Posted in Mobile Communications, Mobile Computing, Automotive, GPS on 05.14.08 by Jerry
Well, it’s bound to happen eventually — someone builds a better mouse trap. Are you a truck driver or freight transporter? Navevo has build business logic into their latest GPS Navigation software package; input your load, height, length of your vehicle and voila, out spits a route perfectly designed for your particular driving needs! With such cool features as “High Wind” and “Steep Hills” warnings, as well as alternate routing — this might be something of interest for RVers too…
The software works on PND’s, PDA’s and Windows Smartphones.
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Posted in Road Warrior, Software and Websites, Mobile Computing on 02.14.08 by Jerry
The fine company PocketMac has introduced a new product — GoBetween for Meeting Maker (also available for Entourage) to complement their PocketMac PDA/PDA Phone sync software.
I have a MacBook Pro, a Verizon (Samsung) SCH-i760, and the company I work for is using People Cube’s Meeting Maker for calendaring and scheduling. Since I’ve been here I’ve tried various methods to import my calendar into my phone — what a pain! From a custom web app, to manually importing data — both buggy, error prone, and slooooooooow.
With the introduction of GoBetween, I finally have a product that will sync my calendar and to-do list across all my systems.
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Posted in Media Players, Miscellaneous, Home and Yard, Health on 01.17.08 by Jerry
Yeah, yeah, I know… winter is almost over (NOT!) I just picked up four pair of these from Palmflex through Amazon.com (no, not all four for me; one for each member of my family.) I use them almost ever day on my commute to work, since I’m now standing in line at the BART station, in the wind tunnel called a “platform.”
Do you snowboard? Ski? Play in the snow? Stand out in the cold looking miserable? Shivering and freezing your tushie off, all while your ears suffer frostbite? Don’t want to mess up your hair? 180s wrap around the back of your head, and these even come with a detachable cord and volume adjustment doo-hickey on said cord.
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Posted in Toys, Weird on 01.16.08 by Jerry
Who’d thunk it? Finally Rabbit ears and wireless… it all makes sense. Meet the Nabaztagtag
the RFID Sniffing, mood shifting, t’ai chi practicing bunnies!
Touted as the “world’s first wireless rabbit” Nabaztagtag (the bunny formerly known as Nabaztag) connects through your WiFi to talk to other Nabaztagtags. How’d you like to have a cute little bunny read you current news headlines, it can even tell you what the weather is going to be like.
Adjust the ears, and it’s mate (somewhere else on the internet) will shift its ears to match — you can make up your own secret code! Or, if you prefer, send audio messages to another Nabaztagtag somewhere else on the ‘net.
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Posted in Media Players, Mobile Communications, Books, Hobbies on 11.19.07 by Jerry
Finally, an electronic book reader that uses EVDO, doesn’t cost you a dime for wireless access, gives you access to WikiPedia, and can last up to a week without a recharge!
*Drool*
Check out the Kindle at Amazon!
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Posted in Home and Yard, Green (Eco friendly) on 09.26.07 by Jerry
Feeling faddishly out of style while sporting a low-flow hair style? Remember that episode of Seinfeld where Jerry and the gang all had the shower heads in their apartment building replaced with “Low Flow” models in order to conserve water? They ended up with very, very flat hair — probably due to the inability to fully wash the shampoo, conditioner and oil out of their hair effectively.
Federal rules prevent over 2.5gpm (that’s gallons per minute) of flow; often leaving the consumer feeling unclean and dissatisfied with the trickle of water flowing from their shower.
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Posted in Weird, Health on 09.24.07 by Jerry
Ok folks, this one is just weird enough to add a new category for… welcome to the “Health” category.
How about a toothbrush that plays music… through your teeth?
Tooth Tunes — Music in your mouth.
 Enjoy.
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Posted in Toys on 08.06.07 by Jerry
Occasionally, we come across toys or gizmos that actually inspire or encourage an experience fostering creative thought… certain types of toys effectively stimulate the resourcefulness of a group — brain teasers and puzzles stretch the imagination. For manual dexterity try Legos (building blocks) or even building a house from a deck of cards.
So, for your next troubleshooting session, brainstorming, or planning session, try something novel. Need something cheaper? Have a paper airplane making contest, move the furniture around, toss a hackey-sack around the table. Want to troubleshoot a really sticky situation? Bring one or more persons to the meeting that aren’t in your group (an admin assistant and an accountant for instance…) and explain the problem to them… and answer questions.
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Posted in Toys, Hobbies on 07.20.07 by Jerry
Sorry that it’s been so long since I’ve written! It’s been very busy here at GW HQ… and things are going to be even more hectic next week! I’m off to Networkers in Anaheim, if you’re going, drop me a line maybe I’ll see you there!
Now on to the goodies!
Make has an article that I thought you’d all find intriguing, check out the Mugi Twinwall polypropylene plane kits.
Pre-cut kits, lighting to allow for night flying, and believe it or not, but you have a choice of glider or powered flight!
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Posted in Hardware and Storage, Performance Computing on 07.06.07 by Jerry
Buffalo’s TeraStation Live Multimedia Storage Server NAS offers powerful DLNA CERTIFIED multimedia server solutions for both the SMB and consumer markets. Combining a heavy-duty power supply and cooling system, quick-swap SATA hard drives, and Gigabit Ethernet networking, TeraStation Live allows users to have a simple, cost-effective data or media server to their office or home network in literally minutes without cutting corners on features or expandability. With its sleek, aesthetic design and ultra-silent operation, the TeraStation Live will get envious looks whether it is located in a busy office environment or on the entertainment system in your living room without adding any distracting fan noise or taking up much space. TeraStation Live is best suited for home and SOHO users who want reliable RAID 5 NAS and the ability to stream multimedia content to their entertainment devices.
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