Category Archives: Gadgets

Happy Birthday (Pt 2)

Posted on August 11 2005 by Mickey

    While watching an old CommandN podcast I learned about a piece of donation-ware called Disk Inventory X, a disk usage utility which can display one’s hard drive’s contents as a “treemap”. It looked cool and I had to … Continue reading →

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Video Review: iHome iH5

Posted on July 25 2005 by Mickey

    I’m making another change to my database so some entries might be affected. I stayed up till around five this morning editing half the database, so at least all entries from 2005 and 2004 should show up correctly. … Continue reading →

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Fool for the ChapterTool

Posted on July 21 2005 by Mickey

    Welcome to a new dawn in the science of music ripping. It always bugged me how MP3s add a slight split-second of silence to the beginning of every audio file, adding unwanted gaps between songs, interrupting segues or … Continue reading →

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Who’s XMing Who?

Posted on June 16 2005 by Mickey

    Stymied in my quest to find the perfect digital camcorder, I’ve had to look elsewhere for ways to be a good American citizen and increase my credit card debt. The latest gadget to catch my fancy is a … Continue reading →

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The Itch

Posted on June 3 2005 by Mickey

    I’ve got the itch: that all too familiar feeling where I’ve got newfound money burning a hole in my pocket. All except for the money part, that is. After many months I’m finally poised to start a big … Continue reading →

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I Really Hate ATI!

Posted on May 4 2005 by Mickey

    It took four days but I finally got my copy of Tiger 10.4 from Amazon. I heard installation might run twenty minutes to an hour, but, as usual, things did not go quite so smoothly for me. I … Continue reading →

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imPodability

Posted on March 20 2005 by Mickey

    They say the best way to treat an iPod battery is to drain the battery once a month to give it a full charge. The improved battery life on my iPod Photo almost makes this difficult. I use … Continue reading →

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ATI Irks Me Yet Again

Posted on March 10 2005 by Mickey

    Taking advantage of my upcoming IRS refund and preparing for the arrival of OS X 10.4 (“Tiger”), I bought the new ATI X800 XT video card. When I originally bought my G5 PowerMac I went for the cheapest … Continue reading →

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Product of the Year

Posted on March 5 2005 by Mickey

    My Linksys router got Product of the Year. I’m so proud.

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iPod Photo

Posted on October 29 2004 by Mickey

    I was caught up in the excitement on Tuesday and impulsively ordered one of the new iPod Photos. Remarkably — especially compared to the wait for my G5 — my iPod Photo showed up just three days later. … Continue reading →

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