Category Archives: Gadgets

The Pine Reassessed

    I’ve since done a complete about-face regarding my Pine SM200C MP3 CD player, as reviewed below. I still love the concept of an MP3 CD player (much more than a hard drive or memory-card player), but the Pine … Continue reading

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Review of the the new Pine SM200C MP3/CD player

    I am finally the proud owner of a portable CD player that can also handle MP3 files. The Pine D’Music SM200C I ordered back in September has finally shown up. I’ve had it about a week now. At … Continue reading

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Computer Troubles

    What would a vacation be without some computer trouble? I’ve been noticing a lot of large files clogging up my hard drives, with generic names like “00093284.wav” or “00094726.avi”. And more recently I discovered these files were being … Continue reading

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Changes

    Now that the new TV season is starting, there should be an update on the TV page soon; and I recently placed an order with Oupost.com so hopefully I’ll have an update for the Gadgets page too. Until … Continue reading

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But I’ve got to Mambo!

    Well, I received some disheartening news about one of the gadgets I planned to discuss here. A while ago I had ordered a Mambo X MP3-compatible portable CD player, and I just received word it was finally ready … Continue reading

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First Entry in My Old Gadgets Page

    I’ve got two gadgets on order…and am impatient to get this page going!    [Editor’s Note: The Gadgets page did indeed get going. But then, on April 7 2003, it got absorbed into the main blog.]

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