price of $179). They didn’t care so much for the way it consumed ink (luckily they were able to find less [...]
iPhone 2.2: Why isn’t anyone talking about push notifications?
I don’t understand one thing about this latest (yet to be released) iPhone 2.2 upgrade. The iPhone was slated to have push notification services before the end of September. The last major release of the iPhone OS was pushed out on September 12. While this release generally stabilized the operating system, reduced lots of system [...]
Open It! – The most useful product I have ever reviewed
If you hate thick, awkward, hard-to-open plastic packaging as much as I do — you need a pair of Open It!. I reviewed these package openers in December and although they look like big ugly pruning shears – you cannot beat them for slicing through the thick plastic packaging manufacturers love to use on their [...]
Griffin Aircurve boosts your iPhone audio without power
I’ve been testing the new Griffin Aircurve with my iPhone for the past week. My primary alarm clock each morning is my iPhone which I’ve set to wake me at the same time each weekday. Usually I just leave it flat on my nightstand. Sometimes I plug it into a power cable and other times [...]
Endo Magnet Clip
I use magnets as much as possible to hang things on my refrigerator. I find it extremely convenient to get loose papers and important items (such as the school hot lunch menu) up off my counter and onto a place where I can easily reference them. These Endo Magnets hold up to 1 LB and [...]
Need a good excuse for missing school, work or a date? Try a fake doctor note.
Lets face it – there are times when you attend events just because you have no plausible excuse for not going. Remember back in school when only a doctors note would get you out of a missed day? Now you can select from a whole pile of phony doctor notes that are tailored for almost [...]
Thrill the World: Are you ready to “Get your zombie on?”
Did you notice Zombies dancing in your street yesterday? Well if you were in one of the 83 cities across 12 countries where people united at 11 am to simultaneously dance to Michael Jackson’s Thriller you just might have. It was all part of another attempt to break a world record for simultaneous “Thriller Dancing” [...]
Your To Do’s Buttoned Up: the Do&Delegate.list Review
I would love to say that I am a highly organized, note-taking, list-making, got-it-together but when I need to boy-can-I-delegate type of person, but that would be stretching the truth just a bit. While I am good at making lists and setting tentative dates for To Do completions, I am terrible about recognizing my own [...]
Preview: Ubuntu/Kubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid Ibex”
We’re nearing the release of the Intrepid Ibex, and I thought I would share some of my thoughts after having used both Ubuntu and Kubuntu versions of the venerable and popular Ubuntu Linux. First, since there’s not a large Linux audience on Gear Diary, I will do a little explaining. The Linux Kernel was first [...]
StarTech USBVGA Dock Review
I’ve been a portable computer advocate for YEARS. In fact, until my most recent job, every computer that I’ve used for work AND personal use over the last 12 years has been a laptop. Personally, aside from a cost perspective and justification, I don’t know why corporations continue to buy desktop computers. Laptop/portable computers tend [...]
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